Chapter Summaries

Hizashi Hyuga killed a Kumogakure ninja who was abducting Hinata, triggering a political crisis that ended with Konoha agreeing to sacrifice him to avoid war. Tetsuya brought Neji to overhear the decision, leaving the boy devastated as Hizashi prepared to die.

• Hizashi Hyuga rescued Hinata from a Kumogakure kidnapper and killed him.
• The Hyuga Clan discovered the dead man belonged to the Kumogakure Delegation and informed Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo and Yurubi argued over the killing, but Hiruzen negotiated to prevent war with Kumogakure.
• Konoha agreed to pay compensation and surrender the life of the Hyuga Clan head.
• Hizashi volunteered to die after hearing the Main Family elders dismiss the Branch Family as expendable.
• Tetsuya brought Neji to overhear the decision, and Neji wept as he realized his father would die.

Tetsuya took Neji to his room and explained that Hizashi had died because of Kumogakure’s demands, Konoha’s response, the Hyuga clan system, and his own despair. He offered to help Neji escape the Caged Bird Seal if Neji became his disciple, then gave him a mysterious injection; the next day, Neji mourned his father and vowed to break free of the cage.

• Tetsuya brought Neji back to his room and explained why Hizashi had died, prompting Neji to question whether the Branch Family was doomed to serve the Main Family.
• Tetsuya told Neji he could not escape the Caged Bird Seal alone but offered to help if Neji became his disciple, and Neji accepted.
• Tetsuya injected Neji with a vial of modified Hashirama cells as his welcoming gift.
• News of Hizashi’s death spread, and the Hyuga Branch Family mourned while Kumogakure’s delegation learned that a Hyuga clan member had died.
• Neji grieved beside his father’s coffin and vowed to break free of the Caged Bird Seal and become the freest Roc in the world.

After Hizashi Hyuga's death unsettled Konoha's clans, Tetsuya returned to the Land of Grass, where Tobirama Senju showed him a working phone prototype. Tetsuya gave Tobirama modern science textbooks and asked him to prepare their knowledge for teaching to children in the Land of Grass, while making clear that wider access would come at a price.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed dissent among Konoha's clans and used Ninja Academy lessons to promote loyalty to the village.
• Tetsuya returned to the Land of Grass after spending two more days in Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju showed Tetsuya a phone prototype that could make calls, built from materials available in the Shinobi World.
• Tetsuya gave Tobirama textbooks on physics, chemistry, and biology, then asked him to organize the material into levels for teaching children at the Ninja Academy.
• Tetsuya told Tobirama he would teach the knowledge to children in the Land of Grass, but might charge other regions for access when they came under his jurisdiction.

Tetsuya watched Izuna and Tobirama clash before Izuna devoted himself to finding a counter to Flying Thunder God. As Tetsuya trained Neji and Rin, Rin pursued Obito and struck at him with a Flying Thunder God Rasengan.

• Izuna told Tetsuya that his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan still lacked a trigger to evolve into the Rinnegan, while Tetsuya said he preferred the Sharingan's looks.
• Izuna went to Tobirama Senju's home, where they fought with Susanoo and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags until Tetsuya transported them out of the city.
• Izuna began studying ninjutsu to develop a counter to Flying Thunder God, and Tetsuya continued training Neji and Rin.
• Rin pursued Obito near Takigakure, dodged his Great Fireball with a Flying Thunder God kunai, and appeared above him with a Rasengan.

Rin ambushed Obito with the Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan, forcing him to flee before she could stop him from investigating Takigakure’s Seven-Tails. Kakuzu traced the battle and recognized the Uchiha rogue’s presence, while Obito demanded that Black Zetsu uncover the masked figure’s identity.

• Rin struck Obito with a Hat-Block Rasengan, and Obito escaped through the Kamui Dimension after recognizing her attack as a serious threat.
• Takigakure shinobi, including Kakuzu, investigated the battlefield, and Kakuzu identified traces of the Great Fireball Technique as evidence that the Uchiha rogue had been there.
• Kakuzu decided the incident might help him advance in Takigakure and complete Tetsuya’s mission to take control of the village and the Land of Waterfalls.
• Obito returned to the Mountain Graveyard with a severe Rasengan wound and told Black Zetsu that the masked figure had used Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Obito ordered Black Zetsu to identify the masked figure and threatened to seek out Madara Uchiha in the Pure Land if the Eye of the Moon Plan could not continue.

