Chapter Summaries

Fugaku arranged a duel between Kakashi and Shisui to decide whether Kakashi could keep Obito’s Sharingan, and Kōki told Kakashi about the chance. As the crowded audience watched, the referee started the duel.

• Fugaku persuaded the Uchiha ninja to accept his proposal and selected a fighter for the duel.
• Kōki told Kakashi that the Uchiha Clan would let him keep Obito’s Sharingan if he defeated one of their ninja, and Kakashi gratefully accepted the chance.
• Three days later, Konoha ninja gathered to debate whether Kakashi or Shisui would win the contest.
• Kōki realized Fugaku had chosen Shisui and worried that Kakashi might lose Obito’s eye and its inheritance.
• The referee asked Kakashi and Shisui to show restraint, then started the duel.

Kakashi and Shisui fought in a duel over the Uchiha Clan’s reputation, with Shisui’s specialized Body Flicker Technique overwhelming Kakashi. Kakashi countered its weakness in midair and summoned a ninja dog to help identify Shisui’s real attacks, but their fight continued.

• Kakashi and Shisui exchanged sword strikes, and Shisui broke away to use a technique beyond swordsmanship.
• Shisui revealed his specialized Body Flicker Technique, which shifted between real and illusory forms and forced Kakashi onto the defensive.
• Kakashi leaped into the air to restrict Shisui’s movement, and they countered each other’s Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique.
• Shisui resumed his rapid attacks and urged Kakashi to surrender, but Kakashi summoned a black ninja dog to track the real attacks.
• Shisui ignored Kakashi’s explanation and continued surrounding him with afterimages.

Shisui defeated Kakashi in their duel, but Fugaku announced that Kakashi could keep Obito’s Sharingan, turning the crowd’s attitude toward the Uchiha. Kōki then learned that Minato had been sent to stop A and Killer B from retrieving the escaped Two-Tails jinchūriki.

• Shisui used his speed to overcome Kakashi’s countermeasures and defeated him, pressing a blade to his neck.
• Fugaku praised Obito’s sacrifice and, citing Kōki’s advice, declared that the Uchiha would let Kakashi keep the Sharingan.
• Konoha’s gathered ninja apologized for misjudging the Uchiha and welcomed them as comrades, while Kakashi thanked Fugaku and Kōki.
• Rin explained that Minato had left for the Kumogakure front after the captured tailed beast caused trouble.
• Kōki recalled that Orochimaru had handed the Two-Tails jinchūriki to Konoha, where a Kumogakure spy helped her escape after she broke part of her seals.
• Hiruzen sent Anbu after the escaped Two-Tails, but A and Killer B killed the pursuing force, prompting him to summon Minato from the Kirigakure front.

After Hanzō ordered the Akatsuki to stop acting under Amegakure’s name, Yahiko, Yusuke, and Nagato went to meet him, hoping to understand his decision. Hanzō appeared with Konan captured and over a hundred Amegakure ninja surrounding them, while Konoha’s Anbu stood beside him, leaving the Akatsuki trapped.

• Kōki reassured Rin about Minato, then told Rin and Kakashi to strengthen themselves before returning to prepare for training.
• Uchiha Fugaku’s speech improved cooperation between Konoha and Uchiha ninja on the Kirigakure front.
• Yahiko, Yusuke, and Nagato discussed Hanzō’s order stripping the Akatsuki of its Amegakure affiliation, and they agreed to meet him.
• Yusuke, who was actually Aizen, suspected Hanzō might be planning to attack the Akatsuki.
• Yahiko and his companions waited at the appointed meeting place, where Yusuke noticed the Amegakure leader’s nervous behavior.
• Hanzō appeared with Konan captured, and Yahiko realized the Akatsuki base had been attacked as Amegakure ninja and Konoha’s Anbu surrounded them.

Hanzō betrayed Akatsuki under pressure from the great nations, and Yusuke revealed his hidden strength to save the group. After Yusuke attacked Nagato to take his Rinnegan, Nagato’s eyes awakened a vastly greater power and hurled Yusuke away.

• Hanzō explained that the great nations had demanded Akatsuki’s destruction, then ordered his ninja and the Konoha Anbu to attack Yahiko’s group.
• Yusuke removed his glasses, revealed an imposing side of himself, and swiftly defeated most of the attackers before confronting Hanzō.
• Yusuke caught Konan after Hanzō used her as a hostage, then pursued Hanzō, leaving Konan shaken by his cold demeanor.
• Yusuke returned after Hanzō escaped and announced that he would take Nagato’s Rinnegan, then lunged for Nagato’s eye.
• Nagato’s Rinnegan awakened a powerful force that blasted Yusuke away, leaving Nagato gasping as he sensed a change in his eyes.

