Chapter Summaries

Kaze trapped Itachi Uchiha in a Genjutsu World and repeatedly stopped time so The World could beat him, leaving Itachi exhausted and defeated. Kaze spared Itachi, and the Uchiha clansmen at Naka Shrine were stunned by his loss.

• Kaze used The World to pummel Itachi Uchiha inside the Genjutsu World, interrupting his attempts to dispel it.
• Itachi deduced that Kaze manipulated time within the Genjutsu World, but Kaze continued stopping him and restarting the assault.
• Kaze decided not to kill Itachi, reasoning that Itachi's Sharingan could still awaken into Mangekyo.
• Kaze withdrew The World and let Itachi dispel the Genjutsu, returning them both to Naka Shrine.
• Itachi collapsed from exhaustion, admitted defeat to Kaze, and stunned the gathered Uchiha clansmen.

Kaze defeated Itachi with Genjutsu and secured support for his bid to become Vice-Captain of the Security Force. Fugaku struggled to accept Kaze’s strength, deciding that surprise—not superior talent—had caused Itachi’s defeat.

• Kaze’s defeat of Itachi and revealed Three-Tomoe Sharingan shocked the Uchiha clansmen and persuaded an Elder that Kaze qualified to attend the clan meeting.
• Shisui checked on the exhausted Itachi, who acknowledged Kaze’s powerful Genjutsu, while Shisui worried that Kaze was gaining support and moving closer to the Hawk Faction.
• Kaze observed that no one objected to his promotion, effectively settling his appointment as Vice-Captain of the Security Force.
• Fugaku reflected on Itachi’s talent and convinced himself that Kaze had won because Itachi had not known about Kaze’s Sharingan or Genjutsu.

After Kaze was appointed Vice-Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, he reminded the Uchiha of the discrimination they had faced since the Nine-Tails' rampage and called for a coup. He clarified that he meant a bloodless political coup, leaving Fugaku, Shisui, and the clan stunned.

• Fugaku judged that Kaze's strength rivaled most Uchiha and formally appointed him Vice-Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Fugaku handed Kaze the floor to announce the second matter at the clan meeting.
• Kaze recalled the Nine-Tails' rampage and accused Konoha's leaders of blaming and marginalizing the Uchiha without evidence.
• Kaze urged the clan to restore its prestige and called for a coup, shocking the gathered Uchiha.
• Kaze clarified that he meant a bloodless political coup rather than a military takeover.

Kaze argued that the Uchiha should pursue a bloodless political coup by gaining economic influence during the coming peaceful era. He proposed reforming the Security Force through open recruitment, leaving Fugaku and the clan surprised by his plan to change the Uchiha’s reputation.

• Kaze reassured the clan that he meant a bloodless political coup and predicted Konoha would have at least ten years of peace.
• Kaze rejected strength and sincerity as the most important things in a peaceful era and declared that money mattered most.
• Kaze explained that the Daimyo’s control of the Land of Fire’s economy gave him authority, while a lack of money kept Sunagakure weak.
• Kaze argued that the Uchiha could earn money by transforming the clan and reforming its Security Force.
• Kaze proposed open recruitment for the Security Force, and Fugaku questioned whether anyone would join given its poor reputation.
• Kaze insisted that the Uchiha’s reputation had to change.

Kaze proposed using employment benefits, broader public participation in the Security Force, and the entertainment industry to improve the Uchiha Clan’s standing and finances. He left the clan considering a film about Obito as a way to promote the Uchiha and generate revenue.

• Kaze explained Five Insurances and One Fund, arguing that better benefits could attract commoners to the Security Force.
• Kaze proposed separating routine security work from an Armed Police Department, improving the force’s reputation while freeing Uchiha to develop the economy.
• The Hawk Faction Elder questioned the cost, and Kaze said the clan needed public support and new sources of income.
• Kaze proposed making movies for profit and publicity, then suggested a film about Obito’s heroic sacrifice at the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
• Kaze imagined using an Uchiha female lead’s popularity to expand into theme parks, gambling dens, and livestream product sales.

