Recaps

Uchiha Gen defeated the onmyoji Jigumi after his ocular technique disrupted Gen’s lightning, and completed the mission by killing him before his Curse Power could fully transform him. Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi arrived during the fight, while Gen faced the reality of killing for the first time.

• Jigumi sent three corpse puppets at Uchiha Gen, but Gen destroyed them with lightning.
• Jigumi used the Demonic Marionette Calamity Eye to disrupt Gen’s lightning field, then attacked with Ghost Fang Heaven-Crushing.
• Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi arrived, and Asuma moved to help Gen while Kurenai dealt with the approaching bandits.
• Uchiha Gen blocked Jigumi’s spectral fang with a punch, burned his soul with Sharingan power, and struck him with a Susanoo arm blade.
• Jigumi’s fear-driven Curse Power backfired and began mutating him, so Uchiha Gen pierced his chest and declared the mission complete.

After killing Jigumi, Uchiha Gen and Team 7 learned that a ritual array had intensified Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi’s fear, then returned to Konoha. There, they met Minato Namikaze and his team, and Gen asked Obito Uchiha about the claw marks on his face.

• Shibi Aburame identified Jigumi as an A-rank onmyoji and said he would request a higher mission rank and payment.
• Uchiha Gen confirmed that Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi had the same cursed energy fluctuations as Jigumi, and Shibi explained how onmyoji used cursed energy and ritual arrays.
• Shibi Aburame sent insects to destroy Jigumi’s ritual array, causing the black mist around Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi to dissipate.
• Team 7 returned to Konoha, where they encountered Minato Namikaze, Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Rin Nohara.
• Obito Uchiha eagerly asked Uchiha Gen about the mission, and Gen asked how Obito had gotten the claw marks on his face.

Uchiha Gen discussed sword force with Kakashi, then learned that the Hokage had taken notice of his strength after his battle with Jigumi. Hiruzen assigned Shibi Aburame and Gen to a special mission while sending Asuma and the Yuhi girl to Team 7.

• Obito Uchiha said Team 7 had failed Minato Namikaze’s assessment mission and blamed Kakashi Hatake for exposing how a cat had scratched him.
• Kakashi Hatake passed on his father’s advice that Uchiha Gen should set aside the Sharingan and pursue sword force; Gen expected to awaken it before Kakashi.
• Kakashi Hatake challenged Uchiha Gen to another fight, but Gen declined and went to collect his share of the mission payment.
• Shibi Aburame reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Gen had defeated the A-rank Onmyoji Jigumi and was close to elite jonin strength.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Shibi Aburame to keep Team 8 in the village and prepare for a special mission with Gen, while Asuma and the Yuhi girl temporarily joined Team 7.

Uchiha Gen received an emergency B-Rank mission and met Maruboshi Kosuke at Training Ground Three, where Kosuke insisted on testing his strength. Their spar began with Kosuke launching a lethal sword attack, and the chapter ended as his concealed strike targeted Gen’s back.

• Uchiha Gen received an order to assemble at Training Ground Three for an emergency B-Rank mission.
• Uchiha Gen met Maruboshi Kosuke, who said they should learn each other’s abilities before the mission.
• Maruboshi Kosuke drew his sword and attacked Uchiha Gen with a high-speed slash.
• Uchiha Gen activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and evaded Kosuke’s slash.
• Maruboshi Kosuke used Konoha-Style Swordsmanship: Three-Month Concealment and struck at Uchiha Gen from behind.

Uchiha Gen fought Maruboshi Kosuke at Training Ground Three, countering his swordsmanship and ninjutsu with his own blade, Sharingan, and abilities. After Kosuke ended the spar, Shibi Aburame emerged from hiding and said they would leave for the mission now.

• Uchiha Gen used Observation Haki to detect Maruboshi Kosuke’s attack from behind and parried it with the Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
• Uchiha Gen and Maruboshi Kosuke exchanged sword strikes, and Gen used Uchiha-Sword Leaping Flame to match Kosuke’s attacks.
• Maruboshi Kosuke attacked with three water dragons, but Uchiha Gen pierced them with electromagnetic cannon shots from fragments of his blade.
• Maruboshi Kosuke sent a barrage of water-bladed shuriken, and Uchiha Gen burned them away with Crimson Red Lotus.
• Maruboshi Kosuke tried Konoha Style: Swordsmanship-Willow, but Uchiha Gen saw through the genjutsu and stopped his attack.
• Maruboshi Kosuke praised Uchiha Gen and ended the spar; Shibi Aburame emerged from hiding and said the mission would begin now.

