Chapter Summaries

Shin Uchiha killed the apparent Fourth Mizukage and fought off Kirigakure’s enraged shinobi with Susanoo. He revealed that the Mizukage had actually been White Zetsu, leaving the villagers wondering what had happened to their real leader.

• Mei Terumi, Genji, and the Kirigakure shinobi attacked Shin Uchiha after he struck down the Fourth Mizukage.
• Shin Uchiha killed the apparent Mizukage, then used Susanoo to block Mei Terumi’s Lava Release and the other shinobi’s attacks.
• Genji recognized Susanoo as Madara Uchiha’s signature technique and told Mei Terumi he knew of no weakness that could help them defeat it.
• Shin Uchiha told the Kirigakure shinobi to look at the body, which transformed from the Fourth Mizukage’s likeness into White Zetsu.
• Shin Uchiha reasoned that White Zetsu’s transformation abilities could be copied with his own Wood Release kekkei genkai.

Shin Uchiha and Kirigakure’s leaders discovered that the Fourth Mizukage had transformed into a rampaging Three-Tails jinchūriki. Genji asked Shin to subdue him while sparing his life if possible, and Shin agreed after making clear that Kirigakure would owe him.

• White Zetsu’s corpse transformed into a tree, and Shin urged Kirigakure’s leaders to find the Fourth Mizukage.
• Genji ordered Ao to locate the Mizukage, while Shin sensed unusual chakra inside the Mizukage Building.
• Ao reported that the Fourth Mizukage had entered Tailed Beast Transformation and was charging toward them.
• Shin recognized that Obito had suppressed the Mizukage’s consciousness, leaving him to rampage by instinct.
• Genji asked Shin to counter the jinchūriki and spare the Fourth Mizukage’s life if possible, and Shin accepted the request.

Shin Uchiha tried to restrain the rampaging Three-Tails jinchūriki with Wood Release while Genji chose to prioritize saving the village over the Mizukage. The jinchūriki transformed into the Three-Tails, which appeared wild and devoid of self-awareness.

• Genji asked Shin Uchiha to do what he could to spare the Mizukage, while accepting that the village had to come first.
• Shin Uchiha dismissed his Susanoo and used Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees to trap the charging jinchūriki in a chakra-draining forest.
• Genji, Mei Terumi, and the others were stunned to see Shin Uchiha wield Hashirama Senju's Wood Release.
• The Three-Tails jinchūriki remained trapped and grew increasingly agitated as the forest's branches failed to subdue him.
• The jinchūriki grew a third tail and transformed into the Three-Tails, whose eyes showed only frenzy and destruction.

Shin Uchiha let the transformed Three-Tails charge him, then summoned Wood Release constructs to overpower and restrain it. As the wood dragon drained the beast’s chakra, the Kirigakure shinobi watched in disbelief.

• The Three-Tails broke free of Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and lunged at Shin Uchiha.
• Uchiha Itachi tried to help Shin, but Shisui Uchiha stopped him and said Shin was enjoying the fight.
• Shin Uchiha summoned the Wood Human Technique and sent its wooden giant to strike the Three-Tails.
• The wood dragon wrapped around the Three-Tails, absorbed its chakra, and tightened its hold while the giant pinned and battered it.
• The Kirigakure shinobi watched as Shin’s Wood Release dominated the Three-Tails.

Shin Uchiha subdued the Three-Tails after beating it until it returned to the Fourth Mizukage, then worked to free the Mizukage from the Genjutsu controlling him. Shin destroyed the Mangekyō Sharingan image in the Mizukage’s mind, though the chapter left the result for the Mizukage’s consciousness unclear.

• Shin Uchiha stopped the Wooden Human after it pummeled the Three-Tails until the beast returned to the Fourth Mizukage.
• Genji thanked Shin Uchiha for saving Kirigakure, and Shin said he had enjoyed beating up a tailed beast.
• Ao reported that the Fourth Mizukage was unconscious and could not be awakened, so Shin said he knew what to do.
• Shin used his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to attack the Genjutsu controlling the Fourth Mizukage, while Ao reported what he saw to Genji.
• Shin overwhelmed and obliterated the Mangekyō Sharingan image inside the Fourth Mizukage’s mind.

