Chapter Summaries

Genya arranged for the Dawn Girl Group to accept the daimyo’s invitation as a cultural exchange, refusing to apologize and planning to confront him in person if challenged. He and an Uchiha escort left Konoha for the Capital, where the journey began with Genya studying and the performers teasing one another.

• Genya told Fugaku that the Uchiha would perform in the Capital but would neither apologize nor offer compensation, and he framed the visit as a friendly exchange.
• Genya assigned Shisui, Itachi, and ten elite Uchiha Jonin to accompany the group, then decided to go himself while Fugaku stayed in Konoha.
• Fugaku and the others saw Genya’s party off from the Konoha Gate, and Sasuke watched with longing as the convoy departed.
• Genya rode with Chinatsu, who massaged him as he studied advanced Lightning Release material from a scroll Fugaku had given him.
• Akari, Akane, and the backup dancers joked about Chinatsu’s feelings for Genya and teased one another in their carriage.

Genya traveled with the Uchiha convoy and spent the evening at an inn’s hot spring, where Chinatsu openly confessed her attachment to him. After kissing his forehead and asking if he thought she was pretty, she left Genya flustered and speechless.

• Shisui and Itachi guarded the convoy while joking about Genya enjoying Chinatsu’s attention during the journey.
• The Uchiha convoy reached a prosperous town near the Land of Fire Capital and settled into an inn with hot springs.
• Chinatsu joined Genya in a secluded spring and massaged him while insisting she wanted to remain by his side.
• Chinatsu teased Genya about his female friends and told him she could wait until he was older.
• Chinatsu kissed Genya on the forehead, asked whether he thought she was pretty, and received an unconscious affirmative answer.

Genya traveled with Chinatsu and the Uchiha delegation to the Land of Fire capital, where the Daimyo awaited them amid accusations against the clan. The chapter ended as Genya led the group through the palace gates to meet him.

• Chinatsu joined Genya in bed for the night, and he woke in her embrace the next morning before awkwardly swatting her as he urged her to get up.
• Genya received a Bloodline Purification Potion from his bond with Chinatsu and decided to save it for a suitable time.
• Genya and Chinatsu traveled toward the capital while Genya thought about the invitation and interrogation awaiting them.
• The Uchiha delegation entered the capital and attracted attention as it proceeded toward the Daimyo's palace.
• Genya, Chinatsu, Shisui, Itachi, and the others followed an official through the palace gates to meet the Daimyo.

Genya faced the Land of Fire Daimyo and his ministers over rumors that he had threatened to destroy the country and seize the Daimyo's position. He refused to explain himself, and the Uchiha prepared to fight before the Daimyo intervened to defuse the standoff.

• Genya and the Uchiha party entered the Daimyo's palace, where officials questioned his age and authority.
• A minister accused Genya of threatening the Land of Fire and plotting rebellion, and Genya dismissed the remarks as childish talk taken out of context.
• Another official cited the Uchiha's actions in Konoha as evidence of ambition, but Genya asked what the Daimyo intended to do about it.
• When a minister challenged the Uchiha's strength, Genya signaled his companions, who activated their Sharingan and readied their Ninja Blades.
• The Daimyo stopped the confrontation, urged Genya to calm down, and rebuked his ministers for treating a child's words too seriously.

After confronting the Daimyo’s ministers, Genya ordered a secret massacre of two officials and their families before the next evening’s performance. He also warned the Uchiha of two dangerously powerful strangers in the Capital and put Itachi in charge of the operation.

• The Daimyo dismissed Genya and the Uchiha guests to their quarters after they drew weapons in the palace, while the ministers angrily condemned them behind closed doors.
• Genya told the Uchiha that he restrained himself in Konoha to protect the clan’s families, but felt no need to show the Capital’s officials the same deference.
• Genya ordered Uchiha Hozuki and Uchiha Arashi to kill the two ministers who had protested most loudly, along with their immediate families, and to disguise the timing and cause.
• Yashiro and Itachi warned Genya that the killings could have serious political consequences, but Genya argued that strength and deterrence mattered more than obedience.
• Genya revealed that he had sensed a dangerous man and woman in the Capital whose chakra seemed unfathomable, and suggested that the Dawn Girl Group’s name and ideas might provoke them.
• Genya assigned Itachi to lead the assassination operation, and Itachi accepted.