Kaze gained the Uchiha clan’s approval to make a film about Obito while the clan postponed reforms to the Security Force. The next day, Hiruzen promoted Kaze to Jonin, and Hiashi learned that Kaze had saved Hizashi from being handed over to the Raikage.

• At the Uchiha clan meeting, Kaze explained his plans, and the clan agreed to try making movies but deferred Security Force reforms.
• Kaze considered casting Kakashi, Shisui, and Izumi in key roles for a film about the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
• Hiruzen promoted Kaze to Jonin, and news of his exceptional promotion spread through Konoha.
• Hiashi awoke and learned from Hizashi that Kaze had stopped Konoha from handing him over to the Raikage.
• Hizashi told Hiashi that Hiruzen had promoted Kaze to Jonin, leaving Hiashi astonished.

Danzo decided to act against the Uchiha without Hiruzen’s approval, claiming it was necessary to protect Konoha. Meanwhile, Shisui was led away from the usual route by Anbu and began to suspect that Danzo, not Hiruzen, had summoned him.

• Danzo resented Hiruzen’s decision to promote Kaze and worried that powerful Uchiha such as Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke threatened the village.
• Danzo gathered thirteen Root ninja and ordered them to take action against the Uchiha without Hiruzen’s knowledge.
• After waking near noon, Shisui prepared to report the clan meeting to Hiruzen but was intercepted by four Anbu ninja.
• Shisui followed the Anbu through the forest and noticed they were not heading toward the Hokage Building.
• Shisui suspected Shimura Danzō had arranged the summons and decided to wait until he learned the truth.

Danzo secretly summoned Shisui and ordered him to kill Uchiha Kazekage, but Shisui refused and warned Danzo against bypassing the Hokage. Danzo attacked Shisui to take his Sharingan, but Shisui caught his wrist and trapped him in Genjutsu, leaving Danzo kneeling before him.

• Shisui followed Danzo's disguised Anbu escort to a clearing and discovered Danzo had summoned him instead of the Third Hokage.
• Danzo urged Shisui to kill Uchiha Kazekage, claiming it would protect Konoha and ease the dispute over the Cloud Ninja Leader's death.
• Shisui refused to act without the Third Hokage's order and warned Danzo not to secretly summon him again.
• Danzo accused Shisui of coveting the Hokage position and lunged for his Sharingan.
• Shisui caught Danzo's wrist and used Sharingan Genjutsu to make Danzo drop to his knees.

Danzo used Izanagi to escape Shisui’s Genjutsu, gouged out Shisui’s right Sharingan, and ordered Root to take his remaining eye. Shisui fought back with a powerful Great Fireball, then escaped in the steam, leaving Danzo’s men to pursue him.

• Danzo used Izanagi to rewrite the reality in which Shisui had trapped him in Genjutsu and knocked Shisui into the air.
• Danzo gouged out Shisui’s right Sharingan and revealed that the eye beneath his bandages had belonged to Kaze’s father.
• Danzo ordered Root to seize Shisui’s remaining eye, while Shisui refused to surrender it and attacked with a Great Fireball Technique.
• The six Root ninja combined their Water Release to counter Shisui’s fire, filling the area with steam.
• Shisui vanished during the steam, and Danzo ordered the six Root ninja to pursue him and take his remaining eye.

Kaze successfully developed a Mind Net that covered the Uchiha Compound, letting him sense the life states of those within it. When he detected the injured Shisui being pursued by unfamiliar Konoha ninjas, Kaze rushed to help, suspecting they belonged to Danzo’s Root.

• Kaze used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s Electric Wave properties to create a Mind Net covering the Uchiha Compound.
• Kaze noticed Tama had been sleeping more since bringing back the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and wondered whether traveling between worlds drained her stamina.
• Kaze sensed Shisui’s life state fluctuating as six unfamiliar ninjas pursued him, and he hurried toward Naka Shrine.
• Kaze tracked the pursuers through the compound and realized they were enemies who had split into two groups.
• Kaze suspected the pursuing ninjas were Danzo’s Root and accelerated toward Shisui.