Shin Uchiha freed the Fourth Mizukage from Madara Uchiha’s control, revealing that the Mizukage had been manipulated for more than ten years. Kirigakure vowed to pursue the unknown enemy, whom Shin linked to an organization that had targeted the Uchiha Clan.

• Shin Uchiha cleared Madara Uchiha’s safeguards from the Fourth Mizukage’s consciousness, and the Mizukage woke up freed from Genjutsu.
• The Fourth Mizukage broke down before Genji, knelt, and apologized for the devastation Kirigakure had suffered under his control.
• The Fourth Mizukage told Genji that the control began not long after he became Mizukage and had lasted more than ten years, but he did not know who had controlled him.
• Shin Uchiha told Genji that the enemy likely belonged to an organization and that the White Monster impersonating the Fourth Mizukage was probably one of its members.
• Genji declared the unknown controller Kirigakure’s mortal enemy and asked Shin to share any information about him.

After Kirigakure dealt with the Three-Tails' rampage, Mei Terumi toured the village with Shin Uchiha and boldly proposed becoming his mistress. Shin, who had considered using Kotoamatsukami to control her, accepted her proposal.

• Genji sent Ao to search for suspicious people, arranged for the exhausted Fourth Mizukage to rest, and assigned Mei Terumi to accompany Shin Uchiha.
• Shin Uchiha toured Kirigakure with Shisui and Itachi, while Mei Terumi showed him the village's sights and foods.
• Mei Terumi learned Shin Uchiha was almost seventeen and asked whether he would marry a twenty-year-old woman.
• Shin Uchiha said his principal wife had to belong to the Uchiha Clan, so Mei Terumi proposed becoming his mistress in Kirigakure and serving as a bridge between the village and the Uchiha Clan.
• Mei Terumi explained that she admired Shin Uchiha and respected his strength, and Shin Uchiha nodded in acceptance.

Shin Uchiha embraced Mei Terumi after she confessed her feelings, then continued sightseeing with her in Kirigakure. As Mei introduced him around the village as her man, Shin realized her reputation for strength had likely kept others from challenging them.

• Shin Uchiha pulled Mei Terumi into his arms while Shisui and Itachi spotted them and took another path.
• Itachi asked Shisui about Shin's abilities, and Shisui explained how Shin's Mangekyō Sharingan had let him develop his powers rapidly.
• Shin teased Mei about why she liked him, and she said his strength, appearance, and charm attracted her.
• Shin took Mei by the hand and resumed their tour of Kirigakure, where she introduced him as her man.
• Shin enjoyed Kirigakure's cuisine and noticed that no one confronted them, suspecting Mei had already beaten those who might have objected.

Obito Uchiha recovered from his defeat by Shin Uchiha and decided to target the Uchiha Clan. After White Zetsu failed to locate their new district, Obito suspected Shin had moved the clan to an island.

• White Zetsu panicked over Shin Uchiha seeing through his impersonation of the Fourth Mizukage, and Black Zetsu explained that the disguise had flaws.
• Black Zetsu tried to reassure Obito Uchiha, but Obito pointed out that Shin had used Wood Release against the Three-Tails, reducing the concern that his Mangekyō Sharingan would quickly go blind.
• Obito Uchiha recovered his resolve, cursed Shin Uchiha, and threatened to wipe out the Uchiha Clan.
• White Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that his clones had searched the shinobi continent and the clan’s old district without finding the Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha concluded that Shin Uchiha had probably relocated the Uchiha Clan to an island, where the sea prevented White Zetsu from using the Mayfly Technique.

Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu postponed the tailed beast collection plan after learning the Three-Tails had died with the Fourth Mizukage, and decided to focus on Shin Uchiha. Meanwhile, Shin Uchiha and Mei Terumi spent time together until Chōjūrō arrived with an urgent summons from Elder Genshi.

• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu learned that Shin Uchiha had hidden the Uchiha Clan on an island and discussed sending the Six Paths of Pain to Konoha, but Obito Uchiha rejected the idea.
• White Zetsu reported that the Fourth Mizukage had committed suicide and the Three-Tails had vanished, so Black Zetsu postponed the tailed beast collection plan until the Three-Tails revived.
• Black Zetsu dismissed Obito Uchiha's fear that Shin Uchiha could awaken the Rinnegan and urged him to wait for an opportunity to eliminate Shin Uchiha.
• Shin Uchiha and Mei Terumi grew closer, spending their time together while their usual tagalongs kept their distance.
• Chōjūrō found Shin Uchiha and Mei Terumi at the night market and told Mei Terumi that Elder Genshi urgently needed to see her.

