Chapter Summaries

Kurama Shion’s Genjutsu Bloodline awakened further, letting a monstrous personality take control and trap Uchiha Yuan in an illusion. As the monster tried to kill him, Yuan sensed the power of Susanoo within the illusion space.

• Kurama Shion heard a strange voice while returning home, then argued with Kurama Hotaro over Orochimaru’s life replication research as the voice urged her to kill him.
• Kurama Shion’s emotions collapsed, and the monster within her Genjutsu Bloodline took control of her body and summoned Scale Pill to send a message.
• Uchiha Yuan recognized that something was wrong with the message, sent Shisui to the Kurama residence, and hurried to Konoha Hospital.
• Uchiha Yuan followed the snow-haired Kurama Shion through Laboratory Number Four, then turned away when he realized she was leading him deeper into the illusion.
• The monstrous personality confronted Uchiha Yuan and tried to blow him into a magma pool, but he sensed a golden skeleton beyond the crystal wall and recognized Susanoo.

Uchiha Yuan fought Kurama Shion’s manifested One-Tail Shukaku inside her Illusion Space, using the battle to develop his combat experience. When Shukaku fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at him, Yuan vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Uchiha Yuan realized his Susanoo was contesting Kurama Shion’s control of the Illusion Space and chose to stay and train instead of breaking the genjutsu.
• Kurama Shion manifested One-Tail Shukaku and attacked Yuan with a sand vortex and an Air Cannon.
• Yuan used a Shadow Clone to distract Shukaku, then trapped it inside the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Shukaku escaped underground as Kurama Shion unleashed a blizzard and prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Yuan analyzed his opponents’ tactics and teleported away with the Flying Thunder God Technique as the Tailed Beast Bomb struck.

Uchiha Yuan defeated Shukaku and subdued the Snow Woman inside the Illusion Space, briefly restoring Kurama Shion to herself before the Snow Woman seized control again. The illusion collapsed, leaving Yuan in Laboratory Number Four with an unconscious Kurama Shion in his arms as Hyuga Ryo, Anko, and Scale Pill arrived.

• Uchiha Yuan used the Eight Branches Technique to overpower Shukaku and destroy the sandfall vortex.
• Uchiha Yuan's Shadow Clones defeated the Snow Woman version of Kurama Shion, and he used the Illusion Space to question her and torment her with memories of the substitute teacher's happy moments.
• Uchiha Yuan's actions restored Kurama Shion's awareness, but she turned back into the Snow Woman and kissed him before the Illusion Space shattered.
• Uchiha Yuan awoke in Laboratory Number Four with Kurama Shion unconscious in his arms and blood at the corner of her mouth.
• Hyuga Ryo and Anko entered the laboratory with Scale Pill peeking from behind Ryo.

Uchiha Yuan recovered after awakening the Kurama Clan’s genjutsu bloodline, then learned that Kurama Shion remained in a deep coma and that Kurama Hotaro resented the Police Force. He entered his new Illusion Space and saw a monster cracking a crystal wall in front of Susanoo, leaving him to wonder if breaking it could awaken the Mangekyo directly.

• Uchiha Yuan remained immobilized as his body changed, while Hyuga Ryo teased him about his closeness to Kurama Shion and left him alone in the laboratory with her and Anko.
• Uchiha Yuan went to Konoha Hospital, where the staff could not treat Kurama Shion’s deep coma, and Kurama Hotaro soon took his daughter away.
• Uchiha Yuan learned that Hyuga Ryo and Anko had gone home, then met Shisui, who reported Kurama Hotaro’s complaint about the Police Force trespassing.
• Uchiha Yuan returned home after midnight and entered his Illusion Space, where he saw a dragon-headed, bull-bodied monster ramming a crystal wall before a gigantic Susanoo.
• Uchiha Yuan wondered whether the monster could break through the wall and bypass the Tomoe Sharingan to awaken the Mangekyo.

Uchiha Yuan investigated why the bloodline abilities gained from the Demonic Statue's genes were weaker than expected and decided to pursue genetic research in a safer laboratory. After training through the night in his Illusion Space, he learned that Uchiha Izumi wanted to train with him so she could protect those she cared about.

• Uchiha Yuan found that his Ice Release and Lava Release lacked the full abilities of their corresponding bloodlines, and he suspected that bloodline genes needed a second fusion to awaken properly.
• Uchiha Yuan decided to study cloning and genetics through Orochimaru's research and seek a more concealed, secure place to investigate his gene-fusion ability.
• Uchiha Yuan spent the night fighting Shadow Clones in the Illusion Space, improving his combat experience but leaving himself fatigued.
• Uchiha Izumi visited Uchiha Yuan and asked him to teach her shuriken skills after hearing from Itachi that he was good at them.
• Uchiha Izumi said she wanted to become stronger so the people protecting her would not die again.

