Chapter Summaries

Kaze worried that he would not survive the coming Uchiha Clan downfall, since he had failed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and could not safely flee or seek protection. After Tama slipped out for the night, it returned carrying a strange fruit that looked like a Devil Fruit.

• Kaze recalled his parents’ deaths, his repeated attempts to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and his failure to do so.
• Kaze told Tama that Kumogakure would soon sign a peace agreement and that Itachi Uchiha would massacre the clan the following year.
• Kaze considered fleeing Konoha or seeking refuge with the Third Hokage, but feared becoming a Missing-nin or falling into Danzo’s hands.
• Kaze despaired over his lack of options as Tama leapt out through the window and disappeared into the night.
• Tama returned through the window carrying a fruit patterned like spiraling lightning, and Kaze wondered if it was a Devil Fruit.

Tama brought Kaze a fruit that looked exactly like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Kaze ate it, discovering that he could produce lightning. His uncontrolled first attack blasted through a wall and destroyed part of Fugaku Uchiha's roof, leaving him in serious trouble.

• Tama dropped a pineapple-shaped fruit at Kaze's feet, and Kaze realized it resembled the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Kaze dismissed the possibility that it was a real Devil Fruit but gave in and ate a bite.
• Kaze felt an electric current emerge when he exhaled and suspected the fruit had given him lightning powers.
• Kaze tested his ability by firing lightning at a wall, blasting a large hole through it.
• Kaze's lightning continued across the Uchiha Compound and destroyed one-third of the roof of Fugaku Uchiha's home.

A powerful Lightning Release blast destroyed part of Fugaku's roof, prompting the Uchiha to suspect Danzō had attacked as a warning. Fugaku and Shisui traced the blast to Kaze's home, where Kaze admitted he had caused it by losing control while testing a new jutsu.

• A Lightning Release explosion shattered Fugaku's roof during dinner, and Fugaku sent his family to safety.
• Itachi and Shisui suspected Danzō had orchestrated the blast to intimidate the Uchiha Clan, while Fugaku ordered the compound sealed.
• Itachi inferred the technique's casting direction, and Fugaku and Shisui followed the trail to a damaged building.
• Shisui entered Kaze's home and found no Root or Anbu personnel, then Fugaku arrived and asked whether Kaze was safe.
• Kaze told Fugaku that he had developed a new Lightning Release Ninjutsu and accidentally destroyed the clan head's roof.

After Kaze’s powerful Lightning Release destroyed Fugaku’s roof, the Uchiha clan recognized his new strength and Fugaku invited him to future Clan Meetings. Shisui worried the meetings’ anti-Konoha ideas might influence Kaze and planned to speak with him and report the incident to the Hokage.

• Kaze admitted that he had developed the Lightning Release Ninjutsu that damaged Fugaku’s roof, surprising Fugaku and Shisui with its power and his lack of exhaustion.
• Uchiha ninja gathered around Kaze’s home, and Shisui confirmed that Kaze was not under Genjutsu and had unleashed the attack himself.
• The gathered Uchiha accepted Kaze’s sudden strength as a benefit to the clan, while Fugaku dismissed the damage to his roof.
• Fugaku asked Kaze’s age, then invited him to attend future Uchiha Clan Meetings.
• Shisui worried that the meetings’ radical views might influence Kaze, resolved to spend more time with him, and planned to report the incident to the Hokage.

Hiruzen investigated a powerful lightning strike that damaged Fugaku’s home and suspected either Danzo or the Uchiha Clan. Meanwhile, Kaze considered how to survive the coming Uchiha Clan Downfall and devised a plan to gain support for a bid to become Fifth Hokage.

• Hiruzen’s Anbu reported that a powerful Lightning Release had struck Fugaku’s roof in the Uchiha Compound.
• Hiruzen considered whether Danzo or an Uchiha had caused the attack, ordered the Anbu to watch the clan, and decided to ask Shisui about it.
• Fugaku lifted the compound’s alert after confirming Kaze had caused the damage and warned him to test new Ninjutsu somewhere uninhabited.
• Kaze reflected on the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Itachi’s future Mangekyō Sharingan, and the danger of Tsukuyomi.
• Kaze rejected a coup as too risky and planned to seek power openly by winning over other forces and running for Fifth Hokage.
• Kaze saw the coming abduction of Hinata as an opportunity to save her and gain the Hyuga Clan’s support.

