Ch. 41The Uchiha Clan's Leadership Election

Uchiha Shinichi disrupted the clan head election at Naka Shrine and defeated Uchiha Setsuna with Ryujin Jakka. Uchiha Raishin became clan head, while Shinichi was named his successor and turned his attention to shaping Konoha’s future.

  • Uchiha Shinichi entered the Naka Shrine assembly despite lacking the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and challenged Uchiha Setsuna’s bid for leadership.
  • Uchiha Setsuna attacked Shinichi, who unleashed Ryujin Jakka and overwhelmed him with flames that defeated Setsuna’s Water Release.
  • After Setsuna’s defeat, Uchiha Raishin won the election by an overwhelming majority, and Shinichi was nominated as young clan head and successor.
  • Raishin questioned Shinichi about his ambitions, and Shinichi declared that the Uchiha Clan’s future belonged to him.
  • Shinichi reflected that securing control of the Uchiha Clan was only his first step toward influencing Konoha and changing the Shinobi World.

Ch. 42A new application for the Transcription Seal

Uchiha Shinichi visited the Senju Main Residence, where Mito Uzumaki encouraged him to create his own sealing jutsu. He realized he could strengthen the Uchiha Transcription Seal with sealing techniques and perhaps let people outside the Uchiha Clan use Sharingan techniques.

  • Shinichi arrived at the Senju Main Residence, traded teasing remarks with Tsunade, and met Mito Uzumaki.
  • Mito asked Shinichi about his sealing jutsu studies and encouraged him to develop a technique of his own.
  • Shinichi proposed combining sealing jutsu with the Sharingan, and Mito said the idea was theoretically possible.
  • Tsunade questioned what Shinichi was plotting, but he kept his idea secret.
  • After leaving the residence, Shinichi recalled the Transcription Seal and considered improving it so outsiders could use techniques sealed by the Sharingan.

Ch. 43Madara Uchiha's observations

Shinichi began trying to awaken Ice Release by combining Water and Wind chakra under Tobirama's supervision. In the Mountain Graveyard, Madara studied intelligence about Shinichi and Kanon, deciding to meet Shinichi and cultivate Kanon as a potential heir.

  • Shinichi told Tobirama that his Yuki Clan heritage might let him awaken Ice Release, and Tobirama agreed to monitor his experiment.
  • Shinichi began merging Water and Wind chakra in the Senju Main Residence courtyard while Tobirama watched his chakra flow.
  • Madara read that Shinichi had become Tobirama's disciple and reacted with anger, resolving to meet him and keep the Senju from influencing him completely.
  • Madara examined intelligence about Kanon, judged her obsession and fighting spirit suited her to be his heir, and planned to cultivate her as a future pawn.

Ch. 44Developing Shinichi's Ice Release

Shinichi spent a year developing an original Ice Release style that combined ice techniques with sealing jutsu, then tested it by challenging Hiruzen Sarutobi. He lost the battle but wounded Hiruzen and demonstrated his new abilities, leaving Tobirama impressed by his potential.

  • Shinichi received a system mission to develop his own Ice Release and prove it in live combat within a year, with remaining at his current height as the failure penalty.
  • Shinichi used sealing formulas to stabilize his combination of Water Release and Wind Release, then began developing more powerful Ice Release techniques.
  • Tobirama Senju gave Shinichi an old scroll describing Ice Release: Zero Realm Sealing, inspiring Shinichi to develop a technique that suppressed opponents’ chakra and movement.
  • Shinichi challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi using only Ice Release, and his Zero Realm Sealing briefly restricted Hiruzen and allowed Shinichi to wound him.
  • Hiruzen broke free and defeated Shinichi, who admitted his loss after demonstrating a fighting style that combined Ice Release with sealing jutsu.
  • Tsunade helped Shinichi to his feet, and Tobirama watched approvingly as Shinichi’s future began.

Ch. 45Uchiha Kanon

Uchiha Kanon remained determined to defeat Uchiha Shinichi, whose strength and reputation had long frustrated her, while her grandfather Uchiha Setsuna taught her that the Sharingan defined true Uchiha power. After learning that Shinichi was too independent to control, Madara Uchiha chose Kanon as a more suitable potential heir and ordered White Zetsu to watch and guide her.

