Chapter Summaries

Kabuto Yakushi chose to continue working undercover with Orochimaru to pursue answers and obtain his reincarnation technique. Shin Uchiha gave him a space mark for emergencies, and Kabuto departed after reassuring Nonō and receiving her warnings.

• Nonō silently appealed to Shin Uchiha to offer Kabuto Yakushi a safe position at the Orphanage.
• Kabuto Yakushi declined and said he would keep working with Orochimaru, where he had made progress toward obtaining the reincarnation technique.
• Shin Uchiha accepted Kabuto's choice, placed a space mark on him as an escape measure, and warned him to be cautious around Orochimaru.
• Kabuto Yakushi thanked Shin Uchiha, reported what he knew about Orochimaru, and reassured Nonō before leaving.
• Nonō worried that Kabuto might be in danger, and Shin Uchiha told her he trusted Kabuto and would protect her.

Tsunade persuaded the pregnant Nonō to move back in with Shin and the others so she could be cared for before and after the birth. Nonō agreed, while Tsunade continued managing Shin’s household and reflected on her uneasy relationship with Mei Terumi.

• Tsunade reminded Nonō that she had warned her about Shin, then urged her to stop feeling embarrassed and return to the household.
• Nonō agreed to move back, admitting that she needed help during her pregnancy and after the baby arrived.
• Tsunade reassured Nonō and told her to move back that day, while Shin left to give them space.
• Shizune observed Tsunade’s soft-hearted efforts to organize Shin’s women and children.
• Tsunade thought about Mei Terumi, the Mizukage in Kirigakure, whom she considered beyond her influence and viewed with suspicion.

Kurenai Yuhi kept Hinata behind after Team 8’s meeting to get to know Shin’s fiancée, and the two grew closer as they spoke. Kurenai revealed she was a Kage-level ninja, leaving Hinata stunned.

• Kurenai Yuhi kept Hinata behind after dismissing Team 8 and told her she wanted to meet Shin’s fiancée.
• Kurenai explained that she was a close friend of Shin, and Hinata bashfully asked to call her big sister Kurenai in private.
• Hinata said she respected Kurenai and believed Tsunade and Shin would only assign her a capable teacher.
• Kurenai released some of her spiritual power and formally introduced herself as a Kage-level ninja.
• Hinata’s pupils contracted in surprise when Kurenai revealed her strength.

Shin visited Hinata after her graduation and heard her resolve to grow stronger so she could support him. He kissed her forehead, leaving her flustered and unable to respond.

• Kurenai Yuhi sensed Shin's arrival, teased him about checking on his fiancée, and left Hinata with him.
• Shin congratulated Hinata on graduating, and she blushed at his comment that she had grown up.
• Kurenai Yuhi warned Shin not to bully Hinata before leaving to report to Tsunade.
• Shin asked Hinata whether she truly meant what she had told Tsunade, and Hinata vowed to become stronger and help him.
• Hinata invited Shin to stop treating her like a child, and he kissed her forehead.
• Hinata froze in embarrassment, then stammered when Shin asked what was wrong.

Shin Uchiha gave Hinata a space mark and encouraged her to pursue the path of a Shinobi while prioritizing her safety. After Hinata left, Shin called a woman hiding in the woods to come out.

• Shin Uchiha teased Hinata about her graduation gift, then gave her a space mark and explained how it worked.
• Shin warned Hinata to use the mark to escape danger rather than risk being captured and endangering others.
• Hinata worried that she was unsuited to being a Shinobi, but Shin reassured her that she was exceptionally gifted and promised to support her.
• Shin coaxed Hinata for a while, then let her leave without taking her for a stroll.
• After Hinata had gone, Shin called to someone hiding in the woods, and a beautiful woman with black hair and red eyes emerged.

Kurenai Yuhi returned to spend time with Shin Uchiha and asked to have more children with him, and he agreed. Shin took her to the Hokage Office, where Tsunade teased them before he transported everyone home.

• Kurenai Yuhi told Shin Uchiha she wanted to spend time with him and give him more children.
• Shin Uchiha agreed to Kurenai Yuhi’s request after discussing her strength and the demands of pregnancy.
• Shin Uchiha carried Kurenai Yuhi to the Hokage Office, where Tsunade teased them about their relationship.
• Shin Uchiha activated the women’s space marks and transported everyone home.

