Chapter Summaries

Kenichi Amamiya learned about Sasori’s animated Nine-Tails figurine and heard that a masked newcomer in Akatsuki was interested in him. Suspecting the newcomer was Obito, Kenichi planned a surprise for him while experimenting with a more powerful explosive.

• Sasori showed Kenichi Amamiya a tiny Nine-Tails figurine that moved after absorbing a trace of Nine-Tails Chakra, but he could not reproduce the mysterious metal it was made from.
• Sasori warned Kenichi that a new Akatsuki member wearing a Vortex Mask and using the codename three seemed interested in him, leading Kenichi to suspect Obito.
• Kenichi wondered whether Obito had noticed Kakashi’s Sharingan and decided to keep the Mangekyō Sharingan he had removed from Kakashi safe.
• Kenichi tested Lightning Release Chakra on a thermobaric explosive, triggering a powerful blast that sent him against the wall of his blastproof laboratory.
• Kenichi planned to disguise an explosive as part of a Rin Nohara doll and put it in the Kamui Dimension to surprise Obito.

Kenichi Amamiya prepared a trap for Obito by commissioning Sasori to build a lifelike puppet of Rin Nohara and developing a compressed Fire Release Thermobaric Bomb. He finished the puppet and planned to add a voice recording and an automatic fuse before sending the bait into Obito’s Kamui Dimension.

• Kenichi Amamiya decided to use a lifelike Rin Nohara puppet and a Thermobaric Bomb to catch Obito off guard, then asked Sasori to make the puppet.
• Sasori misunderstood Kenichi’s request but agreed to build a realistic puppet with recording and automatic playback functions.
• Kenichi experimented with chakra-infused explosives, discovered that Water Release allowed another compression but weakened the explosive, and settled on a Fire Release version.
• Sasori completed the puppet in one day, and Kenichi tested its recording function.
• Kenichi decided to find someone with a voice like Rin Nohara’s to record a plea for help and began planning a biometric device to trigger the bomb.

Kenichi Amamiya tested whether fusing Sharingan Particles could force them to evolve, but the experiment killed his test subject before a Three-Tomoe Sharingan could emerge. He decided to draw Danzo and Konoha toward his ability to control his Sharingan, hoping to obtain more Uchiha test subjects.

• Kenichi Amamiya planted a temperature- and vibration-triggered Godslayer bomb disguised as a Fire Release-damaged tree stump, then recorded an Uchiha woman's plea for Obito to save her.
• Kenichi Amamiya reviewed his Shadow Clone's findings, experimented by combining Sharingan Particles from two subjects, and watched the test subject's brain swell and explode under stimulation.
• Kenichi Amamiya found that the Sharingan Particles had fused, but the experiment only intensified the subject's emotions and left his brain unable to withstand the resulting fluctuations.
• Kenichi Amamiya considered adding more Sharingan Particles to pursue Three-Tomoe evolution and decided he needed more Uchiha subjects for further experiments.
• Kenichi Amamiya planned to bait Danzo and Konoha by revealing that he could freely activate and deactivate his Sharingan, hoping to provoke them into providing test subjects.

Kenichi Amamiya read Hiruzen Sarutobi’s proposal to Orochimaru and realized the Third Hokage was indirectly seeking his Sharingan research. He obtained a pair of one-tomoe Sharingan to begin researching eye transplants, while Orochimaru agreed to find more materials after relocating her laboratory.

• Kenichi Amamiya visited Orochimaru’s laboratory and read Hiruzen Sarutobi’s handwritten proposal, which reminisced about the past, offered funding, and hinted at future Hokage prospects while expressing interest in Kekkei Genkai research.
• Kenichi Amamiya activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Orochimaru recognized that Hiruzen Sarutobi was indirectly targeting it and his research.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked Orochimaru for a pair of one-tomoe Sharingan so he could investigate eye transplantation and connections between blood vessels and optic nerves.
• Orochimaru agreed to provide a copy of Kenichi Amamiya’s research report and obtain more Sharingan from Konoha after moving her laboratory.
• Kenichi Amamiya left with the pair of Sharingan and planned to test his transplantation idea.

