Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Jin found Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru in a canyon and attacked Obito with his space-time ninjutsu disabled. Orochimaru abandoned Obito and escaped, leaving him alone to face Jin.

• Uchiha Jin tracked Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha to a canyon, while Obito suspected someone had leaked their location.
• Uchiha Jin activated Heavenly Punishment Edict and attacked Obito, preventing him from using space-time ninjutsu.
• Obito called on Orochimaru to help fight Jin, but Orochimaru refused and fled up the canyon wall.
• Obito realized Orochimaru had deserted him and considered escaping beyond the range of Jin’s rules.
• Uchiha Jin taunted Obito for being abandoned by his companion.

Uchiha Jin fought Obito Uchiha, who escaped after declaring he would make Jin experience the pain and despair he had once felt. Jin feared Obito was targeting his family, but Obito reappeared holding Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi.

• Uchiha Jin attacked Obito Uchiha and asked why he had allied with others to oppose him.
• Obito Uchiha revealed his face and boasted that Jin could not kill him because of his Intangibility and Hashirama Cells.
• Uchiha Jin taunted Obito Uchiha about Rin Nohara's death, but Obito said he would create a peaceful world without war or death.
• Obito Uchiha left the Heavenly Punishment Edict's range and escaped into the Kamui Dimension, threatening to make Jin experience his past pain and despair.
• Uchiha Jin suspected Obito Uchiha was going after his family and decided to return to the village.
• Obito Uchiha returned holding Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi, leaving Uchiha Jin stunned.

Obito Uchiha kidnapped Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi to force Uchiha Jin to choose between them, but Jin refused to be intimidated and threatened to kill the tailed beasts instead. Obito’s confidence faltered as he realized Jin’s retaliation could derail the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Uchiha Jin wondered why Obito Uchiha had kidnapped Kurenai Yuhi, then suspected she and Shisui Uchiha might have a closer relationship than he knew.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that he had two hostages and demanded that Jin choose which one to save.
• Uchiha Jin refused to submit, saying Obito could kill both hostages because he hated being threatened.
• Uchiha Jin threatened to kill several tailed beasts and disrupt the Eye of the Moon Plan if Obito continued.
• Obito Uchiha realized Jin might actually slaughter the tailed beasts and regretted revealing the hostages.

Uchiha Jin confronted Obito Uchiha over the kidnapping of Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi, threatening to kill Jinchūriki if Obito did not back down. Obito released the hostages and fled, while Jin was left wondering why the two had been captured together.

• Uchiha Jin threatened to kill Jinchūriki in retaliation for Obito Uchiha kidnapping Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Obito Uchiha blamed Madara Uchiha for ordering the hostage-taking and tried to persuade Jin to negotiate.
• Uchiha Jin refused to bargain and mocked Obito by proposing a contest between killing Tailed Beasts and capturing them.
• Obito Uchiha released Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi but became angry when Jin challenged his right to threaten him.
• Uchiha Jin warned Obito not to target his friends or family again, and Obito retreated into the Kamui Dimension.
• Uchiha Jin looked at Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi and wondered why they had been captured together.

Uchiha Jin rescued Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi from Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru, then learned they had been captured after secretly following him to Kirigakure. Shisui clung to Jin in relief, and Jin decided to find Orochimaru for help with Shisui’s condition.

• Shisui Uchiha clung to Uchiha Jin and said he had been terrified he would never see his best friend again.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Uchiha Jin that Shisui had asked her to help him follow Jin, and that Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru had captured them.
• Uchiha Jin realized Shisui and Kurenai had followed him to Kirigakure and angrily demanded to know why.
• Shisui Uchiha kept clinging to Jin because he feared losing him, while Jin restrained himself from beating him.
• Uchiha Jin considered searching the Land of Rice Fields for Orochimaru so he could treat Shisui’s condition.
• Uchiha Jin threatened to kill Shisui if he did not let go, and Shisui released him and apologized.