  • Uchiha Kanon trained beneath the moon and renewed her resolve to defeat Uchiha Shinichi, whom she considered an undeserving genius without the Sharingan.
  • The chapter revealed that Shinichi had used a Shadow Clone to attend the Ninja Academy while his real body trained, and that his popularity among the girls—including Hyuga Yuki—made him uncomfortable.
  • Uchiha Setsuna's teachings strengthened Kanon's belief that only Sharingan users deserved to be called true Uchiha geniuses.
  • Uchiha Kanon awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan at age nine after witnessing a comrade die during a clan mission, and Uchiha Setsuna encouraged her to challenge Shinichi.
  • Madara Uchiha learned that Shinichi had developed Ice Release and become the Uchiha Clan's young clan leader, but judged him too independent to control.
  • Madara Uchiha selected Uchiha Kanon as a potential heir and ordered White Zetsu to continue observing her and offer guidance when the time was right.

Ch. 46The System's Rewards

After Uchiha Shinichi wounded Hiruzen Sarutobi, the major villages put a huge bounty on him, but Shinichi used the threat as an excuse to avoid missions. The System gave him partial rewards, and he began testing his new abilities in his secret laboratory, awakening a blue, one-tomoe Sharingan that appeared to have fused with Six Eyes.

  • Konoha’s clans and the major shinobi villages learned that Shinichi had injured Hiruzen Sarutobi with his Ice Release, and the villages agreed to stop him from growing stronger.
  • The Black Market issued a 100-million-ryō bounty for Shinichi, who decided to stay in Konoha and enjoy his freedom from missions.
  • The System judged Shinichi’s completion rate at 50 percent and awarded him an intermediate Sage Body, basic Six Eyes, and an unknown special bonus after shocking him.
  • Shinichi tested his Sage Body in his secret laboratory and discovered that he could sense natural energy.
  • Shinichi forced chakra into his eyes and awakened a blue, one-tomoe Sharingan, which he suspected had fused with Six Eyes.

Ch. 47The bond between Uchiha Shinichi and Tobirama Senju

Uchiha Shinichi visited the Senju Main Residence, where he teased Tsunade before studying Tobirama Senju’s research and revealing his mutated blue Sharingan. Tobirama recognized Shinichi’s extraordinary potential and trusted him with the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Shinichi’s new eye proved capable of combining and surpassing abilities of the Sharingan and Byakugan.

  • Uchiha Shinichi reflected on how the system had made him a ten-year-old prodigy with a wide range of abilities.
  • Tsunade trained her Yin Seal with Mito Uzumaki, and Shinichi teased her about marrying him until she attacked him.
  • Uchiha Shinichi explored Tobirama Senju’s laboratory and studied a scroll about modifying soul chakra.
  • Tobirama Senju let Shinichi take the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll and asked about his mutated blue Sharingan.
  • Uchiha Shinichi demonstrated that his Sharingan could use Byakugan-like vision and Gentle Fist techniques, striking Tobirama’s chakra point.
  • Shinichi explained that his eye offered greater range, sharper movement tracking, and color vision, leaving Tobirama to consider his future importance.

Ch. 48Lightning Release Chakra Mode

At the Senju Main Residence, Shinichi asked Tobirama about the Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode and decided to develop his own version. After the system set a two-year mission, Shinichi began planning a unique mode combining lightning release, senjutsu, and sealing jutsu.

  • Tsunade trained in sealing jutsu with Mito Uzumaki while Shinichi and Tobirama played a board game, and Tobirama explained that Tsunade’s frustration with Shinichi could motivate her.
  • Shinichi asked Tobirama about Lightning Release Chakra Mode and proposed combining it with the Flying Thunder God Technique to become faster than anyone in the Shinobi World.
  • Shinichi rejected trying to obtain the Raikage’s secret training method and chose to research a unique Lightning Release Chakra Mode himself.
  • The system assigned Shinichi the mission to develop and use his own Lightning Release Chakra Mode in combat within two years, warning that failure would leave his hair permanently standing on end.
  • Shinichi considered combining lightning release with sealing jutsu and senjutsu, then went to his underground laboratory to begin researching Senjutsu: Lightning Release Mode.

