Chapter Summaries

After Sarutobi Hiruzen recovered enough to return to the emergency meeting, he ordered the village to search for Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hiruko and to close the stolen laboratory. Shimura Danzo challenged Hiruzen for the Hokage position, and Hiruzen made his resignation conditional on Danzo bringing Tsunade and Jiraiya back.

• The village leaders learned that Orochimaru and Hiruko had defected after stealing specimens and research data from the Second Hokage's Underground Laboratory, while Tsunade and Jiraiya had left to pursue Uchiha Shin'yu.
• The medical ninja revived Sarutobi Hiruzen, who returned to the meeting and ordered a search for Tsunade and Jiraiya, a hunt for Orochimaru and Hiruko, and the temporary closure of the laboratory.
• Shimura Danzo accused Hiruzen of failing the village and demanded that he step down as Hokage.
• Hiruzen agreed to yield the position if the leaders supported Danzo, then assigned Danzo the mission of bringing Tsunade and Jiraiya back.
• Hiruzen announced that he would resign if Danzo completed the mission, and Danzo reluctantly accepted.

Tsunade and Jiraiya pursued Uchiha Shin'yu to learn where he had taken Nian, and Tsunade confronted him in a forest. Shin'yu revealed that he had held Tsunade as a baby and invited her to seek revenge, leaving their encounter tense.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya left the village to follow Shin'yu's trail after failing to find Orochimaru.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya caught up with Shin'yu in a forest at dawn.
• Tsunade demanded to know where Shin'yu had taken Nian.
• Shin'yu reminded Tsunade that he had held her as a baby and taken her to a casino.
• Tsunade accused Shin'yu of killing her family, and he told her she could use any method to try to kill him.

Shin'yu fought Hashirama and Tobirama, unleashing the Sixth Scenic Gate against Hashirama's Wood Buddha. Hashirama trapped a water clone with Myojin Gates, but Shin'yu appeared behind him and pierced his chest with a blade.

• Shin'yu's blade pierced Tobirama's chest and pinned him to a cliff, while Kagami tried to reach him.
• Hashirama summoned the Thousand-Handed Wood Buddha and attacked Shin'yu with the Top Transformed Buddha.
• Shin'yu opened the Sixth Scenic Gate and unleashed eighty-one Evening Elephant strikes, enduring the Wood Buddha's assault and leaving Hashirama exhausted.
• Hashirama used Myriad Divine Gates to pin Shin'yu, but the figure beneath them turned out to be a water clone.
• Shin'yu stabbed Hashirama from behind with an emerald blade, saying it was repayment on Lord Madara's behalf.

Hashirama’s final punch sent Shin'yu into Kagami’s blade, apparently killing him and awakening Kagami’s Mangekyo Sharingan. Shin'yu revealed the death had been staged to protect Kagami, but Kagami used his new powers and Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God marks to rescue Hashirama and escape.

• Hashirama struck Shin'yu with his last Sage Art Chakra, sending him into Kagami’s blade and apparently killing him.
• Overwhelmed by guilt, Kagami awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan as Tobirama ordered him to mutilate Shin'yu’s corpse.
• Kagami vanished with Tobirama, but Shin'yu recovered and revealed he had staged his apparent death to awaken and protect his Younger Brother.
• Shin'yu caught Kagami after he used a Shadow Clone, but Kagami countered with the Sonic Boom Fist and escaped with Hashirama.

Shin'yu effortlessly defeated Tsunade's attacks and revealed that a Water Molecule Barrier protected him, while warning that the Hidden Leaf Village was not the only threat. As Danzo's Root squad pursued Tsunade and Jiraiya, a masked man ambushed them, claiming he was acting on Shin'yu's order.

• Tsunade attacked Shin'yu in anger, but he calmly blocked her strikes and knocked her back.
• Tsunade used Exploding Tag Kunai against Shin'yu, but his Water Molecule Barrier left him unharmed.
• Jiraiya tried to restrain Tsunade, while Shin'yu warned that forces beyond the Hidden Leaf Village were involved.
• Thirty Root ninjas traveled toward Tsunade and Jiraiya under Danzo's orders to bring them back to the village.
• A masked man attacked the Root squad with a Lightning Spear, then said he would take their hearts on Shin'yu's order.

Orochimaru and Hiruko waited in a replica laboratory in the Land of Iron while Shin'yu faced Tsunade and Jiraiya in the forest. Tsunade failed to hurt Shin'yu or take his sword, and the encounter ended with Jiraiya sent to catch fish while she continued attacking.