Tobirama developed hidden signal towers and phones as Tetsuya expanded their sales across the smaller nations and negotiated with the great nations. A call from Mifune revealed that the Land of Rice Fields wanted to join the Commercial Alliance, prompting Tetsuya to suspect Orochimaru was there.

• Obito questioned whether Black Zetsu was truly Madara Uchiha's will and considered preparing a fallback before retreating into the Kamui Dimension.
• Tobirama improved his phone prototype, built signal infrastructure across the Land of Grass, and created disguised towers that could evade detection.
• Tetsuya promoted phones through the Small Nations Commercial Alliance, while the Land of Lightning, Land of Earth, and Land of Fire showed interest and their shinobi villages resisted.
• Tetsuya studied the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist to develop a stronger style for Neji, but Mifune's call interrupted him.
• Mifune told Tetsuya that the daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields wanted to join the Commercial Alliance, and Tetsuya suspected Orochimaru was operating there.

Tetsuya welcomed delegations from the Land of Iron and the Land of Rice Fields, then uncovered Orochimaru disguised as the Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo. Orochimaru offered to help Tetsuya expand his commercial empire by bringing the Land of Rice Fields into the Commercial Alliance.

• Mifune praised how the Commercial Alliance had accelerated the Land of Iron's development, and agreed to arrange a meeting between Tetsuya and the Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo.
• Three days later, Tetsuya received the delegations from the Land of Iron and the Land of Rice Fields in the Land of Grass.
• Tetsuya had Mifune escorted away after he became drunk, then confronted the remaining guest about wearing someone else's face.
• Orochimaru removed his disguise as the Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo, and Tetsuya revealed his own transformed appearance.
• Orochimaru offered the Land of Rice Fields as a piece of Tetsuya's commercial empire, citing its strategic position between neighboring countries and access to the sea.

Tetsuya accepted Orochimaru’s offer of the Land of Rice Fields and negotiated for White Zetsu, the future shinobi village, and several promising people. Orochimaru agreed to hand over the village after his plans were complete, while Tetsuya left the story planning to bring Kabuto Yakushi, Kimimaro, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Jūgo to the Land of Grass.

• Tetsuya accepted Orochimaru’s gift of the Land of Rice Fields and asked what Orochimaru wanted in return.
• Orochimaru asked to visit the Land of Grass’s mobile phone research department, but Tetsuya warned that the Second’s presence would make the visit dangerous.
• Tetsuya showed Orochimaru a sealed, living White Zetsu, and Orochimaru eagerly agreed to increase his offer in exchange for the specimen.
• Orochimaru offered to hand over the Land of Rice Fields’ shinobi village once his plan was complete.
• Tetsuya demanded that Kabuto Yakushi, Kimimaro, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Jūgo join the Land of Grass after Orochimaru’s Konoha Crush Plan.

Tetsuya learned that Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami had awakened in the current Uchiha Clan and warned Izuna that someone would soon target him. Izuna blamed Tobirama and attacked him, so Tetsuya pulled them both into the Eternal Divine Kingdom to force them to listen.

• Orochimaru departed with White Zetsu, and the alliance approved the Land of Rice Fields’ application to join.
• Tetsuya heard from the Chiba Commerce Association that tensions between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha Ninjas were escalating.
• Tetsuya told Izuna that a young Uchiha with Kotoamatsukami was about to die, and Izuna demanded to know who was targeting him.
• Tetsuya linked the danger to Tobirama, prompting Izuna to rush off and confront him before Tetsuya could explain.
• Izuna and Tobirama fought until Tetsuya stopped them and dragged them into the Eternal Divine Kingdom.
• Izuna and Tobirama set aside their grudge and prepared to endure Tetsuya’s beating.

Izuna and Tobirama fought Tetsuya in the Divine Kingdom, but after he defeated them, he explained that Danzo planned to ambush Shisui and steal his Kotoamatsukami eye. Tetsuya intended to take the eye before Danzo could get it, and asked whether either man objected.

• Izuna used the Seventh Gate, Susanoo Clones, and Flying Thunder God Slash Formation to shatter Tetsuya's golden Susanoo, but Tetsuya revealed his Six Paths Sage Mode.
• Tetsuya used Sage Art: Flame Emperor against Izuna and Tobirama, then appeared with them at the Daimyo's Mansion as they recovered from the fight.
• Izuna and Tobirama resumed arguing over the Uchiha Clan's policies and why Izuna's brother had not become Hokage, until Tetsuya made them stop.
• Tetsuya explained that Danzo would ambush Shisui and gouge out his eye, which held the dangerous Kotoamatsukami Dōjutsu.
• Tetsuya said he intended to take Shisui's eye before Danzo could obtain it and asked Izuna and Tobirama whether they objected.

