Chapter Summaries

Shinichi trapped the Uchiha clan members in a mass Tsukuyomi and convinced them that opposing Fugaku was hopeless. After the staged confrontation, Fugaku and Shisui were left to persuade the clan while Shinichi went home to cook for Naruto and Karin.

• The Uchiha clan members proposed wearing down Shinichi's intangibility, but he used a mass Tsukuyomi to pull them into his genjutsu space.
• Shinichi told the Uchiha that he would become their nightmare, and they despaired over having considered a coup and doubted Fugaku.
• In the real world, the Uchiha members collapsed unconscious, and Fugaku and Shisui dismissed their Susanoo after the staged battle.
• Fugaku praised Shinichi's strength and suggested he could take control of Konoha, but Shinichi warned him not to entertain dangerous ideas.
• Shinichi said the Uchiha would wake within half a day and asked Fugaku and Shisui to disguise their injuries and handle the follow-up talks.
• Shinichi left to cook for Naruto and Karin, while Fugaku and Shisui prepared to persuade the Uchiha clan members to abandon the coup.

Shinichi was summoned by the Third Hokage over his disruptive law enforcement, but he refused to take responsibility and accepted a month of paid leave. The chapter ended with Fugaku arriving for a private meeting while Shinichi shamelessly stayed in the office and ate the Hokage’s snacks.

• Shinichi left a complaining Shadow Clone at home to cook for Naruto and Karin, and the Clone threatened Kakashi when he objected to its insults.
• The Third Hokage confronted Shinichi over the many complaints about his conduct in the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Shinichi insisted he had followed the rules and argued that the police force needed him.
• The Third Hokage postponed transferring Shinichi but ordered him to take a month of mandatory leave, and Shinichi happily confirmed it was paid.
• Fugaku arrived to meet the Third Hokage, but Shinichi ignored hints to leave and settled in to eat the Hokage’s snacks.

Fugaku offered to surrender seventy percent of the Uchiha Clan's positions in the Konoha Military Police Force, and the Third Hokage accepted. Shinichi then pointed out that the displaced Uchiha would need work and proposed a position swap, leaving the Third Hokage to consider whether the village would let them succeed.

• Shinichi ignored the Third Hokage's hints to leave and kept eating snacks while Fugaku arrived to meet with him.
• Fugaku proposed reducing the Uchiha Clan's positions in the Konoha Military Police Force by seventy percent and letting the Hokage assign replacements.
• Fugaku said he had forcibly suppressed opposition within the clan, and the Third Hokage accepted his proposal.
• Shinichi praised Fugaku and joked about becoming sworn brothers, then asked what the displaced Uchiha would do for work.
• Shinichi suggested that Uchiha could fill the positions vacated by people taking over their Military Police jobs, then mocked the Third Hokage with a story about a stingy horse owner.

Shinichi persuaded the Third Hokage to share vacant Konoha Military Police Force posts with other clans, and the Hokage secured approval despite Danzo’s objections. The decision passed, while the Third Hokage worried that Shinichi and Fugaku might fight.

• Shinichi urged the Third Hokage to embrace change in accordance with the Will of Fire, and the Hokage agreed to try his proposal.
• The Third Hokage convened the clan heads and Hokage Advisors, where Danzo, Mito, and Koharu opposed sharing the vacant posts with other clans.
• Hiashi supported the proposal, and the Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, and Aburame clan leaders agreed as well.
• The Third Hokage said Shinichi would use force if the Uchiha made suspicious moves, and the assembled leaders were impressed by Shinichi’s strength.
• The Third Hokage dismissed Danzo, Mito, and Koharu from the debate, and the proposal was settled despite their objections.
• The Third Hokage worried Shinichi and Fugaku might resume their earlier confrontation after returning.

After Shinichi beat Fugaku for asking him to train Itachi and Sasuke, he learned Hiashi also wanted him to train Hinata and Neji. Kakashi then asked Shinichi for money so he could take Kurenai to the Hot Spring Inn, leaving Shinichi furious that Kakashi had let her pay for their past outings.