Uchiha Gen, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Shibi Aburame traveled to Chuntai City to investigate the disappearance of children and the deaths of Konoha ninja. In Chuntai City, Mayor Fujii Sakura confronted a cloaked accomplice over their crimes and warned that Konoha could uncover their secret.

• Shibi Aburame explained that the mission had been raised to B-rank after a Chunin squad disappeared and Anbu found their bodies in a sewer.
• Uchiha Gen, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Shibi Aburame set out at night in secret, leaving the Anbu stationed in Chuntai City as decoys.
• Fujii Sakura endured severe pain, then ate a blood-red piece of flesh from a box to ease it.
• Fujii Sakura berated a cloaked man for abducting 108 children in one month and attacking Konoha ninja, while the man insisted they could use a scapegoat.
• Fujii Sakura learned that Konoha had found the bodies of three ninja and warned the cloaked man that the Yamanaka Clan could read their memories.

Fujii Sakura argued with a cloaked branch elder over the deaths of Konoha ninjas and chose poor residents near the Land of Hot Water as new targets. Two days later, Maruboshi Kosuke, Shibi Aburame, and Uchiha Gen reached the outskirts of Chuntai City and prepared to investigate discreetly.

• Fujii Sakura ordered the cloaked man to sacrifice the attackers, destroy their bodies, and keep their organization hidden.
• The cloaked man admitted he had personally killed three Konoha ninjas and insisted they needed a child blessed by God to cure Fujii Sakura's Bloodstain Disease.
• Fujii Sakura sent the cloaked man to target poor communities near the Land of Hot Water, where disappearances would attract little attention.
• Maruboshi Kosuke, Shibi Aburame, and Uchiha Gen arrived near Chuntai City two days later.
• Maruboshi Kosuke rejected meeting the client or the exposed Anbu and asked whether Uchiha Gen could use his Three-Tomoe Sharingan genjutsu to gather information.

Uchiha Gen, Maruboshi Kosuke, and Shibi Aburame planned to investigate the killings in Chuntai City, where the victims’ memories had been mysteriously erased. Kosuke suspected that a cult empowered by a vanished god was responsible, and the team prepared to search cautiously.

• Maruboshi Kosuke planned to disguise the team and infiltrate Chuntai City's Security Office, while Shibi Aburame contacted the Anbu Ninja with his insects.
• Uchiha Gen asked why Konoha’s Yamanaka Clan could not learn more from the dead Chunin, and Kosuke explained that their memories had been forcibly removed.
• Maruboshi Kosuke recalled how the Three-Crow Church had used the power of Yatagarasu to devour memories during an earlier mission in the Land of Demons.
• Maruboshi Kosuke said Lady Mito had learned from the Uzumaki Clan’s Reaper that the god’s power had erased the victims’ memories, suggesting a similar cult was behind the current killings.
• Uchiha Gen expressed excitement about investigating the possible cult, while Maruboshi Kosuke resolved to proceed cautiously to protect his teammates.

Shibi Aburame discovered that Chuntai City’s mayor had replaced the security guards with outsiders, leading Maruboshi Kosuke and Uchiha Gen to suspect the city’s leaders were provoking Konoha. At the mayor’s residence, Fujii Sakura revealed that he had already escaped and abandoned Heizhi and his cultists to be sacrificed.

• Shibi Aburame reported that the new guards smelled of blood and that the mayor had transferred them from the Land of Fire’s border prefecture.
• Maruboshi Kosuke grew furious over the enemy’s apparent provocation, while Uchiha Gen suggested fighting their way into Chuntai City.
• Fujii Sakura told the cloaked man that Konoha would soon expose him and ordered him to keep abducting children while Fujii escaped.
• Fujii Sakura revealed that he had already left and switched partners to Elder Yuzuki, telling Heizhi that the Jashin Cult had abandoned his branch.
• Heizhi protested that his uncle, the deputy cult leader, would not agree to the decision, but Fujii Sakura’s clone dispersed in a cloud of smoke.

Uchiha Gen confronted Kuroji at the Town Mayor's Residence while Shibi Aburame’s insects restrained the Public Security Officers and Maruboshi Kosuke hurried to rescue the captive children. Kuroji revealed his Jashin Cult powers and fought back, while Uchiha Gen prepared to test his abilities.