• Orochimaru told Hiruko he had left the Hidden Leaf Village to pursue immortality with Shin'yu and escape the limits of village life.
• Tsunade repeatedly punched Shin'yu, whose Water Molecule Barrier absorbed every blow, while Jiraiya watched without intervening.
• Tsunade tried to take Shin'yu's sword, but its sharp edge cut her palm when she grasped the hilt.
• Tsunade revealed that she and Jiraiya had come to bring Nian back, and Shin'yu insisted Nian had made his own choice.
• Tsunade climbed onto Shin'yu and struck him while naming her reasons, and Shin'yu sent Jiraiya to catch fish before letting her continue.

After the Hidden Leaf Village concealed the leaders’ critical condition, Uchiha Kagami met his brother Shin'yu at a breakfast stall and used his eye technique to describe Shin'yu’s future actions. Shin'yu warned that Kagami’s Mangekyo Sharingan would eventually blind him and asked whether Kagami could see that future.

• The Hidden Leaf Village suppressed news that Lord Hokage was near death and Lord Tobirama was unconscious while Kagami worked to maintain security.
• At dawn, Kagami found Shin'yu eating breakfast at a stall and asked why he had come.
• Kagami opened his Mangekyo Sharingan, and Shin'yu revealed that Kagami was the main reason he had caused the previous night’s trouble.
• Kagami used his eye technique to predict Shin'yu’s thoughts and actions, describing how Shin'yu would try to take his eyes, cast an illusion, possess him, and eventually fly into a rage.
• As Kagami’s eye bled, Shin'yu warned that the Mangekyo Sharingan led to blindness and asked whether Kagami could see that future.

At a roadside breakfast stall, Shin'yu confronted Kagami over his eyes and threatened the Hidden Leaf Village to force him to comply. Shin'yu offered Kagami a duel at the Valley of the End in three days, leaving Kagami to face the choice of fighting or risking the lives of his allies.

• Kagami told Shin'yu that his right eye, Takama-ga-hara, could foresee the future for up to five minutes, and warned that Tobirama knew about his ocular techniques.
• Shin'yu threatened to bury the Hidden Leaf Village if Kagami angered him, then spoke kindly with Uchiha Chiri and told her that anyone could be a princess.
• Shin'yu rejected Kagami's suggestion that he would threaten innocent villagers, but demanded Kagami hand over his eyes in exchange for sparing him and the village.
• Shin'yu set a duel with Kagami at the Valley of the End three days later and threatened to kill Kagami's allies if he failed to appear.
• Shin'yu left, while Kagami understood that his teacher and the village leaders were among the people at risk.

Shin'yu explained to Tsunade that he was Uchiha Kagami's biological older brother and Uchiha Nen's granduncle, changing how she understood his actions. Tsunade left with Jiraiya, while Kakuzu finished absorbing the Root ninjas' hearts and burned their bodies.

• Shin'yu grilled seabass with Wooden Style as Tsunade and Jiraiya watched and argued over whether to eat.
• Shin'yu told Tsunade that Uchiha Nen was his biological nephew and that he had insisted Nen be born safely in Hidden Leaf Village.
• Shin'yu revealed that he was Uchiha Kagami's biological older brother, and Tsunade reconsidered his motives and Nen's choice to leave with him.
• Tsunade said she would still seek revenge the next time they met, then departed with Jiraiya, who took another fish.
• Kakuzu dug out the last Root ninja's heart, absorbed his four stitched entities, and burned the Root corpses to ashes.

After waking from his wounds, Tobirama learned that Hashirama had lost his life force and was nearing death, while Hashirama calmly entrusted the future to the younger generation. Three days after Hashirama died, Shin'yu met Kagami at the Valley of the End and asked about Tobirama.

• Tobirama woke at the Senju Clan's mountain base and found Hashirama sitting on a cliff, appearing healthy despite having no life force left.
• Hashirama told Tobirama that he had broken free of a shackle, believed Shin'yu would not destroy the Hidden Leaf Village, and urged Tobirama to let the future take its course.
• Hashirama recited a poem and died peacefully; he passed away in Konoha Year 13, November.
• Three days later, Shin'yu waited atop Madara's statue at the Valley of the End, and Kagami arrived fully armed on Hashirama's statue.
• Kagami told Shin'yu that Lord Hokage had died, and Shin'yu asked what had happened to Tobirama.