Yusuke explained why he had engineered Nagato’s emotional shock to awaken the Rinnegan while leaving it in Nagato’s possession. When Yusuke approached, Yahiko and Konan attacked and then fled with Nagato, but Yusuke emerged from the explosion unharmed.

• Yusuke recalled that he had provoked Nagato’s feelings of betrayal to awaken the Rinnegan and planned to study it rather than take it.
• Yusuke considered the risks of disrupting Black Zetsu’s plans and causing Madara to return to the Shinobi World.
• Yahiko and Konan shielded Nagato from Yusuke and vowed to protect him.
• Yahiko used Water Release: Water Severing Wave, and Konan followed with an explosive paper attack.
• Konan and Yahiko fled with Nagato, while Yusuke emerged from the explosion unscathed.

After escaping Yusuke, Nagato awakened the Rinnegan and resolved to rebuild the Akatsuki around strength, while Obito decided to approach him and investigate Yusuke. The New Akatsuki began to take shape as Nagato vowed to change the Shinobi World and confront Yusuke.

• Yusuke let Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato escape after obtaining Nagato's cells and observing the Rinnegan.
• Konan and Yahiko brought the weakened Nagato to the wooden house where Jiraiya had taught them as children.
• Nagato's Rinnegan drained his chakra before revealing the Six Paths techniques and power over life and death.
• Nagato vowed to bring Yusuke back, revise the Akatsuki's plans, and recruit powerful members to place the organization above the Five Great Nations.
• Obito and Black Zetsu appeared at the battlefield, and Obito ordered Zetsu to investigate Yusuke before they vanished with Kamui.

Aizen visited the Light Organization’s hidden laboratory beneath Rōran’s palace, where Setsuna reported their progress cloning Roshi’s Lava Release. Although one test subject had inherited the Kekkei Genkai especially well, direct fusion of different Kekkei Genkai remained out of reach, so Aizen planned to continue multiple avenues toward the Six Paths.

• Aizen traveled to Rōran and saw how the Light Organization had used the Dragon Vein to transform the once-impoverished desert nation into a thriving trading stop.
• Aizen entered the secret laboratory beneath the palace and asked Setsuna about six cloned test subjects created using research on Madara Uchiha and their original.
• Setsuna explained that Uzumaki cells had proved the best base for replicating Lava Release, but only one of the six subjects had inherited the Kekkei Genkai strongly.
• Aizen asked whether the researchers had fused other Kekkei Genkai factors into the test subjects, and Setsuna said their attempts had failed because combining different factors was too difficult.
• Aizen told Setsuna to continue the experiments and outlined plans to study Nagato’s cells, Madara’s tissue, other Kekkei Genkai, and the Six Paths techniques while keeping the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki as a fallback.

After the Third Shinobi World War ended, Kōki celebrated with Kakashi’s graduating class and received praise for his role in Konoha’s victory. The group learned that Hiruzen planned to select the Fourth Hokage within days, leaving them wondering who would take the position.

• Kirigakure withdrew and surrendered, bringing the Third Shinobi World War to a close.
• Kōki, Kakashi, Asuma Sarutobi, Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, Ebisu, Kurenai, and Rin celebrated the peace at a Konoha barbecue restaurant.
• Kurenai and Genma praised Kōki for helping end the war, and Kōki credited all the ninja who fought for Konoha as heroes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi joined the conversation briefly, praised the young generation, and then left to continue his walk through Konoha.
• Genma asked Asuma about the Fourth Hokage selection, and Asuma said Hiruzen planned to begin the process within days.

Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over naming Uchiha Fugaku as a Hokage candidate, arguing that it betrayed Tobirama Senju’s policy toward the Uchiha Clan. Hiruzen defended the decision as a chance to integrate the clan into Konoha, while Danzō stormed out, leaving Hiruzen hoping the Uchiha Clan would prove worthy of his trust.

• Shimura Danzō entered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office and accused him of violating Tobirama Senju’s policy by making Uchiha Fugaku a Hokage candidate.
• Hiruzen explained that Tobirama had also allowed for trusting exceptional Uchiha, and said he wanted to give the clan a fair chance to rejoin Konoha’s inner circle.
• Hiruzen said the Hokage election would test whether Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan could earn Konoha’s trust, and described how he would respond to either outcome.
• Shimura Danzō rejected Hiruzen’s decision and claimed the Council of Elders unanimously opposed Uchiha Fugaku’s candidacy.
• Hiruzen said Homura and Koharu had already agreed with him and asserted his authority as Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō roared that Hiruzen would regret the decision, then stormed out as Hiruzen silently hoped the Uchiha Clan would not disappoint him.

After Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru revealed that Kōki’s Itō Clan bloodline connected him to the Sage of Six Paths and explained his Wood Release. Orochimaru then attacked Kōki to obtain his cells, managing to draw blood despite Kōki’s quick recovery.

• Minato Namikaze was elected Fourth Hokage, while Uchiha Fugaku accepted the result and Orochimaru grew disillusioned with Konoha.
• Orochimaru confronted Kōki at a hidden Forest of Death base and asked about how he had survived the Hashirama Cells experiments; Kōki rebuked him for treating him disrespectfully.
• Orochimaru apologized and gave Kōki a scroll containing records of the experiments and his origins, explaining that the Itō Clan carried the Sage of Six Paths’ bloodline.
• Kōki learned that his clan had been wiped out and reasoned that his bloodline’s awakening had allowed him to survive and gain Wood Release.
• Orochimaru admitted he wanted Kōki’s cells, then lunged at him after using a substance on the scroll to slow his senses.
• Kōki dodged the attack but suffered a small cut, allowing Orochimaru to obtain the blood he wanted.

Orochimaru escaped after stealing Kōki’s cells, and Kōki reported the attack to Minato, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Jiraiya. After learning of Orochimaru’s human experiments and past crimes, Minato issued a bounty, and Orochimaru became an S-rank missing-nin.

• Orochimaru triggered explosions to escape Kōki’s Wood Release restraints, and the base collapsed as Kōki fled the blast.
• Minato arrived at the ruins, heard Kōki accuse Orochimaru of attacking him, and brought him to the Hokage’s office.
• Kōki told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya that Orochimaru had taken his cells, while Hiruzen revealed Orochimaru had led human experiments that created Kōki.
• Hiruzen rejected Jiraiya’s hope of bringing Orochimaru back, citing his experiments and attack on a comrade.
• Minato issued a bounty on Orochimaru, and the next day Orochimaru became Konoha’s first S-rank missing-nin since the Third Shinobi World War.

Kōki revealed that he had deliberately let Orochimaru escape so he could exploit his research, then found Obito waiting at home. They discussed hiding Rin from Black Zetsu and agreed Minato’s help was needed, leaving Kōki on his way to Minato’s house.

• Kōki reflected that he had weakened his Wood Release to let Orochimaru escape and planned to claim the results of Orochimaru’s research.
• Kōki returned home and found Obito waiting in a Spiral Mask; Obito explained that he had secretly used Kamui to visit Konoha and left a Wood Clone with Black Zetsu.
• Kōki warned Obito that Rin’s presence could expose his weakness and suggested making her appear dead to protect her from Black Zetsu.
• Obito worried about Rin’s safety, and Kōki said they needed Minato’s cooperation to hide her.
• Obito agreed, and Kōki headed to Minato’s home to discuss the plan.

Kōki brought Minato and Obito together to plan how Rin could fake her death and disappear from enemy attention. Minato rejected Kōki’s proposal to stage a Tailed Beast attack, leaving them without a plan.

• Kushina warmly welcomed Kōki into Minato’s home, where he said he needed to discuss Rin.
• Minato took Kōki to a deserted training ground, where Obito appeared and reunited with his former teacher.
• Kōki explained that Rin’s apparent death would support Obito’s undercover work, but her life in Konoha made a convincing accident difficult to arrange.
• Kōki suggested releasing a Tailed Beast so Rin could fake her death during its rampage.
• Minato rejected the plan as too dangerous for Konoha and said they could not obtain a Tailed Beast without risking war.

Kōki persuaded Minato and Obito to stage a controlled Three-Tails attack on Konoha, arguing that it could reassure the villagers, secure compensation from Kirigakure, and free Rin from her Tailed Beast. Minato agreed to help with the plan, which Kōki had just outlined.

• Kōki assured Minato that Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan and his Wood Release could keep a Tailed Beast under control, and Obito confirmed the Mangekyō could control them.
• Kōki proposed extracting the Tailed Beasts from Rin and Kushina, explaining that he believed he could keep them alive, but Minato hesitated over the risks and Kushina's importance to Konoha.
• Obito revealed Madara's contingencies, including the Rinnegan and special White Zetsu, and agreed to proceed if Kōki could ensure Rin's safety.
• Kōki described disguising Obito as a Kirigakure ninja, staging a controlled Three-Tails attack, and having Minato subdue it so Konoha could demand compensation from Kirigakure.
• Minato agreed to help Kōki carry out the plan, which would also remove the Three-Tails from Rin and strengthen Obito's position with Madara's side.

