Chapter Summaries

At Sarutobi Shinosuke’s funeral, Uchiha Chisen arrived with Uchiha Izumi to investigate a four-year-old murder case and arrest the last suspect, Yamada Binjiro. Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to make him wait until the burial was over, but after a tense standoff, Chisen ordered the arrest to proceed.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen attended Sarutobi Shinosuke’s small, rainy funeral with Sarutobi Fuyuko, Konohamaru, and members of the Sarutobi Clan.
• Uchiha Chisen arrived at the cemetery with the Konoha Military Police Force, alarming Yamada Binjiro, a funeral hall employee who feared his past crime had been exposed.
• Uchiha Izumi told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Chisen had identified Yamada as the final suspect in the murder and dismemberment of a mother and daughter four years earlier.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Chisen to postpone the arrest until after Shinosuke’s burial, but Chisen insisted that justice could not be delayed any longer.
• Chisen and Sarutobi Hiruzen nearly came to blows before Hiruzen ordered his Anbu guards to sheathe their swords; Chisen then told Izumi to arrest Yamada.

At Sarutobi Shinosuke’s funeral, Uchiha Chisen arrested Yamada Binjiro for murdering his brother’s wife and daughter, while Sarutobi Hiruzen justified Chisen’s harsh methods. Chisen used the arrest to test Uchiha Izumi, then ordered her to deliver justice by killing the unrepentant killer.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Sarutobi Fuyuko that Uchiha Chisen’s fearsome reputation was vital to protecting Konoha, and warned the Sarutobi Clan not to interfere with his arrest.
• Uchiha Chisen exposed Yamada Binjiro as the murderer of his brother’s wife and daughter, and ordered Uchiha Izumi to interrogate him.
• Izumi tortured Yamada Binjiro in public until he confessed, while Sarutobi Hiruzen defended Chisen’s record and wondered whether he was training a successor to absolute justice.
• Yamada Binjiro blamed his victims and protested that he was being treated unfairly, so Chisen trapped him in Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Uchiha Chisen told Izumi that lenient laws could not secure justice for the dead and ordered her to kill Yamada Binjiro.

Izumi executed Yamada Binjiro after Chisen exposed his lack of remorse, then defended the pursuit of justice to the funeral hall staff. As Chisen and Izumi left the cemetery, Kijiro reported that Uchiha Fugaku was looking for Chisen.

• Chisen released Yamada Binjiro from his Sharingan Genjutsu and ordered Izumi to kill him.
• Izumi accused Yamada of fearing death rather than regretting his murders, then stabbed him through the heart.
• Izumi asked the Konoha Military Police Force to collect Yamada’s body and promised the funeral hall staff that upholding absolute justice would help prevent future crimes.
• Chisen told Izumi that her criticism of the Konoha Military Police Force had been the truth.
• A Sarutobi Clan ninja arrived to arrange Sarutobi Shinosuke’s burial and acknowledged Chisen’s success in solving the case.
• Kijiro caught up with Chisen and said Uchiha Fugaku was looking for him, leaving Izumi surprised by Fugaku’s nickname, “Coward Eye.”

Uchiha Chisen learned that his blood relative Uchiha Onigawara had confessed to torturing two mission companions to death, and he approved executing him. When Onigawara escaped detention and defected, Chisen had already left to pursue him.

• Fugaku told Chisen that Uchiha Onigawara, his late mother's younger brother, had confessed to murdering two Anbu companions.
• Chisen said Onigawara should be killed, arguing that sparing him because of their family ties would undermine absolute justice.
• Uchiha Onigawara killed a clansman guarding him, blasted through the detention cell wall, and escaped.
• Fugaku ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to mobilize and capture Onigawara before he left Konoha.
• Fugaku discovered that Chisen had already left, and Kijiro said he had gone five seconds earlier.

Uchiha Onigawara waited in hiding for Orochimaru’s spy to help him escape Konoha, but Uchiha Chisen appeared with the spy’s corpse and confronted him. Chisen refused to spare his uncle, and Onigawara attacked with the Great Fireball Technique.

• Uchiha Onigawara hid in the Uchiha compound and recalled accepting Orochimaru’s offer to help him flee Konoha.
• Uchiha Onigawara caught the spy’s falling corpse and realized someone had killed Orochimaru’s contact.
• Uchiha Chisen revealed himself, and Uchiha Onigawara recognized his nephew.
• Uchiha Onigawara urged Uchiha Chisen to defect with him, but Chisen said his absolute justice would not forgive him.
• Uchiha Onigawara launched a Great Fireball Technique at Uchiha Chisen.