Mei Terumi left Shin Uchiha to meet Genji and learned that the Fourth Mizukage had taken his own life after the effects of his control ended. Genji proposed that Mei inherit the Mizukage position and use it to secure an alliance with the Uchiha Clan.

• Chōjūrō told Mei Terumi that Genji was waiting for her at the Mizukage Building, and Shin Uchiha urged her to go.
• Shin Uchiha used the Byakugan and realized that the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails had died.
• Genji told Mei Terumi that the Fourth Mizukage had taken his own life, and Ao confirmed her suspicion that the mysterious man was responsible for the harm to Kirigakure.
• Genji asked Mei Terumi to inherit the Mizukage position, but she initially refused.
• Genji explained that Mei's leadership could help Kirigakure form an alliance with the Uchiha Clan, and Mei fell silent as she recognized Shin's influence on the decision.

Genji reassured Mei Terumi that she deserved to become Mizukage, and Mei later chose to spend the night with Shin Uchiha rather than risk regretting what she left unsaid. After they became intimate at Mei’s home, she denied enjoying it while hiding in Shin’s arms.

• Genji admitted Shin Uchiha's status had influenced the timing of Mei Terumi's succession but affirmed she was his ideal choice and urged her to stay alive through setbacks.
• Mei Terumi promised Genji she would not let him down, and Genji told her that hope depended on surviving.
• Mei Terumi asked to spend the night with Shin Uchiha, explaining that she did not want to live with regrets after the Fourth Mizukage's death.
• Mei Terumi led Shin Uchiha to her apartment, where they became intimate.
• Shin Uchiha offered to use Medical Ninjutsu if Mei Terumi felt uncomfortable, and she teased him before hiding her face in his embrace.

Mei Terumi told Shin Uchiha she was preparing to become Mizukage and feared that her duties would separate them. As she took on leadership responsibilities, Shin brought Elder Uchiha Ling to Kirigakure to negotiate an alliance between the village and the Uchiha Clan.

• Mei Terumi told Shin Uchiha that the Fourth Mizukage had taken his own life and Elder Genshi had chosen her to succeed him.
• Mei Terumi said she regretted deciding not to leave Kirigakure with Shin, but chose to stay and protect the vulnerable village.
• Shin Uchiha healed Mei Terumi, and the two remained together as Kirigakure concealed the Fourth Mizukage's death and Mei began learning to govern.
• Mei Terumi became busy taking over Kirigakure's departments and managing its factions, while still returning home to Shin.
• Mei Terumi invited Shin to negotiate an alliance between Kirigakure and the Uchiha Clan, and Shin brought Elder Uchiha Ling and Uchiha Shi to handle the talks.

After Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage, Shin Uchiha told her he would soon leave Kirigakure, and the two spent the night together in her office. Before leaving, Shin gave Mei a Kamui Dimension space mark so they could reach each other, and Mei asked him to visit often.

• Shin Uchiha waited in Kirigakure until Mei Terumi completed her inauguration as Mizukage.
• Mei dismissed everyone from the Mizukage Building, sat on Shin's lap, and asked him to give her a child before he left.
• Shin sealed the Mizukage's Office with Barrier Ninjutsu, and he and Mei spent the night together there.
• Shin warned Mei to stay vigilant in case the mysterious man who controlled the Fourth Mizukage returned, and told her not to confront him alone.
• Shin placed a Kamui Dimension space mark between Mei's brows and explained how it worked.
• Mei asked Shin to use the mark to visit her in Kirigakure at least once every two weeks.

Shin Uchiha promised Mei Terumi he would visit and travel with her despite her duties as Mizukage, then spent several days with her in Kirigakure. He copied the Hozuki Clan's Hydrification Technique and left for Konoha, while Mei watched him go with a hand over her lower abdomen.

• Shin told Mei Terumi that his space mark would let him visit her and take her traveling when she had time away from her duties.
• Shin used the space mark to bring Mei home, where he explained that his Sharingan-based Space-Time Ninjutsu could not be taught to others.
• Shin spent the next few days with Mei and visited Kirigakure's kekkei genkai families, copying the Hozuki Clan's Hydrification Technique.
• The alliance delegation completed its mission, allowing the Uchiha Clan to cautiously begin exchanges with Kirigakure.
• Shin left Kirigakure to be present for Tsunade's upcoming childbirth, and Mei watched him depart with her hand over her lower abdomen.