Shin'yu revealed that he had taken Tobirama's underground Laboratory from Hidden Leaf Village and persuaded Orochimaru and Hiruko to become his disciples by explaining his origins and research into the Sage Body and Sage Eyes. He assigned them to fuse Hashirama's Gene Liquid with Light's genes so she could gain both powers.

• Shin'yu told Orochimaru and Hiruko that he had carried the Laboratory away from Hidden Leaf Village using his Complete Body Susanoo.
• Shin'yu revealed his identity, his Eternal Eye, and his claim to possess both a Sage Body and Sage Eyes.
• Orochimaru and Hiruko accepted Shin'yu as their master and explained their beliefs about surpassing human limits.
• Shin'yu summoned Light and ordered Orochimaru and Hiruko to fuse Hashirama's Gene Liquid with her genes.
• Orochimaru and Hiruko agreed to make Light the second perfect ninja with both a Sage Body and Sage Eye.

Shin'yu explained that he sought strength to protect what he valued, then fought Kagami, who used his Mangekyo abilities to withstand and counter his attacks. The chapter ended with Kagami naming his left-eye dojutsu Garuda and explaining its power to absorb energy and convert it into strength and shockwaves.

• Kagami challenged Shin'yu to explain his plans, and Shin'yu said he wanted to become strong enough to protect everything he valued rather than destroy the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Shin'yu argued that Hashirama's failure to become strong enough to suppress all threats had made him responsible for the chaos that might follow his defeat.
• Kagami awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and fought Shin'yu, evading attacks with his time-related ability and using clones and Ninjutsu against him.
• Shin'yu struck Kagami with powerful attacks, but Kagami's body absorbed or redirected their force and left him unharmed.
• Shin'yu deduced that Kagami's left eye absorbed energy, and Kagami explained that it converted energy into strength, stamina, and kinetic shockwaves before naming the dojutsu Garuda.

Shin'yu returned to Madara at Kannabi Bridge Base, where Madara reaffirmed his Eye of the Moon plan while deciding to investigate the Otsutsuki Clan. Back in Hidden Leaf Village, Tsunade and Jiraiya learned that Orochimaru and Hiruko had defected, leaving Hiruzen to face the loss of several people and secret research materials.

• Shin'yu told Madara that he had taken Uchiha Nen from Hidden Leaf Village and recruited Orochimaru and Hiruko as disciples for the Gene Fusion Experiment.
• Madara insisted that the Otsutsuki Clan would not alter his goal, but said he would learn their true nature and collect the Nine Tailed Beasts to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya returned to Hidden Leaf Village and learned from Hiruzen that Orochimaru and Hiruko had defected after stealing documents and materials from a secret base.
• Tsunade tried to pursue Orochimaru, but Hiruzen stopped her and said the search teams had found no trace of him.
• Hiruzen suspected Shin'yu was involved in the disappearance of Uchiha Nen, Orochimaru, and Hiruko, while Danzo left after seeing Tsunade and Jiraiya return without Root shinobi.

At the Valley of the End, Shin'yu overwhelmed Kagami despite Kagami's Mangekyo abilities and Susanoo. Shin'yu warned his younger brother that excessive use of his eye powers would lead to darkness, while his own injuries were erased.

• Shin'yu unleashed a storm of sword strikes, but Kagami absorbed their kinetic force and used his eyes to predict Shin'yu's movements.
• Kagami attacked with his sword and fists, yet Shin'yu dodged effortlessly and taunted him when his confidence faltered.
• Shin'yu opened the Third Gate of Life and struck Kagami so hard that he smashed through the stone statue and was trapped in a crater.
• Kagami manifested a golden Susanoo, but Shin'yu punched through it and drove him into the water.
• Shin'yu seized Kagami underwater, noted that both of his eyes were bleeding, and warned him that using his eye powers would hasten his descent into darkness.
• Shin'yu activated Ame no Tokotachi, released the Third Gate of Life, and reset all damage to his body.

Uchiha Naka fought Uchiha Mao in a Clan Head Deathmatch after Mao challenged his leadership and revealed he had learned Izanagi. Naka killed Mao by using an unknown Mangekyo technique to transfer his fatal injuries, leaving his rule unchallenged.