Uchiha Chisen pursued Uchiha Onigawara and overwhelmed him with Lava Release while Konoha Military Police reinforcements converged. Chisen revealed to Uchiha Fugaku that he had never fought for Konoha and would gladly kill the Hokage if he had the chance.

• Uchiha Onigawara escaped Uchiha Chisen's fire attack, but Chisen followed his tracks while Onigawara ran into a Konoha Military Police ninja.
• Uchiha Onigawara wounded the police ninja, but Uchiha Chisen melted his stolen sword and attacked him with a magma fist that swallowed his Water Style.
• Uchiha Chisen defeated Uchiha Onigawara, burning away his fingers as Onigawara protested that Chisen served Konoha despite his strength.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived and assumed Chisen had put duty above family, but Chisen said he had never risked his life for Konoha and would kill the Hokage if given the chance.

Uchiha Chisen killed Uchiha Onigawara, his only surviving blood relative, after Onigawara tried to undermine his belief in absolute justice. Chisen left the aftermath to Fugaku as Izumi repeated Chisen’s lesson about judging even those closest to them.

• Uchiha Onigawara accused Uchiha Chisen of being just as murderous as he was and predicted Chisen would become even more extreme.
• Uchiha Chisen killed Uchiha Onigawara with Lava Release and absorbed the ocular power from his Sharingan.
• The gathered shinobi discussed Chisen’s resolve, while Izumi arrived with Kijiro and learned that Chisen had killed his only surviving blood relative.
• Uchiha Chisen asked Izumi to name his lesson, and she declared that justice must be enforced even against loved ones.
• Uchiha Chisen left the remaining matters to Uchiha Fugaku, who wondered whether evil could ever be purged from the Shinobi World.

Fugaku and Itachi debated how Uchiha Chisen’s Absolute Justice threatened the balance between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, while Setsuna warned the Uchiha Hawks that Chisen could destroy them. The chapter left the clan divided over whether Chisen was a potential ally or a danger to everyone.

• Itachi told Fugaku that Shisui had recognized Chisen’s extraordinary caliber and warned that Chisen’s influence could draw Uchiha extremists toward his Absolute Justice.
• Itachi urged Fugaku to rein in Chisen, but Fugaku said he could not control him and warned Itachi never to harm a clansman who had not betrayed the clan or Konoha.
• Young Uchiha Hawks praised Chisen for killing Onigawara and suggested recruiting him to their faction.
• Setsuna reminded the Hawks that Chisen had killed one of their comrades and declared that Chisen would eventually turn his blade against them.

Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled to reconcile his grief over Shinosuke’s death with his respect for Uchiha Chisen’s uncompromising justice, while Danzo suspected Chisen had awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan. Izumi realized she felt pleased because members of the Uchiha Clan were beginning to acknowledge Chisen, and Itachi asked Fugaku to arrange a meeting with him.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Chisen had killed Uchiha Onigawara, his only close relative, and began to understand the meaning of Chisen’s Absolute Justice.
• Danzo heard about Onigawara’s death and suspected Chisen had awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan, renewing his anger toward Chisen and Hiruzen.
• Izumi reflected on killing for the second time and realized her secret pleasure came from hearing Uchiha Clan members acknowledge Chisen.
• Uchiha Itachi solemnly asked Fugaku to let him meet with Uchiha Chisen.

Uchiha Itachi visited Uchiha Chisen to ask why Chisen had once tried to kill him, while Fugaku accompanied him to prevent a fight. Their tense conversation was interrupted when Izumi arrived to report for duty and discovered them together.

• At dinner, Fugaku warned Itachi against fighting Chisen, and Itachi promised he only wanted to talk.
• Before dawn, Fugaku accompanied Itachi to Chisen's house, where Kijiro let them in without ringing the bell.
• Itachi met Chisen in the living room, set aside his Ninja Sword, and asked why Chisen had once tried to kill him.
• Izumi arrived at Chisen's open door and announced herself, then realized Fugaku and Itachi were inside.

Uchiha Chisen confronted Uchiha Itachi and revealed that he had seen Itachi’s future role in the Uchiha Clan Massacre. He named victims including Izumi’s mother, Izumi, Mikoto, and many other clan members before warning that the massacre would happen in a year and closing his hand around Itachi’s neck.

