Recaps

Shin Uchiha secretly helped the Third Hokage defeat the resurrected First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Fourth Kazekage, allowing him to confront Orochimaru. As the Third Hokage used the Reaper Death Seal on Orochimaru, Shin caused the roof to collapse, leaving both men buried beneath the debris.

• Shin Uchiha sent a Wood Clone into the barrier to secretly help the Third Hokage.
• With Shin Uchiha's assistance, the Third Hokage subdued the First Hokage and Fourth Kazekage, then sealed their souls along with the Second Hokage's using the Reaper Death Seal.
• The Third Hokage's Bringer-of-Darkness Technique faded, and Orochimaru drew his Kusanagi Sword and attacked his former teacher.
• The Third Hokage let Orochimaru's sword pierce him, grabbed Orochimaru, and began pulling out his soul with the Reaper Death Seal.
• Shin Uchiha made the roof tiles crack, and the collapse buried the Third Hokage and Orochimaru beneath the rubble.

After the Third Hokage died, Orochimaru escaped while Shin Uchiha chose not to pursue him. Shin sensed a spatial disturbance and went toward Kakashi, who was fighting alongside Guy when Obito Uchiha appeared and attacked him.

• The rooftop collapsed and shattered the Crimson Flame Formation, allowing Orochimaru to escape after vowing to destroy Konoha.
• Tsunade asked Shin Uchiha why he was letting Orochimaru go, and Shin explained that Orochimaru still had uses and could survive being killed.
• Shin sensed a spatial disturbance and vanished toward the place where Kakashi was fighting.
• Kakashi and Guy competed to defeat their enemies until Obito Uchiha suddenly appeared and nearly gouged out Kakashi's eye.
• Obito blamed Kakashi for Rin's death and attacked him, while Guy tried to kick Obito but his leg passed through him.

Guy and Kakashi confronted Obito Uchiha, but White Zetsu drained Kakashi’s chakra and helped Obito attack him. Shin Uchiha arrived to protect them, and Obito’s clones and a dark mass tried to trap Shin as he counterattacked.

• Guy kicked Kakashi out of Obito Uchiha’s attack and urged him to signal Shin Uchiha for help.
• Kakashi activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to deter Obito, then refused to return the eye.
• White Zetsu activated the Spore Technique, draining Kakashi’s chakra and disabling his Sharingan as Obito rushed to seize it.
• Guy opened the sixth gate and attacked, but Shin Uchiha arrived and calmed him before confronting Obito.
• White Zetsu Clones attacked Shin while a dark mass pinned his feet, but Shin’s black rod struck the ground and someone screamed.

Shin Uchiha drove off Obito Uchiha and recovered a fragment of Black Zetsu, while Pakura hunted down Sunagakure shinobi during the failed Konoha Crush. The chapter ended with Pakura killing Baki and Shikaku Nara and Chōza Akimichi continuing to clear out enemy groups.

• Shin Uchiha found a fragment of Black Zetsu on a black rod, drained it of vitality, and saw that Obito Uchiha had escaped.
• Shin Uchiha reassured Kakashi that Obito Uchiha had targeted him because of his Sharingan and warned him to be careful.
• Pakura killed fleeing Sunagakure shinobi and chased Baki when she spotted him trying to escape.
• Baki surrendered to Chōza Akimichi, but Shikaku Nara told Chōza to stay out of Sunagakure's business.
• Pakura killed Baki with a fireball, then nodded to Shikaku Nara and Chōza Akimichi before leaving.
• Shikaku Nara identified Pakura as a Sunagakure jōnin with Scorch Release, and he and Chōza Akimichi went to fight more enemies.

After the Third Hokage’s death, Tsunade sent Shin Uchiha to demand an explanation from Sunagakure, and Shin brought Pakura to the village outskirts to propose making her Kazekage. Pakura recognized that Granny Chiyo would be her greatest obstacle to taking the position.

• Jiraiya defended Konoha’s outskirts from giant pythons while worrying that Orochimaru was behind the attack.
• Gaara and his siblings were defeated, and Konoha’s forces killed or captured the remaining attackers; Sunagakure shinobi were killed by Pakura and her companions.
• Shikaku Nara urged Tsunade to restore order after the Third Hokage’s death, and Tsunade asked Shin to confront Sunagakure.
• Shin said Sunagakure might have to submit completely to Konoha, then teleported with Pakura to the outskirts of Sunagakure.
• Shin proposed that Pakura succeed as Kazekage, and Pakura warned that Granny Chiyo would oppose her.

