Chapter Summaries

Kagami Uchiha helped the elders drug and smuggle Watanabe Ichiro out of Konoha to protect his younger brother, but then freed himself from their control and fought them. The chapter ended with Kagami battling the elders’ guards while hoping Watanabe Ichiro would return safely.

• The Uchiha elders drugged Watanabe Ichiro, bound him with chakra-suppressing restraints, and smuggled him out of Konoha.
• After Watanabe Ichiro was taken away, Kagami Uchiha recovered his younger brother and sent him toward the Hokage Building with a Shadow Clone.
• Kagami Uchiha used explosive-tagged shuriken to stop the elders’ men from giving chase, then severed his left arm to remove the Cursed Seal.
• Kagami Uchiha recalled discovering the elders’ secret contacts and submitting to their scheme after Uchiha Kagami threatened his younger brother.
• Kagami Uchiha fought the elders’ guards and hoped Watanabe Ichiro would return safely.

Watanabe Ichiro let the Uchiha kidnap him after secretly neutralizing their poisoned sake, while Black Zetsu panicked that his plans were unraveling. Ichiro’s hidden Wood Clone remained in the Uchiha courtyard, watching Kagami Uchiha fight the Elders’ guards.

• Watanabe Ichiro noticed the Uchiha plotting against him and used the system to identify the lethal poison in their sake.
• Watanabe Ichiro secretly stored most of the poisoned sake, then pretended to collapse so the Uchiha could carry him away.
• Black Zetsu learned that Kagami Uchiha had gained control of his Mangekyō, allied with Kinkaku and Ginkaku, and returned to Konoha seeking revenge.
• Black Zetsu discovered that the Uchiha had drugged and abducted Watanabe Ichiro, and hurried after them in alarm.
• Watanabe Ichiro’s disguised Wood Clone stayed in the courtyard, watching Kagami Uchiha fight the Elders’ guards.

Uchiha Kagami received the captured Watanabe Ichiro and chose to keep him alive rather than claim the Uchiha Clan Head position through an underhanded victory. Black Zetsu overheard the clan members discussing Ichiro and feared for the fate of his Plan B.

• The Uchiha escorted the badly wounded Watanabe Ichiro into Uchiha Kagami's [Netherworld] space.
• Uchiha Kagami learned that Ichiro was still alive and recalled his humiliating defeat by Ichiro's Flying Thunder God and Fire Release.
• Uchiha Kagami decided that taking the Clan Head position through an ambush would dishonor the fair fight he wanted, so he ordered Ichiro's restraints removed and left him there for treatment.
• The Uchiha members left Kagami's space and privately discussed Ichiro's capture and his likely fate.
• Black Zetsu overheard them and worried that his Plan B was lost.

Uchiha Kagami tried to treat Watanabe Ichiro so he could defeat him fairly, but Ichiro revealed that his weakness had been a ruse and provoked Kagami with news about his wife and child. Kagami attacked with his Mangekyō ability, leaving Ichiro's legs severed as Ichiro struggled to understand the spatial technique.

• Uchiha Kagami searched the cave for bandages and Medical Scrolls, then decided to leave Watanabe Ichiro alive and let him recover before their fight.
• Watanabe Ichiro mocked Kagami's concern, and Kagami tossed him the supplies and ordered him to return to Konoha and get stronger.
• Watanabe Ichiro revealed that he had faked his weakness and said he would reunite Kagami with his wife and child.
• Uchiha Kagami, enraged by Ichiro's words, used his Mangekyō ability to expel Ichiro's legs from [Netherworld].
• Watanabe Ichiro tried to teleport with Flying Thunder God, but the system said the spatial coordinates required new formulas; his Wood Release failed to reach his legs, though it supported his upper body and slowed his bleeding.

Watanabe Ichiro survived Uchiha Kagami’s Netherworld by completing his analysis of the space-sealing ability and using Flying Thunder God, then broke the prison with Susanoo. As the battle’s aftermath began, Kagami Uchiha’s Shadow Clone warned Senju Toka that Ichiro and another person needed rescuing, and she rushed to Tobirama Senju.