Shisui tried to stop the Uchiha rebellion by using Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku, but Danzo ambushed him to take his eyes. Danzo used Izanagi to steal one of Shisui’s Sharingan, and the fight continued in a cloud of mist.

• Shisui decided to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku to prevent the Uchiha Clan’s rebellion.
• Danzo and the Root Ninjas ambushed Shisui, and Danzo demanded his eyes.
• Danzo fought Shisui while Tetsuya, Izuna, and Tobirama watched and suspected Danzo had been modified with Hashirama cells.
• Shisui caught Danzo in genjutsu, but Danzo used Izanagi to escape and tear out one of Shisui’s eyes.
• Danzo revealed that his Sharingan had belonged to Kagami Uchiha and ordered Shisui to surrender his other eye.
• Shisui attacked with a Great Fireball, and the Root Ninjas answered with Water Shockwaves that filled the area with mist.

Danzo pursued Shisui for his remaining eye, but Tobirama and Izuna confronted him over the stolen Kotoamatsukami. Tetsuya subdued Danzo, reclaimed the eye, and led the others to search the Naka River for Shisui.

• Danzo ordered the Root ninja to hunt down Shisui and admired the Kotoamatsukami eye he had taken.
• Izuna confronted Danzo, and Tobirama appeared to condemn his treatment of the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo refused to believe Tobirama was real and attacked him, using Hashirama cells and summoning Baku to survive.
• Tetsuya placed Danzo and Baku under genjutsu and took the Kotoamatsukami eye from Danzo.
• Tetsuya, Tobirama, and Izuna set off to find Shisui in the Naka River.

Shisui gave Itachi his remaining eye and jumped into the Naka River, but Tetsuya and Tobirama rescued him and replaced his eyes. Danzo awoke from Tetsuya’s genjutsu, while Tobirama later asked whether sparing him had been unfair.

• Shisui told Itachi that Danzo had stolen his right eye and entrusted his left eye to him before jumping into the Naka River.
• Tobirama hooked the drowning Shisui while fishing with Tetsuya and Izuna, and Tetsuya revived him with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Tetsuya replaced Shisui’s eyes with a pair taken from White Zetsu, and Tobirama carried him back to the Land of Grass.
• Danzo woke after being subjected to Tetsuya’s genjutsu and remembered experiencing pregnancy and childbirth repeatedly.
• Tobirama asked Tetsuya whether sparing Danzo had been unfair, and Tetsuya said keeping him alive was a greater torment.

Shisui woke in the Land of Grass Daimyo’s Mansion, believing he had entered the Pure Land, and learned that he and the resurrected Tobirama were alive. After Izuna challenged Shisui’s loyalty to the Uchiha and criticized the clan’s current state, Shisui recognized him as Uchiha Izuna and began to realize who their other companion might be.

• Shisui woke in a lavish guest room with his eyesight and injuries restored, then wandered into the garden and met Tobirama, Izuna, and Tetsuya.
• Shisui greeted Tobirama first, prompting Izuna to rebuke him for showing more respect to a man who had targeted the Uchiha.
• Tetsuya told Shisui that he was alive and that Tobirama had been resurrected, leaving Shisui stunned.
• Shisui asked why Tobirama had not returned to Konoha to help the Uchiha, and Izuna scolded him for relying on someone from the past.
• Izuna called the current Uchiha a flock of sheep and claimed that he and his brother had saved the clan during the Warring States Period; Shisui then recognized Izuna.
• Tetsuya revealed that they were at the Daimyo’s Mansion in the Land of Grass, and Shisui wondered whether he was Chiba Ryo or Chiba Satoru.

Shisui chose to stay in the Land of Grass with Tetsuya after losing his Sharingan and finding he had nowhere to return. In Konoha, Naruto reunited with his mother, Kushina, in the Sealing Space and met Kurama.