Shin Uchiha took Pakura to a secluded valley near Sunagakure to confront Chiyo over her role in Pakura’s reported death. Chiyo and Ebizo tried to explain themselves, then learned Shin’s identity and were left facing the Uchiha clan leader and Konoha’s Anbu Director.

• Shin Uchiha asked Pakura whether Chiyo had known the Fourth Kazekage betrayed her, and Pakura said Chiyo must have known.
• Shin Uchiha promised to make Chiyo pay and flew with Pakura to a secluded valley near Sunagakure.
• Chiyo was startled to see Pakura alive, while Ebizo and Chiyo claimed they had believed she died in action.
• Chiyo and Ebizo challenged Shin Uchiha for entering the village’s forbidden grounds and tried to use him as leverage over Pakura.
• Pakura introduced Shin Uchiha as the Uchiha Clan Leader and Konoha’s Anbu Director, leaving Chiyo speechless and prompting Ebizo to praise him.

Shin Uchiha confronted Granny Chiyo and Ebizo over Sunagakure’s role in the Konoha Crush and killed them when they resisted. After confirming they were dead, he took Pakura and flew toward Sunagakure.

• Shin Uchiha told Granny Chiyo and Ebizo that Sunagakure’s scheme had been exposed, and Pakura revealed that the Fourth Kazekage had been killed and Shin intended to wipe out the village.
• Granny Chiyo summoned the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu and attacked Shin Uchiha, but he stopped Pakura from intervening and used Shinra Tensei to blast the puppets and elders away.
• Granny Chiyo and Ebizo shielded themselves from the attack, leaving them exhausted and injured.
• Shin Uchiha used Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique to annihilate Granny Chiyo and Ebizo.
• Shin Uchiha sensed the area and confirmed that Granny Chiyo and Ebizo were dead, then flew toward Sunagakure with Pakura.

After helping Pakura take control of Sunagakure and become the Fifth Kazekage, Shin Uchiha returned to Konoha and found Tsunade and Mei Terumi discussing cooperation. Nawaki asked Shin to train him so he could surpass Naruto and compete for Hokage, but Shin refused because he would be training at Shikkotsu Forest.

• Pakura eliminated the Fourth Kazekage's faction, announced the Kazekage's death and actions in Konoha, and became the Fifth Kazekage with Shin Uchiha's support.
• Shin Uchiha left Sunagakure after placing a space mark on Pakura and returned to the Hokage Office, where Tsunade chided him for being away for several days.
• Mei Terumi explained that she and Tsunade were discussing cooperation and closer ties between Kirigakure and Konoha.
• Nawaki asked Shin Uchiha to teach him so he could surpass Naruto and gain an advantage in a future contest for Hokage.
• Shin Uchiha refused Nawaki's request, explaining that he would spend the next few years training at Shikkotsu Forest.

Shin Uchiha offered Nawaki a chance to train with the Uchiha Clan, then found Jiraiya preparing to leave Naruto behind. Shin arranged for Jiraiya to take Naruto along and made a wager that Naruto would defeat Sasuke after several years of training.

• Shin Uchiha offered to send Nawaki to train with the Uchiha Clan alongside Sasuke, with Shisui Uchiha as their teacher, and Nawaki said he would consider it.
• Shin Uchiha found Jiraiya spying on women bathing near a waterfall while Naruto criticized his behavior.
• Jiraiya admitted he planned to leave Konoha without Naruto, and Shin offered to cover his expenses if he trained Naruto properly.
• Shin proposed that Naruto and Sasuke compete after several years, with Jiraiya required to stay in Konoha and take missions if Naruto lost.
• Jiraiya accepted the wager, and Naruto became emotional at Shin's support.

Shin Uchiha said goodbye to Naruto, arranged for Sasuke to train with Shisui, and returned to Shikkotsu Forest to begin years of secluded training. With Shin in seclusion, the shinobi world appeared peaceful, though hidden tensions remained.

• Shin Uchiha encouraged Naruto to train hard and left him a parting gift before teleporting to the former Uchiha district.
• Sasuke asked Shin about finding a powerful summoning beast, and Shin told him to focus on growing stronger before seeking the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shin brought Sasuke and the others back to the Uchiha District, where Shisui agreed to train Sasuke while Shin secluded himself.
• Shin visited the Elder, returned to Konoha, took Mei Terumi and the others back to Kirigakure, and said goodbye to the women in his space.
• Shin entered Shikkotsu Forest to train, and the shinobi world settled into an outward calm.