Kenichi Amamiya transplanted a one-tomoe Sharingan into an ordinary test subject and discovered that Uchiha eyes had three extra nerves, while the subject suffered unbearable pain after waking. He began planning comparative dissections and sought Orochimaru’s anatomical records, then learned she was examining an arm Hiruzen Sarutobi had replaced.

• Kenichi Amamiya attempted to transplant a one-tomoe Sharingan into an anesthetized test subject and found three nerves in the eye with no counterparts in an ordinary person’s body.
• Kenichi Amamiya completed the transplant, but the subject woke in severe pain and tried to gouge out his eyes, so Kenichi knocked him unconscious.
• Kenichi Amamiya recorded the failed transplant and began dissecting the subject, planning to compare ordinary people’s and ninjas’ nerves with help from Shadow Clones.
• Kenichi Amamiya considered transplanting Obito’s Mangekyo Sharingan but hesitated over the difficulty of reconnecting nerves and blood vessels.
• Kenichi Amamiya visited Orochimaru to ask for anatomical charts and saw her examining the arm Hiruzen Sarutobi had replaced.
• Orochimaru directed Kenichi Amamiya to search the archives room for anatomical records.

Kenichi Amamiya studied Orochimaru’s anatomical research and discovered that Uchiha eyes had three extra nerves, then agreed to examine a dying Hyuga Clan member. Orochimaru asked him to recruit Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō, but their plans were interrupted by news that the Eight-Tails had attacked Konoha.

• Kenichi Amamiya asked Orochimaru about the nerves behind the eyeball and learned that she had not examined them in detail because they were fragile.
• Kenichi Amamiya reported that Uchiha Clan Ninja had three additional nerves in their eyes, and Orochimaru offered him a dying Hyuga Clan member to study in exchange for a favor.
• Orochimaru gave Kenichi Amamiya files on Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō and asked him to recruit them, but he said he needed to handle other matters first.
• Uchiha Shiori reported that the Eight-Tails had appeared in Konoha and launched an attack, leaving Kenichi Amamiya stunned.

Fourth Raikage A came to Konoha for peace talks while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo weighed the risks of his visit. After the Eight-Tails attacked Konoha under apparent Sharingan control, Kenichi Amamiya suspected Obito was behind it and learned Orochimaru had made progress studying Hidan.

• Fourth Raikage A arrived in Konoha for peace talks, and Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo's proposal to kill him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi taunted Fourth Raikage A about Kumogakure's damage from the Heavenly Demon, then the two began discussing compensation.
• Uchiha Shiori told Kenichi Amamiya that the Eight-Tails had attacked Konoha with eyes suspected of displaying the Sharingan.
• Kenichi Amamiya connected the attack to the Sharingan seen during the Nine-Tails attack and concluded the same attacker had likely controlled both beasts.
• Orochimaru led Kenichi Amamiya to his laboratory and showed him Hidan's head soaking in Nutrient Solution.

Kenichi Amamiya left the immortal Hidan restrained in a dark, isolated tank, where Hidan eventually stopped resisting and thinking. Orochimaru planned to continue the experiment indefinitely, while reflecting on Sarutobi Nami, another prisoner who had endured prolonged isolation.

• Kenichi Amamiya saw that Hidan had tried to bite off his tongue, then left him restrained in the tank when he continued struggling.
• Hidan despaired in the dark, begged the Evil God for death, and eventually gave up thinking.
• Orochimaru told Kenichi Amamiya that he was testing what endless isolation would do to someone who could not die.
• Orochimaru reviewed records showing that Sarutobi Nami had endured nearly two years of isolation and that her mind had become distorted.
• Orochimaru decided to keep Hidan immersed for centuries while he studied the effects of the experiment.

Kenichi Amamiya left Teacher to continue experimenting on Hidan and checked the airship he had built to evacuate the Uchiha Clan. After confirming it could fly, he piloted it toward Konoha, hoping his plans would proceed smoothly despite the Eight-Tails attack.

