Chapter Summaries

Kenichi Amamiya brought Hiruko to Orochimaru, who decided to force him to reveal the Chimera Technique after learning it could absorb other ninjas’ Kekkei Genkai. Meanwhile, Kenichi studied a book on fusing Chakra with explosives and began investigating whether the Chimera Technique worked by merging genes, then tested queen insect secretion on lab mice.

• Orochimaru recognized Hiruko, and Kenichi explained that Hiruko’s Chimera Technique let him absorb Storm Release, Steel Release, and Dark Release; Orochimaru vowed to make him reveal it.
• Kenichi returned to his laboratory and studied a book explaining how to fuse Chakra with explosives, learning how to create more stable Chakra Explosives.
• Kenichi theorized that the Chimera Technique extracted and fused Kekkei Genkai genes, and wondered whether its side effects came from combining all differing genes.
• Kenichi began testing queen insect secretion on two lab mice, planning to compare feeding it to one with injecting it into the other.

Kenichi Amamiya found that the mother bug’s secretion made Genetic Programming succeed in lab mice, accelerated gene manifestation, and helped mutations fit their hosts. He went to Orochimaru to request a human test subject and learned Orochimaru had obtained Hiruko’s Chimera records and identified its dangers.

• Kenichi Amamiya injected a lab mouse with the mother bug’s secretion and successfully programmed its genes, causing its heart to enlarge and beat faster without exceeding what its body could support.
• Kenichi Amamiya tested five more lab mice with different genes, and all succeeded, producing varied changes such as enlarged hearts, altered feet, a protruding eye, and a thicker stomach wall.
• Kenichi Amamiya concluded that the secretion stabilized gene insertion and protected hosts from harmful manifestations, then decided to test it on humans.
• Kenichi Amamiya went to Orochimaru’s laboratory and found Orochimaru playing Go with Hiruko, who had handed over his Chimera ninjutsu records.
• Orochimaru explained that Hiruko’s Chimera could absorb at most a fourth Kekkei Genkai before his Gene Chain would collapse, and that Hiruko had gained Swift Release by devouring Pakura.
• Kenichi Amamiya asked Orochimaru for living experimental material, and Orochimaru said he had a Jonin available.

Kenichi Amamiya learned that Orochimaru had captured Kurenai Yuhi and her three Genin students, but declined to use Kurenai for his experiments and chose the Genin instead. He went to collect his test subjects, where Kurenai pleaded with him to spare her students, and he refused.

• Orochimaru gave Kenichi Amamiya a file about Kurenai Yuhi and three Genin, then offered Kurenai for his experiments.
• Kenichi Amamiya declined to experiment on Kurenai, and Orochimaru allowed him to take the three Genin and as many ordinary people as he wanted.
• Orochimaru reminded Kenichi Amamiya to contact Pain about a possible mission, and he agreed to do so later.
• Kenichi Amamiya found Kurenai Yuhi and her students imprisoned underground, with Kurenai restrained by shackles that blocked her Chakra.
• Kurenai Yuhi begged Kenichi Amamiya to release her students, but he told her that his experiment needed them.

Kenichi Amamiya forced Kurenai Yuhi to choose between saving Yuhi Hana and her two students, then began testing whether mother bug secretion could implant Uchiha genes and awaken the Sharingan. After the initial gene-integration experiments succeeded, he started a traumatic awakening test, but Uchiha Shiori interrupted him with an urgent matter.

• Kenichi Amamiya made Kurenai Yuhi choose which of her three captive Genin to spare, and she chose Yuhi Hana because of a promise to Hana's late father.
• Kenichi Amamiya knocked out and carried away the other two Genin, then warned Kurenai Yuhi not to threaten him.
• Kenichi Amamiya injected two captives with mother bug secretion and Uchiha genes, and both initial Genetic Programming experiments succeeded without serious complications.
• Kenichi Amamiya began trying to stimulate Yayoi Yumi's Sharingan by forcing him to witness his friend's apparent suffering, but the test subject fainted in terror.
• Uchiha Shiori arrived at Kenichi Amamiya's laboratory and interrupted the experiment with an urgent matter.

Kenichi went outside his laboratory and found Sasori and Deidara testing two giant war puppets powered by Chakra Metal and Nine-Tails Chakra. He agreed to get Sasori more Nine-Tails Chakra, while Amado and Deidara also sought his help, leaving Kenichi to handle their requests before returning to his experiments.

• Uchiha Shiori told Kenichi that two strange creatures were fighting outside the laboratory, and Kenichi went out to investigate.
• Kenichi found Sasori and Deidara operating a giant robot and a giant scorpion, and Sasori revealed that he had modified himself to control the war puppets.
• Deidara greeted Kenichi, and Kenichi promised to show him something explosive later.
• Sasori explained that he was testing the war puppets before building his hundred machines, and Amado revealed that Sasori had bought Chakra Metal from him.
• Sasori asked Kenichi for Nine-Tails Chakra to power Unit One, and Kenichi promised to obtain some in a few days.
• Amado began asking Kenichi for help with Impure World Reincarnation while Deidara waited to see Kenichi's promised creation.