Kaze ambushed the Cloud Ninja Leader and his team as they fled Konoha with Hinata, killing one Chunin and revealing his Sharingan. He faced the remaining Cloud Ninja, determined to kill everyone who had seen his eyes.

• Kaze prepared an ambush along the Cloud Ninja Leader’s escape route after developing his Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities for two days.
• The Cloud Ninja Leader arrived at night with Hinata and four Chunin, boasting that Kumogakure had used the peace treaty ceremony as a cover for the kidnapping.
• Kaze attacked with shuriken, killing one Chunin, while the Cloud Ninja Leader and the others deflected or dodged the rest.
• Kaze emerged from the shadows and used his Sharingan to block the Cloud Ninja’s counterattack.
• The Cloud Ninja Leader recognized Kaze as an Uchiha and tried to threaten him with the peace treaty and the Hokage’s authority.
• Kaze smiled at the Cloud Ninja and resolved to kill them because they had seen his Sharingan.

Kaze used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to evade the Kumogakure ninja’s attacks and kill the three Chunin. He then ignored the Cloud Ninja Leader’s threats, killed him, and left the unconscious Hinata behind.

• The Cloud Ninja Leader ordered the three Chunin to hold Kaze back while he fled toward the Konoha border.
• Kaze transformed into lightning, causing the Chunin’s swords to pass through him and the ninja to wound one another.
• Kaze became a thundercloud, twisted off the three Chunin’s heads, and pursued the Cloud Ninja Leader.
• The Cloud Ninja Leader set the unconscious Hinata down, threatened Kaze with war, and attacked him with Lightning Release: Flash Strike Technique.
• Kaze avoided the lightning attack and cut the Cloud Ninja Leader’s throat, killing him.

Kaze rescued Hinata from the Kumogakure kidnappers and waited for Hyuga Hiashi to arrive. Hiashi thanked Kaze for saving his daughter, while Hinata remembered the name of her rescuer.

• Kaze defeated the kidnappers and held Hinata while waiting for Hiashi.
• Hinata woke in Kaze's arms, and he calmed her by showing his Sharingan and creating a harmless lightning butterfly.
• Hiashi arrived, saw Hinata safe and the dead Kumogakure ninjas, and asked Kaze what had happened.
• Kaze claimed he had encountered the kidnappers while out running and had killed them in self-defense.
• Hiashi thanked Kaze and asked his name, and Kaze introduced himself as Uchiha Kaze.
• More Hyuga reinforcements arrived as Hinata silently memorized Kaze's name.

Kaze saved Hinata by killing the Cloud Ninja who abducted her, and Hiashi clarified to the arriving Hyuga clan members that Kaze—not he—had defeated them. The Anbu suspected Kaze’s sudden strength and hurried to report the deaths, including the Kumogakure peace representative, to the Third Hokage.

• Hiashi reflected that Kaze had effortlessly killed a Jonin and several Chunin, and wondered whether the Uchiha prodigy had Elite Jonin strength.
• Hyuga clan members and Anbu arrived, found the Cloud Ninja dead, and recognized that one was Kumogakure’s peace representative.
• The Hyuga clan members initially praised Hiashi for defeating the Cloud Ninja, but Hiashi credited Kaze with saving Hinata and killing them.
• The Hyuga clan members marveled at Kaze’s strength, while Anbu questioned how a shinobi they had considered ordinary had become so formidable.
• Two Anbu left to report the incident to the Third Hokage.

Hiruzen learned that Kaze had rescued Hinata from Kumogakure ninjas and wondered why the previously unremarkable Uchiha had revealed such strength. Danzo argued that the Uchiha Clan had secretly uncovered the abduction plot and used Kaze to win over the Hyuga Clan, leaving Hiruzen to consider the accusation.

