Chapter Summaries

Shin used a new chakra-based technique to send knowledge and personal insights directly into Nawaki and Tsunade’s minds. Nawaki was astonished to discover Shin had taught him the Lightning Release Armor and Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Nawaki eagerly approached Shin after Shin called him over and accepted a welcome gift.
• Shin used a chakra flame and his Rinnegan to send Nawaki shinobi-world knowledge, intelligence, and techniques, including the Lightning Release Armor.
• Shin used the technique on Tsunade and shared Nawaki’s knowledge along with his own training insights and private material.
• Nawaki asked Shin in astonishment whether he was really teaching him the Lightning Release Armor and Flying Thunder God Technique.

Shin Uchiha gave Nawaki a simplified Flying Thunder God Technique and challenged him to master it and the first layer of Lightning Release Armor before the Chunin Exams. He planned to keep Nawaki in Konoha until then while preparing for Orochimaru’s expected interest in Sasuke.

• Nawaki recognized the importance of the Flying Thunder God Technique and wondered if he could learn Shin Uchiha’s simplified version.
• Shin Uchiha explained that he had revised the technique to be easier to learn, though it could only be used intermittently and was not suited to rapid combat teleportation.
• Shin Uchiha told Nawaki to master the first stage of the revised technique and the first layer of Lightning Release Armor before the Chunin Exams to earn permission to join a squad on missions.
• Tsunade agreed to Shin Uchiha’s condition, and Nawaki eagerly accepted the training challenge.
• Shin Uchiha planned to have Sasuke return to the Uchiha Clan for training, anticipating that Orochimaru would target him after clashing with Uchiha Itachi.

Shin Uchiha sent Nawaki away under secret protection, then traveled to the Rain Country Hideout to tell Konan he had resurrected Yahiko. Konan struggled to believe him, and Shin’s flick to her forehead convinced her she was awake.

• Shin Uchiha reflected on Jiraiya’s shortcomings and expected him to appear after the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Shin Uchiha gave Nawaki the Flying Thunder God Technique and Lightning Release Armor, then sent him away with an Anbu squad guarding him in secret.
• Tsunade happily kissed Shin Uchiha after Nawaki left, and Shin reminded her to return before departing.
• Shin Uchiha arrived at the Rain Country Hideout, warmed the damp air around Konan, and embraced her.
• Shin Uchiha told Konan he had fulfilled his promise and resurrected Yahiko, but she doubted it was real until he flicked her forehead.

Shin Uchiha revived Yahiko for Konan, who reunited with her old friend and explained how much time had passed. Yahiko learned that Nagato was recovering from injuries and had been sent word that he was alive again.

• Shin teased Konan about their agreement, then brought the unconscious Yahiko out of his space.
• Konan confirmed Yahiko was breathing, and Shin released the genjutsu keeping him asleep.
• Konan sent Nagato a paper crane to tell him Yahiko had returned.
• Yahiko woke, comforted the crying Konan, and learned from Shin that he had died and been resurrected years later.
• Konan told Yahiko that Nagato had been injured saving her and was recovering, but would come soon.

Yahiko reunited with Konan and met Shin Uchiha, who promised to care for her. Nagato arrived through Deva Path Pain and confirmed that Yahiko had truly been revived.

• Yahiko wiped Konan's tears, teased her about Shin, and welcomed Shin as her boyfriend while asking him to treat Konan well.
• Shin vowed that he genuinely loved Konan and would not make her unhappy.
• Shin sensed someone approaching, and he used a repulsive force to counter the wind and rain as Deva Path Pain appeared outside the window.
• Yahiko and Deva Path Pain stared at each other in shock, and Yahiko recognized the figure as Nagato.
• Nagato examined Yahiko through Pain, confirmed he was real, and explained that Pain was an avatar made from Yahiko's body.

Yahiko reunited with Nagato and discovered how badly his younger brother had been weakened by summoning the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Nagato abandoned his long-held plan and agreed to seek treatment after Yahiko took over the Akatsuki, while Konan promised Shin she would repay his kindness.