• Kuroji resolved to escape Chuntai City, but Uchiha Gen arrived at the Town Mayor's Residence and confronted him alone.
• Uchiha Gen said Shibi Aburame was handling Kuroji’s men, while Maruboshi Kosuke and two Anbu Ninja rushed toward the children’s prison.
• Uchiha Gen slashed Kuroji’s cheek, and Kuroji’s wound healed as he unleashed the Blood Prison technique and formed a Blood Scythe.
• Uchiha Gen used his Sharingan to read Kuroji’s attack and clashed with the scythe using his Flame Leaping Sword.
• Kuroji concluded that Fujii Sakura had set him up, and Uchiha Gen advanced, eager to test the Jashin Cult follower.

Uchiha Gen defeated Heizhi and broke his faith in Jashin, leaving him barely able to regenerate. Afterward, Maruboshi Kosuke confirmed that Fujii Sakura had escaped and arranged for the village to take over the investigation.

• Heizhi healed from Uchiha Gen’s blade wounds and attacked with blood spikes, but Uchiha Gen destroyed them with lightning.
• Uchiha Gen struck Heizhi with flaming blade fragments, collapsing the Blood Domain, then battered him into the courtyard wall.
• As Heizhi’s blood ran dry and his regeneration slowed, Uchiha Gen taunted him to call on Jashin, and Heizhi cried out for help before taking another blow.
• Maruboshi Kosuke asked about Fujii Sakura, and Uchiha Gen identified him as the scapegoat and likely killer of the Chunin Squad.
• Maruboshi Kosuke said he had sent Anbu Ninja to report the situation to Lord Third and that other personnel would take over.

After Uchiha Gen’s squad completed its mission in Chuntai City, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised its rating to A-rank and ordered the details sealed. He questioned Maruboshi Kosuke about Gen and the Uchiha, while Gen headed home through the clan compound.

• Shibi Aburame reported the mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who praised the squad, classified the mission as A-rank, and sealed its records.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Maruboshi Kosuke behind and asked for his assessment of Uchiha Gen.
• Maruboshi Kosuke described Gen as a capable, restrained comrade who enjoyed fighting, and defended the Uchiha as loyal to the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Kosuke that the Second had instructed them to watch the Uchiha, whom he viewed as a dangerous double-edged sword.
• Uchiha Gen walked back to the Uchiha Clan Compound and reacted strangely as he passed Obito Uchiha’s house.

Uchiha Gen teased Obito and received a new power from his daily check-in before time passed peacefully. In Sunagakure, Sasori poisoned the Third Kazekage and blamed him and Hatake Sakumo for his parents’ deaths.

• Uchiha Gen caught Obito trying to kiss Rin’s picture, teased him, and left using the Clone Technique.
• Uchiha Gen checked in and gained the special talent Blue Sentinel’s Might, which strengthened his stamina.
• Shibi Aburame assigned his team mostly easy missions, and about two peaceful months passed.
• Sasori brought tea to the Third Kazekage in his office, and the Kazekage drank it.
• Sasori revealed that he had poisoned the Third Kazekage, blamed him and Hatake Sakumo for his parents’ deaths, and summoned something with a strike to the floor.

Sasori used his human puppets and incurable poison to defeat and kill the Third Kazekage, then concealed the bodies and evidence. He left Sunagakure behind and became the missing-nin known as Sasori of the Red Sands.

• Sasori’s human puppets resisted the Third Kazekage’s iron sand, and Sasori revealed that he had secretly mastered the forbidden technique.
• Sasori poisoned and overwhelmed the Third Kazekage, binding him with iron chains while declaring he would turn him into a human puppet and use his Magnet Release against Hatake Sakumo.
• Sasori killed the Third Kazekage and sealed his body in a scroll.
• Sasori collected the ANBU corpses and erased the signs of the killings from the Kazekage’s Office.
• Sasori watched Chiyo’s home from a cliffside platform, then left Sunagakure as a missing-nin.

The Third Kazekage’s disappearance stirred the other ninja villages to consider war, while Sunagakure continued searching for him. Chiyo gave Ebizo three more days to find the Kazekage before they prepared for what might follow.

• Ōnoki wondered who had made the Third Kazekage disappear and considered how Iwagakure might benefit from a war.
• Third Raikage A asked Dodai about attacking the Land of Wind, and Dodai warned that Chiyo’s poison would make conquering Sunagakure difficult.
• White Zetsu, possessing the Third Mizukage, ordered troops to be assembled and killed an Anbu ninja who had reported the Kazekage’s disappearance.
• Chiyo asked Ebizo whether the search had found the Third Kazekage, and Ebizo suspected that Sasori might be involved.
• Chiyo told Ebizo to search for three more days while she suppressed rumors, then prepare for the consequences if the Kazekage remained missing.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shimura Danzō about the coming war, then ordered Konoha to mobilize as Kumogakure attacked Sunagakure. Rasa stabilized Sunagakure, succeeded as the Fourth Kazekage, and consolidated his rule.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Shimura Danzō about the Third Kazekage’s disappearance, but Danzō denied responsibility and criticized Hiruzen’s approach to alliances.
• Shimura Danzō warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sunagakure and Iwagakure spies were active near the Land of Fire and that war was imminent.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the major shinobi clan leaders to assemble, declaring that war had arrived.
• Kumogakure declared war on Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure, then launched an attack on Sunagakure.
• Rasa used Magnet Release ninjutsu to halt Kumogakure’s assault, earning support from Granny Chiyo and overcoming opposition within Sunagakure.
• Rasa became the Fourth Kazekage and reshuffled Sunagakure’s leadership to secure his authority.