• Shisui considered whether to return to Konoha but decided he had no place there without his Sharingan.
• Tobirama and Izuna each invited Shisui to stay with them, but Tetsuya arranged for Shisui to stay with him instead.
• Naruto returned home from the Ninja Academy feeling lonely, ate bread and milk, and fell asleep.
• Kushina's recovered soul called Naruto into the Sealing Space and revealed herself as his mother.
• Naruto embraced Kushina and cried as he told her about his loneliness and hardship.
• Kushina introduced Kurama to Naruto, and Kurama reluctantly came to the cage door.

Naruto happily went to the Ninja Academy after learning he could see his mother, Kushina, in the Sealing Space, but his classmates still treated him warily. Kushina watched him make friends and considered possible future partners for him while Kurama reminded her why Naruto faced rejection.

• Naruto greeted Hinata and watched her blush, while Kushina celebrated the possibility that Hinata liked him.
• Sakura gave Naruto only a nod, and Kurama told Kushina that sealing him inside Naruto had caused the village to shun the boy; Kushina attacked Kurama with her chains.
• Kushina recognized Sasuke as Mikoto's son and decided Naruto should spend more time with him.
• Naruto complained that Sasuke was popular, and Choji shared his remaining chips with him.
• Naruto, Choji, and Shikamaru laughed together, while Sasuke watched them with a brief flash of envy.

Sasuke left the Ninja Academy with Itachi, who urged him to grow into an Uchiha connected to both the clan and Konoha. Meanwhile, Tetsuya arranged to take Shisui back to the Uchiha Compound so he could witness the coming massacre without revealing his identity.

• Itachi picked up Sasuke from school and encouraged him to learn how to get along with others and serve both the Uchiha Clan and Konoha.
• Shisui processed documents for the Land of Grass and the Commercial Alliance, recognizing the potential of uniting the small nations.
• Tetsuya asked Shisui whether he had a trusted Uchiha friend, and Shisui named Uchiha Itachi.
• Tetsuya suggested the Uchiha Clan might face annihilation and promised to take Shisui to the compound in a few days if he kept his identity secret.
• Shisui agreed, while Tetsuya privately planned for him to witness the massacre and become more resolute when facing Itachi.

Tetsuya, Tobirama, Izuna, and Shisui watched Root and ANBU surround the Uchiha Compound as Shisui proposed replacing Hiruzen and Danzō through a peaceful transfer of power. Tetsuya rejected the plan, leaving their next move unresolved.

• Tobirama recognized ANBU and asked about the other masked ninja, and Shisui explained that Root members were bound to Danzō by conditioning and a cursed seal.
• Tobirama tried to leave to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzō, but Tetsuya stopped him and said he had other plans for them.
• Shisui reasoned that Tobirama could win the clans’ support and secure a peaceful transfer of power from Hiruzen and Danzō.
• Tobirama and Izuna looked to Tetsuya after considering Shisui’s proposal, and Tetsuya refused to act on it.

Tetsuya refused Shisui’s suggestion to seize Konoha and watched as Uchiha Itachi carried out the massacre of the Uchiha Clan. After Itachi killed Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto, Shisui broke his promise and confronted him.

• Tetsuya sensed another leading figure approaching and sent Izuna to the Konoha Military Police Force, where Izuna planned to eliminate the Uchiha survivors.
• Tetsuya and Tobirama watched Uchiha Itachi enter the Uchiha Clan Compound and kill its residents as Shisui pleaded for him to stop.
• Uchiha Fugaku accepted Itachi’s choice, and Uchiha Mikoto asked him to spare Sasuke; Itachi promised to let Sasuke live.
• Uchiha Itachi killed Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto, and Fugaku told him to take his eyes.
• Shisui rushed into the compound and attacked Itachi, accusing him of betraying everything Shisui had entrusted to him.

Shisui fought Itachi, awakening a new Mangekyō Sharingan with powers that countered Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu. Their Susanoo clashed as Tetsuya revealed he had arranged the circumstances to push Shisui into acting.

• Itachi mistook Shisui for an illusion or impostor, then attacked him with Amaterasu after recognizing him.
• Shisui escaped Itachi’s black flames by discarding his flak jacket and used the Body Flicker Technique to evade another attack.
• Itachi trapped Shisui in Tsukuyomi, but Shisui rejected the illusion and awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui’s new eyes nullified Tsukuyomi and swallowed Amaterasu before he summoned a green Susanoo and charged Itachi.
• Itachi summoned an orange-red Susanoo to block Shisui’s attack while Tetsuya told Tobirama he had manipulated events to prompt Shisui’s actions.