At Naka Shrine, Shin Uchiha confronted Uchiha Itachi about his years of hostility toward him and asked what reasons Itachi had suspected. Itachi accepted that Shin could kill him and began explaining his theories, leaving the cause of Shin’s treatment unresolved.

• Shin Uchiha waited at Naka Shrine beside the empty spot where the Uchiha stone tablet had stood, after hiding the tablet in his personal space.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived and reported that he had silenced a Kumogakure squad and diverted evidence of their fight toward the Land of Earth.
• Shin Uchiha remarked that the turmoil in Iwagakure and Kumogakure followed the loss of their forbidden techniques book and Jinchūriki, and Itachi understood the implication but stayed silent.
• Shin Uchiha asked whether Itachi had noticed his hostility, and Itachi tensed before deciding not to resist.
• Uchiha Itachi said Shin had repeatedly sent him on dangerous missions and asked why, offering to take his own life once he learned the reason.
• Shin Uchiha invited Itachi to explain his suspicions, and Itachi began by saying he thought Shin feared him as a threat because he was the former Clan Leader’s eldest son.

Uchiha Itachi explained why he had suspected Shin Uchiha’s hostility and accepted what he thought was an imminent execution. Shin denied wanting to kill him and showed him an illusion of a future in which Itachi slaughtered his family and clan for a peace that never came, leaving Itachi shaken and questioning whether he had truly done those things.

• Uchiha Itachi described and dismissed several possible reasons for Shin Uchiha’s hostility, including rivalry over clan leadership and Shin’s relationship with his mother.
• Uchiha Itachi knelt and told Shin that he would not resist if Shin intended to kill him, asking him to conceal the truth from Mikoto and Sasuke.
• Shin Uchiha told Uchiha Itachi that he did not intend to kill him and had only been venting his dissatisfaction.
• Shin Uchiha activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and drew Uchiha Itachi into an illusion to show him the truth.
• Uchiha Itachi emerged from the illusion horrified by a future in which he killed his parents and slaughtered the clan, then asked Shin if he had really done those things.

Shin Uchiha explained to Uchiha Itachi that his visions of the Uchiha Clan’s dark future had been changed and gave him a mission concerning Sasuke. He showed Itachi an ancient stone tablet whose remaining inscription required the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to read, then revealed that its account of how the Mangekyō evolved had been altered.

• Uchiha Itachi asked Shin Uchiha about the future fragments he had seen, and Shin confirmed they came from his Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Space-Time Rift.
• Shin Uchiha explained that he had kept Itachi’s actions in those visions secret and that the Uchiha Clan had left Konoha to avoid its predicted fate.
• Shin Uchiha told Itachi he had an important mission, and Itachi guessed it concerned Sasuke’s future.
• Shin Uchiha produced an ancient Uchiha stone tablet, and Itachi strained his Mangekyō Sharingan to read its inscription until Shin stopped him.
• Shin Uchiha said the tablet’s remaining text had been altered and that its method for evolving the Mangekyō Sharingan was a shortcut.
• Shin Uchiha began to explain that only two Uchiha had independently awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and said he had already told Shisui the method.

Shin Uchiha explained that Itachi could evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan by greatly increasing his mental strength and eye power, then discussed Sasuke’s possible role as the Child of Destiny. He assigned Itachi to stage Mikoto’s death before Sasuke and infiltrate the Akatsuki, promising to use a stand-in and restore Itachi’s reputation afterward.

• Shin Uchiha said the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan required mental strength and eye power several times greater than when the Mangekyō awakened, and Itachi dismissed that method as unrealistic for himself.
• Shin Uchiha identified himself and Indra as the two people who had achieved that growth, then told Itachi the Stone Tablet method was workable despite its drawbacks.
• Shin Uchiha said Sasuke might be the Child of Destiny and argued that Sasuke needed to experience loss and betrayal to grow stronger.
• Itachi agreed to carry out Shin Uchiha’s mission after Shin promised to protect the clan and restore his good name.
• Shin Uchiha ordered Itachi to stage Mikoto’s death in front of Sasuke, become a rogue ninja, and infiltrate the Akatsuki to monitor Pain and the person behind the organization.
• Shin Uchiha reassured Itachi that he would use a White Zetsu Clone as Mikoto’s stand-in.