• Uchiha Naka and Uchiha Mao clashed with blades, shuriken, and Fire Release techniques before accusing each other of betraying the clan.
• Naka revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and pressed Mao with swift sword attacks until Mao lost his weapon.
• Mao trapped Naka in the Ash Dust Concealing Technique, but Naka dispersed the ash with Chakra and escaped Mao's Underground Headhunter Technique using Susanoo.
• Naka tore Mao apart with Susanoo, but Mao used Izanagi to reappear behind him and stab him through the heart.
• Mao twisted Naka's neck and declared victory, but Naka revived and transferred his wounds to Mao, killing him.

Kagami used Garuda and threatened to destroy his own eyes to stop Shin'yu from taking them and attacking the Hidden Leaf Village. After Kagami stabbed out both eyes, Shin'yu recognized that he had anticipated this outcome and asked him to state his terms.

• Shin'yu overpowered Kagami and tried to take his eyes, but Garuda absorbed the force and prevented him from piercing them.
• Kagami explained that he had gambled on Shin'yu wanting intact Mangekyo Sharingan and kept Garuda active despite his injuries.
• Shin'yu threatened to kill Kagami's comrades from the Hidden Leaf Village, so Kagami warned he would destroy his eyes.
• Kagami stabbed out both eyes, ending Garuda and the healing it provided.
• Shin'yu captured Kagami and realized he had expected this scene, then told him to state his terms.

Uchiha Chiri confronted Uchiha Naka after his death match with Uchiha Mao, urging him to abandon his iron-fisted rule and end the clan’s bloodshed. When Naka refused and attacked, Chiri used a substitution and her enhanced speed to strike him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Uchiha Naka approached Uchiha Mao’s corpse, but Uchiha Chiri appeared and drew her sword against him.
• Chiri urged Naka to abandon his iron-fisted policies, warning that they would cause more conflict and deaths like Tong Ren’s.
• Naka refused to give up his position and charged at Chiri with his sword.
• Chiri evaded Naka’s attacks and offered him her hand, but he struck her, only for her body to turn out to be a substitution.
• Chiri appeared behind Naka and used her enhanced speed to slash him across the chest, though he remained ready to fight.

Kagami begged Shin'yu to spare the Hidden Leaf Village for five years in exchange for his eyes, but Shin'yu healed him and attacked him instead. Shin'yu left Kagami under a five-year threat, secretly placing a Restraining Curse Seal in his heart to protect his eyes.

• Kagami asked Shin'yu to wait five years for his intact eyes and not attack the Hidden Leaf Village, explaining his longing for peace and their life together.
• Shin'yu used Ame no Tokotachi to restore Kagami's eyes and heal his injuries, then pierced Kagami's heart with a Sword Finger.
• Shin'yu said he had killed his younger brother eleven years ago and warned that the Hidden Leaf Village would be destroyed if Kagami did not deliver his intact eyes in five years.
• Shin'yu secretly planted a Restraining Curse Seal in Kagami's heart to make him protect his eyes and limit damage to his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Kagami fell to his knees as Shin'yu departed, overwhelmed by pain and exhaustion.

Uchiha Chiri trapped Uchiha Naka in her newly created Izanami, a repeating illusion that countered his Izanagi. She hoped the experience would make him accept reality and become a trustworthy clan head rather than killing him.

• Uchiha Naka survived Chiri's attacks by using Izanagi, but Chiri's golden light stopped his damage-transfer technique from working.
• Chiri recreated recorded sensations and scenes, trapping Naka in a cycle in which he repeatedly fought and used Izanagi.
• Uchiha Chiri watched the motionless Naka in reality and identified her eye technique as Izanami.
• Chiri reflected that she had created Izanami to make Naka face reality and change his rule of the Uchiha Clan.
• Chiri explained how she recorded tactile sensations and linked repeated scenes to form Izanami's endless illusion.

Uchiha Chiri used Izanami to make Uchiha Naka accept his past and stop relying on Izanagi, then discovered that her brother Tong Ren was alive. She reunited with him at an izakaya, where Nian and a young man watched.

• Chiri's Izanami trapped Naka in repeated cycles until he admitted his guilt and chose to accept reality.
• Naka took Chiri's hand, escaped the illusion, and vowed to fulfill his duties and end the Uchiha Clan's internal conflict.
• Chiri covered her blind left eye and set out to fulfill Tong Ren's wish to see the world beyond the village.
• At a familiar izakaya, Chiri spotted Tong Ren waving from a second-floor room and rushed inside.
• Chiri embraced Uchiha Kirito, who awkwardly called her Big Sister, while Nian and a young man looked on.