• Uchiha Kagami used Netherworld to sever Watanabe Ichiro’s arm and tried to kill him before his spatial analysis was complete.
• Watanabe Ichiro’s system finished analyzing Netherworld, allowing him to escape with Flying Thunder God and heal himself with Wood Release and Medical Scrolls.
• Watanabe Ichiro revealed his Mangekyo and used Susanoo to shatter Netherworld.
• Black Zetsu spotted Ichiro’s Susanoo, approached cautiously, and waited nearby for the battle to settle.
• Kagami Uchiha’s Shadow Clone evaded an ambush and told Senju Toka that Uchiha Kagami had captured Lord Ichiro and possessed a space-based Mangekyo ability.
• Senju Toka rushed to Tobirama Senju’s laboratory and urged him to save both people.

Watanabe Ichiro killed Uchiha Kagami after breaking free of his Mangekyo technique, then disguised his injuries before meeting Black Zetsu. Believing Ichiro was disillusioned and ready to be led, Black Zetsu introduced the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Watanabe Ichiro rescued Uchiha Kagami from the collapsing Netherworld, killed him, and took his Mangekyo eyes and body.
• Watanabe Ichiro checked that no one was watching, then cut the Reverse Flying Thunder God Technique patch from his body and fashioned wounds to disguise what had happened.
• Black Zetsu approached Watanabe Ichiro and denied being the figure he had encountered earlier.
• Watanabe Ichiro lamented that his deepest wounds had come from his own clan, and Black Zetsu mistook his despair for openness to its guidance.
• Black Zetsu asked Watanabe Ichiro whether he had heard of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Watanabe Ichiro deceived Black Zetsu into letting him test [True Damage Infusion], then waited for Konoha’s arrival. Tobirama Senju reached him first and, after fearing Ichiro was dead, discovered that he was still breathing.

• Black Zetsu pitched the [Infinite Tsukuyomi] plan to Watanabe Ichiro, who listened while studying his manipulation tactics.
• Watanabe Ichiro persuaded Black Zetsu to let him test [True Damage Infusion] on a small piece of his body, and Black Zetsu felt a sharp sting before retreating.
• Watanabe Ichiro asked the system to analyze Black Zetsu and wondered where the White Zetsu were hidden.
• Tobirama Senju arrived ahead of the others and feared Watanabe Ichiro had died, but felt his faint, steady breath and realized he was alive.

After the Uchiha elders’ collaboration with the Land of Lightning was exposed, Acting Hokage Tobirama Senju dismantled the clan’s remaining rebellion and folded its police force into ANBU. With Konoha’s internal affairs settled, Tobirama turned his attention to external threats and began preparing a plan to unify the shinobi world.

• Watanabe Ichiro’s Wood Clone rescued Kagami Uchiha, who revealed that he had colluded with forces from the Land of Lightning.
• Tobirama Senju arrested the Uchiha elders involved and stripped the clan of its Military Police Force duties, transferring them to ANBU.
• Tobirama Senju reflected on Konoha’s reforms and left the Third Hokage’s position vacant while continuing to handle village affairs as Acting Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju studied a scroll titled “Shinobi World Unification Plan,” marking elite combat strength and foundational talent as priorities.

Watanabe Ichiro discovered Tobirama Senju’s plan for unifying the Shinobi World, then awakened in the hospital and overheard Kagami Uchiha confessing to Senju Toka. Toka accepted Kagami’s feelings, while Tobirama and Watanabe listened outside the room.

• Watanabe Ichiro read Tobirama Senju’s detailed backup plan for unifying the Shinobi World and considered it impressive but difficult to launch.
• Watanabe Ichiro prepared a new disguise resembling Uchiha Kagami, complete with the Uchiha bloodline and Mangekyō Sharingan, then awakened as Uchiha Ichiro in the hospital.
• After medical personnel confirmed Uchiha Ichiro had recovered, Watanabe Ichiro went to Kagami Uchiha’s room and eavesdropped on Kagami speaking with Senju Toka.
• Kagami Uchiha told Senju Toka he had fallen in love with her at first sight and asked her to go out with him.
• Senju Toka recalled Kagami’s considerate actions during the battle and, despite protesting that they had met only twice, agreed to be with him.
• Tobirama Senju arrived to visit Uchiha Ichiro and waited beside Watanabe Ichiro while they listened to Kagami and Toka.