Rasa declared war on Konoha, helping ignite the Third Shinobi World War, while Sunagakure sent a suicide squad into the Land of Fire to sabotage Konoha’s supply lines. Uchiha Gen discovered the infiltrators and faced their combined attack, ending the chapter as his Susanoo armor formed.

• Rasa publicly blamed Konoha for the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and declared war, as Kirigakure raided the Land of Fire’s borders and Ōnoki moved Iwagakure’s forces toward it.
• A Sunagakure Jonin briefed Chiyo’s handpicked suicide squad on its mission to map and, if necessary, destroy Konoha’s logistical supply lines.
• The Sunagakure Jonin sensed Uchiha Gen in the canopy, but Uchiha Gen explained that his Killing Intent Perception had exposed the squad.
• Six Sunagakure Chunin combined their Wind Release techniques into a massive tornado while their Jonin charged Uchiha Gen with a wind-coated blade.
• Uchiha Gen activated Susanoo: Armoring, forming a close-fitting skeletal suit and a Tengu mask around himself.

Uchiha Gen used Susanoo, Armament Haki, and fire manipulation to withstand the Sand shinobi’s wind attacks, then fought their Jonin with the Demon Blade Thousand Blades. The Jonin escaped Gen’s counterattack and exploited the gap before the blade fragments could return, striking at his neck.

• Uchiha Gen formed a Susanoo domain that devoured the hurricane’s wind, while a Sand Chunin urged the others to keep pressuring him.
• Uchiha Gen unleashed his Fire Manipulation Technique, turning the wind domain into a burning cage as black flames joined the blaze.
• The Sunagakure Jonin attacked Gen’s neck, but Susanoo blocked the Ninja Blade while Gen countered with the Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
• The Jonin transformed his wind armor into stone armor and launched slashes at Gen, who shattered the armor with an electromagnetic attack.
• The Jonin escaped the blade fragments, moved in a zigzagging slash, and struck at Gen’s neck before the fragments could return.

Uchiha Gen defeated a Sunagakure Jonin and five Chunin after using Trick Room to negate the Jonin’s speed. After learning that fighting had broken out at three other locations, he put out the forest fire and considered heading to Team 7’s area to steal their kills.

• Uchiha Gen dodged the Sunagakure Jonin’s surprise attack with a phantom, then bound him briefly with lightning.
• Uchiha Gen countered the Jonin’s wind tornado with Sun Breathing, but the Jonin used Swift Release to attack from four directions.
• Uchiha Gen activated Trick Room, suppressed the Jonin’s speed, and struck him down with electrified fragments of the Demon Blade Thousand Blades.
• Uchiha Gen used his speed to kill the remaining five Sunagakure Chunin and collected their black diamond-shaped blocks.
• Shibi Aburame’s insect told Uchiha Gen that fighting had started at the other three locations, and Uchiha Gen extinguished the fire and considered visiting Team 7’s area.

Madara Uchiha learned that war had resumed and ordered his forces to watch Obito Uchiha, whom he intended to use in his Ascension Plan. He dismissed Uchiha Gen as a potential successor and directed White Zetsu to keep Black Zetsu trapped in the Land of Ware, then returned to his dark cavern.

• White Zetsu reported that war had resumed and that Obito Uchiha had entered the battlefield, prompting Madara Uchiha to send six Limbo Clones to watch him.
• Madara Uchiha examined intelligence about Uchiha Gen and judged that he could not become his successor.
• White Zetsu reported that Black Zetsu had been spotted in the Land of Ware and that the country had been sealed off.
• Madara Uchiha ordered White Zetsu to continue watching Black Zetsu because he might help Obito Uchiha master Yin-Yang Release.
• White Zetsu left, and Madara Uchiha lamented that Hashirama had not understood that peace required human intervention.