Ch. 49Orochimaru, an Eleven-Year-Old Jonin

Orochimaru and Tsunade advanced to Jonin, each developing a distinctive combat style influenced by Shinichi’s Six Styles, while Jiraiya formed a contract with Mount Myōboku. Shinichi continued avoiding ordinary missions, convinced that his training and battles in Konoha were more than enough for a Genin.

  • Orochimaru became an eleven-year-old Jonin and developed the evasive, venomous Snake Shadow Six Styles, earning a fearsome reputation across the shinobi world.
  • Tobirama Senju and Shinichi praised Orochimaru for adapting the Six Styles into a fighting system of his own.
  • Tsunade became a Jonin and demonstrated the destructive Senju Strong Fist by obliterating a boulder and creating a thirty-meter-deep crater.
  • Tsunade began researching Lightning Release Chakra Mode to improve her strength and speed, and warned Shinichi not to underestimate her again.
  • Jiraiya formed a contract with Mount Myōboku and went there to train as the legend of the Sannin began to unfold.
  • Shinichi dismissed D-rank missions and kept lounging at the Senju Main Residence, reasoning that his other training and battles already kept him busy.

Ch. 50Uchiha Kanon's Obsession

Madara Uchiha reviewed Shinichi’s rapid growth and decided he wanted to meet him in person. In the Uchiha Clan Compound, Shinichi defeated Kanon in a spar that awakened her Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then healed her and left her with growing feelings for him.

  • Madara Uchiha read White Zetsu’s report on Shinichi, tore it up over an absurd observation log, and considered how to meet Shinichi.
  • Madara noticed Shinichi’s interest in Tsunade and laughed at the irony of an Uchiha falling for a Senju.
  • Uchiha Kanon challenged Shinichi, and he countered her Lightning Release, froze her Great Fireball, and defeated her with his speed and taijutsu.
  • Kanon’s Sharingan evolved into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but Shinichi ended the fight and healed her with the Mystical Palm Technique.
  • Shinichi left after Kanon vowed to win next time, while White Zetsu recorded the battle and Kanon watched him go with a blush.

Ch. 51Tobirama Senju's final notes

Shinichi visited the Senju Main Residence, where he teased Tsunade before Tobirama brought him to the underground laboratory and gave him research notes on Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Tobirama warned that he did not have much time left, and Shinichi joked about reviving him with Impure World Reincarnation as they shared a quiet farewell.

  • Shinichi traded taunts with Tsunade, then beat her in ten consecutive board games.
  • Tobirama sent Tsunade to train and took Shinichi to the underground laboratory.
  • Tobirama gave Shinichi his research notes on Lightning Release Chakra Mode and its use alongside the Flying Thunder God Technique.
  • Tobirama told Shinichi that Konoha's future needed him and that he did not have much time left.
  • Shinichi joked that he would revive Tobirama with Impure World Reincarnation, and Tobirama cautioned him not to rely on the dead before gently patting his shoulder.

Ch. 52The passing of Tobirama Senju

As Tobirama Senju lay dying, he entrusted Konoha’s future to Hiruzen Sarutobi and urged Danzo, Shinichi, and Tsunade to protect what mattered to them. He died surrounded by his students and loved ones, leaving Konoha to mourn and carry on his Will of Fire.

  • Tobirama Senju summoned his students and closest companions to his bedside as his life neared its end.
  • Tobirama entrusted Konoha’s future to Hiruzen Sarutobi and warned Danzo to use power to protect rather than dominate.
  • Tobirama asked Shinichi what he would choose when the Shinobi World lost its peace, and Shinichi said he would follow his own path.
  • Tobirama comforted the tearful Tsunade, telling her to be herself and protect what she cherished.
  • Tobirama urged everyone to protect Konoha and keep the Will of Fire alive, then died as Tsunade sobbed beside him.
  • Konoha mourned Tobirama Senju, and his students carried his will forward.