Uchiha Yuan began teaching young Uchiha Izumi shuriken fundamentals, then visited Hyuga Ryo to discuss their gifts from Orochimaru and the abnormality in his body. He revealed that Ryo’s parents had not protected a main family shinobi as the clan claimed, and asked whether she sought to remove the Caged Bird Curse Mark.

• Uchiha Yuan agreed to teach Uchiha Izumi and gave her scrolls for shuriken practice and the Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Yuan visited Hyuga Ryo and recounted how a substitute teacher’s genjutsu had affected him the previous night.
• Hyuga Ryo could not explain why Yuan had been unable to move despite his body and Chakra appearing normal.
• Uchiha Yuan explained the potential of Hashirama Senju’s cells, then asked Hyuga Ryo about her gift, a study of the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
• Uchiha Yuan told Hyuga Ryo that her parents had not protected a main family shinobi and asked if she wanted to remove the curse mark.

Uchiha Yuan revealed that he had trapped Hyuga Ryo in a genjutsu and offered to help her escape the Hyuga Clan and Hidden Leaf Village after removing her and her mother's Caged Bird Curse Marks. Ryo gave him her research scroll and began explaining why her parents’ battlefield history compelled her to leave.

• Hyuga Ryo caught a maid eavesdropping, and Uchiha Yuan killed her before revealing the scene had been a genjutsu.
• Uchiha Yuan promised to take responsibility for Ryo’s safety and help remove the Caged Bird Curse Marks, though she warned that her mother and the mark tied her to the clan.
• Ryo brought Yuan tea, endured his teasing, and handed him the scroll titled “Preliminary Research on the Caged Bird Curse Mark.”
• Ryo explained that the Hyuga sent branch family ninja to fight while main family ninja stayed behind to protect the Byakugan’s inheritance.
• Ryo said her elite branch family parents survived the battlefield before receiving a mission to escort a main family ninja into the war against the Hidden Mist Village.

Hyuga Ling revealed the truth behind her father’s reputation as the “Byakugan Hero” and explained why she wanted to remove her Caged Bird Curse Mark. Yuan accepted her father’s actions as heroic and began considering ways to free Ling, who handed him a scroll of secret Hyuga techniques.

• Ling told Yuan that her father killed a suspicious main-family ninja to protect her mother, then died ensuring that a Byakugan could be returned to the clan.
• Ling explained that her mother had hidden the truth out of fear of losing her place in the Hyuga Clan, and that Ling wanted to take her mother away and escape the clan’s control.
• Yuan called Ling’s father a hero and said he would help find a way to remove the Caged Bird Curse Mark.
• Yuan outlined three possible approaches: researching the soul, evolving the Byakugan to break the seal, or creating a cloned body for reincarnation.
• Ling gave Yuan a scroll containing secret Gentle Fist techniques and told him to start by learning about the Hyuga Clan.

After recovering from his petrified hand, Uchiha Yuan resumed his plans to join the Police Force and seek the Yin Nine-Tails sealed by the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. He watched Uchiha Izumi defeat Uchiha Itachi in a spar, exposing the gap in their practical combat skills.

• Uchiha Yuan learned the form of the Gentle Fist from Ling but could not use it effectively without the Byakugan.
• Uchiha Yuan ate dumplings with Anko and met his adopted little sister, Uchiha Izumi.
• Over the next half year, Yuan helped reopen Laboratory Number Four for cloning research, trained Izumi until she awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and waited for his left hand to recover.
• Yuan planned to use Police Force patrols to learn the Mask Storage Temple's layout and obtain the Shinigami Mask sealing Minato Namikaze's soul and the Yin Nine-Tails.
• At the training ground, Izumi challenged Itachi and defeated him instantly by using Chakra more precisely in their clash.

Yuan demonstrated his strength by defeating Shisui, but Fugaku refused Shisui’s request to make Yuan captain of the Third Division. When Uchiha Long challenged Yuan for Shisui’s deputy position, Yuan trapped him and the onlookers in a genjutsu, leaving Long unsure where the real Yuan was.