Minato Namikaze led Kakashi, Obito, and Rin in an ambush against a Sunagakure squad, teleporting its Jonin captain away so his students could face the six Chunin. Kakashi’s Chidori Stream disabled a puppet and struck four enemies, while the fight continued.

• Minato detected the approaching Sunagakure squad and said he would handle its Jonin captain while his students fought the six Chunin.
• Minato teleported Captain Kanosuke away, and Kakashi, Obito, and Rin launched their attacks against the remaining Sunagakure ninja.
• Kakashi disarmed the lead Chunin, but a black ant puppet blocked his blade and lunged at him as the other Chunin moved in.
• Obito prepared to help Kakashi, but Kakashi unleashed Chidori Stream, wrecking the puppet and sweeping electricity over four nearby Chunin.

Team 7 fought a group of Sunagakure Chunin until Minato Namikaze arrived and stopped their explosive devices from detonating. Uchiha Gen revealed that he had watched the battle and joined the group, leaving Obito Uchiha wondering whether Gen had deserted his own mission.

• Kakashi Hatake escaped the Sand ninja’s attack as Obito Uchiha’s fire engulfed four immobilized Sunagakure Chunin and the disabled Black Ant puppet.
• An invisible creature struck a Sand puppeteer, and Obito Uchiha identified it as Rin Nohara’s Moon Oni.
• The last Sand Chunin activated six Explosive Devices, but Minato Namikaze sealed them away and killed him with a blade of wind.
• Minato Namikaze sealed the corpses and revealed that Uchiha Gen had been watching from nearby.
• Uchiha Gen appeared in the trees, explained that Kurenai and the others were with Shibi-sensei, and drew Obito Uchiha’s suspicion that he had deserted.

The Land of Wind front stalled as Sunagakure’s desert advantage and Rasa’s Kage-level strength disrupted Konoha’s plans. Orochimaru confronted Chiyo, and their clash escalated when his laser cannons met her puppets’ Wind Release defense.

• Minato told Obito that Gen was operating independently because he had jonin-level strength, while Gen said he still had much to learn.
• Konoha’s advance in the Land of Wind faltered amid the desert’s hazards, Sunagakure’s specialized techniques, and Rasa’s attacks on three jonin squads.
• Orochimaru realized Rasa’s arrival had ruined the plan to pin down Chiyo while Konoha broke through Sunagakure’s defenses.
• Chiyo sent the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu against Orochimaru and cut through his summoned snake, but Orochimaru emerged unharmed.
• Orochimaru summoned three Snake-Mech Floating Laser Cannons and fired at Chiyo’s puppets.
• Chiyo’s puppets formed a Myriad-Blade Wind Wall that clashed with the lasers in a blast that tore across the battlefield.

Chiyo and Orochimaru escalated their battle with powerful Wind Release attacks and armored summons. Meanwhile, Team 8 received orders to transfer to the Land of Grass, where a jinchūriki had been sighted, though Shibi Aburame's instructions left Uchiha Gen's assignment unclear.

• Chiyo unleashed seven Wind Release techniques through her puppets, transforming the desert with storms, blades, and tornadoes.
• Orochimaru countered with Quintuple Rashomon and fitted ten summoned giant snakes with Mechanical Armor.
• Uchiha Gen and Team 8 found the remains of enemy ninja and learned that Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure were threatening Konoha on multiple fronts.
• Uchiha Gen questioned whether Team 8 would be transferred after Kakashi's team had already been moved.
• Shibi Aburame revealed that Team 8 would head to the Land of Grass the next day to join Team 7 and investigate a jinchūriki, while Asuma and Kurenai were told to merge with Team 7.
• Asuma asked why Uchiha Gen had been left out of the transfer instructions.

Uchiha Gen joined Shibi Aburame’s team on a mission toward the Land of Grass and tested whether an insect incubator could hatch his Pokémon Egg. After the team rested, Shibi explained why they would travel on foot rather than risk Iwagakure’s anti-air forces.

• Shibi Aburame said Uchiha Gen would work with him and Minato, citing Gen’s Sharingan and exceptional promotion to Chunin.
• During a rest in the Land of Fire near the Land of Grass, Kurenai Yuhi asked why Gen had requested an Insect Egg Incubator, and Gen revealed his Pokémon Egg.
• Gen placed the pale purple Pokémon Egg inside the incubator, then packed it away for the journey.
• Shibi Aburame arrived and told the team to resume traveling; he explained that Iwagakure’s long-range anti-air capabilities made riding his giant beetle too dangerous.
• Asuma Sarutobi admitted he had not known Konoha had anti-air defenses, and Shibi Aburame began explaining them as the team set off.