• Hiruzen reflected on the village’s rift with the Uchiha Clan after Kumogakure’s threat had ended.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Kumogakure ninjas had tried to abduct Hinata and that Kaze had killed them and rescued her.
• The Anbu explained that Kaze had defeated one Jonin and four Chunin without being injured, despite Hiruzen remembering him as a Genin.
• Danzo arrived and proposed that the Uchiha Clan had used its ocular powers to learn of the plot and sent Kaze to save Hinata.
• Danzo accused Fugaku of trying to win the Hyuga Clan’s support, while Hiruzen listened without dismissing the suspicion.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s leadership debated Kumogakure’s demand that Konoha hand over Hiashi and Kaze to avert war, while weighing the danger to the village and its clans. Hiruzen called for a meeting with the Hyuga and Uchiha representatives, and Fugaku learned that Konoha might sacrifice Kaze.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi retrieved the Cloud Ninja Leader’s corpse and notified Kumogakure, which later demanded that Konoha hand over Hiashi and Kaze or face renewed war.
• Danzo, Koharu, and Homura argued that Kumogakure wanted the Byakugan and Sharingan, and Homura proposed handing over Hiashi’s twin brother and Kaze.
• Shisui agreed that the sacrifice was the most prudent option and accepted Hiruzen’s order to inform Fugaku.
• Hiruzen called for a special meeting with Hyuga and Uchiha representatives to seek their support for the decision.
• Shisui told Fugaku that Konoha’s leadership might hand over Kaze, leaving Fugaku bitter about the loss of a promising Uchiha.

Fugaku visited Kaze to relay the leadership’s plan to hand over the person responsible for the Cloud Ninja’s death, but Kaze remained unconcerned and criticized Hiruzen and Fugaku’s willingness to compromise. Kaze privately viewed Shisui and Itachi as threats to his peaceful life and resolved to stop the future Uchiha massacre.

• Fugaku warned Shisui not to forget his Uchiha identity and decided to oppose the leadership’s plan to hand over Kaze.
• Fugaku visited Kaze and was amazed by Kaze’s beef brisket persimmon hot pot, which Kaze served to Tama.
• Fugaku told Kaze that the leadership intended to hand over the culprit, and Kaze defended saving Hinata as part of the Security Force’s duty.
• Kaze mocked Hiruzen’s response and revealed that the leadership’s reaction had been part of his plans.
• Kaze thought of Shisui and Itachi as enemies and blamed Fugaku’s compromises for the coming Uchiha massacre.

At a meeting to contain Kumogakure’s anger over its envoy’s death, the Hyuga elders offered Hizashi as a sacrifice and Fugaku proposed that another Uchiha take Kaze’s punishment. Kaze ended the chapter laughing at Danzo’s praise of Hizashi’s “Will of Fire.”

• Hiruzen gathered the Uchiha and Hyuga representatives with Konoha’s leaders to discuss averting war with Kumogakure.
• A Hyuga Main Family Elder announced that Hizashi would be handed over because his Caged Bird Seal would protect the Byakugan’s secrets.
• Hiashi objected, but Hizashi knocked him unconscious as the elders watched, revealing that the move had been planned.
• Danzo praised Hizashi and the Hyuga elders for serving the village, then pointedly invoked the Will of Fire while looking at Fugaku.
• Fugaku offered another Uchiha in Kaze’s place, and Kaze responded with loud, mocking laughter.

Kaze confronted Konoha's leaders over their attempt to sacrifice Hizashi to appease Kumogakure, arguing that he had lawfully killed the Cloud Ninja who kidnapped Hinata. He left Koharu furious after rejecting her claim that compromise was necessary to prevent war.

• Kaze laughed at the leaders' plan to hand him over and rebuked a Hyuga Elder who criticized him.
• Kaze explained that the Cloud Ninja had taken Hinata hostage and resisted arrest before Kaze killed him as a member of the Security Force.
• Kaze accused the Hyuga Main Family of abandoning Hinata and suggested Kumogakure had planned to seize the Byakugan from the start.
• Uchiha Setsuna and the other younger Uchiha watched Kaze's confrontation with growing approval, while Kaze sought their support.
• Koharu warned that Kumogakure's strength could reignite war and blamed Kaze for risking the peace.
• Kaze argued that compromise would only encourage Kumogakure, leaving Koharu furious.

Kaze challenged Konoha's leaders over their arguments against using Naruto in the war, then revealed that a Mangekyō Sharingan could control the Nine-Tails. He identified Shisui as a Mangekyō wielder, leaving Shisui alarmed and exposed to Danzo's suspicion.

• Kaze rebuked Koharu and Homura for treating Naruto as too young for war despite sending Uchiha children to battle.
• Homura fell silent, and Danzo argued that Naruto lacked the strength to control the Nine-Tails.
• Kaze said Konoha could control the Nine-Tails with Sharingan genjutsu, alarming the leaders and the Uchiha present.
• Kaze explained that a Mangekyō Sharingan could control the Nine-Tails and named Shisui as its wielder.
• Shisui froze as Kaze praised his power and realized Kaze had exposed him.