Shin assigned Itachi a mission to put Sasuke through hardship while helping Mikoto fake her death and escape, then turned his attention to reviving Yahiko. Konan agreed to retrieve a piece of Yahiko’s remains, but worried that the resurrection might cost Shin too much.

• Shin told Itachi to spend a few days saying goodbye to Mikoto and assured him that she and Shisui knew the truth about his mission.
• Shin sent a Wood Clone to handle routine missions with the Ino-Shika-Cho youngsters while he spent time with Tsunade, Shizune, and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Shin met Konan at the wooden building and told her that everything was ready to revive Yahiko except for a piece of his remains to use as a summoning medium.
• Konan agreed to retrieve some of Yahiko’s flesh and blood from his remains, which Nagato had turned into Deva Path Pain.
• Konan asked whether reviving Yahiko would cost Shin too much, and Shin activated his Sharingan as he prepared to reassure her.

Shin Uchiha revealed that he could control his Rinnegan and explained why Nagato’s permanently active eyes resembled Kakashi’s transplanted Sharingan. Konan feared that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been part of a conspiracy, and the chapter ended with her asking Shin what remained real.

• Shin Uchiha revealed his Rinnegan to Konan, who worried that using Outer Path-Rinne Rebirth would cost him his life and confessed that he was important to her.
• Shin showed Konan that he could deactivate his Rinnegan, unlike Nagato, whose eyes remained active.
• Shin compared Nagato’s Rinnegan to Kakashi’s transplanted Sharingan and explained that both men could use their eyes but could not deactivate them.
• Shin told Konan that Nagato was likely an Uzumaki orphan and that no Uzumaki had a known eye-related bloodline, leaving her convinced that a conspiracy lay behind Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Shin comforted Konan as she panicked, and she asked him what was real if their suffering and Yahiko’s death had been part of a lie.

Shin comforted Konan and promised to investigate Nagato’s failing health and bring Yahiko back. Konan worried about the price of using Rinne Rebirth, but Shin reassured her that his system had reduced the cost, and they acknowledged their feelings for each other.

• Shin held Konan as she calmed down and promised to uncover who was behind the schemes and bring Yahiko back.
• Shin suspected Nagato was growing weaker because his Rinnegan drained his body, and he planned to find a way to seal it.
• Konan asked Shin to delay reviving Yahiko until he could do so without a price, or to let her bear the cost instead.
• Shin checked the system and saw that using Rinne Rebirth would seal the technique for ten years rather than kill him.
• Shin reassured Konan, kissed her forehead, and told her he could not bear to make her sad; Konan shyly accepted his affection.

Shin asked Konan to arrange for Itachi to join the Akatsuki and partner with Kisame so they could investigate the mastermind. After sharing an intimate moment, Shin trained Konan in supportive and survival techniques and left her with a life-saving Izanagi seal, warning her to prioritize survival.

• Shin asked Konan to recruit Itachi into the Akatsuki and pair him with Kisame, whose background might connect him to the mastermind.
• Konan agreed to arrange the partnership and kept her suspicions about Obito Uchiha and Kisame to herself.
• Shin and Konan kissed before Konan stopped them, saying the building was not safe.
• Shin brought Konan into an illusion realm and taught her supportive and survival ninjutsu.
• Shin sealed Izanagi in Konan's eyes and told her to activate his space mark if she sensed danger.

Shin prepared Itachi to carry out a secret mission that would make Sasuke believe his brother had killed their family, hoping the trauma would strengthen Sasuke's Sharingan. Itachi headed for the Uchiha compound while Shin concealed himself near Sasuke's home to watch what happened.