Kenichi Amamiya discussed Amado Sanzu’s Soul Restraint Device, which kept Akebi Sanzu’s soul from returning to the Pure Land but failed after one month. He suggested the device might have a limit or that the Sage of Six Paths was taking Akebi back, leaving Amado to consider whether the Sage had interfered.

• Kenichi Amamiya advised Deidara to experiment with Black Powder carefully to strengthen his Explosion Release.
• Amado Sanzu told Kenichi Amamiya about the Soul Restraint Device he had created to keep souls from returning to the Pure Land.
• Amado Sanzu explained that Akebi Sanzu’s soul still returned to the Pure Land after one month, despite the device working properly.
• Kenichi Amamiya suggested that the device might have a one-month limit or that the Sage of Six Paths was taking Akebi away.
• Kenichi Amamiya explained that the Sage of Six Paths could be understood as an alien from a more advanced civilization, and Amado asked whether the Sage might have taken his daughter.

Kenichi successfully awakened a Sharingan in an experiment subject and received books on nuclear physics and atomic bombs as a mission reward. He then learned that Kirigakure had hired him to attack Konoha, leaving him curious about the motive and the payment.

• Akebi said she had experienced nothing unusual after returning to the Pure Land, and Amado admitted he had not conducted a control experiment before rushing off with Amado Sanzu.
• Kenichi stimulated Experiment Subject Number One, successfully growing a Sharingan Particle in the subject’s amygdala and completing his groundbreaking Sharingan research.
• The completed side mission awarded Kenichi crates of nuclear physics and atomic bomb books, which he decided to study while considering further Sharingan experiments.
• Kenichi contacted Nagato through the Jade Ring, and Nagato said Kirigakure had requested a mission to attack Konoha specifically using Kenichi.
• Kenichi questioned why Kirigakure would target Konoha and asked Nagato how much the mission paid.

Kenichi Amamiya accepted Kirigakure’s commission despite its modest payment, suspecting Obito had ulterior motives. He proposed uniting the Shinobi World as a path to lasting peace, leaving Nagato questioning what would happen to his own plan after his death while Obito prepared to go to Konoha.

• Nagato offered Kenichi Amamiya four hundred million ryo for Kirigakure’s commission, and Kenichi accepted after suspecting the job was connected to Obito.
• Kenichi asked Nagato how he thought peace could be achieved and proposed uniting every nation into one country.
• Kenichi warned that peace enforced by temporary military power would not last after its wielder died, prompting Nagato to consider who could succeed him.
• After Kenichi left, Nagato questioned whether Konan or anyone in Akatsuki could continue his plan and ordered Kakuzu to confirm Kenichi’s acceptance to Kirigakure.
• Obito learned that Kenichi had accepted the commission and decided it was time to go to Konoha.

Kenichi prepared weapons and contingencies for his mission to Konoha, then took Sasori and Deidara along, with Sasori bringing Unit One. As they reached Konoha, Kenichi found the village using hot-air balloons modeled after his airship and came under attack.

• Kenichi prepared God-Slaying Bombs and considered using Impure World Reincarnation or Rin Nohara's remains against Obito.
• Kenichi invited Deidara on his mission, and Sasori decided to join with Unit One so he could test it in combat.
• Kenichi, Sasori, and Deidara departed the Secret Experiment Base aboard Kenichi's airship while Orochimaru and Hiruko watched them leave.
• Kenichi reached Konoha and spotted hot-air balloons resembling his airship flying around the village.
• A rider beneath one of the balloons attacked Kenichi's airship with a Great Fireball Technique, prompting Kenichi to consider developing more advanced technology.

Kenichi Amamiya attacked Konoha with the God-Slaying Bomb while Sasori and Deidara fought off the village’s aerial defenses. The blast nearly broke Konoha’s Defense Barrier, and Obito left convinced that Kenichi had become too dangerous to keep alive.

• Kenichi sent Sasori to handle Konoha’s balloon-borne Jonin and had Deidara join him to witness the God-Slaying Bomb.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s defenses activated and civilians evacuated, while the Anbu protected Naruto at the Bird’s Nest.
• Konoha’s ninja attacked the falling bomb, but the explosion nearly shattered the Defense Barrier and blasted Obito from a treetop.
• Obito decided Kenichi was a threat to his plan and could not be allowed to live.

Kenichi Amamiya lured Obito into a fight at Konoha Public Cemetery and struck him with an attack that somehow reached him inside the Kamui Dimension. Obito survived by using Izanagi, while Kenichi faced Konoha's arriving ninja and tried to escape.