Kaze provoked Danzo into viewing Shisui as a threat and prepared to exploit the danger to seize Shisui’s remaining eye. When Danzo ordered Aburame Ryoma to kill Kaze in the meeting room, Kaze used his lightning powers to counter Ryoma’s attack and struck back.

• Kaze reasoned that Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami made him too dangerous to leave alive and planned to take his remaining eye if Danzo acted against him.
• Kaze praised Shisui’s strength before Konoha’s leaders, making Danzo more suspicious of him, then challenged the leadership and prepared to leave.
• Danzo ordered Aburame Ryoma to attack Kaze, while Hiruzen tried to stop him and Fugaku warned Kaze about Ryoma’s poisonous insects.
• Ryoma grabbed Kaze’s neck, but Kaze’s lightning body let the insects burn away and caused Ryoma’s grip to pass through him.
• Kaze seized Ryoma by the throat and used Lightning Release: 10,000 Volt Lightning on him.

Uchiha Kazekage instantly defeated Aburame Ryoma with his lightning ability, shocking the meeting attendees and provoking Danzo. Hiruzen stopped Danzo from escalating the confrontation and reaffirmed that the meeting was meant to address pressure from the Land of Lightning, not suppress the Uchiha or Hyuga.

• Kazekage used lightning to defeat Aburame Ryoma instantly, leaving the meeting room stunned.
• Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and the Hyuga witnesses marveled at Kazekage’s power, while the Byakugan users saw his chakra pathways and organs disappear.
• Danzo realized Root had failed to detect Kazekage’s strength and considered killing him, but Kazekage mocked Danzo’s conduct and questioned his motives.
• Hiruzen rebuked Danzo, said the meeting was about the Land of Lightning rather than suppressing the clans, and framed Danzo’s actions as personal grievances.

After seeing Kaze’s Lightning Release, Hiruzen reconsidered handing him over to Kumogakure and apologized for Danzo’s actions, then invoked Kagami Uchiha as a model for him to follow. Once the meeting ended, Kaze led Fugaku away from possible surveillance, intending to maneuver him out of leadership of the Uchiha Clan.

• Hiruzen recognized that Kaze had mastered a form of Lightning Release Chakra Mode and decided not to give such a powerful fighter to Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo out of the meeting, apologized to Kaze for Danzo’s conduct, and received Kaze’s agreement to let the matter go for now.
• Hiruzen praised Kagami Uchiha’s devotion to Konoha and urged Kaze to inherit his will, while Kaze privately doubted the story’s sincerity.
• Hiruzen ended the meeting and summoned Shisui to his office, while Fugaku took Kaze outside to reprimand him for his risky actions.
• Kaze warned Fugaku not to discuss sensitive matters where Anbu might be listening and led him toward a quieter path, planning to remove him as clan head.

Kaze manipulated Fugaku into questioning Shisui’s loyalty and claimed he had hidden his abilities to avoid conflict. He offered to help the Uchiha gain power in Konoha, and Fugaku asked to hear his plan.

• Kaze told Fugaku that Shisui had become aligned with Konoha’s leadership and that he had exposed Shisui to drive a wedge between them.
• Kaze claimed he had disguised his talent to avoid Uchiha-Konoha politics, then gave Fugaku a forged notebook written in Shisui’s voice.
• Fugaku read the notebook’s account of the Will of Fire and grew troubled by its call for the Uchiha to assimilate into Konoha.
• Kaze described the clan’s growing anger and the calls for a coup, then asked Fugaku whether he believed him.
• Kaze promised he could change the Uchiha’s situation and help them place a Hokage from their clan in power.
• Fugaku, only partly convinced, asked Kaze what plan he had in mind.

Hiruzen ordered Shisui to assess Kaze’s strength and try to recruit him into the Anbu, while secretly planning to observe their encounter. Shisui reported the assignment to Fugaku, who told him to attend a clan meeting that night where he would make an announcement.

• Hiruzen asked Shisui to test whether Kaze had Jonin-level strength and persuade him to join the Anbu.
• Hiruzen planned to observe Shisui and Kaze’s fight with the Clairvoyance Jutsu and privately resolved to remove Danzo from Konoha’s center of power after dealing with the Uchiha.
• Shisui returned to the Uchiha Compound and told Fugaku that Hiruzen had ordered him to give Kaze a Jonin Exam.
• Fugaku told Shisui to handle the test as he saw fit and instructed him to attend the clan meeting at ten that night, where Fugaku had an announcement to make.