• Yahiko asked Nagato about his health and offered to visit him, but Nagato said he was already coming to meet Yahiko.
• Nagato told Yahiko he would abandon his plan and hand the Akatsuki back to him after he had settled in.
• Nagato arrived supported by the Animal Path and the Human Path, and Yahiko wept at his brother's frail appearance.
• Konan told Yahiko that Shin could treat Nagato, and Nagato agreed to seek treatment once Yahiko had taken over the Akatsuki.
• After leaving the reunited friends to catch up, Shin heard Konan promise to come repay his kindness and give herself to him.

Shin Uchiha visited Kushina Uzumaki late at night, and they confessed their love for each other before spending the night together. Kōrei Uzumaki lay awake in the next room, having expected that Kushina would have no escape from Shin.

• Shin Uchiha left Konan and returned to the villa in his space.
• Konan explained Shin Uchiha's abilities, their shared experiences, and the changes in the Akatsuki to Yahiko and Nagato.
• Shin Uchiha knocked on Kushina Uzumaki's door, and she happily let him into her room.
• Kushina Uzumaki confessed her love and asked if Shin Uchiha truly cared for her, and he assured her that he loved her too.
• Kushina Uzumaki agreed to be with Shin Uchiha, and they embraced before spending the night together.
• Kōrei Uzumaki stayed awake in the next room, expecting the sounds from Kushina's room.

Shin Uchiha spent the morning with his household before learning that Kirigakure would take part in Konoha’s upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams. The unexpected decision left him wondering how Mei Terumi had made contact with Tsunade.

• Shin woke after spending the night with Kushina and Kōrei Uzumaki, while Kushina remained in bed recovering.
• Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Ye served Shin breakfast and teased him about the previous night, prompting him to threaten to include Izumi on Ye’s scheduled night.
• Uchiha Ye told Shin that Tsunade had returned to Konoha with Shizune after breakfast.
• Shin reviewed the forces joining Konoha’s Chunin Ninja Exams, including the Uchiha Clan teams led by Shisui Uchiha.
• Shin learned that Kirigakure would also participate and wondered how Mei Terumi had established contact with Tsunade.

Shin Uchiha observed Tsunade assign Team 7 a C-rank escort mission to take Tazuna to the Land of Waves. He revealed himself in the Hokage's office as Tazuna's deception began to surface.

• Shin Uchiha returned to the Hokage's office and found Naruto demanding a mission above D-rank for Team 7.
• Tsunade assigned Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin an escort mission to take bridge-builder Tazuna back to the Land of Waves.
• Tazuna arrived drunk and clashed with Naruto, while Kakashi and Karin stopped Naruto from attacking him.
• Shin Uchiha dispelled his concealment and stepped forward, startling everyone in the office.
• Shin Uchiha walked up to the nervous Tazuna.

Shin Uchiha exposed Tazuna's deception about the danger posed by Gato, and Tsunade confronted the old man for endangering Konoha's ninja. Tazuna confessed that the Land of Waves could not afford a higher-ranked mission, and Naruto asked Tsunade to spare him punishment beyond expelling him from the village.

• Shin Uchiha questioned Tazuna about concealing Gato's control of the Land of Waves and the danger facing the Konoha ninja he had hired.
• Tazuna collapsed as Shin explained that Gato's hired ninja could easily kill Genin and Chunin, and the people in the Hokage Office realized he had deceived them.
• Tsunade slammed her hands on her desk and demanded that Tazuna answer for making fools of Konoha.
• Tazuna begged Tsunade's forgiveness, explaining that the Land of Waves could not afford a B-rank mission or multiple Jōnin, and said he was willing to sacrifice his life to destroy Gato's organization.
• Naruto asked Tsunade not to punish Tazuna and suggested that she expel him from the village instead.

Shin Uchiha took charge of deciding Tazuna’s punishment and learned that Gato had isolated the Land of Waves while planning to build a secret factory there. He placed the island under Konoha’s jurisdiction, requiring its residents to pay Konoha ten percent of their business income in exchange for inspections.