• Uchiha Chisen told Uchiha Itachi that the evil he saw in him belonged to the future, and Izumi realized Chisen’s eyes could see it.
• Uchiha Chisen named Uchiha Hazuki and Uchiha Keshi as future victims whom Itachi would kill during the massacre.
• Uchiha Chisen said Itachi would kill Uchiha Izumi with Sharingan Genjutsu and Uchiha Mikoto in her home.
• Uchiha Chisen listed many more Uchiha victims and revealed that the killings would end the clan on the Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Uchiha Chisen grabbed Itachi by the neck and asked whether he still wanted to know why Chisen had wanted to kill him years earlier.

Uchiha Itachi accepted that his future self would massacre the Uchiha Clan to prevent a devastating war between the clan and Konoha. Izumi rejected his justification and struck him, demanding that he stop deciding whether innocent people lived or died.

• Uchiha Itachi questioned whether the future Uchiha Chisen saw was certain, while Izumi confirmed that Chisen's predictions had never been wrong.
• Izumi demanded to know why Itachi would kill her, her mother, and other innocent Uchiha, and Uchiha Fugaku asked whether Itachi would side with Konoha if war broke out.
• Itachi realized he would choose Konoha over the Uchiha Clan to prevent civil war and said he understood why his future self would commit the massacre.
• Itachi told Fugaku he would oppose him if Fugaku acted against Konoha, declaring that he would sacrifice himself to protect the village.
• Izumi slapped Itachi and condemned him for treating the slaughter of innocents as a noble conviction.

Izumi ended her friendship with Uchiha Itachi after he defended his future plan to protect Konoha by killing the Uchiha Clan. Uchiha Chisen warned Fugaku that if Itachi carried out those killings, absolute justice would treat him as a villain to be stopped.

• Izumi confronted Uchiha Itachi over his extreme beliefs, called him a future enemy of absolute justice, and severed their friendship.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Chisen that their opposing positions could make them enemies, then left.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and vowed to protect Itachi if Uchiha Chisen attacked him.
• Uchiha Chisen condemned Fugaku and Itachi for assuming they understood others’ intentions, and said justice must judge actions rather than hearts.
• Uchiha Chisen warned that if Itachi committed his future crimes, absolute justice would kill him, and that Fugaku could face judgment too.

Fugaku struggled with the revelation that Itachi might one day slaughter the Uchiha Clan, while Itachi reported Chisen’s vision of that future to Sarutobi Hiruzen. Hiruzen told Itachi to keep the revelation secret and said he hoped to prevent the massacre.

• Fugaku returned home shaken and chose not to tell Mikoto that Itachi might kill his own clan, including her.
• Kijiro gathered the Ninja Cats to spread the facts about Chisen’s conversation, but Chisen warned him not to embellish them.
• Itachi reported to Hiruzen that Chisen had likely awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and seen Itachi’s future actions against the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen believed Itachi’s account, told him to pretend the conversation had never happened, and said he wanted to prevent that future.
• Itachi bowed to Hiruzen, whose words strengthened certain thoughts in his heart.

A rumor spread through the Uchiha Clan that Uchiha Chisen had foreseen Uchiha Itachi massacring the clan, and that Uchiha Fugaku had protected him. The radicals accepted the rumor and challenged Fugaku’s authority, while the story reached the Ninja Academy, where Sasuke was confronted about his brother.

• A Konoha Military Police Force officer questioned Izumi about the rumor, and Izumi’s shocked reaction convinced the officer it was true.
• Uchiha Setsuna’s radicals judged the rumor credible, agreed to believe it, and argued that Fugaku had forfeited his right to be patriarch.
• Fugaku told the moderate faction the story was distorted and vouched for Itachi, while privately wondering who had spread the news.
• At the Ninja Academy, students whispered about Sasuke, and one asked whether Itachi had killed everyone in the Uchiha Clan.

Sasuke heard rumors that Uchiha Itachi had killed the Uchiha Clan, including their parents, and rushed from the Ninja Academy to find out what happened. He encountered Uchiha Chisen and Uchiha Izumi investigating someone who might be manipulating the public uproar, and followed them instead of continuing home.