• Izumi defeated Itachi in a spar, and Yuan praised her while advising Itachi to focus on the details.
• Shisui told Yuan that he would join the Third Patrol Division as Shisui’s deputy, then challenged him to a full-strength spar and lost decisively.
• Shisui asked Fugaku to appoint Yuan captain of the Third Division, but Fugaku refused because Yuan lacked seniority and still needed Shisui’s guidance.
• Uchiha Long challenged Yuan for the deputy position, but Yuan made Long and the watching Police Force members perceive illusions.
• Long realized he had used his Sharingan to reverse the genjutsu affecting him, only to find that the Yuan before him was another illusion and the real Yuan’s voice came from all directions.

Uchiha Yuan used a powerful genjutsu to defeat Uchiha Long and was appointed captain of the Third Division, with Shisui as his deputy. Later, Yuan joined Orochimaru Squad’s review of Lifeform Replication research, where Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unconvinced and Yuan offered to explain its potential.

• Uchiha Yuan trapped Uchiha Long in an illusion, and Long fled after regaining his senses and asking to take the day off.
• Fugaku appointed Uchiha Yuan captain of the Third Division and made Shisui his deputy after recognizing Yuan’s strength.
• Uchiha Yuan arrived at Laboratory Number Four and revealed that he had used a Shadow Clone to conduct research in his place, prompting complaints from Anko, Kurama Shion, and Hyuga Ryo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned whether Lifeform Replication could create a body matching his youth, while Danzo and the hospital director argued that the research had potential.
• Uchiha Yuan raised his hand and said he knew reasons that could convince Hiruzen.

Uchiha Yuan argued that Lifeform Replication Technology could give ordinary ninja access to Kekkei Genkai, but Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected continuing the research, while Danzo supported it. The project seemed headed for destruction until Konoha Hospital’s director arrived and insisted the experimental records be preserved.

• Yuan described how mature Lifeform Replication Technology could expand Kekkei Genkai abilities among ordinary ninja, drawing Danzo’s interest and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s suspicion.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to support the research, but Hiruzen rejected the proposal and left the meeting after asserting his authority as Hokage.
• Yuan considered how Hiruzen and Danzo’s removal from the village leadership might change Hidden Leaf Village.
• After the review meeting, Orochimaru Squad returned to Laboratory Number Four and prepared to destroy the experiment’s records.
• The director of Konoha Hospital arrived and told Yuan, Ziyun, Ling, and Anko to preserve the valuable experimental data.

Uchiha Yuan was approved to continue the lifeform replication experiment but refused to sign its confidentiality agreement, prompting Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi to separately approach him. After brushing off their offers and advice, Yuan headed to Barbecue Q, while Uchiha Long spiraled into distress over his genjutsu defeat.

• The dean approved the Orochimaru Squad's experiment, but Yuan declined to sign the confidentiality agreement, and Ling, Ziyun, and Anko sent him to move lab supplies while they went to barbecue.
• Danzo waited for Yuan after the meeting, offered him a place in Root, and granted him permission to remain in the Police Force while joining the experiment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi walked with Yuan and discussed the Uchiha Clan's loss of trust among Konoha's residents; Yuan then hurried toward Barbecue Q.
• Uchiha Inaho found Uchiha Long distraught at home, and Long broke down when Inaho mentioned Yuan's appointment, leading Inaho to wonder if Long had awakened a higher form of the Sharingan.

Uchiha Yuan’s genjutsu left Long mentally shaken after he awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, while Yuan continued his Police Force patrols and considered Izumo Kamizuki’s unusual weapon. Uchiha Setsuna reported Yuan to the masked Madara, who dismissed the report and later watched Obito’s home, thinking it should have been his place.

• Inaho found Long distressed after Yuan’s genjutsu had overwhelmed him, and Yashiro learned that Long’s Sharingan awakening was not the source of his condition.
• Yuan and Shisui patrolled Konoha, where Yuan noticed Izumo’s playing cards and wondered whether his weapon could provide Three-Tails material for Ice Release.
• Yashiro told Setsuna that Yuan had defeated Long with genjutsu despite not having awakened the Sharingan.
• Setsuna summoned the masked Madara and reported that Yuan might possess Mangekyo ocular power, but Madara said Yuan had merely gained something from the Three-Tails Hunting Plan.
• Madara appeared outside Obito’s home, watched a little girl help an old woman serve food, and thought the place should have been his.

Yuan secretly drew attention to the Mask Storage Temple, while Obito decided to target a younger Uchiha for his plan. At the Police Force’s internal training, Yuan defeated Uchiha Inaho in a spar and established his strength.

• Yuan and Shisui patrolled near the Mask Storage Temple, and an Anbu Ninja later searched the trash can Yuan had used before disappearing.
• Obito watched Yuan’s home and chose to try recruiting the youngest Uchiha rather than Yuan.
• Yuan dispelled the genjutsu affecting Uchiha Long, who realized his captain had caused his recent distress.
• At the Police Force training, Uchiha Inaho challenged Yuan, but Yuan outmaneuvered him and pressed a kunai to his throat.