• Konoha ninja pursued Kenichi Amamiya after the explosion, and Kakashi's Chidori forced Kenichi to drop from the airship.
• Kenichi landed at Konoha Public Cemetery, where a masked pursuer attacked him with Chidori and Wood Release: Cutting Technique; Kenichi recognized him as Obito.
• Kenichi summoned Impure World Reincarnation to provoke Obito, then attacked him with lightning as Obito used Kamui.
• Obito's body shattered after he entered the Kamui Dimension, and Kenichi's follow-up flames failed to reveal his remains.
• Black Zetsu rescued Obito and used a White Zetsu to keep him alive; Obito returned with his left eye blind and vowed to kill Kenichi Amamiya.

Kenichi Amamiya fought Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade, then used Impure World Reincarnation to draw the dead from Konoha's cemetery. Rin Nohara's appearance enraged Obito, who unleashed Wood Release against the Konoha forces and confronted Kenichi.

• Black Zetsu questioned Obito about the attack in his Kamui Dimension, and Obito suspected Kenichi Amamiya had planted a weapon there.
• Obito left to investigate the battle while avoiding the Kamui Dimension, and Kenichi Amamiya faced Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade.
• Kenichi Amamiya used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the dead, including Tsunade's former lover Dan Katō and Rin Nohara.
• Obito reacted to Rin Nohara's appearance by unleashing Wood Release: Chaos of Hell, killing and injuring Konoha reinforcements and striking Dan Katō.
• Kenichi Amamiya saw Obito in a White Swirl Mask and wondered if he had gone too far.

Kenichi Amamiya fought Obito and Tsunade after Obito discovered that Kenichi had desecrated Rin Nohara’s remains and Tsunade learned he had disturbed Dan Katō’s grave. Obito unleashed a powerful, unfinished Wood Release technique that trapped Kenichi inside a thorn-filled wooden enclosure.

• Kenichi recognized Obito beneath his white spiral mask, broke through his Mangekyō genjutsu, and dodged Obito’s Wood Release attacks.
• Obito and Kenichi traded fire and water techniques as Kenichi taunted Obito about his identity and Uchiha heritage.
• Tsunade joined the fight and attacked Kenichi with her Yin Seal released; Kenichi used Threefold Rashomon to buy time and evade her strike.
• Tsunade hit Kenichi with a powerful punch, and he protested that Obito had been responsible for stringing Dan Katō’s corpse into dango.
• Obito unleashed his modified Wood Release: Hell Descent, enclosing Kenichi in a massive wooden structure filled with spreading thorns.

Kenichi Amamiya summoned Hashirama Senju to break Obito’s Wood Release prison, then controlled Hashirama and faced Tsunade’s fury. As Hashirama fought Obito, Kenichi used dense fog to evade Tsunade and prepared a black Lightning Ball.

• Kenichi Amamiya summoned Hashirama Senju, who used Wood Release to smash through Obito’s thorny prison.
• Hashirama Senju recognized the enemy’s Wood Release and attacked Obito to protect Konoha.
• Tsunade recognized her grandfather, then watched Kenichi Amamiya stab a control kunai into Hashirama’s nape.
• Kenichi Amamiya tried to negotiate with Tsunade and displayed a Sealing Scroll, but she remained enraged as Hashirama fought Obito.
• Kenichi Amamiya vanished into a dense fog, and Tsunade’s attack failed to clear it.
• Kenichi Amamiya sensed Tsunade through the fog and formed a black Lightning Ball.

Kenichi Amamiya escaped Obito and Tsunade’s attack, then flew to help Sasori and Deidara hold off Hiruzen Sarutobi. He warned Hiruzen that another attack could destroy Konoha’s defenses and revealed he was only a Shadow Clone, leaving Hiruzen to decide whether to risk the village’s safety.

• Obito struggled against the Impure World Reincarnation First until Kenichi Amamiya’s Lightning Ball and God-Slaying Bomb detonated in the fog.
• Kenichi Amamiya used the explosion and his paraglider to escape, then spotted Sasori’s Unit One fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi and flew to help.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha ninjas attacked Unit One, while Deidara emerged from the damaged War Giant Scorpion after Hiruzen destroyed it.
• Kenichi Amamiya and Deidara fought Hiruzen and the Jonin, and Kenichi Amamiya told Deidara to flee when the lightning came down.
• Kenichi Amamiya warned Hiruzen that Konoha’s Defense Barrier could not withstand another attack and revealed that he was only a Shadow Clone.