• Sasuke heard classmates say Uchiha Itachi had killed the Uchiha Clan and their parents, but refused to believe his brother could do it.
• Sasuke ran toward the Uchiha Clan compound and heard increasingly outrageous rumors, including one claiming that Uchiha Itachi had killed him too.
• Sasuke spotted Uchiha Chisen and Uchiha Izumi in Konoha Military Police Force uniforms and asked them what had happened.
• Izumi told Uchiha Chisen that rumors about Uchiha Itachi's future crimes were being embellished as they spread.
• Uchiha Chisen said someone was deliberately inflaming negative opinion about Uchiha Itachi and walked toward a seemingly unremarkable civilian, followed by Izumi.
• Sasuke hesitated between going home and learning more, then followed Uchiha Chisen and Izumi.

Danzo’s campaign spread rumors against the Uchiha, while Chisen exposed Root operative Aburame Keiya’s crimes in public and killed him. Sasuke witnessed Chisen’s version of absolute justice firsthand.

• Danzo learned that Root and the Shimura Clan’s rumors against the Uchiha had spread, and considered how to isolate Itachi and deal with Chisen’s unusual Sharingan.
• Chisen exposed Aburame Keiya as a Root operative and recited his past crimes as Izumi and Sasuke watched.
• Keiya unleashed his insects and attacked Chisen, who countered with a Great Fireball and Lava Release, killing him.
• Sasuke watched Keiya die, and Izumi explained that Chisen believed evil should be purged by the most thorough means possible.

Uchiha Chisen executed Aburame Keiya, and Izumi defended the killing as justice while civilians argued over whether Chisen could be trusted. Izumi then told Sasuke that Uchiha Itachi would massacre the Uchiha Clan in the future, leaving Sasuke horrified by the truth.

• Uchiha Chisen killed Aburame Keiya after he resisted arrest, and Izumi told the onlookers that Keiya was a criminal who had attacked first.
• Izumi sent a Ninja Cat to summon the police force to handle the body while civilians debated Chisen’s harsh methods.
• A grieving man defended Chisen, saying Chisen had delivered justice for his fiancée’s rape and murder and was a light for people who had suffered.
• Izumi apologized to Sasuke for delaying her answer about the rumors surrounding Uchiha Itachi and said that half of what he had heard was true.
• Izumi told Sasuke that Chisen had foreseen Uchiha Itachi massacring the Uchiha Clan in one year, and that both Itachi and Clan Head Fugaku knew and believed the prediction.

Sarutobi Hiruzen apologized to Uchiha Itachi as rumors about his supposed future crimes spread through Konoha, while Sasuke and Mikoto learned more about the feared future. Uchiha Chisen and Izumi continued hunting Root operatives, and Chisen told Izumi that her growing power was a gift from absolute justice.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Uchiha Itachi that he had failed to stop rumors about Itachi's future evil, but Itachi said Konoha's peace mattered more than his reputation.
• Uchiha Sasuke returned to the Uchiha Compound, overheard clan members fearing him because he was Itachi's brother, and rushed home in distress.
• Uchiha Mikoto questioned Fugaku about what Uchiha Chisen had revealed, and Fugaku said Sasuke had not been named among the future victims.
• Sasuke arrived and told Fugaku and Mikoto that he knew about the rumors, leaving Fugaku to sigh.
• Uchiha Chisen and Izumi captured a Root Ninja spreading rumors, and Izumi killed him at Chisen's command.
• Izumi told Chisen that she felt her power growing, and he said it was a gift from absolute justice.

Uchiha Itachi confirmed to Sasuke that he might kill the Uchiha Clan, then cruelly threatened to kill Sasuke as well. Meanwhile, Danzo discovered that his eight Root operatives had vanished and suspected Uchiha Chisen, while Yamanaka Inoichi faced the operatives’ bodies.

• Uchiha Itachi returned home at night and confirmed to Sasuke that his future actions against Konoha’s enemies were real.
• Uchiha Itachi told Sasuke that he had no place for family in his heart and threatened to kill him in a year; Uchiha Mikoto slapped him and demanded an apology.
• Sasuke fainted after Itachi left, overwhelmed by the argument.
• Danzo learned that all eight Root operatives he had sent to spread rumors about Uchiha Itachi were missing and ordered an investigation at the Yamanaka Clan compound.
• Yamanaka Inoichi examined the eight bodies, expecting to uncover secrets connected to Uchiha Chisen’s killings.