Ch. 53Tobirama Senju's Legacy

In Year 22 of Konoha, Uchiha Shinichi explored Tobirama Senju's hidden laboratory and discovered research that Tobirama had left for him. After injecting hashirama cells, Shinichi's sage body began evolving, and he planned to acquire more cells and develop Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

  • Uchiha Shinichi found Tobirama Senju's secret laboratory and realized its forbidden research had remained hidden from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
  • Shinichi examined Tobirama's hashirama cell research and concluded that his existing sage body made the cells seem unnecessary, but recognized Tobirama had studied them with him in mind.
  • Shinichi injected hashirama cells, and the system began evolving his intermediate sage body into an advanced sage body.
  • Shinichi injected the laboratory's remaining hashirama cell solutions, bringing his evolution progress to 50% and greatly increasing his chakra and physical power.
  • Shinichi decided to capture White Zetsu for more cells, avoid approaching Madara Uchiha, and focus on developing Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Ch. 54Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode

With his Lightning Release Chakra Mode mastered, Shinichi decided Sage Mode could help him advance further and persuaded Tsunade to train in Shikkotsu Forest. He hoped to learn from her afterward, but Tsunade said she would ask the Slug Sage whether he could come along too.

  • Shinichi considered how to improve his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and concluded that Sage Mode might strengthen it further.
  • Shinichi went to the Senju Main Residence and narrowly dodged Tsunade's Heavenly Foot of Pain.
  • Shinichi urged Tsunade to train in Shikkotsu Forest, arguing that Sage Mode would boost her strength and benefit Konoha.
  • Tsunade agreed to go to Shikkotsu Forest but warned Shinichi to keep training while she was away.
  • Tsunade said she would ask the Slug Sage whether Shinichi could accompany her.

Ch. 55Off to Shikkotsu Forest

Tsunade forced Shinichi to accompany her to Shikkotsu Forest for Sage Mode training, while Shinichi helped Orochimaru prepare for his own journey to Ryūchi Cave. The chapter ended with Tsunade and Shinichi being transported to Shikkotsu Forest.

  • Tsunade grabbed Shinichi and took him to Mito Uzumaki, where he reluctantly agreed to train in Shikkotsu Forest and signed the Senju line’s Summoning Contract.
  • Mito Uzumaki told Tsunade and Shinichi to depart for Shikkotsu Forest the next morning, and Shinichi packed supplies for the trip.
  • Orochimaru told Shinichi he planned to visit Ryūchi Cave, so Shinichi explained its dangerous Sage Mode training and gave him blood from his Sage Body to study.
  • Tsunade woke Shinichi early, and he gathered his backpack before following her to the Senju Main Residence.
  • Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to activate reverse transport, and Katsuyu transported Tsunade and Shinichi to Shikkotsu Forest.

Ch. 56Sage Mode Training Begins in Earnest

Shinichi and Tsunade began Sage Mode training in Shikkotsu Forest under the Slug Sage. After struggling to balance natural energy with his enormous chakra reserves, Shinichi devised a sealing-based method that let him begin entering Sage Mode.

  • Shinichi and Tsunade arrived in Shikkotsu Forest, where the Slug Sage welcomed them and agreed to train them in Sage Mode.
  • The Slug Sage warned them that an imbalance between chakra and natural energy could turn them into stone or consume their bodies, and Shinichi said he wanted to develop Lightning Release Senjutsu.
  • Tsunade began showing Sage Mode progress before Shinichi, whose vast chakra reserves made it difficult to maintain the right balance of natural energy.
  • Shinichi stopped trying to absorb natural energy directly and instead used a sealing-inspired method to guide it into his body.
  • Shinichi's new method worked, faint Sage Mode markings appeared on his skin, and the Slug Sage recognized that he had found his own training path.