Kaze found Shisui near Naka Shrine after Danzo took Shisui’s right eye, but Shisui refused to reveal what had happened. Shisui asked Kaze to bring Itachi to him, and Kaze reluctantly agreed to summon the person he trusted least.

• Kaze hurried to Naka Shrine and used his Mind Net to locate the weakened Shisui hiding behind a boulder.
• Shisui raised his wakizashi when Kaze approached, then lowered it after confirming Kaze’s identity.
• Kaze noticed Shisui’s bleeding right eye, but Shisui did not tell him that Danzo had taken it.
• Shisui asked Kaze to make sure Itachi came to meet him because he had something important to tell him.
• Kaze worried that Itachi might gain Kotoamatsukami and used Shave to go summon him.

Kaze seized Shisui’s left Sharingan, Kotoamatsukami, during a swift attack and argued that the village’s oppression of the Uchiha—not the clan’s desire to rebel—was driving the crisis. As Root shinobi approached, he challenged Shisui’s loyalty to Konoha and the Will of Fire.

• Kaze used Soru to gouge out Shisui’s left eye before Shisui could react.
• Kaze sealed the eye in a bottle of Nutrient Solution and decided to keep Kotoamatsukami safe rather than implant it.
• Shisui accused Kaze of seeking to provoke an Uchiha coup and warned that it could bring civil war and an invasion of Konoha.
• Kaze told Shisui that both the village and the Uchiha were responsible for their conflict, and that Konoha’s suppression of the clan risked its extermination.
• Kaze criticized Shisui and Itachi Uchiha for failing to treat everyone equally and said the Land of Fire needed a National Soul rather than the Will of Fire.

Kaze killed Shisui after Shisui refused to surrender his remaining Sharingan and tried to send a warning to Itachi. Kaze burned the crow clones carrying Shisui’s message, leaving the truth about his ambitions at risk of being lost.

• Shisui realized Kaze intended to seize control of the Land of Fire and refused to give him his left eye.
• Kaze attacked Shisui with Soru and fatally cut the artery in his neck with a kunai.
• As he bled to death, Shisui tried to warn Itachi by using the Crow Shadow Clone Technique.
• Kaze threw a kunai at the crows, then used Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation to engulf them.

Kaze killed Shisui, took his Kotoamatsukami, and escaped before Root arrived. Root found Shisui's body and carried it toward Danzo, but Kaze intercepted them and pretended to be shocked by his death.

• Kaze destroyed Shisui's crows with Great Fire Annihilation and fled as Root approached.
• Root found Shisui dead, discovered both his Sharingan were missing, and concluded that a powerful opponent had killed him.
• The Root Captain ordered his team to take Shisui's body to Danzo and conceal the bloodstains.
• Kaze secretly observed Root's actions, then met the team on their retreat route and acted as if Shisui's death shocked him.
• Kaze confronted the Root ninjas and demanded to know what they had done to Brother Shisui, while the Captain urged him not to interfere.

Kaze kept the Root ninja from escaping while he waited for Fugaku and the Uchiha to arrive. Fugaku’s group found Shisui dead, leaving the Root Captain facing the clan’s fury.

• Kaze refused to leave and decided to keep the Root ninja alive as witnesses to Danzo’s actions.
• When the Root Captain tried to escape, Kaze wounded him and fought off the other Root ninja with his lightning transformation.
• Fugaku arrived and kicked a Root ninja away, followed by the rest of the Uchiha clan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi drew Fugaku’s attention to Shisui’s body, and the clan members saw that Shisui was dead and his eyes had been gouged out.
• The Root Captain realized Fugaku’s arrival had made the situation difficult to conceal.

Fugaku restrained the Uchiha clansmen from attacking Root and tried to detain its members as witnesses against Danzo. The Root ninja killed themselves to protect Danzo’s secrets, leaving Fugaku without their testimony.

