Chapter Summaries

Shisui Uchiha received a border mission from Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō, then learned the system's new check-in location was Akatsuki headquarters in Amegakure. After preparing to protect Uchiha Itachi, he left Konoha for Amegakure.

• Shisui Uchiha was summoned to the Hokage Office by an Anbu messenger and found Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō waiting.
• Minato Namikaze assigned Shisui Uchiha to investigate unusual chakra fluctuations near Amegakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi briefed him on the border situation.
• Shisui Uchiha's system announced Akatsuki headquarters in Amegakure as a new check-in location with a one-month time limit.
• Shisui Uchiha accepted the mission, collected the scroll, and ignored Shimura Danzō's remarks and scrutiny of his Sharingan.
• Shisui Uchiha arranged for shadow and Wood Clones to protect Uchiha Itachi, then left Konoha that evening for Amegakure.

Shisui Uchiha entered Amegakure under his bounty hunter alias, Forsaken, and met Konan, who agreed to test his strength before bringing him to Nagato. Their fight began outside the village, where Shisui revealed Wood Release against Konan’s paper techniques.

• Nagato sensed Forsaken entering Amegakure and told Konan to test him and offer provisional membership if he proved strong enough.
• Konan confronted Shisui at the village gates, where he demanded to meet Amegakure’s leader and provoked her with brazen remarks.
• Konan agreed to fight Shisui outside the village, while the villagers protested his disrespect toward their Angel.
• Konan attacked with Paper Rain and paper spears, but Shisui dodged behind her and cut through her paper body with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Shisui clapped his hands and used Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique against Konan.

Shisui Uchiha used Wood Release to overpower Konan and insisted she become his partner before she agreed to take him to Akatsuki’s leader. At Akatsuki’s headquarters, Shisui provoked Deva Path Pain into a fight, which began with Pain using Shinra Tensei and Shisui answering with the Wood Golem Technique.

• Shisui Uchiha summoned a spiked Wood Dragon and overwhelmed Konan, startling her and Nagato with his Wood Release.
• Shisui pulled Konan into his arms and demanded that she become his partner, but she escaped by scattering into paper.
• Animal Path Pain arrived and spoke with Konan, who then agreed to take Shisui to meet Akatsuki’s leader.
• At Akatsuki’s headquarters, Shisui received the Wood Human Technique as a check-in reward and casually put his arm around Deva Path Pain.
• Deva Path Pain told Shisui he would need to defeat him to lead Akatsuki, and Shisui attacked before Pain finished speaking.
• Pain repelled Shisui’s sword with Shinra Tensei as Shisui began forming the Wood Golem Technique.

Shisui Uchiha challenged Nagato's Pain bodies to prove himself as Konan's partner and overwhelmed them with Wood Release techniques. Nagato's fighters fell behind, and Konan expected him to get serious.

• Deva Path Pain attacked Shisui Uchiha, who blocked the blast and declared that Konan was the partner he had chosen.
• Deva Path Pain agreed to let Shisui Uchiha join the organization if he survived a fight against four Pain bodies, and Shisui led them outside.
• Human Path Pain told Konan to watch Shisui Uchiha, assess his loyalty, and kill him if she found him suspicious.
• Shisui Uchiha summoned four wood golems and four Wood Dragons, forcing the Pain bodies onto the defensive.
• Shisui Uchiha punched Deva Path Pain into a crater and targeted Asura Path Pain while Konan watched the fight turn against Nagato's team.
• Human Path Pain praised Shisui Uchiha's strength and combat instincts, while Konan prepared to intervene as Nagato got serious.

Shisui Uchiha kept challenging Deva Path Pain after joining the Akatsuki, wearing down Nagato while growing closer to Konan. As Shisui settled into Akatsuki life and awaited the Nine-Tails' Rampage, a strange Mangekyō Sharingan appeared in Konoha.

• Deva Path Pain used Chibaku Tensei against Shisui Uchiha, and Konan protected him from the falling debris, discovering that he was still giving her a thumbs-up.
• Over the next month, Shisui Uchiha repeatedly fought Deva Path Pain and handled Akatsuki missions, while Nagato's health worsened from their battles.
• Konan fed Shisui Uchiha fruit after a fight, and he told her that the Akatsuki's purpose suited him because he could fight and then enjoy peace with her.
• Nagato began spending more time away from the Akatsuki to avoid Shisui Uchiha, who continued his patrols and waited for the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• A strange Mangekyō Sharingan appeared in Konoha.