Genya and his companions went shopping in the capital before Pain and Konan confronted him. After Genya explained the meaning of the Dawn Girl Group’s name, the pair departed, leaving his allies wary of the powerful strangers.

• Genya took Chinatsu shopping while Uchiha Hozuki carried gifts he had picked out for the girls in Konoha.
• Pain and Konan approached Genya, while Itachi and Shisui quietly took positions on a rooftop and Hozuki prepared to defend him.
• Pain introduced himself as God, and Genya confirmed his identity before asking what they wanted.
• Konan asked about the Dawn Girl Group, and Genya explained that its name represented hope and light reaching forgotten corners.
• Konan said she hoped the group’s performance would be worth watching, then left with Pain.
• Hozuki asked who the pair were, and Genya identified them as the dangerous people with bottomless chakra before suggesting they go eat dumplings.

Uchiha Itachi secretly wiped out two ministers’ households while Pain and Konan watched Genya Uchiha’s performance and considered recruiting him. Genya’s group performed “Blue Bird” to an ecstatic crowd, and he ended the night applauding beside Itachi.

• Uchiha Itachi used Genjutsu and silent strikes to kill everyone in the two ministers’ residences, as Uchiha Arashi watched from nearby.
• Pain told Konan he wanted to assess Genya Uchiha’s ideals and possible recruitment by watching the performance, though he might ultimately eliminate him.
• Genya glanced toward Pain and Konan’s tower as the crowd gathered for the show.
• Chinatsu, Akari, Akane, and the twelve Uchiha backup dancers performed “Blue Bird,” stirring the audience to sing and cheer along.
• Itachi told Genya the killings were complete, and Genya invited him to sit and watch the performance.
• After the audience erupted in applause, Genya stood and praised the performance as beautiful.

Pain and Konan were deeply moved by Genya’s performance of “Blue Bird,” which stirred memories of Yahiko and the original Dawn. Genya and Itachi convinced them the song reflected Genya’s hopes for the Uchiha, and Genya began discussing its meaning with Konan.

• Pain and Konan listened to “Blue Bird” and remembered Yahiko, their companions, and the original Dawn.
• Pain and Konan used their techniques to appear on the rooftop, where Itachi immediately moved to protect Genya.
• Genya noticed Konan’s tears, and she asked whether he had written the song.
• Genya claimed he had written “Blue Bird” to express his sorrow over the Uchiha’s situation and his hope for a brighter future.
• Itachi backed up Genya’s story by describing his supposed years of work on the song.
• Genya discussed the song’s message of breaking free and holding on to hope, and Konan gradually began to respond.

Pain invited Genya Uchiha to join Dawn, and Genya accepted after recognizing how the name connected to Konan’s memories of Yahiko and their original hopes. Konan shared the past behind Dawn, and Genya’s words left her feeling understood.

• Pain asked Genya Uchiha to join Dawn, and Genya eagerly agreed, surprising Pain, Konan, and Itachi.
• Konan questioned why Genya accepted without asking about the organization, and Genya explained that he sensed her connection to “Blue Bird” and Dawn’s meaning.
• Genya suggested that Dawn had once sought to bring light and peace, and Konan recalled Yahiko’s ideals and the organization’s original purpose.
• Genya compared Dawn’s hopes to the bird in his song and said their shared wish to protect the light could connect them.
• Konan listened to Genya and felt a first trace of warmth as his words touched her memories of Yahiko.

After Genya’s conversation with Konan ended the rooftop confrontation, the Daimyo invited the Uchiha performers to a palace banquet. Genya brought Konan and Pain along, leaving Shisui baffled by how quickly Genya had found himself a big sister.

• Itachi deactivated his Mangekyō Sharingan and sheathed his Ninja Blade as he realized the fighting was over, while Pain considered Genya’s influence on Konan and Dawn.
• The Land of Fire’s Daimyo praised the Dawn Girl Group’s performance and invited the Uchiha guests to a banquet at the Imperial Palace.
• Shisui arrived on the rooftop, and Genya reassured him that Pain and Konan were more or less new friends.
• Genya accepted the banquet invitation and persuaded Konan to join them; she agreed, despite Pain’s apparent reluctance.
• On the way to the palace, Shisui asked Itachi why Genya had invited the dangerous strangers, and Itachi explained that Genya had found himself a big sister.

