Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Shimura Danzō’s demand to punish Uchiha Lei, but let Danzō decide how to handle the Aburame Clan. Aburame Ryoma chose to keep following Uchiha Lei while the clan stayed neutral, leaving Aburame Shiyu to respond to someone approaching the compound.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Uchiha Lei had helped secure victories on all three battlefields and rejected Shimura Danzō’s demand to punish him.
• Shimura Danzō argued that Uchiha Lei had taken his arm and swayed Aburame Ryoma, and Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed him to handle the Aburame Clan while warning him to know his limits.
• Aburame Ryoma asked Shibi Aburame about the clan’s position, and Shibi told him the clan would remain neutral until Konoha’s situation became clear.
• Aburame Ryoma decided to keep following Uchiha Lei and left the compound using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Aburame Shiyu arrived beside Shibi Aburame and worried that Ryoma might have chosen wrongly, while Shibi said the clan could not bet on both sides.
• Aburame Shiyu sensed familiar chakra outside the compound and hurried toward the outskirts.

Aburame Shio rejected Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura’s demand that the Aburame Clan join their faction, and Hiruzen Sarutobi intervened before the kikaichū attacked them. Aburame Ryoma left to protect Kushina Uzumaki, who emerged from Tsunade’s Mansion as three Kumogakure ninja watched.

• Aburame Ryoma left the Aburame Clan grounds after Shimura Danzō tried to stop him.
• Aburame Shio told Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura that the Aburame Clan would remain neutral, but they demanded that it join their ranks.
• Aburame Shio surrounded the three visitors with kikaichū, and Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and ordered them to apologize.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Aburame Shio to let the three leave, and he warned them to support harmony in Konoha.
• Aburame Ryoma decided to protect Kushina Uzumaki and headed to Tsunade’s Mansion.
• Three Kumogakure ninja watched Kushina Uzumaki emerge from Tsunade’s Mansion.

Kushina Uzumaki was abducted by three Kumogakure ninja while hurrying to meet Uchiha Lei, who intercepted them in the forest and rescued her. Lei left with Kushina to pursue the fleeing kidnappers as Minato Namikaze and Aburame Ryoma followed.

• Kushina Uzumaki left Tsunade's Mansion to surprise Uchiha Lei, while Mito Uzumaki knowingly let her go so she could learn from the danger.
• Three Kumogakure ninja followed Kushina, intending to use her as leverage against Uchiha Lei; Minato Namikaze and Aburame Ryoma noticed and pursued them.
• Uchiha Lei, Yumiko, and Konan neared Konoha, and Lei rushed toward Kushina after hearing her voice in the forest.
• Aburame Ryoma restrained Minato Namikaze and told him to let Lei rescue Kushina.
• Uchiha Lei killed the lead Kumogakure ninja, freed Kushina, and embraced her as the other two kidnappers fled.
• Lei took Kushina to pursue the fleeing ninja, while Aburame Ryoma and Minato followed; Minato admired Lei's Flying Thunder God Technique and accepted that Lei and Kushina were close.

Uchiha Lei rescued Kushina Uzumaki and defeated the pursuing Kumogakure ninja with the Flying Thunder God Technique, Rasengan, and Wood Release. He reunited with Minato Namikaze and Aburame Ryoma, then brought Kushina to Konan and Yumiko, who had been hiding in a tree hollow.

• Uchiha Lei teleported beside Kushina and killed the three Kumogakure ninja who had captured her as they tried to flee.
• Kushina praised Lei’s Wood Release, and Lei teased her about being captured before taking her to meet Minato and Aburame Ryoma.
• Minato asked Lei to teach him the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Lei told him to obtain the forbidden technique through Jiraiya before asking for guidance.
• Aburame Ryoma told Lei that the clan head had fallen out with Danzo and the other higher-ups.
• Lei brought Kushina to the tree hollow, where Konan and Yumiko checked that he was unharmed, while Kushina reacted with a cold snort.

Uchiha Lei introduced Kushina Uzumaki to Konan and Yumiko as the group headed toward Konoha, where Kushina’s jealousy focused on Yumiko. After Kushina rushed Yumiko through the forest with the Body Flicker Technique, she apologized when Uchiha Lei caught up and saw how badly Yumiko had been affected.

• Uchiha Lei introduced Kushina Uzumaki, Konan, and Yumiko, and Kushina welcomed the orphaned Konan while questioning why Yumiko was traveling with Lei.
• Kushina took Yumiko’s Space-Time Storage Scroll from Uchiha Lei and offered to carry her to Konoha with the Body Flicker Technique.
• Kushina sped through the forest with Yumiko, who screamed and trembled from the cold and fear of heights.
• Uchiha Lei carried Konan after Kushina, using Fire Nature Chakra to keep her warm as Konan clung to him.
• Uchiha Lei caught up and warned Kushina that Yumiko was nearly frozen; Kushina stopped, comforted Yumiko, and apologized for rushing her.