After winning a training match through a genjutsu, Yuan met Uchiha Setsuna, who tried to recruit him and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan. Yuan then visited Naka Shrine and disguised himself as Yashiro to challenge Setsuna’s certainty that he could resist genjutsu.

• Yuan’s victory impressed Shisui and the Third Division, while Fugaku concluded that Yuan had used a technique resembling Shisui’s Phantom Instantaneous Body Technique.
• Fugaku decided Yuan could skip training and clan meetings until awakening his Sharingan, and Yashiro resolved to tell Setsuna about him.
• Setsuna approached Yuan at home and offered to help him awaken his Sharingan, hinting that greater power lay beyond it.
• Yuan declined Setsuna’s offer, then decided the old man’s Mangekyō Sharingan genes might be useful for his Gene Fusion ability.
• At Naka Shrine, Setsuna used Scene Reproduction to show Yashiro what he believed had truly happened at training and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yuan appeared disguised as Yashiro and asked Setsuna how he could be sure he would not fall under Yuan’s genjutsu.

Yuan rejected Setsuna’s demand to lead the Uchiha’s reform and attacked him, but Setsuna eventually trapped Yuan with his unique Mangekyo technique, Toyokumo Field. The chapter left Yuan’s body divided into floating pieces while he remained conscious and unharmed.

• Setsuna revealed that he wanted Yuan to guide the Uchiha’s reform, but Yuan refused and declared that he would kill Setsuna.
• Yuan attacked Setsuna with genjutsu, Shadow Clones, Water Style, and a series of fire and wind techniques, while Setsuna countered and destroyed the shrine.
• Yuan surrounded Setsuna with a storm of ninja tools and unleashed the Eight Branches Technique, breaking Setsuna’s Susanoo and hurling him toward the Naka River.
• Setsuna activated his Mangekyo power, Toyokumo Field, and divided Yuan’s body into floating pieces without causing him pain or stopping his organs from functioning.

Yuan killed Setsuna at Naka Shrine after using a combination of the Spiritualisation Technique and the Kurama Clan's genjutsu to overcome his Mangekyo. Setsuna's memories revealed that Obito had begun searching the Uchiha clan for a potential successor, and Yuan returned to the Police Force as news of Setsuna's death spread.

• Yuan used the Spiritualisation Technique and genjutsu to defeat Setsuna, destroy his consciousness, and learn his memories through Soul Possession.
• Yuan discovered that Setsuna had secretly cooperated with Obito, who was investigating Uchiha members with Mangekyo and seeking a promising successor.
• Yuan returned to his body, collected tissue from Setsuna, and left Naka Shrine before Yashiro found the corpse.
• Yuan went to the Police Force, where Uchiha Long told him that the priest of Naka Shrine had died that morning.

After Setsuna’s death prompted the Uchiha Police Force to debate how to investigate, Yuan steered the clan toward treating a powerful Rogue Ninja as a possible culprit. Fugaku ordered increased patrols and security, while Yashiro agreed to avoid the investigation to prevent a conflict of interest.

• Long told Yuan that Priest Setsuna had died, and Yuan prepared for the Third Division’s patrol with his team.
• Shisui informed Yuan that Fugaku had called a meeting about Setsuna’s death.
• Yashiro asked to lead the investigation, but Fugaku questioned his ability to investigate the Spiritualisation Technique and others raised concerns about his involvement as the first to find the body.
• Yuan said Setsuna’s injuries matched the Spiritualisation Technique and suggested that a Rogue Ninja might have attacked him.
• Fugaku ordered more frequent village patrols, additional security around the clan grounds, and searches for Rogue Ninja; Yashiro agreed to wait in his office to avoid suspicion.

Yuan and Third Division left Konoha to patrol nearby villages while the village heightened security after Uchiha Setsuna’s death. At Snow Plum Village, they found it deserted and its leader reported that Ninja Baboons had attacked both Snow Plum Village and Leaf Grass Village.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors discussed Uchiha Setsuna’s death and agreed that Konoha needed better intelligence on the Uchiha Clan.
• Yuan registered Third Division for its patrol, used a genjutsu on Izumo Kamizuki, and divided the team into groups to search six villages.
• Yuan, Shisui, and Long traveled to Snow Plum Village, where they found the village strangely empty.
• Yuan pulled the injured Suzuki Sanichi from a ditch, and Suzuki Sanichi said Ninja Baboons had attacked Snow Plum Village and Leaf Grass Village before fainting.