Orochimaru chose a secluded site in the Land of Rice Fields for a village that would fund his research, while Uchiha Jin and his companions confronted the country’s daimyo. The daimyo remained terrified in the mansion as Kurenai Yuhi wondered whether Jin’s feelings were caused by Shisui Uchiha’s genjutsu, then dismissed the idea as impossible.

• Orochimaru selected a clearing in the Land of Rice Fields for a village and planned to approach the daimyo for permission and support.
• Orochimaru reflected on leaving the Akatsuki after encountering Uchiha Jin and considered Kakuzu’s heart-replacement technique as a possible fallback for immortality.
• Uchiha Jin killed the daimyo’s guards after the daimyo insulted Shisui Uchiha and ordered them to seize the visitors.
• The daimyo cowered before Uchiha Jin, while Shisui believed Jin had defended him and Kurenai Yuhi felt like a third wheel.
• Kurenai Yuhi briefly suspected Shisui had placed Jin under a genjutsu that changed his feelings, but she dismissed the possibility.

Orochimaru visited the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields to seek support for establishing a ninja village and funding his immortality research. Uchiha Jin, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shisui Uchiha hid in the hall, preparing to subdue him as he began asking the daimyo for help.

• Orochimaru planned to persuade the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields to authorize a ninja village and fund his research.
• The daimyo learned a Konoha ninja had arrived and worried that another ninja would threaten him.
• Uchiha Jin let Orochimaru enter, then hid behind a pillar so he could capture him before he escaped.
• Kurenai Yuhi pulled Shisui Uchiha into hiding, and the daimyo considered using Orochimaru against Uchiha Jin.
• Orochimaru entered the hall, reassured the daimyo, and politely asked him for help.

Orochimaru sought the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields' support to establish a ninja village, but Uchiha Jin arrived and confronted him. Orochimaru took the daimyo hostage to escape, only for Jin to refuse to let the hostage change his plans.

• Orochimaru asked the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields for a land development permit and funding to establish a ninja village, promising protection in return.
• The daimyo agreed to fund the village and requested that its ninja also protect him.
• Uchiha Jin emerged from behind a pillar, and Orochimaru realized Jin had found him after rescuing Shisui Uchiha and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Orochimaru seized the daimyo and threatened to kill him unless Jin let him leave.
• Jin said the daimyo was the one Orochimaru had grabbed and saw no reason to let Orochimaru go.

Uchiha Jin confronted Orochimaru, who tried to escape by holding the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields hostage, but Jin showed no concern for the daimyo’s fate. After Orochimaru released him, Jin pointed to Shisui Uchiha and asked Orochimaru to fix what was wrong with his head.

• Orochimaru seized the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields and threatened Uchiha Jin, but Jin said he did not care if the daimyo died.
• The Daimyo begged for his life and fled the great hall after Orochimaru let him go, vowing to report the incident to other daimyo.
• Orochimaru asked Jin why he had come, and Jin pointed out Shisui Uchiha, who was hiding behind a pillar.
• Jin gestured at his own temple and told Orochimaru that something was wrong with Shisui’s head, leaving Orochimaru alarmed by the request.

Uchiha Jin forced Orochimaru to treat Shisui Uchiha, whom Jin considered mentally ill, and kept Orochimaru imprisoned in Kusagakure until he succeeded. As Orochimaru began examining Shisui, Shisui insisted that Jin was the one who needed treatment.

• Uchiha Jin ordered Orochimaru to cure Shisui Uchiha or be killed, and Orochimaru agreed while planning to study Shisui and seek an escape.
• Kurenai Yuhi watched Shisui hide behind Jin and decided she would tell her best friend everything when she returned to the village.
• Orochimaru killed the previous daimyo after he tried to report events to the Land of Fire, and Uchiha Jin used genjutsu to control the new Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields.
• Orochimaru established a laboratory in Kusagakure and kept Shisui there for treatment while Shisui worried about Jin and his missing eyes.
• Orochimaru secretly collected Shisui's blood, but Shisui insisted that Jin was the sick one and that doctors had been unable to treat him.