Ch. 57The turning of an era

Shinichi and Tsunade completed their Senjutsu training in Shikkotsu Forest, where Shinichi mastered Lightning Release Sage Art. After they returned to Konoha, Orochimaru warned them about rising tensions and a larger bounty on Shinichi, leaving Shinichi considering his next move.

  • Shinichi mastered Sage Mode and unveiled Sage Art: Lightning Release: Thunder God Body, while Tsunade could only sustain her new Sage Mode briefly.
  • The system assessed Shinichi's mission to evolve Lightning Release Chakra Mode as 80% complete and gave no explanation for the shortfall.
  • Shinichi and Tsunade returned to Konoha, where Orochimaru told them Uchiha radicals were stirring and Danzo had established Root.
  • Orochimaru reported that Shinichi's Black Market bounty had risen to two hundred million for capture alive and that several S-rank rogue shinobi were interested in him.
  • Orochimaru said he had chosen to pursue his own path rather than fully follow Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu, and Shinichi left his cryptic nickname unexplained.
  • Shinichi sensed that Konoha's situation was changing and considered taking action as tensions gathered.

Ch. 58Gifts from the System

Uchiha Shinichi challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi to a secret fight and revealed a powerful Sage Art Lightning Release Chakra Mode, stopping before his completed form and prompting Hiruzen to concede. The System then rewarded Shinichi with four abilities and hinted that his Lightning Release Chakra Mode could still evolve to 100%.

  • Shinichi chose Hiruzen Sarutobi as his sparring opponent and asked to keep their fight secret.
  • Hiruzen and Shinichi met at a secluded training ground, where Orochimaru and Tsunade watched.
  • Shinichi activated Sage Art: Lightning Release Chakra Mode and battled Hiruzen, who struck him with the Adamantine Staff.
  • Shinichi began activating the complete Thunder God Mode, then stopped the fight, and Hiruzen admitted defeat.
  • The System awarded Shinichi Six Eyes, Advanced Sage Body, Complete Shinigami Kido, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
  • The System explained that Shinichi's Lightning Release Chakra Mode could reach 100% completion if he discovered a missing key element.

Ch. 59The expansion of Shinichi's secret laboratory

Shinichi kept his strength hidden while Madara decided to use him as an uncontrollable force of chaos and continued grooming Uchiha Kanon as his true successor. Meanwhile, Shinichi expanded his secret laboratory, sought a dedicated researcher, and began considering how to raise more money.

  • Shinichi resolved to stay low-key despite believing his combined abilities could make him unmatched in the shinobi world.
  • White Zetsu reported Shinichi's growing strength to Madara, who chose to let him disrupt the shinobi world and ordered White Zetsu to keep watching Uchiha Kanon.
  • Orochimaru's funding helped Shinichi expand his hidden laboratory into a major research facility covering senjutsu, forbidden techniques, genetics, and energy.
  • Shinichi decided he wanted to recruit Hiruko to handle research while he directed the laboratory's work.
  • Shinichi found that the laboratory's expenses were outpacing its funding and considered selling non-core research through the Black Market or robbing wealthy targets.

Ch. 60Uchiha Shinichi's daily life and plans

After Tobirama Senju's death, Uchiha Shinichi built ties across Konoha and took control of its orphanage, blocking Danzo from recruiting children there. As war loomed, he instructed Orochimaru to bring back willing children from the Land of Water's kekkei genkai clans, preparing Konoha for future conflict.

  • Shinichi spent his days visiting the Akimichi and Nara clans, teasing Tsunade, and advising Orochimaru while keeping a low profile in Konoha.
  • In Konoha Year 24, Shinichi's orphanage management kept Danzo from recruiting children there, leaving Danzo furious and wary of Shinichi's growing influence.
  • Danzo ordered Root to investigate Shinichi, seize Uchiha Jing's Sharingan, and bring suitable targets back to Root.
  • Shinichi told Orochimaru that the orphanage would nurture loyal Konoha ninja rather than Root's tools, and asked him to bring back children from kekkei genkai clans in the Land of Water if a mission took him there.
  • Shinichi and Orochimaru discussed preparing for the coming war, and Shinichi declared that he would not remain a spectator when conflict erupted.
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