• Naruto pleaded for Tazuna, and Kakashi rebuked him while indirectly seeking to protect him from punishment.
• Tsunade assigned the matter to Shin Uchiha, who warned Tazuna not to lie and questioned him about the Land of Waves.
• Tazuna explained that Gato controlled sea transportation, preventing the islanders from reaching the mainland, and that Gato planned to build a closed-off factory.
• Shin concluded that Gato intended to use the remote island as a secret base and asked who held authority among its residents.
• Tazuna said the islanders respected him and allowed him to make decisions, so Shin placed the Land of Waves under Konoha’s jurisdiction and ordered a ten-percent payment to Konoha.

Shin Uchiha agreed to resolve the Land of Waves’ crisis, though the mission would become an expensive S-rank assignment. Naruto realized Shin’s team might take the mission from his team and objected to the change.

• Shin Uchiha offered Tazuna permission to have the Land of Waves leave Konoha’s jurisdiction after paying its commission, and Tazuna gratefully accepted.
• Shin explained that his involvement would make the mission S-rank, prompting Kakashi to offer to handle it instead.
• Tsunade warned Kakashi that protecting his students from Gato’s forces made Shin the safer choice.
• Shin advised Kakashi that using his eye would strain him and agreed to take his team on the mission; he also said Konoha’s cut could help protect the Land of Waves.
• Naruto realized Shin’s team might take the mission and protested, saying he wanted his team to leave the village.

Shin Uchiha agreed to make the Land of Waves mission a joint A-rank operation for Team 7 and Team 10, with Kakashi leading and Shin remaining an adviser. After taking Sasuke aside, Shin asked how he had been and learned that Sasuke had mastered the second level of Lightning Release Armor but could not yet begin the third.

• Shin changed the mission into a joint operation to eliminate Gato's forces, and Naruto celebrated that Team 7 could leave the village with Sasuke and Karin.
• Kakashi arranged for Team 7 and Team 10 to depart the next morning, with him as leader and Shin as an adviser who would step in only if the mission became S-rank.
• Shin asked Sasuke to stay behind after the others left, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take him to Hokage Rock.
• Shin asked Sasuke how he had been feeling, and Sasuke admitted he had no more to learn from Kakashi and felt hurt that his master was often too busy to spend time with him.
• Sasuke demonstrated that he had mastered the second level of Lightning Release Armor but had not started the difficult third stage.

Shin Uchiha explained to Sasuke how the Sharingan evolved and urged him to be patient as he grew stronger, then taught him the simplified Flying Thunder God Technique. After leaving Sasuke, Shin returned to his space villa and found Mikoto with another woman.

• Shin Uchiha explained that the Sharingan evolved through increased spiritual power, while intense emotions were only one way to strengthen it.
• Shin told Sasuke that his age and lack of the Mangekyō Sharingan limited his ability to defeat Itachi, and promised stricter training after the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Shin transmitted his insights on the simplified Flying Thunder God Technique to Sasuke and promised to teach it to Naruto as well.
• Shin left Sasuke and returned to his space villa, where Mikoto and another woman greeted him happily.

Shin Uchiha teased Kushina with an improved Yin Seal technique, then asked Mikoto and Kushina to join a mission he had accepted. He revealed that Sasuke and Naruto would take part in their first mission far from Konoha.

• Shin Uchiha offered to teach Kushina a beauty-preserving technique if she called him Big Brother Shin.
• Kushina recognized the technique as a simplified version of the Yin Seal and accused Shin of tricking her.
• Mikoto explained that Shin had obtained the original technique from Tsunade.
• Shin told Mikoto and Kushina that he was leaving on a mission the next day and asked them to come along.
• Shin explained that Sasuke and Naruto would join the mission, which would be their first one far from Konoha.

Shin invited Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina to accompany him on a mission to the Land of Waves, and they agreed. He then used a space mark to travel to an unfamiliar, windblown place, where he met Uchiha Shi.