At the Daimyo’s banquet, Genya criticized the ruler’s lavish lifestyle and warned Shisui against wasting Kotoamatsukami on him. The Daimyo then singled out Chinatsu and the Uchiha Dawn Girl Group, hinting that he wanted their talents beyond Konoha.

• Genya, Konan, Pain, Itachi, and Shisui attended the state banquet, where Pain sat awkwardly beside Itachi and Shisui.
• Genya pointed out the contrast between the Daimyo’s luxuries and the hardship faced by ordinary people, drawing quiet agreement from Pain.
• Genya tried to get Konan and the tense Uchiha to enjoy the banquet, while commenting on the nobles’ hypocrisy and the Daimyo’s interest in Chinatsu.
• Genya asked Shisui what they should do if the Daimyo made dangerous advances toward Chinatsu or the other performers, and rejected using Kotoamatsukami on him as false and wasteful.
• The Daimyo praised the Uchiha Dawn Girl Group and said their talent should not be confined to Konoha.

The Daimyo threatened Chinatsu and the Uchiha, demanding she join his court or become his concubine. Genya attacked him and unleashed his Mangekyo power, leaving the banquet hall overwhelmed by his chakra.

• The Daimyo offered to bring Chinatsu and the Dawn Girl Group to the Capital, then threatened the Uchiha and proposed taking Chinatsu as his concubine.
• Chinatsu reacted with anger, while Elder Yashiro tried to rise and Uchiha Hozuki restrained him; Itachi, Shisui, Pain, and Konan watched from the corner.
• Genya condemned the Daimyo for targeting Chinatsu, awakened his three-tomoe Sharingan, and threw his Purple Radiance Blade toward him.
• The blade narrowly grazed the Daimyo and blasted a huge hole through the wall behind him.
• Genya's Mangekyo Sharingan awakened, boosting his combat power and chakra as a purple cloak enveloped him.
• Genya's immense pressure forced nobles, officials, guards, and most of the ninja in the hall to collapse or kneel.

Genya Uchiha answered the Daimyo’s coercion of the Dawn Girl Group with devastating force, destroying the Palace and cleaving a mountain with Susanoo. He then demanded eight hundred million ryo in performance fees and compensation, leaving the Daimyo and the gathered dignitaries terrified.

• Genya summoned Purple Radiance back to his hand and condemned the Daimyo for ignoring the performers’ reluctance.
• Genya vaporized the Capital’s samurai and ninja with purple lightning and blasted another breach through the Palace wall.
• Genya manifested a towering Half-Body Susanoo and merged Purple Radiance into a massive lightning tachi.
• Genya ordered Susanoo to cleave through the Palace and the mountain beyond the Capital, shocking Itachi, Shisui, Pain, and Konan.
• Genya demanded three hundred million ryo for the Dawn Girl Group’s performance and another five hundred million in compensation from the Daimyo.

Genya terrorized the Fire Daimyo by destroying much of the palace complex with Susanoo and revealing that Itachi had eliminated two households totaling 213 people. He demanded eight hundred million ryo by the following sunset and threatened to crush the Land of Fire if the Daimyo failed to pay.

• Genya used Susanoo to demolish the palaces around the banquet ruins while sparing his companions and the girl group.
• Genya mocked the Daimyo and called the destruction free demolition, then landed before Chinatsu, Itachi, Shisui, and the others as his right eye began to hurt.
• Genya asked Itachi about the two families whose leaders had opposed them, and Itachi reported that all 213 people connected to the households had been killed.
• Genya told the Daimyo that the old score was settled and demanded eight hundred million ryo before the Uchiha left the Capital before sunset the next day.
• Genya threatened to have Susanoo steamroll the Land of Fire, and the Daimyo fainted in terror.

After Genya’s display of power, the Uchiha relaxed at an inn while Shisui worried about Konoha’s response and Genya explained his interest in Akatsuki. Back in his room, Chinatsu confessed her jealousy and kissed him, and Genya drew her into his embrace as the night passed quietly.

• Shisui wondered how Konoha would respond to Genya’s feat, and Genya said the Third Hokage would be struggling to explain it to the Daimyo and nobles.
• Itachi asked whether Genya had seriously agreed to join Akatsuki, and Genya said he mainly wanted to make contact and learn their goals, while praising Konan as a kind big sister.
• Genya left the hot spring and returned to his room, where Chinatsu massaged him and questioned his interest in Konan.
• Genya explained that Konan and her companions had founded their organization, Dawn, and had come to see the Dawn Girl Group.
• Chinatsu admitted that Genya’s protectiveness had won the girls’ hearts and asked what she should do, then kissed him.
• Genya embraced Chinatsu, and they spent the rest of the night together without speaking.