Watanabe Ichiro watched Kagami Uchiha and Senju Toka’s romance develop, then helped Tobirama Senju with research into Impure World Reincarnation and spiritual entities. As Tobirama continued his experiments, Ichiro began managing Konoha’s affairs, while events elsewhere in the Shinobi World remained unsettled.

• Watanabe Ichiro and Tobirama Senju overheard Kagami Uchiha and Senju Toka’s affectionate conversation and discussed their budding romance.
• Watanabe Ichiro asked Tobirama Senju about Impure World Reincarnation, and Tobirama said he had revised it nine times but its success rate remained below seventy percent.
• Watanabe Ichiro asked Tobirama Senju how he would study an aggregate of spiritual entities, and Tobirama proposed investigating it as an energy source and exploring its link to the world of the dead.
• Watanabe Ichiro used the system to assist Tobirama Senju’s research while Tobirama worked on Impure World Reincarnation and the Spiritual Entity Aggregate Development Project.
• Watanabe Ichiro began coordinating Konoha’s affairs, and Tobirama Senju mistook his growing administrative role for an effort to become the Third Hokage.
• Watanabe Ichiro’s administration of Konoha proceeded smoothly, while the situation elsewhere in the Shinobi World differed.

Disguised as Uchiha Kagami, Watanabe Ichiro returned to the village where he had once stolen sweet potatoes and secretly repaid the villagers. He followed a suspicious group of recruiters to a cave, where the villagers were drugged and abducted, and recognized the man dragging him away.

• Watanabe Ichiro surveyed the sweet-potato village and slipped money beneath the doors of the homes he had once stolen from.
• When strange recruiters arrived offering doubled wages, Watanabe Ichiro disguised himself as a villager and joined the crowd.
• Watanabe Ichiro learned that earlier recruits had returned safely from well-paid quarry work and went with the new group that afternoon.
• The recruiters led the villagers to a secluded cave, where an herbal poison made them collapse.
• Watanabe Ichiro pretended to pass out, then recognized the face of the person dragging him away.

Watanabe Ichiro rescued young Jiraiya from a Jashin Cult hideout after the boy recklessly followed its followers. He decided Jiraiya needed a lesson, while Jiraiya became excited by the prospect of joining ANBU and begged to be Watanabe Ichiro’s sidekick.

• Jiraiya disguised himself as a guard, knocked out two guards, and freed Watanabe Ichiro from a blood-soaked cage.
• Watanabe Ichiro recognized Jiraiya and wondered why the boy had ended up far from Konoha after his uncontrolled summoning jutsu.
• In Konoha, the Uchiha Ichiro disguise reassured Hiruzen Sarutobi that Jiraiya had been found, while warning him that Tobirama Senju and Shimura Danzō knew about the incident.
• Watanabe Ichiro learned that Jiraiya had followed Jashin Cult followers into their hideout because he wanted to make his summoning adventure seem more impressive.
• Watanabe Ichiro introduced himself as ANBU codename Leaf Dragon (Ichiro), and Jiraiya eagerly hugged his leg and offered to be his sidekick.

Watanabe Ichiro uncovered the Jashin Cult’s human experiments and sent little Jiraiya to protect the villagers while he confronted the cult. He tested Jiraiya’s ability to follow his safety advice, and Jiraiya escaped after being seized by a disguised Wood Clone.

• Little Jiraiya reported that the Jashin Cult was experimenting on villagers to develop immortality, and Watanabe Ichiro decided to destroy the cult.
• Watanabe Ichiro gave Jiraiya tasks to stay safe, guard the villagers, and guide them toward Konoha, then placed a Flying Thunder God seal on him.
• Watanabe Ichiro infiltrated the cult’s hideout and used genjutsu to control its leader while his Wood Clone grabbed Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya fought back, dislocated his wrist, and escaped the Wood Clone’s grasp using his clothes as a decoy.
• Remembering Watanabe Ichiro’s warning, Jiraiya activated Transparent Release and retreated, while Watanabe Ichiro prepared to end the confrontation.