Obito Uchiha returned to Konoha and prepared to attack when the Nine-Tails’ jinchūriki went into labor, but Minato Namikaze confronted him and Obito escaped using Kamui. Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Minato leave and considered how he might regain power if something happened to him.

• Obito Uchiha arrived above Konoha and told Black Zetsu that the village’s forces had not changed, then declared he could destroy it once the Nine-Tails’ jinchūriki went into labor.
• Shisui Uchiha sensed Obito, attacked him to experience Kamui, and retreated after his sword passed through Obito’s body.
• Obito appeared behind Shisui and attacked, but Minato Namikaze arrived and blocked his kunai.
• Shisui warned Minato about Obito’s strange ability and left to inform the Third Hokage while Minato fought Obito.
• Obito withdrew through his vortex, and Minato told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the masked man had escaped using Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen thanked Minato but privately resented his popularity and considered whether Minato’s death could let him reclaim control of Konoha.

Obito Uchiha approached Shimura Danzō in Root and proposed an alliance to destroy the Uchiha Clan, claiming to be Madara Uchiha returned for revenge. Meanwhile, Shisui Uchiha left Amegakure for Konoha with Konan’s help, intent on targeting Anbu and Root ninja.

• Shimura Danzō berated Orochimaru over the lack of progress on his experiments, and Orochimaru concealed that Wood Release had helped with his research for Yoru.
• Obito Uchiha appeared in Root, evaded the attacks of its members, and offered to partner with Shimura Danzō against the Uchiha Clan.
• Obito Uchiha claimed to be Madara Uchiha, said he had survived his battle with Hashirama, and announced his plan to take revenge on the Uchiha.
• Shimura Danzō agreed to work with Obito Uchiha against the Uchiha Clan but warned him not to touch Konoha, and Obito promised to provoke conflict around the clan.
• Orochimaru considered telling Yoru about the alliance and decided to find a way to provide him with experimental data.
• Shisui Uchiha left Amegakure for Konoha with Konan’s help, promising to earn money by attacking Anbu and Root ninja so he could buy her explosive tags.

Shisui Uchiha anticipated Obito Uchiha's attack on Konoha and planned to use the Nine-Tails' Rampage to improve the Uchiha Clan's standing and bring down Danzo. After the Nine-Tails began destroying the village, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo maneuvered to control the response and place the Uchiha in danger.

• Shisui Uchiha sensed the Nine-Tails' chakra and planned to have Uchiha Fugaku lead the clan in defending Konoha, while later blaming Danzo for the attack.
• The system gave Shisui Uchiha a one-day check-in opportunity atop the Nine-Tails' head.
• Obito Uchiha and White Zetsu prepared to act, and a sudden explosion in Konoha marked the Nine-Tails' escape and rampage.
• Konoha's ninja fought the Nine-Tails and evacuated civilians while Hiruzen Sarutobi delayed action and considered using the crisis to end Minato Namikaze's tenure as Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to command the Police Force, and Danzo told the Police Force and Uchiha Clan to remain in place until he gave instructions.

Shisui Uchiha used Kotoamatsukami to control Uchiha Fugaku and send the Uchiha Clan to fight the Nine-Tails, then set his sights on Shimura Danzō. Danzō panicked over the Uchiha advance, and Shisui confronted him at Root headquarters.

• Shisui Uchiha denied releasing the Nine-Tails and showed Uchiha Fugaku evidence that Danzo was conducting an experiment.
• Shisui warned Uchiha Fugaku that keeping the clan out of the battle would make them targets, but Fugaku refused to risk the clan.
• Shisui activated Kotoamatsukami and controlled Uchiha Fugaku, ordering him to lead the Uchiha Clan to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Fugaku led the clan toward the Nine-Tails, while Shisui Uchiha headed for Root headquarters.
• Shimura Danzō learned that the Uchiha Clan had gone to reinforce the battlefield and tried to find Hiruzen Sarutobi for help.
• Shisui appeared at Root headquarters and attacked Shimura Danzō with the Wood Dragon Technique.

Shisui Uchiha used Wood Release to trap Shimura Danzō and Root inside their headquarters, crushing their attempt to escape and fight back. He left a Wood Clone to guard them, then contacted Orochimaru and asked for his decision.