Uchiha Lei returned to Konoha with Yumiko and Konan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shimura Danzō over his recent actions. After Danzō left, Hiruzen decided to reward Lei with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

• Uchiha Lei and Kushina Uzumaki registered Yumiko and Konan at Konoha's gate before heading to Tsunade's Mansion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Hatake Sakumo discussed Lei bringing women from outside the village and agreed it could benefit Konoha.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen over Lei, but Hiruzen accused him of withholding information, alerting Hanzo, threatening Lei, and pressuring the Aburame Clan.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzō out of his office, and Danzō left after warning that Hiruzen would regret it.
• Hiruzen chose the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique as a reward for Lei and decided to reserve Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags for a later achievement.

At Tsunade's Mansion, Uchiha Lei persuaded Tsunade to let Konan and Yumiko stay in empty rooms, then went to Kushina Uzumaki's room. The chapter ended with Lei and Kushina sharing an intimate moment.

• Nawaki and Mito Uzumaki left the dinner table, and Tsunade confronted Uchiha Lei about bringing Konan and Yumiko home.
• Tsunade and Lei kissed in the stairwell while Kushina Uzumaki, Uchiha Mikoto, Karura, Konan, and Yumiko watched them in turn.
• Tsunade agreed that Konan and Yumiko could tidy and occupy empty rooms on the second floor.
• Kushina invited Lei to her room, and he used the Body Flicker Technique to join her there.
• Kushina told Lei not to forget where he started, and Lei promised her a warm little home in eight years before they kissed.

On his eighteenth birthday in Year 44 of Konoha, Uchiha Lei demonstrated his Sharingan to Academy students and sparred with Minato Namikaze. Lei defeated Minato with a Kusanagi Sword feint, then Kushina Uzumaki called him home.

• Eight years after advancing to special jōnin, Uchiha Lei reviewed his status and thought about the unrest among the other ninja villages and Rasa of Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Lei arrived to demonstrate ninjutsu for Obito Uchiha, Rin, Kurenai Yuhi, and the other Elite Class students, then activated his Sharingan at Obito's request.
• Asuma Sarutobi suggested that Minato Namikaze spar with Uchiha Lei, and Minato accepted Lei's challenge.
• Minato Namikaze attacked with the Flying Thunder God Technique and a Rasengan, while Uchiha Lei used his own Flying Thunder God Kunai to counter him.
• Uchiha Lei caught Minato Namikaze off guard with the Kusanagi Sword and pointed it at his neck, prompting Minato to concede.
• Uchiha Lei and Minato Namikaze reconciled, and Kushina Uzumaki called Lei home to join everyone waiting for him.

Kushina Uzumaki picked up Uchiha Lei from the Ninja Academy, where Kurenai Yuhi provoked her over Lei’s attention. Minato Namikaze and Nami Uzumaki revealed they were a couple and planned to start a family, while Lei and Kushina left together to celebrate their coming-of-age day.

• Kushina Uzumaki arrived to take Uchiha Lei home, and Lei said he would be away from the Academy for a week.
• Kurenai Yuhi flirted with Lei to provoke Kushina, who confronted her before Lei embraced Kushina and she kissed him.
• Nami Uzumaki announced that she and Minato Namikaze were boyfriend and girlfriend, and they discussed having a child soon.
• Minato Namikaze left with the Body Flicker Technique after the students teased him about starting a family.
• Kushina Uzumaki urged Lei to hurry home with her, and Lei vanished with her using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Kurenai Yuhi left after dismissing Asuma Sarutobi’s advice, while Obito Uchiha wondered whether Rin Nohara would end up with him.

Uchiha Lei and Kushina Uzumaki celebrated their adulthood with family and spent the night together, while Lei gained part of Kushina’s Senjutsu. In the morning, Kushina hoped to become pregnant, and Lei planned to request leave from the Hokage before returning to the women waiting for him.

• Mito Uzumaki and the five women congratulated Lei and Kushina on becoming adults and urged them to continue the family bloodline.
• Lei and Kushina went upstairs together and spent the night together after Kushina said the Uzumaki clan needed Lei’s help.
• The system reported that Lei had plundered 60% of Kushina’s Mount Myōboku Senjutsu.
• Kushina woke after Lei left, regretted not asking him to stay, and followed Mito Uzumaki’s advice by placing a pillow beneath her hips.
• At breakfast, Lei told Mito Uzumaki he planned to ask the Hokage for time off, and the women urged him to return quickly.