• Kenichi Amamiya wondered whether Teacher's prolonged experiment might make Hidan give up thinking, then asked Teacher to share the results.
• Kenichi Amamiya considered how the Eight-Tails attack on Konoha might affect Shisui's plan to lead the Uchiha Clan away.
• Kenichi Amamiya learned that the airship's main body was finished and helped assemble it.
• Kenichi Amamiya tested the airship's stability by flying it high into the sky and found it worked.
• Kenichi Amamiya piloted the airship out of the Land of Rice Fields and toward Konoha at a higher altitude to avoid being spotted.

Kenichi Amamiya met Naruto on Hokage Rock, gave him food, and secretly took a strand of his hair while inviting him to become his student someday. Meanwhile, Danzo asked Shisui to help with the stalled peace talks with Kumogakure, leaving Shisui increasingly distrustful of him.

• Kenichi Amamiya knocked out Naruto’s two Anbu guards and approached Naruto on Hokage Rock.
• Kenichi Amamiya shared fried chicken with Naruto, asked why he had climbed the rock, and invited him to take him as his master someday.
• Kenichi Amamiya secretly took a strand of Naruto’s hair and left Konoha, considering how to deal with the village’s divisions.
• Danzo reminded Shisui of the Eight-Tails attack and said the peace talks with Kumogakure had stalled because of the Sharingan.
• Shisui reflected on Danzo’s broken promises while Danzo began to explain what he wanted the Uchiha Clan to do.

Shisui Uchiha decided to abandon Konoha after losing hope that the village would accept the Uchiha Clan, and Fugaku entrusted Sasuke and Itachi to him. Meanwhile, Kenichi Amamiya encountered Obito and Black Zetsu and began recording Obito’s Tobi act before asking them for help.

• Shisui Uchiha concluded that Danzo’s promises offered the Uchiha Clan no hope and decided to leave Konoha.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Shisui to take Sasuke and Itachi with him, while he and Mikoto stayed behind to prevent the clan from rebelling.
• Shisui planned to gather his comrades and leave through the barrier near the Uchiha compound for the Valley of the End.
• Kenichi Amamiya encountered Obito, who introduced himself as Tobi, and Black Zetsu.
• Kenichi recorded Obito performing his cheerful Tobi persona, while Obito struggled to maintain his cover.
• Kenichi asked Obito and Black Zetsu to help him with a task, and Black Zetsu hesitated.

Kenichi Amamiya used Obito and Black Zetsu to create a distraction in Konoha while helping Shisui evacuate the Uchiha Clan by airship. As Hiruzen Sarutobi reached the evacuation site, Kenichi was still rushing the clan aboard.

• Kenichi Amamiya showed Obito a different Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then persuaded him to help collect Sharingan for research while Obito remained unsure who had taken his eye.
• Obito and Black Zetsu caused trouble at Konoha's main gate, and Kenichi raised Earth Walls near the barrier and summoned his hidden airship.
• Shisui led the Uchiha Clan to Kenichi, who guided them aboard the airship and recognized Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha among them.
• Kenichi sent Shadow Clones to delay Konoha's pursuers while he and Shisui hurried the Uchiha onto the airship.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi destroyed one of Kenichi's Shadow Clones and arrived as Kenichi was still loading the Uchiha.

Kenichi Amamiya helped Shisui Uchiha and the Uchiha clan escape Konoha aboard his airship, using a bluff to evade Hiruzen Sarutobi. As they flew toward the Land of Rice Fields, Kenichi told Shisui he intended to found a nation.