In Amegakure, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan discussed Nagato’s refusal to remove his Rinnegan and their plan to wait for Shin Uchiha to help defeat the hidden threat. Underground, Obito Uchiha woke and learned from Black Zetsu that Shin had injured him and might have reached the Six Paths level.

• Nagato told Yahiko he kept the Deva Path body and his Rinnegan because Amegakure needed his power against the man posing as Madara Uchiha.
• Yahiko urged Nagato to let Shin heal him, but Nagato explained that recovering would require removing his Rinnegan.
• Konan said Shin had predicted the enemy’s plan would begin in a few years and that Shin would need the Akatsuki’s cooperation to stop him.
• Obito woke underground and recoiled at White Zetsu’s suggestion that he might have been connected to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito never to face Shin again and said Shin’s power might have reached the Six Paths level.
• Black Zetsu attributed Shin’s extraordinary power to talent greater than Madara Uchiha’s.

Black Zetsu encouraged Obito Uchiha to regain Nagato’s trust and gather the tailed beasts so they could defeat Shin Uchiha. Back in Shikkotsu Forest, Shin absorbed natural energy in the Slug Sage’s corrosive liquid and discovered that Tsunade had arranged for Hinata to keep him company.

• Black Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Shin had reached his limit and urged him to win back Nagato’s trust and gather the Nine Tailed Beasts.
• Obito vowed to make Shin pay and said the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was their trump card.
• Shin Uchiha returned to Shikkotsu Forest and asked the Slug Sage to prepare its undiluted corrosive liquid so he could absorb its natural energy.
• Shin entered the liquid, endured its effects, and emerged after absorbing most of the natural energy.
• Hinata startled Shin when she saw him emerge naked, then explained that Tsunade had sent her to keep him company.
• Shin dressed and told Hinata she did not need to visit while he trained.

Shin Uchiha built Hinata a house in Shikkotsu Forest so she could visit while he trained. More than two years later, the Akatsuki assigned teams to capture the tailed beasts, and Nagato arranged for Konan to warn Shin while Yahiko urged Nagato to protect his health and guard against Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu.

• Hinata told Shin she had come to Shikkotsu Forest willingly because she liked being with him, and Shin built her a two-story wooden house.
• After more than two years, Deva Path Pain assigned Sasori and Deidara to capture Sunagakure's One-Tail Jinchuriki.
• Deidara eagerly accepted the mission, while Sasori agreed to go after he finished developing a poison and consulted his informant.
• Nagato told Yahiko and Konan that he had assigned the tailed-beast capture missions and asked Konan to alert Shin.
• Konan warned Nagato to take care of himself, and Yahiko urged him to beware of Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu, who coveted his Rinnegan.

Yahiko and Nagato reconciled over the Akatsuki’s lost ideals, while Konan recognized Shin Uchiha’s role in making their hopeful reunion possible. Shin returned from a mission with Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji, then agreed to treat them to barbecue and let Ino join him in the Illusion Space.

• Yahiko said the Akatsuki needed to remove dangerous members, and Nagato apologized for straying from their original ideals.
• Yahiko reassured Nagato that his and Konan’s safety mattered more than the Akatsuki, and the two shared a warm laugh.
• Konan thought of Shin Uchiha as the person most responsible for making Yahiko and Nagato’s reunion possible.
• Ino returned from a mission and clung to Shin, while Shikamaru confirmed that she had helped the team complete the A-rank mission safely.
• Shin promised to treat Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji to barbecue, then offered an Illusion Space study session that Shikamaru and Choji declined.
• Ino happily pulled Shin toward the Yakiniku Restaurant, pleased that she would get to spend time alone with him in the Illusion Space.

Shin Uchiha met Hinata and her teammates at the Yakiniku Restaurant, where Naruto returned to Konoha after two years away and reunited with his friends. Kurenai urged Shin to come home that night, and he promised to take Naruto to see Tsunade before returning.

• Shin invited Hinata and her teammates to join him and the Ino-Shika-Cho team for yakiniku.
• Naruto announced his return to Konoha and greeted Shin, saying Jiraiya had trained him and taken him on many trips.
• Naruto explained that Jiraiya had left after bringing him to the village entrance to gather inspiration elsewhere.
• Sakura peeked at Shin and the others from a corner before they entered the restaurant.
• Kurenai asked Shin to come home, and he promised to take Naruto to see Tsunade before heading back that night.