Genya and his companions finished collecting compensation in the Capital, shared a meal and gifts with Pain and Konan, then set out for Konoha. On the journey, Chinatsu teased Genya about the gifts he had chosen for other girls, and he suddenly asked Shisui to stop the carriage.

• Shisui, Elder Yashiro, and the others completed the handover of eight hundred million ryo and valuables from the officials.
• Genya invited Pain and Konan to a meal, where he joked that Pain did not eat because he was a god.
• Genya gave Konan wildflowers, and Konan returned the gesture with a white paper flower.
• Pain and Konan parted from Genya and his companions, who left the Capital in four carriages under Uchiha escort.
• Chinatsu admired the jewelry Genya had given her and teased him for selecting gifts for Hinata, Ino, and Nami.
• Genya remembered he had forgotten something and called to Shisui to stop.

Genya traveled toward Konoha after destroying the Daimyo’s Palace and demanding compensation, while reports of his actions threw the village into turmoil. Konoha’s leaders weighed their response, and Ino worried that Genya had left her behind and put himself in danger.

• Genya asked Shisui to buy matching presents for Naruto and Sasuke, then fell asleep with his head on Chinatsu’s lap during the journey.
• Rumors of Genya’s destruction in the Capital spread through Konoha, boosting the Uchiha Clan’s prestige while earning Genya fearsome new titles.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura debated the consequences, but Hiruzen ruled out confronting the united Uchiha directly and focused on managing the aftermath.
• Ino complained that Genya had broken his promise to take her along, then admitted she had been worried he might be hurt.
• Inoichi and Lino recognized that Ino was also jealous that Genya had protected Chinatsu, while Inoichi reflected on how Genya could change Konoha’s balance of power.

Genya returned to Konoha from the Capital and delivered gifts to Ino, the Hyuga Clan, and Naruto before reuniting with his family and clan. Naruto learned Genya was safe and cried over the practical gifts he had brought him.

• Genya arrived in Konoha and sent Uchiha Kazuya to deliver Naruto a gift from the Capital.
• Genya visited Ino, apologized for leaving her behind, and gave her a scarf and a chest of jewelry.
• Genya left a chest and a wrapped gift at the Hyuga Clan residence before returning to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Fugaku praised Genya, and Sosuke and Izumi embraced him when he returned unharmed.
• Uchiha Kazuya gave Naruto new clothes and Capital cup noodles from Genya, and Naruto cried with relief that Genya had returned safely.
• Shisui protested that he had bought the gifts for Naruto.

Genya defended his brutal actions during a clan meeting, then promised his family and the Elders he would be more careful in the future. Sasuke left the meeting more determined than ever to awaken his Sharingan and become strong like Itachi and Genya.

• Genya explained how he would distribute the wealth and assets from the operation, and the clan members accepted his plan.
• Izumi praised Genya for protecting the clan but worried that killing entire families would change his character.
• Genya argued that he had warned his enemies and blamed Itachi for carrying out the killings, prompting the meeting to fall silent.
• Yashiro, Yakumi, Tekka, and Fugaku urged Genya to remain measured as his power grew.
• Genya acknowledged that he had gone too far and promised to use more civilized methods, unless someone provoked him again.
• Sasuke admired Itachi's killings and Genya's strength, then vowed to awaken his Sharingan and become strong enough to wipe out families too.

Genya woke Sasuke and took him to visit Nami, flattering Sasuke about his new clothes along the way. At Nami’s home, she rushed to embrace Genya, relieved that he had returned safely from the Capital.

• Genya woke Sasuke and persuaded him to come out, while Itachi watched them leave with reassurance that Genya was looking after his younger brother.
• Sasuke admired his new outfit, and Genya convinced him that the clothes represented special appreciation and high expectations.
• Genya and Sasuke visited Nami’s home, where Nami’s mother thanked Genya for the gifts he had brought.
• Nami ran to hug Genya, told him she had worried about him, and thanked him for the gifts; Sasuke muttered that they were doing it again.