• Kenichi Amamiya pretended to use True Several Thousand Hands, then rode his airship into the sky while Shisui Uchiha used Susanoo to block Hiruzen Sarutobi's attacks.
• Obito watched the Uchiha escape and remained suspicious of Kenichi Amamiya, while Black Zetsu noted the airship's usefulness for transporting people.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo confronted Fugaku Uchiha, who claimed the departing clan members had taken money to support Kumogakure's reconstruction; Danzo denied giving Shisui permission.
• Kenichi Amamiya confirmed to Shisui Uchiha that he was Heavenly Demon and asked why Itachi and Sasuke were aboard; Shisui said Fugaku had sent them with him.
• Kenichi Amamiya said the Uchiha would settle temporarily in the Land of Rice Fields and later move somewhere safer, and Shisui pledged to care for the clan members who had followed him.
• When Shisui asked whether Kenichi planned to establish a shinobi village, Kenichi said he intended to found a nation.

Kenichi Amamiya explained his plan to unite the countries of the Shinobi World and collected blood from Shisui Uchiha, Itachi, and Sasuke to investigate the Uchiha Clan’s declining Sharingan potential. After settling the Uchiha Clan temporarily in the Land of Rice Fields, he began analyzing their genes and found his teacher missing.

• Kenichi Amamiya told Shisui Uchiha that he wanted to unite every country into one nation, though he still needed to build a foundation first.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked Shisui Uchiha for blood and had him collect samples from Itachi and Sasuke to test his theory about the Uchiha Clan’s bloodline.
• Kenichi Amamiya left Shisui Uchiha to settle the Uchiha Clan in a small village in the Land of Rice Fields and told them not to wear Uchiha clothing for now.
• Kenichi Amamiya went to his teacher’s laboratory, found his teacher and Uchiha Shiori absent, and began separating the genes in the three blood samples.

Kenichi Amamiya's genetic tests showed that Uchiha talent was tied to additional inherited gene information, while Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki had far more than their relatives, apparently because of reincarnation. He returned to his laboratory with new questions about how souls could affect genes, learned about a transaction planned in two months, and found that Koji Tadokoro had improved an energy conversion device.

• Kenichi Amamiya found that Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha had ninety-eight additional genes compared with ordinary Uchiha, while Sasuke Uchiha had 294 additional pieces of gene information.
• Kenichi Amamiya tested Naruto Uzumaki and discovered that Naruto had 196 additional pieces of gene information compared with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, leading him to suspect reincarnation or Otsutsuki inheritance.
• Kenichi Amamiya learned that Orochimaru had sent Uchiha Shiori to tell him that a transaction with Root and Konoha would take place in Miquan Town in two months.
• Kenichi Amamiya visited Lab Three and found Koji Tadokoro experimenting with Zero-Tails; Koji reported that he had improved the energy conversion device's efficiency by two percent.

Sasori showed Kenichi Amamiya a giant chakra-powered puppet, and Kenichi suggested using a chakra barrier to protect it from ninjutsu. Kenichi then resumed his Uchiha gene research, began experimenting with lab mice to improve Genetic Programming Ninjutsu, and concluded that the current technique killed its subjects through crude, damaging gene insertion.

• Sasori showed Kenichi Amamiya a twenty-meter iron puppet that could move and form hand seals but could not use ninjutsu, and said it could withstand a Chunin's ninjutsu.
• Kenichi suggested that Sasori develop a chakra barrier to protect the puppet, and Sasori went off to experiment with the idea.
• Kenichi checked on the rice-growing project, assigned Shadow Clones to tend it, and returned to studying Uchiha genes.
• Kenichi decided to modify Genetic Programming Ninjutsu and test gene insertion in lab mice before attempting experiments on eye tissue.
• Kenichi inserted abnormal gene information into a lab mouse, but the crude process damaged its cells and killed it.

Kenichi Amamiya continued researching Genetic Programming before visiting Shisui Uchiha's newly settled clan and discussing the Shinobi World's limited size. The chapter left Kenichi with a new idea as he told Shisui the world was far too small.

• Kenichi Amamiya worked to improve Genetic Programming while his Shadow Clones tested the technique on eyeballs, but their experiments failed and they began running short of specimens.
• Half a month later, Kenichi Amamiya visited Shisui Uchiha, whose clan had built a small village and begun adapting to peaceful rural life.
• Shisui Uchiha explained that the clan was settling in, though Sasuke Uchiha still missed his parents and Itachi Uchiha was helping him adjust.
• Kenichi Amamiya told Shisui Uchiha he had come to remind the clan to maintain their disguises, while admitting he might need Shisui's help in the future.
• Kenichi Amamiya called the Shinobi World too small, and a new idea occurred to him as he placed a hand on Shisui Uchiha's shoulder.