Uchiha Lei accepted a mission to investigate the Iwagakure and Kirigakure alliance at Green Dam and took Kakashi Hatake with him. After reaching the border, they hid and watched the two villages’ teams meet, including Suiren, whom Lei decided to protect.

• Hatake Sakumo and Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Uchiha Lei to investigate the alliance at Green Dam with Kakashi Hatake.
• Lei agreed to the mission and received Hiruzen’s permission to take time off afterward.
• Lei met Kakashi at the Hatake home and sped out of Konoha with him, making Kakashi practice hand seals along the way.
• After two days of travel, Lei and Kakashi reached Green Dam and concealed themselves behind a tree.
• An Iwagakure team led by a Jonin met a Kirigakure team led by Yanryū, which included Shunsai and Suiren.
• Lei decided he would protect Suiren and thought he would need help from the Iwagakure ninjas.

Uchiha Lei rescued Suiren from a surprise attack by Iwagakure ninja, then used Wood Release to trap and kill the attackers. Afterward, he joked with Kakashi Hatake and reminded him to keep their agreement.

• Suiren nervously invited Yanryū to dinner after the mission, but Yanryū postponed answering.
• The Iwagakure ninja ambushed the group as Shunsai reached for the confidential scroll, killing him, while Uchiha Lei shielded Suiren with Wood Release.
• Uchiha Lei used Tree Birth Descent to trap three fleeing Iwagakure ninja and killed them with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Uchiha Lei plundered the dead ninja's belongings, and Kakashi Hatake teased him for using Wood Release to save a woman.
• Uchiha Lei draped an arm over Kakashi Hatake's shoulders and reminded him not to say things he should not.

Uchiha Lei demanded that Suiren repay him for saving her by bearing his child, and threatened Yanryū until Suiren agreed to go with him. After Kakashi Hatake helped prepare a grave for Shunsai, Suiren accepted Uchiha Lei’s proposal and he kissed her.

• Uchiha Lei told Suiren that she had to repay her life-saving debt by having his child.
• When Yanryū tried to stop him, Uchiha Lei grabbed and choked Yanryū, then threw him aside and threatened him.
• Suiren agreed to go with Uchiha Lei after he promised to let Yanryū leave, and Yanryū fled without Shunsai’s body.
• Uchiha Lei let Suiren make a grave for Shunsai and asked Kakashi Hatake to dig it with Earth Release.
• Suiren learned that Kakashi Hatake was the son of Konoha’s White Fang and that Uchiha Lei was the legendary ninja.
• Suiren agreed to carry on Uchiha Lei’s bloodline, and Uchiha Lei kissed her.

After burying Shunsai, Uchiha Lei and his companions left Green Dam while Tobi reported Lei’s Wood Release to Madara Uchiha, who ordered him to monitor Lei and search for a Uchiha successor. As Lei and Suiren were alone in their tent, he sensed two nearby sources of Wood Release chakra and went to meet them.

• Kakashi Hatake used Earth Release to make a pit and memorial stone for Shunsai, then Suiren left Green Dam with Uchiha Lei and Kakashi.
• Yanryū placed flowers at Shunsai’s cenotaph, blamed Uchiha Lei, and vowed to meet him in the Third Shinobi World War.
• Tobi reported to Madara Uchiha that Lei’s Wood Release rivaled Hashirama’s, and Madara ordered Tobi to watch Lei and White Zetsu to find a suppressed Uchiha successor.
• Tobi assigned one White Zetsu to accompany him in observing Lei and sent three others to Konoha to search for a dead-last Uchiha; Black Zetsu privately wanted Lei killed.
• An Iwagakure ninja found the Wood Release devastation and decided to tell the Tsuchikage to organize a secret alliance against Lei, starting with Kirigakure.
• As Uchiha Lei sat beside Suiren in their tent, he sensed two nearby sources of Wood Release chakra, withdrew his arm, and went to greet them.

Uchiha Lei fought and killed the unusually resilient Spore White Zetsu, then returned to the tent to rest beside Suiren. Tobi watched from afar and continued tracking Lei.

• Tobi fled with the Mayfly Technique, leaving Spore White Zetsu to face Uchiha Lei.
• Uchiha Lei used Wood Release to counter Spore White Zetsu’s clones and pin him with wooden spikes.
• Spore White Zetsu transformed into a giant pitcher plant, but Uchiha Lei blasted him with the Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Uchiha Lei tracked the surviving spores with his Sharingan and destroyed them with a Flying Thunder God-assisted Rasengan, earning rewards from the system.
• Tobi appeared at the scorched crater, then sank underground to keep watching Uchiha Lei.
• Uchiha Lei returned to the tent, covered the sleeping Suiren with a blanket, and went to sleep.