• Shinichi praised Mikoto's cooking and teased Fugaku after their performance before the Third Hokage.
• Fugaku asked Shinichi to take Itachi and Sasuke as his students, and Shinichi beat him up before leaving.
• Shinichi recalled that Hizashi had asked him to train Hinata and Neji on Hiashi's behalf.
• Kakashi asked Shinichi for money to book a room at the Hot Spring Inn with Kurenai.
• Shinichi scolded Kakashi for letting Kurenai pay for their meals despite the Hatake Clan's wealth.

Shinichi pressured Kakashi to take Kurenai on a date and agreed to train the Hyuga and Uchiha clan heirs, making Kakashi help teach them. The next day, Shinichi spotted Kakashi and Kurenai walking together while he was supposedly on leave.

• Shinichi gave Kakashi money for a date with Kurenai, but warned that it was a loan with steep interest if Kakashi spent it on anything else.
• Kakashi objected that he had a mission, but Shinichi ordered him to make time for Kurenai and threatened to withhold his food.
• Shinichi told Kakashi that Hiashi and Fugaku had asked him to take their children as students, and Kakashi encouraged him to accept.
• Shinichi agreed to teach the children and assigned Kakashi to help, then urged Kakashi to marry Kurenai so he could share the work.
• Shinichi went to the Konoha Military Police Force despite being on leave and patrolled with Nami and the others.
• While patrolling, Shinichi spotted Kakashi and Kurenai walking together and looked forward to watching them.

Shinichi watched Kakashi and Kurenai’s date turn into a confrontation with Asuma, then arrested Asuma after he insulted Kurenai and challenged Kakashi. He openly admitted he was abusing his authority to protect his younger brother.

• While secretly watching Kakashi and Kurenai’s date with Nami, Shinichi reconsidered his place in the world and thanked her for helping him realize he should seek his own happiness.
• Asuma confronted Kakashi and Kurenai, accused them of betraying him, and insulted Kurenai until she slapped him and ended their friendship.
• Kakashi asked Asuma to apologize to Kurenai, but Asuma challenged him to a duel, and Shinichi stepped between them.
• Shinichi cuffed Asuma and claimed he was arresting him for starting a fight and injuring someone, using Nami’s police uniform and testimony to justify the arrest.
• Asuma accused Shinichi of abusing his authority to favor Kakashi, and Shinichi admitted it and declared that he would arrest Asuma regardless of the Third Hokage’s objections.

Shinichi used Asuma’s outburst to get him confined by the Third Hokage, then returned home and teased Kakashi about his love life. The chapter ended with Shinichi punching Kakashi despite his careful answer.

• Shinichi arrested Asuma after he tried to start a fight and brought him to the Third Hokage’s office.
• After Shinichi provoked him, Asuma attacked with a kunai, but Shinichi disarmed and restrained him.
• Shinichi told the Third Hokage an embellished account of Asuma’s behavior, and Asuma blurted out that his father could destroy the Hatake Clan.
• The Third Hokage slapped Asuma, apologized to Shinichi, and said he would keep Asuma confined at home.
• Back at the Hatake household, Shinichi asked Kakashi why he had never urged him to find a wife, then punched him after Kakashi cautiously wished he would bring home a sister-in-law.

Shinichi accepted Neji and Hinata as students and promised to find a way to remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal, while negotiating with Hiashi over the Hyuga clan’s future. He left after revealing he had not yet figured out how to break the seal, leaving Hiashi furious and Hizashi trying to calm him.

• Shinichi decided to stop viewing himself as a spectator and accepted that he belonged in this world.
• Shinichi visited Hiashi’s home and agreed to take Neji and Hinata as his students.
• Shinichi said he intended to remove Neji’s Caged Bird Seal and asked whether Hiashi would make Neji the next clan head if the seal were removed.
• Hiashi said he would support Neji as successor and end the outdated Main Family and Branch Family system, while asking Shinichi to free Neji.
• Shinichi asked Hiashi to stop keeping Naruto and Hinata apart as payment, and Hiashi reluctantly agreed.
• Shinichi admitted he had not yet figured out how to remove the seal, enraging Hiashi before Shinichi vanished to find a meal.

Shinichi formally took Itachi and Sasuke as his students, collected their hair, and gained Itachi’s powerful Susanoo-related talent. Meanwhile, Kakashi warned Yugao about Shinichi’s pettiness as she grew curious about meeting him.