Kenichi Amamiya persuaded Shisui Uchiha to question the endless cycle of war and hatred, while hoping Shisui would eventually seek his help in finding peace. Back in his laboratory, Kenichi struggled with genetic collapse during his Genetic Programming research and considered combining Yang Release and Yin Release Chakra to solve it.

• Kenichi Amamiya told Shisui Uchiha that the vast universe made fighting over their planet seem pointless and argued that war and hatred perpetuated one another.
• Kenichi Amamiya reminded Shisui of the Uchiha Clan members killed in wars and said he wanted to end the cycle of hatred before leaving Shisui to think.
• Kenichi Amamiya returned to his laboratory and reviewed the difficulties of using ninjutsu for Genetic Programming, especially the genetic collapse that could kill a subject.
• Kenichi Amamiya tested Yin Release Chakra on a Lab Mouse, but it erased the inserted gene information and damaged the cells.
• Kenichi Amamiya considered using Yang Release Chakra to program genes and Yin Release Chakra to stabilize them.

Kenichi Amamiya discovered that his attempt to stabilize lab-mouse genes with Yin-Yang Release Chakra failed, then found Deidara had joined Akatsuki and tracked him down to learn explosion techniques. Deidara demonstrated his G1 bomb, and Kenichi began explaining how explosive power depended on more than yield.

• Kenichi Amamiya's Yin-Yang Release experiment caused the lab mice to collapse, though it suggested the method might work with proper mastery.
• Kenichi found signs of a break-in and battle near Sasori's laboratory, where Sasori was talking with Deidara.
• Deidara told Kenichi he had joined Akatsuki to follow him and study the art of explosions.
• Nagato explained that Deidara had demonstrated his explosive abilities in Amegakure, prompting Nagato to accept him and direct him toward Kenichi.
• Deidara showed Kenichi his G1 Clay Bomb, and Kenichi explained that explosive power did not depend solely on yield.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Deidara seeks Kenichi Amamiya's guidance to increase the power of his explosions.
• Kenichi explains that increasing yield isn't the only way to enhance explosions; other factors like explosive type and initial velocity matter.
• Kenichi suggests compressing chakra to potentially boost power, but Deidara's reckless experiment nearly destroys Sasori's lab.
• Kenichi decides to teach Deidara basic explosion knowledge despite initial reluctance.
• Kenichi shares an idea about creating a fragmentation grenade-like effect using Deidara's Explosion Release.

Character Developments

• Deidara: Shows eagerness to learn and improve his explosive techniques, but also displays recklessness and lack of consideration for his surroundings.
• Kenichi Amamiya: Reluctantly agrees to teach Deidara, demonstrating patience and expertise in explosions. He also shows concern for Deidara's safety and the potential damage he could cause.
• Sasori: Shows irritation with Deidara's recklessness and threatens to harm him if he damages the lab again.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of knowledge and power: Deidara's desire to learn and improve his explosive techniques drives the plot.
• Mentorship and guidance: Kenichi Amamiya takes on the role of mentor to Deidara, despite initial reluctance.
• Responsibility and caution: Kenichi emphasizes the importance of considering one's surroundings when conducting experiments, highlighting the need for responsibility and caution in the pursuit of knowledge.

Character Interactions

• Kenichi Amamiya and Deidara: Kenichi reluctantly agrees to teach Deidara, showing patience and expertise. Deidara, in turn, shows eagerness to learn and admiration for Kenichi.
• Sasori and Deidara: Sasori shows irritation with Deidara's recklessness and threatens him if he damages the lab again.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Sasori: Kenichi and Sasori discuss their impressions of Nagato and the Akatsuki's operations. They also share a moment of camaraderie when Kenichi jokes about their "Akatsuki Explosion Trio" status.