Jiraiya’s inexperience left him vulnerable to an enemy’s technique, and Watanabe Ichiro tried to teach him through a staged battle. The chapter ended with the enemy controlling Jiraiya into stabbing Watanabe Ichiro in the heart.

• Jiraiya rushed into an obvious opening, and Watanabe Ichiro blocked a counterattack that would have killed him.
• After Watanabe Ichiro defeated the Cult Leader, another enemy used a strange technique to make him clutch his stomach and collapse.
• Jiraiya failed to summon the toads, evacuated the villagers, then returned to the battlefield despite Watanabe Ichiro’s warning.
• Watanabe Ichiro disguised himself as an ANBU and pretended to have survived the fight, comforting the guilt-ridden Jiraiya.
• The enemy secretly connected a shadow to Jiraiya and controlled him into stabbing Watanabe Ichiro through the heart.

After Leaf Dragon's staged death left Jiraiya devastated, he returned to Konoha determined to become stronger and atone. Hiruzen Sarutobi comforted him by praising Leaf Dragon, but Jiraiya broke down again when he learned the ANBU operative had no family.

• Jiraiya killed the last enemy, mourned Leaf Dragon, and returned to Konoha blaming himself for the ANBU operative's death.
• Watanabe Ichiro told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Jiraiya had returned and explained that Leaf Dragon's identity and death had been staged to teach Jiraiya a lesson.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked after Jiraiya's safety, then planned to reprimand him once he was reassured that the boy was unharmed.
• Jiraiya gave Hiruzen Sarutobi and Watanabe Ichiro an emotional account of what had happened and said he wanted to apologize to Leaf Dragon's family.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Jiraiya that Leaf Dragon had been a devoted ninja who would not blame him, then explained that Leaf Dragon had been an orphan with no family.

Watanabe Ichiro sensed an unknown watcher in the Hokage’s Office and searched Konoha, but found no trace of them. Jiraiya returned grieving Leaf Dragon and tried to hide his pain from Tsunade, who offered him pastries and company.

• Watanabe Ichiro sensed someone watching him in the Hokage’s Office, but the feeling vanished before he could identify them.
• Watanabe Ichiro searched Konoha with his spirit body and found no sign of the intruder.
• Tsunade encountered Jiraiya wandering home in a devastated state after Leaf Dragon’s death.
• Tsunade gave Jiraiya pastries and invited him to spend time with her and Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade to stay alive, then pretended to complain about her pastries and ran off with them.

Jiraiya threw himself into intense training as he recovered from his pain, while Watanabe Ichiro taught the children and hunted down the person spying on him. He discovered the watcher was Dan Katō and confronted him at home.

• Tsunade and Orochimaru learned from Hiruzen Sarutobi that Jiraiya had been deeply shaken, so they tried to comfort him and help him stabilize.
• Jiraiya devoted himself to studying and training, and Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Watanabe Ichiro’s plan for helping him.
• Watanabe Ichiro took over teaching the children and trained them using modified techniques from Tobirama Senju’s Scrolls of Seals.
• Watanabe Ichiro sensed someone watching him, used shadow clones and his system to locate the spy, and chased the figure across Konoha.
• Watanabe Ichiro traced the watcher to the Katō residence, found Dan Katō holding a scroll for the Spirit Transformation Technique, and accused him of spying for the village’s enemies.

Watanabe Ichiro discovered Dan Katō spying on him with the Spirit Transformation Technique, but welcomed the boy and brought him to train with Jiraiya and the others. As Ichiro napped above them, he realized his Uchiha Ichiro disguise was nearing the end of its lifespan and fell asleep thinking it was time to change disguises.

• Watanabe Ichiro noticed Dan Katō using the Spirit Transformation Technique but decided not to confront or harm him.
• Dan Katō asked Watanabe Ichiro for an autograph and excitedly praised his victory at the Five Kage Summit.
• Watanabe Ichiro sent Dan Katō to practice with Jiraiya and the other children, while a shadow clone informed Dan's parents.
• Watanabe Ichiro considered the risk of being watched by the moon's Byakugan and decided he might deal with it later.
• Watanabe Ichiro felt his disguise's lifespan running out and fell asleep on a tree branch, thinking he needed to change disguises.