After Iwagakure’s attempt to seize Kirigakure’s secret scroll failed because Uchiha Lei intervened, Yanryū returned to Kirigakure and reported Suiren’s abduction to Karatachi Yagura. Yagura shot down an Iwagakure messenger hawk and, after reading its warning about Lei’s Wood Release, hurried to his office.

• An Iwagakure Anbu reported the failed scroll mission to Ōnoki, who decided not to confront Uchiha Lei and sent a warning to Karatachi Yagura.
• Yanryū delivered Kirigakure’s secret scroll to Karatachi Yagura and reported that Iwagakure had betrayed the mission and that Shunsai had died.
• Yanryū told Karatachi Yagura that Uchiha Lei had abducted Suiren, and Yagura promised to make arrangements for her.
• Karatachi Yagura lost control of his chakra, apologized to Yanryū, and sent him away to rest.
• Karatachi Yagura killed Iwagakure’s messenger hawk with Water Release: Iron Cannonball and read its warning about Uchiha Lei’s Wood Release.
• Karatachi Yagura recalled Hashirama Senju and hurried toward his office.

Karatachi Yagura assigned Miru and Kisame Hoshigaki to intercept Uchiha Lei at Green Dam and bring Suiren back. Miru departed with Kisame, while Yagura planned to use her as leverage to keep Uchiha Lei from acting against Kirigakure.

• Karatachi Yagura told the Seven Ninja Swordsmen that a Konoha ninja had abducted Suiren and ordered Suikazan Fuguki to send a subordinate with Miru.
• Suikazan Fuguki chose Kisame Hoshigaki, and Yagura ordered him and Miru to head to Green Dam.
• Yagura warned Miru to protect Kirigakure's secrets if the mission failed and explained that Uchiha Lei's weakness for beautiful women might help her succeed.
• Yagura privately reasoned that Miru could become a bond tying Uchiha Lei to Kirigakure, or be expendable if he rejected her.
• Miru dressed in a black dress, met Kisame at the village entrance, and set off with him toward the border.

Suiren chose to stay with Uchiha Lei when Miru and Kisame Hoshigaki came to take her back to Kirigakure. Lei stopped Miru, and the chapter ended with Miru revealing her shoulder and Lei abandoning his plan to fight Kisame.

• Suiren noticed Miru and Kisame Hoshigaki outside the tent but decided to remain with Lei, declaring that she would stay with him for life.
• Miru entered the tent and tried to wake Suiren, who pretended to be asleep and claimed Yanryū had abandoned her.
• Miru tickled Suiren until she laughed, while Suiren stopped Lei from grabbing Miru unnoticed.
• Lei seized Miru and pulled her onto the bed, prompting her to call for Kisame, who rushed toward the tent.
• Lei kissed Miru, but she then exposed her shoulder, and Lei sat back down instead of going to fight Kisame.

Uchiha Lei kissed Miru in the tent while Kisame Hoshigaki tried to intervene, prompting Lei to challenge him outside. Miru learned that Suiren had willingly chosen Lei, then appeared outside and declared that Kisame was no match for him; Lei called Miru his woman, and Kisame prepared to fight.

• Uchiha Lei pinned Miru down and kissed her while Suiren watched, and Kisame Hoshigaki arrived and demanded that Lei let her go.
• Uchiha Lei left the tent to fight Kisame Hoshigaki, and Suiren told Miru that she loved Lei and had promised to bear his children.
• Miru realized Yanryū had deceived them about Suiren being abducted and hurried outside to warn Kisame that Lei was too strong for him.
• Kisame scolded Miru for seeming to betray Kirigakure, and Uchiha Lei declared that Miru was his woman and told Kisame not to speak to her that way.
• Kisame called for them to take the battlefield seriously as the two men faced off.

Uchiha Lei and Kisame Hoshigaki battled at Grass Dam, trading Water Clones before Lei countered Kisame’s powerful Water Release with Wood Release. When Kisame pursued him underground and launched a close-combat assault, Lei drew on Uchiha Dance Taijutsu.

• Kisame used Hidden Mist, and he and Lei repeatedly attacked each other with Water Clones.
• Kisame summoned five water sharks, but Lei’s Wood Locking Wall withstood their assault.
• Kisame’s Great Shark Bullet collided with Lei’s Wood Dragon, which overwhelmed it and grew stronger by swallowing its chakra.
• Kisame burrowed underground to attack Lei, who followed with the Mayfly Technique.
• Kisame threw aside his sword and charged Lei with Close-Combat Berserker Taijutsu, prompting Lei to sheath his blade and call out Uchiha Dance Taijutsu.