• Shinichi arrived at Fugaku’s home, where Sasuke called him an annoying freeloader, and Mikoto welcomed him.
• Shinichi gathered Itachi and Sasuke at the training ground and required them to give him their hair before becoming his students.
• Shinichi sent the brothers on a hundred laps around Konoha, and Sasuke returned exhausted after his Shadow Clone carried him back.
• Shinichi extracted Itachi’s biological information and gained the purple talent darkness that yearns for light, including the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror.
• Shinichi delegated the brothers’ combat training to his Shadow Clone while Kakashi worked in ANBU with Yugao.
• Yugao asked Kakashi to introduce her to Shinichi, and Kakashi warned her not to offend his grudge-holding older brother.

Shinichi visited Konoha’s orphanage with Naruto and Karin, where he met Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto Yakushi. Recognizing their identities and the tragedy that awaited them, he resolved to intervene before it began.

• Danzo grew angry at Shinichi’s influence over Hiruzen and began planning to use a returning Root member against him.
• Naruto and Karin told Shinichi about the orphanage and the kind director they had befriended, so he agreed to visit.
• Shinichi brought pastries to the orphanage, where the children welcomed him and Naruto proudly introduced him as Konoha’s Hero.
• Shinichi recognized the director as Yakushi Nonō and the bespectacled boy as Kabuto Yakushi, and realized their tragic future had not yet begun.

Shinichi visited Yakushi Nonō’s orphanage, met Kabuto, and offered to support the children with daily supplies. As he left with Karin and Naruto, he secretly formed the hand seal for the Shadow Clone Technique.

• Nonō apologized for addressing Shinichi too casually, and he charmed her before asking Kabuto his name.
• Shinichi asked Kabuto to join the Hatake Clan as his little brother, but Kabuto rejected him and said he wanted to stay at the orphanage.
• Shinichi learned that the orphanage was short on funds and that Nonō had been using her own money to help support it.
• Shinichi offered to provide daily supplies for the orphanage, and Nonō gratefully accepted.
• Shinichi left with Karin and Naruto, secretly forming the hand seal for the Shadow Clone Technique.

Shinichi left Fugaku’s home after learning Danzo might target him, then arrived at the Konoha Orphanage as Danzo pressured Yakushi Nonō to spy on him. Nonō agreed to protect the children, but Shinichi interrupted before Danzo could secure her cooperation.

• Shinichi praised Itachi’s and Sasuke’s training and told them he might leave the village for a while.
• Fugaku warned Shinichi that Danzo would likely hold a grudge against him, and Shinichi welcomed the chance to confront Danzo.
• Danzo ordered Yakushi Nonō to return to Root and infiltrate Shinichi’s side to monitor him.
• Nonō refused until Danzo threatened to cut off the orphanage’s funding, forcing her to agree to the mission.
• Shinichi entered the orphanage with the eavesdropping Kabuto, rejected Nonō’s agreement, and surprised her and Danzo.

Shinichi stopped Danzo from pressuring Yakushi Nonō and the Konoha Orphanage, then threatened him into backing off and funding the orphanage. Danzo left humiliated, while Shinichi resolved to wait for the right moment to publicly punish him.

• Shinichi revealed that he had been monitoring the orphanage and blocked Danzo from leaving.
• Shinichi trapped Danzo in Tsukuyomi, revealed that he knew about Izanagi, and threatened to expose his crimes or kill him.
• Shinichi declared the orphanage and Yakushi Nonō under his protection and ordered Danzo to add Root funds to the orphanage’s food allowance within one day.
• Danzo left the orphanage with his men after Shinichi released him from Tsukuyomi.
• Shinichi decided to wait for an opportunity to disgrace Danzo publicly rather than kill him immediately.

Shinichi drove Danzo away from the orphanage and encouraged Yakushi Nonō to teach Kabuto how to protect himself. After leaving, Shinichi gained Kabuto’s Ryūchi Cave talent and converted Indra’s Grudge into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving him newly empowered.

• Shinichi reassured Nonō and Kabuto that Danzo would not return and promised to help if anyone threatened them again.
• Shinichi urged Kabuto to become strong and told Nonō to train him until he found a suitable teacher.
• Shinichi affirmed Nonō’s place as the orphanage director, bringing her to tears before his teasing made her laugh.
• The system rewarded Shinichi for changing Kabuto’s fate and granted him the Inheritor of Ryūchi Cave talent and its senjutsu.
• Shinichi spent 500 points to convert Indra’s Grudge, gaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and stronger dōjutsu attributes.