Orochimaru discovered that Shisui Uchiha was cutting himself and carving Uchiha Jin’s name into his hand, then pressed him to explain his mental distress. Shisui recounted how he awakened Kotoamatsukami and used it on Jin to repair their friendship, before leaving Konoha to seek treatment for Jin; the story left off before Shisui explained what happened next.

• Orochimaru uncovered Shisui Uchiha’s self-inflicted cuts and the name Uchiha Jin carved into his hand.
• Shisui Uchiha pleaded with Orochimaru not to tell Jin and described his fear of losing his only close friend, which had worsened after he went blind.
• Shisui Uchiha explained that Jin had defended him from bullies when they were children and that they had grown close like brothers.
• During the Third Shinobi World War, Jin beat Shisui and ended their friendship over their differing views on the clan and the village.
• Shisui Uchiha awakened Kotoamatsukami and used it to change Jin’s feelings, believing it had restored their friendship.
• After learning Jin had severe antisocial personality disorder, Shisui Uchiha left Konoha to search for doctors who could treat him.

Shisui Uchiha told Orochimaru how he repeatedly used Kotoamatsukami to control Uchiha Jin, causing their friendship to collapse. After hearing the full story, Orochimaru realized Shisui was the real culprit and was asked to cure Jin, leaving him frightened and considering escape.

• Orochimaru listened as Shisui explained that he had planned to use Kotoamatsukami to treat Jin’s antisocial personality.
• Shisui said Jin asked him to save the technique for use against Obito, but after Jin gained the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Shisui’s genjutsu on him disappeared.
• Shisui admitted he used Kotoamatsukami again to make Jin stay his friend, but Jin discovered the genjutsu within days, so Shisui left with Obito.
• Orochimaru realized Shisui had manipulated Jin and that Jin later broke Shisui’s limbs and gouged out his eyes after their conflict.
• Shisui recounted how Jin had joined the Akatsuki, escaped an encirclement with him, and later returned to the Uchiha compound after Tsunade treated his infection.
• Shisui begged Orochimaru to cure Jin, and Orochimaru silently weighed his chances of getting away.

Orochimaru used Shisui Uchiha's devotion to Uchiha Jin to persuade him to cooperate with treatment, while secretly planning to exploit his body and eventually flee. Uchiha Jin, training in the Land of Rice Fields, worried that Orochimaru might mishandle Shisui and regretted ever getting involved with him.

• Orochimaru recognized that Shisui Uchiha's illness stemmed from his attachment to Uchiha Jin and decided to use their friendship as the focus of treatment.
• Orochimaru threatened to tell Uchiha Jin if Shisui refused treatment, and Shisui agreed to cooperate so he would not anger his friend.
• Orochimaru asked whether Shisui wanted to make up with Uchiha Jin, and Shisui eagerly agreed to do anything that might restore their friendship.
• Orochimaru promised to help them reconcile while secretly considering Shisui's body and planning to create a seemingly normal Shisui before escaping.
• Uchiha Jin sensed that something might have gone wrong with Orochimaru, stopped training, and complained that Shisui only caused him trouble.

Uchiha Jin made Orochimaru promise to cure Shisui Uchiha, while Orochimaru secretly plotted to exploit Shisui and the Uchiha Clan for his immortality research. The chapter left Jin heading out to capture bandits for Orochimaru’s experiments, unaware that Orochimaru intended to study Shisui while he was gone.

• Orochimaru told Uchiha Jin that Shisui Uchiha’s condition was difficult to cure quickly but claimed he had a treatment plan.
• Uchiha Jin agreed to let Orochimaru leave if he cured Shisui, and warned him not to scheme or lust after his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Orochimaru privately considered taking over Jin’s body and planned to raise Uchiha children to awaken the Mangekyō for future experiments.
• Orochimaru asked Jin to bring him a test subject, and Jin agreed to capture bandits from a nearby stronghold.
• After Jin left, Orochimaru resolved to study Shisui, wishing he could dissect him.