• The Uchiha clansmen called for revenge after learning Root had pursued Shisui and that Danzo had taken his eye.
• Fugaku stopped his clansmen from attacking and argued that they needed evidence before confronting the village leadership.
• Fugaku ordered the Root ninja to cooperate with an investigation and planned to detain them in the Security Force.
• The Root Captain and the other three Root members poisoned themselves before Fugaku could stop them.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi checked the Captain and confirmed the Root ninja were dead.

After Shisui Uchiha was killed and his eyes were taken, Fugaku restrained the Uchiha Clan from acting rashly and went to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen learned of Shisui’s death and heard that Danzo might be connected to it.

• Fugaku ordered the Uchiha Clan to take Shisui’s body to the Security Force and went to report the killing to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Fugaku told Kaze to stay in the compound, but Kaze left to meet Might Guy after entrusting Shisui’s body to the others.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed how to contain the uproar over the Cloud Ninja Leader’s death while Danzo failed to appear.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Shisui Uchiha was dead, shocking Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura.
• The Anbu ninja said Shisui’s death was still under investigation but appeared connected to Danzo, and Hiruzen’s expression darkened.

Danzo confronted Hiruzen about Shisui’s eyes and demanded Shisui’s left eye, believing Root had recovered it. Hiruzen realized the left eye was missing and pressed Danzo to confirm that he did not have it.

• Kakashi brought Danzo to the Hokage Building at Hiruzen’s request to discuss Shisui.
• Hiruzen condemned Danzo for attacking Shisui, while Danzo defended his actions as necessary to protect Konoha from the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen told Danzo that Shisui was dead and both eyes had been taken, surprising Danzo, who believed his Root ninjas had recovered the left eye.
• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen hand over Shisui’s left eye, then said it was with the Root ninjas Hiruzen had captured.
• Hiruzen, aware of Fugaku’s account that both eyes had been gouged out, questioned Danzo again about whether he possessed Shisui’s left eye.

Hiruzen confronted Danzo about Shisui’s death and learned that Danzo had only taken Shisui’s right eye, leaving the left eye’s whereabouts unknown. Hiruzen protected Danzo from immediate punishment, then assigned Fugaku to investigate while suspecting the Masked Man might have taken the missing eye.

• Danzo told Hiruzen that he had only taken Shisui’s right eye, and both men concluded that an Uchiha might have taken the left eye.
• Hiruzen and Danzo considered whether the Masked Man who caused the Nine-Tails Rampage had stolen Shisui’s left eye.
• Hiruzen told Danzo to stay out of sight while they searched for the missing eye, and said he would bear the infamy of letting the Uchiha suffer longer.
• Hiruzen told Fugaku that Danzo had tried to seize Shisui’s Sharingan but claimed Shisui had escaped and later been killed by someone else.
• Fugaku argued that the Uchiha barrier and Root’s presence pointed to Danzo’s men, but Hiruzen raised the possibility that the Masked Man had bypassed the barrier.
• Hiruzen assigned Fugaku to investigate Shisui’s death and the missing Sharingan, while leaving Shisui and the other bodies with the Anbu.

Kaze asked Might Guy to train the Konoha Military Police Force in Taijutsu, then learned that Anbu had come to take Shisui and the Root ninja bodies. He refused to surrender either and headed to the Military Police Force to confront the situation.

• Might Guy celebrated Kaze's promotion to Jonin with a gift of tights, which Kaze reluctantly accepted.
• Kaze asked Might Guy to consider becoming an instructor for the Konoha Military Police Force and improving the Uchiha Clan's physical training.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi told Kaze that Anbu wanted to take Shisui and the Root ninja bodies while Fugaku was away.
• Kaze concluded Fugaku had tacitly allowed Anbu to take them and declared that the Uchiha would hand over nothing.
• Kaze left Might Guy and went to the Konoha Military Police Force.