• Shin explained that he would take Team Ten and Team Kakashi on a mission to the Land of Waves and invited Mikoto and Kushina to come along.
• Mikoto worried that their appearance would cause trouble, but Shin reassured her that he could handle any opposition.
• Mikoto and Kushina accepted Shin’s invitation and began discussing what they would do on the trip.
• Shin told Uchiha Izumi to help the women pack, then went to the mountaintop and waited for something.
• Shin followed a space mark to an unfamiliar place and found Uchiha Shi kneeling to greet him.
• Shin told Uchiha Shi to stand, but Shi insisted that he should kneel before his clan leader.

Shin Uchiha confirmed how to shorten the cooldown on Rinne Rebirth and learned that gathering chakra from all nine tailed beasts would evolve his Rinnegan and reset the cooldown. He infiltrated Sunagakure and approached Gaara, whose chakra was becoming dangerously agitated.

• Shin Uchiha encouraged Uchiha Shi to train toward awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan and sent him back to Whirlpool Island.
• Shin Uchiha reviewed the methods for reducing Rinne Rebirth's cooldown and learned that collecting chakra from all nine tailed beasts would evolve his Rinnegan and reset the cooldown.
• Shin Uchiha decided to collect the tailed beasts' chakra and secretly flew into Sunagakure.
• Shin Uchiha located Gaara and sensed the powerful chakra of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, nearby.
• Shin Uchiha found Gaara awake in a brightly lit room after midnight, with his chakra growing dangerously agitated.

Shin Uchiha entered Gaara’s room to take some of the One-Tail’s chakra, promising it would let Gaara sleep. He subdued Gaara and Shukaku with his Rinnegan, absorbed more than a third of Shukaku’s chakra, then left Gaara asleep.

• Shin Uchiha sealed Gaara’s room and found the exhausted boy ready to attack him.
• Gaara struck Shin Uchiha with Sand Burial, but Shin repelled the sand with Shinra Tensei.
• Shin Uchiha revealed he wanted some of the One-Tail’s chakra, and Gaara refused to cooperate.
• Shin Uchiha used his Rinnegan to put Gaara and Shukaku into a deep sleep.
• Shin Uchiha absorbed more than a third of Shukaku’s chakra, released Gaara from the genjutsu, and left.

Gaara found the One-Tail alive but too weakened to wake after an unknown visitor drained his chakra, and he hoped he could finally sleep peacefully. As Team Kakashi and the Ino-Shika-Cho team set out with Shin Uchiha, Karin offered Shin breakfast and bristled when he called her someone he had watched grow up.

• Gaara woke at dawn, entered his mindscape, and found the One-Tail emaciated but alive and still asleep.
• Kakashi led Team Kakashi and the Ino-Shika-Cho team out of Konoha, while Shikamaru explained that Shin would catch up using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Naruto wondered whether he could learn the technique his father had used, while Sasuke recalled struggling to understand Shin's lessons.
• Shin sent a Wood Clone through the Flying Thunder God Mark beside Shikamaru and appeared among the teams, startling them.
• Karin offered Shin an extra breakfast, then resented his comment that he had watched her grow up.

Ino approached Karin during the group's journey and proposed that they team up because they both liked Shin. Karin worried about hurting Hinata, but Ino argued that Shin's status and existing relationships made having multiple partners normal, then claimed Kurenai Yuhi was also one of his women.

• After Karin gave Shin's Wood Clone a lunch box, Ino noticed her and quietly went over to speak with her.
• Ino told Karin that they shared a goal and should team up, prompting Karin to deny that she liked Shin.
• Ino explained that she preferred mature, powerful men and knew Shin was engaged to Hinata, then said his status made having multiple partners normal.
• Karin reconsidered her worries about Hinata and became excited by Ino's argument.
• When Karin asked why Ino wanted an ally, Ino said Shin already had several women and claimed Kurenai Yuhi was among them.