• Danzo mistook Shisui Uchiha for reinforcements, then ordered Root to attack after seeing Shisui’s Wood Dragon.
• Shisui survived Danzo’s Wind Release attack and used Wood Release to imprison the Root headquarters.
• Shisui stopped Danzo’s messenger, destroyed the message scroll, and said he would inform Hiruzen Sarutobi himself.
• Danzo and Root attacked Shisui, but the Wooden Man knocked Danzo unconscious and buried them beneath rocks.
• Shisui left a Wood Clone to watch over Root, then appeared near Orochimaru and asked what he had chosen.

Shisui Uchiha left Orochimaru to hold off Hiruzen Sarutobi while he rushed toward the Nine-Tails. As the Nine-Tails rampaged through Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku arrived with the entire Uchiha Clan as reinforcements.

• Orochimaru chose to keep a fragment of Shisui Uchiha's Wood Release, and Shisui ordered his Wood Dragons and Wooden Man to delay Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Anbu fought Orochimaru's Wood Release constructs while Orochimaru prepared to retreat if they were defeated.
• The Nine-Tails continued devastating Konoha as the civilian-family shinobi struggled to hold it back.
• Uchiha Fugaku attacked the Nine-Tails with a Fire Release technique and announced that the entire Uchiha Clan had arrived.

Uchiha Fugaku led the Uchiha Clan in a bloody defense against the Nine-Tails while villagers escaped. Shisui Uchiha appeared atop the beast, subdued it with Wood Release, and claimed to be Senju Ye, Hashirama Senju’s disciple.

• Uchiha Fugaku arrived with the entire Uchiha Clan, inspiring the common-born ninja and drawing the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Fugaku divided the Uchiha into squads to evacuate wounded villagers, provide support, and hold the Nine-Tails back in battle.
• After the Uchiha suffered heavy losses, Shisui Uchiha used the Body Flicker Technique to appear atop the Nine-Tails and cowed it with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui Uchiha received Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence as his check-in reward and used it to bind the Nine-Tails.
• As Konoha’s ninja mistook his Wood Release for Hashirama Senju’s, Shisui Uchiha declared himself Senju Ye, Hashirama’s disciple, and punched the restrained beast.

Shisui Uchiha restrained the Nine-Tails and repeatedly battered him while Konoha’s civilians evacuated. Minato Namikaze outmaneuvered Obito Uchiha, who then appeared atop the Nine-Tails, only to find the beast already surrounded by Wood Release constructs and watched by the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Fugaku organized the evacuation as the Nine-Tails gathered chakra for a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Shisui Uchiha summoned a Wooden Man and Wood Dragon, and the Nine-Tails redirected his Tailed Beast Bomb at Shisui.
• A Wooden Man caught the Tailed Beast Bomb and forced it back into the Nine-Tails’ mouth, then Shisui surrounded him with Wood Dragons and Wooden Men and beat him.
• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God, second step, to strike Obito Uchiha and send him face-first into the dirt.
• Obito Uchiha escaped with Kamui and appeared on the Nine-Tails’ head, but froze in confusion at the Wood Release constructs and the Uchiha watching nearby.

Shisui Uchiha drove Obito Uchiha from Konoha and subdued the Nine-Tails, while Minato Namikaze and Kushina died sealing it. The Uchiha took Naruto back to the village as Obito vowed to defeat Shisui next time.

• Obito Uchiha claimed to be Madara, but Shisui Uchiha attacked him with Wood Release and forced him to escape using Kamui.
• Shisui Uchiha subdued the Nine-Tails after Minato Namikaze arrived and asked him to hold it back.
• Minato Namikaze used the Reaper Death Seal, and he and Kushina died as Naruto woke and began crying.
• Shisui Uchiha told Uchiha Fugaku to take Naruto to the village, then Fugaku ordered the Uchiha to clear the battlefield and return.
• Obito Uchiha emerged from a vortex outside Konoha and vowed to defeat Senju Ye at their next meeting.

After Minato Namikaze died sealing the Nine-Tails, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō learned that Senju Ye had subdued it and that Uchiha Fugaku had taken custody of Naruto. They agreed to go to the Uchiha compound to retrieve him, while villagers praised the Uchiha for protecting them.

• Obito Uchiha learned that Minato had died and blamed Shimura Danzō for allowing the Uchiha through.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō confronted each other at the Nine-Tails’ ruined sealing site, then stood down their forces.
• An Anbu reported that Senju Ye had subdued the Nine-Tails and Uchiha Fugaku held Naruto.
• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen to join him against the Uchiha, and Hiruzen agreed to retrieve Naruto but warned him not to attack the clan yet.
• Hiruzen and Danzō headed for the Uchiha compound as villagers praised the Uchiha for saving them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō went to the Uchiha compound to regain custody of Naruto, but the Uchiha and civilians challenged their authority. Uchiha Fugaku refused Hiruzen access to Naruto, leaving the Hokage unable to take the child that night.