Kōki planned to use the chaos caused by a Tailed Beast attack to have the Light Organization kill Danzo, while arranging for them to obtain One's Own Life Reincarnation to keep Rin alive. Setsuna and Setsugetsu infiltrated Sunagakure and negotiated with Chiyo for the technique, but she demanded they kill Kōki in exchange and rejected their counteroffer as insufficient.

• Kōki revealed that he had persuaded Minato to support the Tailed Beast plan so he could use the resulting chaos to eliminate Danzo through the Light Organization.
• Kōki sent Setsuna and Setsugetsu to Sunagakure to obtain One's Own Life Reincarnation from Chiyo for Obito's plan to keep Rin alive.
• Setsuna and Setsugetsu infiltrated Sunagakure and reached Chiyo's home, where she explained that her hidden puppet sentries had detected them.
• Chiyo agreed to provide what they wanted if they eliminated Kōki, but Setsuna refused and offered information about Sasori instead.
• Setsuna asked for One's Own Life Reincarnation, and Chiyo insisted that information about Sasori alone was not enough to trade for it.

Setsuna traded information about Sasori and a promised attack on Konoha for Chiyo’s One's Own Life Reincarnation technique, then delivered it to Kōki. Kōki studied the technique to improve his own resurrection method while Aizen and the others infiltrated Konoha and waited for his signal to kill Danzo.

• Setsuna offered Chiyo information on Sasori and one attack on Konoha in exchange for One's Own Life Reincarnation, and Chiyo accepted.
• Chiyo gave Setsuna the secret technique, and Setsuna handed her a scroll with Sasori's location from a week earlier.
• Ebizo questioned Chiyo about the trade, and she explained that the technique’s life-for-life cost made the exchange worthwhile for Sunagakure.
• Setsuna and Setsugetsu brought the technique to Kōki, who studied its Yin Release applications and considered combining them with his Yang Release revival method.
• Kōki returned home to organize his ideas, while Aizen and the others infiltrated Konoha and waited for his signal to kill Danzo.

Kōki confirmed his Secret Resurrection Technique could revive dead animals and prepared for the planned attack on Konoha. When the Three-Tails appeared, Minato brought a dying Rin to Kōki, who revived her and sent Minato back to fight, leaving Aizen’s operation poised to begin.

• Kōki tested his Secret Resurrection Technique on animals and confirmed it could revive them, though the process required intact bodies and weakened him.
• Three nights later, Kōki sent four Wood Clones disguised as Kirigakure Anbu to their positions and waited near Konoha Hospital.
• Anbu activity stirred unease in the night market before the Three-Tails appeared and sent villagers fleeing in panic.
• Minato arrived at Konoha Hospital with a barely breathing Rin, and Kōki used his Secret Resurrection Technique to restore her.
• Kōki urged Minato to fight the Three-Tails and restore the villagers’ spirits, then anticipated that Aizen would begin his operation.

Aizen and the Light Organization attacked Root while the Three-Tails rampaged, and Danzo planned to use the crisis to frame the Uchiha. The chapter left Danzo surrounded by four Light Organization members as they launched their attacks.

• Aizen told Setsugetsu and the others to target Danzo and finish the raid before the Three-Tails incident ended.
• Danzo learned that Kirigakure ninja had abducted Rin Nohara and released the Three-Tails, which Minato had restrained.
• Danzo decided to blame the Uchiha for failing to protect Konoha and fabricate accusations that they had colluded with Kirigakure.
• When Danzo called for his subordinates and received no answer, four members of the Light Organization appeared and surrounded him.
• Danzo suspected the Light Organization had caused the Three-Tails rampage, but its members answered with a barrage of attacks.

After killing Shimura Danzō, Aizen and the Light Organization encountered Uchiha Fugaku’s clan as they left Konoha. Aizen’s Kyōka Suigetsu caught the Uchiha in an illusion, but Shisui used his Mangekyō Sharingan to break free and unleashed Susanoo to protect his clansmen.

• Aizen and the Light Organization killed Shimura Danzō inside his Root base and hurried to leave Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku’s group, including Shisui, encountered Aizen and the others while heading to support Minato Namikaze against the Three-Tails.
• Fugaku sent Homura and two squads to report the encounter to the Hokage while he and Shisui stayed to stop the Light Organization.
• Aizen cast Kyōka Suigetsu, and the Uchiha failed to notice that they had been caught in an illusion.
• Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, detected and expelled Aizen’s mental interference, then summoned Susanoo to shield his clansmen and strike at Aizen and the others.