Sasori and Deidara crossed the sandstorm toward Sunagakure, intending to capture the One-Tail Jinchuriki, but Sasori discovered that his spy Yura was no longer responding. They left the storm behind and planned to rest before approaching the village that night.

• Sasori told Deidara that Sunagakure was nearby and that his spy there would help them enter the village.
• Deidara became excited at the prospect of getting intelligence on Sasuke Uchiha and taking revenge on Uchiha Itachi through his brother.
• Sasori tried to activate his spy, Yura, but received no response and concluded that Yura had probably died.
• Sasori and Deidara escaped the sandstorm, and Sasori mocked Deidara's intelligence while explaining how Sunagakure shinobi navigated the desert.
• Sasori said Sunagakure was five kilometers away and suggested they rest before heading there that night, while Deidara continued to argue with him.

Pakura sensed a powerful flying intruder approaching Sunagakure and sent her children to safety before rushing to confront the threat. Deidara triggered the village alarm and attacked with his enormous C3 No. 18 clay bomb, leaving its impact on Sunagakure unresolved.

• Pakura greeted two shinobi carrying her sleeping twins and asked how the children had behaved.
• Pakura sensed a powerful chakra signature, activated the space marks on her twins, and sent them to Shin Uchiha's villa.
• Pakura ordered the highest-level alarm and rushed out to confront the intruder as Sunagakure awakened.
• Deidara realized he had triggered the alarm by flying into Sunagakure's barrier, then prepared to attack.
• Deidara hurled his expanding C3 No. 18 clay doll toward the village and detonated it.

Sasuke arrived in Sunagakure after Shin warned him that Akatsuki planned to attack, and he identified Deidara and located his partner Sasori. Gaara joined the fight by shielding the village from Deidara’s clay bombs, while Pakura remained unharmed.

• Sasuke destroyed Deidara’s enormous clay puppet with Chidori Stream and introduced himself to Pakura.
• Sasuke told Pakura that Shin had sent him to defend Sunagakure and identified the airborne enemy as Deidara.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan to find Sasori and explained that the missing-nin was Deidara’s partner.
• Deidara attacked Sasuke with clay bird bombs, but Sasuke cut them apart with lightning.
• Deidara scattered spider-shaped bombs over Sunagakure, and Gaara used sand to contain their explosions.
• Gaara checked on Pakura, who told him she was unharmed.

Gaara and Sasuke fought the two invaders while Pakura led Sunagakure's shinobi to Sasuke's battlefield. There, she discovered Sasori controlling a puppet resembling the missing Third Kazekage and demanded to know whether he was responsible for the Kazekage's disappearance.

• Gaara went after Deidara in the sky while Sasuke summoned an eagle and flew to confront Sasori.
• Pakura divided the Sunagakure shinobi, sending one group to support Gaara and leading the puppet specialists toward Sasuke.
• Gaara attacked Deidara with sand, but Deidara dodged and sent clay birds that Gaara's defensive sand stopped.
• Sasori used the Third Kazekage Puppet's Magnet Release to attack Sasuke, and Sunagakure's shinobi recognized the technique.
• Pakura confronted Sasori, and Sasuke warned her that the puppet retained its former abilities.
• Pakura demanded to know whether Sasori had caused the Third Kazekage's disappearance.

Pakura confronted Sasori after learning he had turned the missing Third Kazekage into a puppet, while Sasuke Uchiha joined her fight and Shin Uchiha captured Deidara. Shin arrived beside Pakura and urged Sasuke to stop holding back as she insisted on dealing with Sasori herself.

• Sasori revealed that the Third Kazekage Puppet was made from the corpse of the vanished Kazekage, and Pakura attacked him in fury.
• Pakura fought the Third Kazekage Puppet with Scorch Release while Sasori summoned a hundred puppets to battle the Sunagakure Jōnin.
• Sasuke Uchiha joined Pakura against the Third Kazekage Puppet, forcing it onto the defensive.
• Shin Uchiha arrived, saw Pakura overwhelming the puppet, and flew to help Gaara deal with Deidara.
• Shin subdued Deidara with genjutsu, and Gaara caught him and took him to the Kazekage building for confinement.
• Pakura refused Shin’s offer to defeat Sasori, so Shin told Sasuke to stop holding back and help her kill him.

Sasuke Uchiha fought Sasori after Shin Uchiha allowed him to take on the puppet master. Sasuke unleashed the third stage of his Lightning Release Armor and summoned Susanoo, crushing Sasori’s iron-sand attack.