• Uchiha clansmen and civilians accused the arriving Anbu and Root of appearing only after the Nine-Tails threat had passed.
• Shimura Danzō tried to force his way into the Uchiha compound, but wounded guards and angry civilians made him retreat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded the guards to send for Uchiha Fugaku by claiming he needed to share intelligence about the Nine-Tails culprit.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived wounded and received praise from the crowd, while Hiruzen concealed his own bandaged arm.
• Hiruzen asked to see Naruto, but Uchiha Fugaku said Naruto was asleep with Sasuke and told him to return the next day.

Shisui Uchiha kept Naruto under the Uchiha Clan’s protection while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō withdrew, then discovered a coalition of shinobi probing the clan’s strength. He killed all thirty-six attackers and prepared to retaliate against their clans.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped Shimura Danzō from confronting Uchiha Fugaku further and left the Uchiha residence.
• Uchiha Fugaku reported that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō had departed and that no spies remained.
• Shisui Uchiha planned to use Naruto’s identity as the Fourth Hokage’s son and the return of Uchiha members to deter Konoha’s factions.
• Shisui Uchiha sensed that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō had assembled shinobi to attack, and told Uchiha Fugaku to guard Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Shisui Uchiha killed two shinobi who discussed joining the Anbu and Root against the Uchiha Clan, then confronted the remaining thirty-four attackers.
• Shisui Uchiha used Shadow Clones to slaughter the remaining attackers and ordered the clones to collect their heads as gifts for the allied clan heads.

After the Uchiha Clan killed the operatives sent to test them, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village elders plotted to take custody of Naruto at Minato Namikaze’s funeral. Hiruzen secretly planned to approach Uchiha Fugaku, while Shimura Danzō resolved to outmaneuver him and claim Naruto for himself.

• The Uchiha Clan returned the heads of the operatives it had killed, frightening most clan heads into silence.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura met to discuss the Uchiha Clan’s growing power and reclaiming Naruto.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed using his personal ties to Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya to obtain custody of Naruto at Minato’s funeral.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately decided to meet Uchiha Fugaku and show goodwill toward the Uchiha Clan.
• After the meeting, Shimura Danzō vowed to defeat Hiruzen Sarutobi and become Naruto’s custodian himself.

Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi set rival plans in motion as Konoha gathered to mourn Minato Namikaze and Kushina. At the cemetery, Danzō revealed that the Nine-Tails lived inside Naruto and pointed him out, turning the crowd against the child.

• Shimura Danzō sent Root members to prepare an attack on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces and headed for Konoha Cemetery.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Kakashi and the Anbu to follow their plan while Shisui Uchiha remained away.
• Konoha’s ninja and villagers gathered at the cemetery to mourn Minato Namikaze and Kushina and honor their son, Naruto.
• Shimura Danzō told the mourners that the Nine-Tails had survived its sealing and was still inside Naruto.
• Shimura Danzō pointed to Naruto in Uchiha Fugaku’s arms, prompting panic and calls for revenge.

Shisui Uchiha rallied Konoha’s major clans and the Uchiha to attack Root Headquarters while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō remained bewildered at the Graveyard. As the assault began, Shisui headed back toward the Graveyard, declaring that the real show was about to begin.

• Shimura Danzō expected the angry crowd at the Graveyard to attack Uchiha Fugaku, but none of them moved, and he realized his men were missing.
• Shisui Uchiha told representatives of the major clans that he accepted their support, after they agreed to help destroy Root in exchange for a share of its secretly controlled streets and foreign trade.
• Shisui Uchiha gathered the Uchiha fighting force near Root Headquarters, while Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha remained under Teacher Chen’s protection.
• Shisui Uchiha used Wood Release techniques to erupt through Root Headquarters, trapping its ninja and the ambushers Shimura Danzō had stationed outside.
• Shisui Uchiha accused Shimura Danzō of releasing the Nine-Tails and causing Minato Namikaze and his wife’s deaths, then led the Uchiha and allied clans into battle against Root.
• Shisui Uchiha blurred away toward the Graveyard, saying that the real show was about to begin.