Kenichi Amamiya forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to let Sasori and Deidara leave by threatening Konoha with further bomb attacks. Afterward, Konoha vowed to develop defenses against Heavenly Demon, while Kenichi reflected on his plans and Obito realized the bomb’s effects resembled what he felt inside the Kamui Dimension.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to risk Konoha’s people in a fight with Kenichi Amamiya and threatened to hunt him if he attacked again.
• Kenichi Amamiya dispelled his Shadow Clone, and Hiruzen ordered the Konoha ninja to stop pursuing Sasori and Deidara as they escaped by airship.
• Tsunade angrily confronted Hiruzen, then joined the Konoha ninja in venting their humiliation by smashing the thorn-covered trees.
• Shikaku Nara urged Konoha to research anti-air ninjutsu and Heavenly Demon’s attacks, and Hiruzen approved unlimited funding for the effort.
• Kenichi Amamiya explained to Sasori and Deidara that his threat had been a bluff, while discussing his plans to keep advancing his weapons and unify the Shinobi World.
• Obito realized that the sensation from Kenichi Amamiya’s God-Slaying Bomb had felt similar to his body inside the Kamui Dimension.

Obito blamed Kenichi Amamiya for the blast that destroyed his Kamui Dimension supplies, while Kenichi demanded reimbursement from Nagato and set off for Kirigakure to investigate Obito’s control of the Mizukage. Nagato continued to question whether he could fulfill Yahiko’s dream as his condition worsened, and Kenichi arrived in the Land of Water ready to approach Kirigakure.

• Obito searched the ruined Kamui Dimension, concluded Kenichi Amamiya was responsible, and vowed to teach him a lesson.
• Kenichi demanded four hundred million from Nagato for the dangerous mission and threatened to make passes over Kirigakure if they refused.
• Kenichi told Nagato he planned to expose the truth about the Mizukage and trap Obito, then left for Kirigakure.
• Konan examined Nagato and reported that his condition was worsening, but Nagato refused to abandon his responsibility to carry on Yahiko’s dream.
• Kenichi flew to the Land of Water, left a Shadow Clone to park the airship, and parachuted down while asking whether Mei Terumi had noticed anything wrong with the Mizukage.

Kenichi Amamiya, disguised as Ao, gained Mei Terumi’s trust and agreed to use the Byakugan to investigate whether Mizukage Karatachi Yagura was being controlled. He prepared to maintain his cover and influence Kirigakure’s suspicions, then accompanied Mei Terumi to a meeting where he could examine the Mizukage.

• Genji told Mei Terumi that Karatachi Yagura’s harsh rule and support for the Bloody Mist Policy suggested he might be controlled, and hinted that Ao’s Byakugan could investigate.
• Kenichi Amamiya, who had killed the real Ao and taken his identity, met Mei Terumi and agreed to help her check Karatachi Yagura at a future meeting.
• Mei Terumi explained her concerns about the Mizukage’s changed personality and asked Ao to use his Byakugan to see whether he was being controlled.
• Kenichi Amamiya returned to Ao’s home, confirmed he had concealed the body, and took money to prepare materials for a Thermobaric Bomb as an escape contingency.
• Mei Terumi brought Kenichi Amamiya to a meeting with Genji’s tacit approval for Ao to use his Byakugan, and Kenichi wondered whether Obito would notice.

Kenichi helped Mei Terumi expose the crisis surrounding Karatachi Yagura, but his disguise as Ao was discovered during the ensuing battle. He escaped Kirigakure and encountered Kisame Hoshigaki, another Akatsuki member, before flying toward the Land of Rice Fields.

• Mei Terumi provoked a confrontation at the assembly while Kenichi used his Byakugan to detect abnormal Chakra in Karatachi Yagura's brain.
• Genji and Mei attempted to confront Yagura, but he revealed he knew of their plans and transformed into the Three-Tails after Kirigakure Jonin rushed in.
• Mei realized Kenichi was not Ao after he grabbed her hand, and Kenichi's disguise dispersed as he escaped the chaos.
• Kenichi met Kisame Hoshigaki outside Kirigakure and confirmed that they were both members of Akatsuki.
• Kenichi departed in his airship for the Land of Rice Fields while Kirigakure's ninjas fought the Three-Tails.

Kenichi Amamiya completed a successful experiment that awakened a test subject’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan and planned further parasite and eye experiments. He learned that Anko Mitarashi wanted to return to Konoha, and suspected she might have been controlled as he prepared to examine her.

• Kenichi Amamiya confirmed that Yayoi Yumi’s Sharingan had evolved to Three Tomoe and subdued him when he tried to use genjutsu.
• Kenichi Amamiya locked Yayoi Yumi in the dungeon and planned to travel to the Land of Snow after preparing for the next parasite generation.
• Kenichi Amamiya gave Anko Mitarashi a scroll containing Ao for emergencies and told her to visit him again for possible experiments.
• Kenichi Amamiya found Orochimaru angrily sweeping the laboratory and learned that Anko Mitarashi wanted to return to Konoha.
• Kenichi Amamiya suspected that Anko Mitarashi might have been controlled and decided to examine her with the Byakugan.