• Shin Uchiha told Sasuke Uchiha to fight Sasori, and Sasuke charged at him through the puppets.
• Sasori used Iron Sand World Method to block Pakura and the Sunagakure shinobi, then summoned hundreds of puppets with Performance of a Hundred Puppets.
• Pakura worried that Sasuke could not handle Sasori, but Shin assured her Sasuke would be fine.
• Sasuke activated the third stage of his Lightning Release Armor and tore through Sasori’s puppet army.
• Sasori’s Third Kazekage Puppet dropped an iron-sand cube toward Sasuke, who defended himself with Susanoo and crushed it.

Sasuke Uchiha used Amaterasu against Sasori and his puppets, but Sasori escaped the flames by abandoning his puppet body and then mobilized his forces for a counterattack. As Sasuke prepared to focus on Sasori, Shin Uchiha shook his head, prompting Pakura to ask whether Sasuke was in trouble.

• Sasuke Uchiha burned the Third Kazekage Puppet and nearby puppets with Amaterasu, but Sasori severed the Chakra Threads before the flames could reach him.
• Sasuke Uchiha ignited Sasori with Amaterasu, and Sasori shed his puppet body to escape the flames.
• Sasori's discarded arm fired poisoned senbon at Sasuke Uchiha, but Susanoo blocked them.
• Sasori sent hundreds of puppets charging at Sasuke Uchiha and rushed him with blades emerging from his waist.
• Shin Uchiha shook his head as Sasuke prepared to face Sasori, and Pakura asked if Sasuke had fallen into a disadvantage.

Shin Uchiha stopped Sasori from escaping by piercing the core hidden in his real body, then explained Sasori’s puppet form and let Pakura claim it for Sunagakure’s puppet masters. Meanwhile, Gaara captured Deidara and brought him to Shin and Pakura.

• Shin Uchiha pinned Sasori’s escaping core to the ground with a lightning-charged kunai, causing Sasori’s puppets to collapse.
• Shin Uchiha explained to Sasuke Uchiha and Pakura that Sasori had replaced his body with a puppet and kept his remaining flesh in a core.
• Shin Uchiha stopped Sasuke Uchiha from striking Sasori’s puppet body and told him it would help Sunagakure’s puppet masters.
• Pakura sealed Sasori’s puppet body in a scroll after Shin Uchiha explained its value to the village.
• Gaara pierced Deidara’s giant white bird, captured him in sand, silenced his protests, and flew toward Shin Uchiha and Pakura.

Gaara captured Deidara and brought him before Shin Uchiha, who ordered him imprisoned after sealing his chakra. Shin then asked Gaara to let Shukaku speak, and the One-Tail agreed to lend him chakra so he could create a clone to fight an organization pursuing tailed beast chakra.

• Gaara presented the captured Deidara to Shin Uchiha, who said he could ransom him from Ōnoki.
• Deidara protested that he was a missing-nin and that Ōnoki would not pay for him.
• Shin Uchiha sealed Deidara's chakra and told Pakura to have him locked up.
• Shin Uchiha asked Gaara to let Shukaku come forward, and Gaara agreed.
• Shukaku respectfully agreed to lend Shin Uchiha one-fifth of his chakra.
• Shin Uchiha explained that he would use the chakra to make a clone and protect Shukaku and Gaara from an organization seeking tailed beast chakra.

Shin Uchiha prepared substitutes made from tailed beast chakra to keep Obito Uchiha’s plan moving if he failed to collect all Nine Tailed Beasts. In Amegakure, Shin reunited with Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato and explained how they could use a chakra-filled slug clone to revive the Ten-Tails; Nagato agreed to help conceal it from Obito.

• Shin Uchiha used his preparations to resolve Sunagakure’s problems, then left with Sasuke Uchiha and the bound Deidara while Pakura stayed behind as Fifth Kazekage.
• Konan told Yahiko she would wait to go to Konoha until the hidden mastermind revealed himself, but hurried to meet Shin when Nagato reported his arrival in Amegakure.
• Shin embraced Konan and promised they would have more time together once he had dealt with the matter at hand.
• Shin told Yahiko and Nagato that Sasori had been killed and Deidara imprisoned, with the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, expected to ransom him.
• Shin revealed an unconscious slug clone capable of holding tailed beast chakra and explained that it could serve as a substitute in the Ten-Tails’ husk.
• Nagato agreed to place the clone in the Ten-Tails’ husk without arousing Obito Uchiha and his allies’ suspicions.