Shin Uchiha watched Naruto’s familiar prank unfold in Konoha and spoke with Tsunade about Naruto and Sasuke graduating early. After leaving the Hokage Office, Shin watched Iruka take Naruto back to the academy and reflected on the people who cared for him.

• Shin recognized Naruto’s paint-covered chase with Iruka as the opening scene of Naruto.
• Tsunade told Shin that Naruto and Sasuke were strong enough to graduate, and Shin said they could graduate in a few days.
• Tsunade teased Shizune about having a child with Shin, and Shizune said she wanted to keep caring for Tsunade for now.
• Tsunade admitted to Shizune that she teased Shin to prevent him from trying to have sex with her in the Hokage Office.
• Shin watched Iruka carry the struggling Naruto away after Naruto had painted all five Hokage statues.
• Shin reflected that Naruto knew his parentage but kept it secret and had support from Kōrei Uzumaki, her daughter, Sasuke, and Iruka.

Shin Uchiha visited Mikoto and their children in Konoha after reflecting on his clan’s relocation and the risks of Mikoto’s secret relationship with him. He ended by asking Mikoto whether she had thought about an unspecified matter.

• Shin Uchiha surveyed Konoha from Hokage Rock and reflected that the remaining Uchiha households would move to Whirlpool Island after Sasuke and the other students graduated.
• Shin Uchiha considered his secret family with Mikoto, including their two children, and worried that Itachi might suspect the truth.
• Shin Uchiha used the space mark to visit Mikoto’s home, where Uchiha Kana ran to greet him and called him Father.
• Mikoto told Shin Uchiha that Kana had worn out two-year-old Yuta, who was still asleep, while Kana insisted she had been training him.
• After Kana ran outside to escape Mikoto’s threat of a spanking, Shin Uchiha embraced Mikoto and asked whether she had thought about that matter.

Mikoto agreed to move into Shin Uchiha’s dimension after Sasuke graduated from the Ninja Academy. Shin then visited Yugito, who confessed her love, and he accepted her as his woman, promising to protect and cherish her.

• Mikoto agreed to move into Shin Uchiha’s dimension once Sasuke graduated, and Shin agreed to wait.
• Shin Uchiha surveyed his expanded dimension and noted how much greater his control over it had become.
• Shin found Yugito drunk at the cabin and learned she missed him and wanted him to accept her.
• Yugito told Shin she had fallen for him and wanted to be the person closest to him.
• Shin accepted Yugito as his woman and promised to protect and cherish her.

Shin Uchiha recalled how he had brought Yugito into his space, grown close to her through food and conversation, and accepted her feelings. In Yugito’s room, he reassured her that he liked her unusual round bed, and she told him his opinion was the only one that mattered to her.

• Shin Uchiha remembered meeting Yugito, the isolated Two-Tails jinchūriki, and bringing her into his space to spare her a tragic fate.
• Shin Uchiha regularly brought Yugito food from Konoha, and the two grew close as she kept him company during training.
• Yugito confessed her feelings to Shin Uchiha, who accepted them and offered her a home with him.
• Yugito declined Shin Uchiha’s invitation to move into his villa with Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Ye, preferring to live alone as she had in Kumogakure.
• Shin Uchiha noticed Yugito’s enormous round bed, and she explained that she was used to sleeping in that kind of bed.
• Shin Uchiha reassured Yugito that her bed was fine, and she shyly told him that only his opinion mattered to her.

Shin Uchiha reassured Yugito that he would stay by her side, then took her out to enjoy Konoha’s night market. At Ichiraku Ramen, they encountered Naruto Uzumaki and Iruka.

• Yugito told Shin Uchiha she had chosen to leave Kumogakure behind and wanted to spend her life with him.
• Shin Uchiha promised Yugito he would never abandon or hurt her.
• Shin Uchiha agreed to take Yugito out for the foods she had missed, and they explored Konoha’s night market together.
• Yugito recognized Ichiraku Ramen as the place where she had first tried ramen in Shin Uchiha’s space, so they went inside.
• Iruka greeted Shin Uchiha respectfully, and Naruto Uzumaki cheerfully recognized him as the kind mister.