Shinichi joined Kakashi and his ANBU subordinates for dinner, where he met Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate and decided he wanted to pursue Yugao. The evening ended with Yugao looking forward to seeing Shinichi again and Hayate uneasy about his rival.

• Kakashi invited Shinichi to dinner with seven ANBU subordinates at the Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant.
• Shinichi met Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate, mistakenly toasted them as a couple, and learned they were not together.
• Shinichi asked Yugao, “Pretty lady, wanna hook up?” and claimed he had only been joking when everyone reacted in shock.
• Yugao told Shinichi she had enjoyed the evening and hoped they would meet again, while Hayate grew wary of him.
• Shinichi told Hayate to eat more kidneys because he looked weak, leaving Hayate confused and insulted.

Shinichi left Konoha for the Land of Water and broke up a fight between several Kirigakure ninja and a powerful brown-haired woman. He ended the chapter arguing with the woman after she sprained her ankle in a collision with him.

• Shinichi left home after Kakashi, Karin, and Naruto mocked his repeated claims that he was leaving, then completed the village exit procedures and headed for the Land of Water.
• After three lonely days on the road, Shinichi summoned Pakkun to find people and keep him company, but dismissed him when he heard fighting nearby.
• Shinichi saw several Kirigakure ninja trying to surround a brown-haired woman and decided to intervene.
• Shinichi swiftly knocked the Mist Ninja unconscious without killing them, but the woman sprained her ankle when she collided with him while dodging.
• The woman rejected Shinichi's help and cursed at him, and Shinichi complained that she had not thanked him for saving her.

Shinichi rescued a hostile young kunoichi in the Land of Water, subdued her, and treated her injured ankle. He made her guide him toward Kirigakure, then recognized her as the future Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi while giving her a fake name.

• Shinichi removed his Konoha forehead protector after the girl accused him of trespassing in the Land of Water.
• When the girl threatened him, Shinichi sealed her chakra and restrained her with branches shaped by Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
• Shinichi treated the girl's sprained ankle with Medical Ninjutsu and told her he would release her after she guided him to Kirigakure.
• Shinichi and the girl found a boat and continued their journey across the sea.
• The girl introduced herself as Terumon Xiaomei, and Shinichi called himself Conan Edogawa, nicknamed Death God Elementary Schooler.
• Shinichi recognized the girl as the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi.

Shinichi traveled toward Kirigakure with the injured Mei Terumi, whose seal kept her from escaping, and they unexpectedly encountered Orochimaru at a hidden laboratory. Mei recognized Shinichi as Konoha’s hero, while Shinichi hinted that Orochimaru was not the only one deserving the label of rogue ninja.

• Shinichi challenged Mei Terumi’s defense of Kirigakure and suggested he might help the village, though she did not believe him.
• A day later, Shinichi and Mei continued toward Kirigakure, and Mei complained that she could not break his seal.
• Shinichi turned their cave into a comfortable campsite with supplies from his scrolls, impressing and irritating Mei.
• Orochimaru appeared at the cave, which he revealed was the entrance to his laboratory, and Shinichi offered him grilled chicken.
• Mei realized Shinichi was Hatake Shinichi, and Shinichi told Orochimaru that powerful people in Konoha had done worse than he had.

Shinichi fought Orochimaru after Orochimaru tried to take his Mangekyō Sharingan. He overwhelmed Orochimaru’s summons and techniques, leaving Orochimaru to realize the vast gap between them.

• Shinichi protected Mei Terumi from Orochimaru’s snakes, then knocked her unconscious so she could not hear their conversation.
• Orochimaru attacked Shinichi with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but Shinichi’s partial Susanoo blocked the snakes and sent Orochimaru staggering back.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda, but Shinichi revealed his complete Susanoo and pinned the giant serpent until it fled to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru transformed into his Eight-Headed Serpent form, but Shinichi’s Susanoo stomped him into the ground.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to block Shinichi’s Lightning Release-Kirin, but Kirin shattered the gates and made Orochimaru recognize Shinichi’s overwhelming power.