Chapter Summaries

Shimura Danzō failed to get Hiruzen Sarutobi to punish Obito, then watched a masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara devastate Root Base. Obito stopped the masked man’s Susanoo and drove him off, further cementing his reputation as Konoha’s hero.

• Shimura Danzō reported Obito’s attack on Root operatives to Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Hiruzen refused to punish Obito and dismissed Danzō’s accusations.
• After the Konoha Newspaper featured Obito’s story, a masked man attacked Root Base with fire and a Susanoo, reducing the base to ruins and battling Shimura Danzō.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived to confront the masked man, who claimed to be Uchiha Madara and attacked him before Obito joined the fight.
• Obito used Flame Breathing Sage Mode and Sage Art Blue Flare to damage the Susanoo and force the masked man to retreat behind a cloud of dust.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha sealed and searched, but the masked man escaped, while Anbu praised Obito and his reputation as Konoha’s hero grew.

Masked Obito learned that Obito Uchiha and a Susanoo-wielding impostor had attacked Root, while Obito used the resulting damage to weaken Shimura Danzō’s massacre plan. Obito recruited Uchiha Itachi after defeating him and persuaded him to help prevent both the coup and the clan massacre.

• Masked Obito ordered White Zetsu to monitor Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Fugaku, suspecting Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Obito reflected that his attack on Root had crippled Shimura Danzō’s ability to massacre the Uchiha and decided to expose Danzō’s crimes before killing him.
• Obito met Uchiha Itachi in the Southern Forest and promised to prevent civil war and the clan massacre by mediating the conflict.
• Uchiha Itachi challenged Obito, who overwhelmed him with Sage Techniques and Breathing Technique Chakra Mode, then revealed that Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu would not defeat him.
• After considering Obito’s motives and accepting defeat, Uchiha Itachi agreed to work with him, believing Obito wanted to resolve the Uchiha issue for Konoha.

Obito and Uchiha Fugaku called an emergency meeting and announced that the Uchiha coup was canceled, prompting angry resistance from the clan. Obito revealed his strength and his plan to pursue the Hokage position, then had Uchiha Seisei and other hawks arrested after exposing evidence that Seisei had taken Kumogakure's money to incite the coup.

• Uchiha Fugaku arrived at Naka Shrine with Uchiha Itachi after Obito, and the gathered Uchiha reacted with hostility toward Itachi.
• Uchiha Fugaku announced that the coup planned for two days later had been canceled, and the Uchiha demanded an explanation.
• Obito quelled an angry Uchiha with his overwhelming Chakra and Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, then said he had persuaded Uchiha Fugaku to cancel the coup because he intended to become Hokage without force.
• Uchiha Seisei argued that Konoha's leaders would never allow an Uchiha to become Hokage, while Uchiha Fugaku admitted he had not been qualified to compete for the position.
• Obito revealed that he was the twenty-one-year-old commander of the Anbu and ordered the Anbu to arrest Uchiha Seisei and several other vocal hawks.
• Obito presented secret scrolls accusing Uchiha Seisei of taking Kumogakure's money to incite the coup, and Seisei fell silent as the Uchiha watched in disbelief.

Obito ended the Uchiha coup plot, won the clan’s support, and told Fugaku and Itachi that Konoha’s hostility toward the Uchiha still had to be addressed. After returning to Kakashi’s home, he was confronted by the masked Obito, who attacked him with Kamui.

• Obito ordered the Anbu to take Uchiha Seisei and the other hardline Hawks into custody, then persuaded the Uchiha to abandon the coup.
• Obito asked Uchiha Fugaku to manage the clan and its public opinion, while Uchiha Itachi offered to help and accepted Obito as his role model.
• Obito told Itachi that stopping the coup had not yet saved the Uchiha and that Shimura Danzō and Konoha’s hostility still had to be dealt with.
• Obito returned to Kakashi’s home exhausted, and Kakashi went outside to train after serving him water.
• Masked Obito infiltrated Kakashi’s home, mistook Obito for an impostor, and followed him into a nearby forest to attack.
• Obito’s Limitless Cursed Technique stopped Masked Obito’s Black Receivers, and the two faced off as Obito formed a Rasengan.

Obito defeated and sealed Masked Obito in the Kamui Dimension, then continued his efforts to stabilize the Uchiha Clan and planned to deal with Shimura Danzō. He met Naruto in a park, where Naruto proudly declared that he would become Hokage, and invited him to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Obito used the Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan to defeat Masked Obito, then sealed his Chakra and left him alive to suffer for his crimes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Uchiha Fugaku an honorary political position, while Obito's growing public reputation weakened support for an Uchiha coup.
• Obito decided that Shimura Danzō had to be eliminated and headed toward Konoha's Main City Area.
• Obito found Naruto talking with other children about becoming Hokage and signed autographs for Naruto's companions.
• Obito invited Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen, and Naruto's friends were amazed that he knew Lord Obito.