• Shin confirmed that Itachi was ready for the mission and promised that Mikoto, Yuta, and Kana were safely hidden.
• Itachi left for the courtyard where he had grown up, while Mikoto watched him go and worried about the pain the mission would cause him and Sasuke.
• Shin reassured Mikoto that Sasuke needed the trauma to strengthen his Sharingan, then sent her back to the hidden space when Kana woke up.
• Shin teleported to Sasuke's roof and concealed his presence as he waited for the brothers' confrontation.
• Sasuke hurried home, expecting his father and Itachi to celebrate his graduation and becoming a ninja.

Sasuke returned to his home and found his father dead and Itachi claiming to have killed him. Itachi also said he had killed their mother, and Sasuke found her body in the kitchen.

• Sasuke returned to the Uchiha District and found two maids unconscious inside his home.
• Sasuke entered the dining room and discovered his father’s corpse.
• Itachi appeared and told Sasuke that he had killed their father.
• Sasuke awakened his Sharingan and activated his Lightning Release Armor as he confronted Itachi.
• Itachi claimed he had killed their mother and that her body was in the kitchen.
• Sasuke found his mother’s body and gathered her into his arms.

Sasuke discovered his parents dead and confronted Itachi, whose explanation and genjutsu drove Sasuke into a furious attack. Itachi overwhelmed him and sent him crashing through a wall into the next room.

• Sasuke confirmed his mother was dead, laid her down, and awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Itachi claimed he had killed his parents to advance his Sharingan and said he planned to escape before the clan leader returned.
• Sasuke attacked Itachi with a kunai, but Itachi's body became a flock of crows as Sasuke realized he was trapped in a genjutsu.
• Sasuke used his Lightning Release Armor and Sharingan to break free of Itachi's genjutsu and charged at him again.
• Itachi evaded Sasuke's attack and struck his back, sending him through a wall into the next room.

Itachi defeated Sasuke with Susanoo and Tsukuyomi, claiming he wanted their parents’ Sharingan and pushing Sasuke to seek greater power. After Sasuke lost consciousness, Itachi told Shin Uchiha that his task was complete, and Shin promised to take Sasuke to Tsunade.

• Sasuke’s lightning attack failed against Itachi’s Susanoo, and Itachi slammed him into a wall.
• Itachi explained that he wanted his parents’ Sharingan and taunted Sasuke, who vowed to avenge them.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to make Sasuke relive their parents’ deaths until Sasuke lost consciousness.
• Itachi caught Sasuke and told Shin Uchiha that his task was complete.
• Shin Uchiha promised to take Sasuke to Tsunade and said he would suffer no lasting damage.

Shin Uchiha arranged for Itachi to infiltrate the Akatsuki and took the unconscious Sasuke to Tsunade for treatment. The chapter ended with Sasuke recovering in Konoha Hospital while the village believed Itachi had murdered his parents and nearly killed his brother.

• Shin Uchiha eased Itachi’s eye pain after Itachi overused his Mangekyō Sharingan against Sasuke.
• Shin instructed Itachi to join the Akatsuki, monitor its mastermind, and trust Konan, who was secretly on Shin’s side.
• Shin warned Itachi to stay vigilant, then teleported away with Sasuke while Itachi left the village separately.
• The next morning, Konoha and the Uchiha Clan announced that Itachi had killed his parents, injured Sasuke, and become an S-rank rogue ninja.
• Tsunade told Shin that Sasuke’s injuries were not serious and that he would likely wake after a week, even without treatment.

Sasuke woke after three days in a coma, while Shin comforted Mikoto and explained the larger plan behind Sasuke and Itachi’s ordeal. Naruto told Sasuke that Mikoto had been killed and Yuta and Kana were missing, leaving Sasuke to face the truth he had hoped was only a nightmare.

• Shin returned to his space and assured Mikoto that Tsunade had examined Sasuke and that he would recover.
• Shin explained the events behind Sasuke and Itachi’s mission, including the Sage of Six Paths, and promised that Sasuke would become extraordinarily powerful.
• Mikoto chose not to visit Sasuke because the world believed she was dead and she wanted him to endure the hardships ahead.
• After three days unconscious, Sasuke woke to find Naruto beside him and asked whether Naruto had seen his mother.
• Naruto told Sasuke that Mikoto had been killed, Yuta and Kana were missing, and the Uchiha District had been sealed off.