Recaps

Asuka’s schemes and Hashirama’s public missions reshaped the Uchiha’s standing in Konoha, while Danzo plotted against Asuka and Itachi. The Uchiha debated how Fugaku could become Hokage, and the arc ended with Saburo summoning Koharu’s niece to the Police Force.

• Asuka learned that clansmen had reported Itachi for sneaking around with a prohibited book, helped treat villagers at the Medical Department, and checked on the still-unconscious Kushina, who asked him to visit Naruto.
• Hashirama secretly fed baby Naruto a snow dumpling while Tsunade explained that Danzo and the elders had barred the Uchiha and Ninja Cats from approaching the Jinchuriki.
• Asuka joined Guy and Anko at Spiral Zetsu’s meatball shop, where he praised the unusual food and urged Kakashi to marry into the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi witnessed a Police Force member beating a merchant and headed toward the alley, while Uchiha clansmen endured cold weather after believing it would reveal a secret in their blood.
• Hashirama began taking Uchiha on missions, and Asuka photographed their exploits and embellished their reports until the clan’s connection to Hashirama became a source of pride.
• Danzo reactivated Tobirama’s abandoned laboratory and planned to isolate Itachi by arranging his parents’ divorce, hoping the loss would awaken Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Police Force dismissed Asuka and other young Uchiha amid financial pressure, but Asuka gained supporters who wanted him to become Hokage, while Kushina scolded Fei Fei for trying to make Mikoto divorce Fugaku.
• Asuka proposed making Koharu’s niece Fugaku’s secretary as the Uchiha debated how to produce a Hokage, and Saburo ordered the niece to report to the Police Force so he could personally disprove rumors about his motives.

Asuka’s schemes to push the Uchiha toward power deepen the clan’s tensions, while Itachi’s suspicion of him leads to a confrontation and a genjutsu dream. Itachi wakes from the ordeal, and Asuka uses a system reward to summon his mother for a day as Mikoto briefly disappears from home.

• Mikoto attacked Asuka over the clan’s decision to assign Fugaku a secretary, and Tsunade mediated before Mikoto struck Asuka again.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga fought at a jonin meeting, and Hashirama intervened before discussing peace and Konoha’s future.
• Asuka proposed Naoki as Hashirama’s disciple and suggested using weapons from Cat Granny to strengthen Konoha.
• Itachi and Shisui investigated the magazine scandal, while Itachi began suspecting Asuka had targeted him.
• Itachi confronted Asuka about the book and photographs, then attacked him after a frightening vision, so Asuka restrained him and cast Castrated Tsukuyomi.
• In the genjutsu, Itachi experienced a peaceful village and recoiled from Asuka’s book before waking in the hospital, where Mikoto took him home.
• Asuka completed the system mission to defeat Itachi and chose the scroll that would summon his mother into reality for one day.
• Mikoto warned Itachi against reading as she prepared food, but she disappeared when he returned to the living room.

Asuka spent time with a revived Uchiha Mikoto while the Uchiha debated how to raise their standing and produce a Hokage. The arc ended with the Great Elder questioning Asuka about Izanagi and urging him to revive and marry Kushina, while Asuka walked away.

• Asuka met a revived Uchiha Mikoto, told her he was her grandson, and answered her questions about the Nine-Tails attack, the Uchiha, and his relationship with Pakura.
• After Mikoto was hospitalized with pufferfish poisoning, Asuka treated her, and she later invited him to share meals at her home.
• Danzo addressed villagers about his Scientific Will of Fire and used Orochimaru’s research to argue for having two children, while Asuka showed disgust at his claims.
• Asuka attended a clan meeting at Naka Shrine where the Great Elder recalled failed efforts to help the Uchiha gain influence, including Fugaku’s rejected attempt to become Tobirama’s disciple.
• When a young Uchiha proposed a coup, the Great Elder rejected it, and Asuka offered to support one if the clan backed his plan to have Fugaku divorce Mikoto and father more gifted children.
• Saburo refused to pursue a concubine for Fugaku and asked for three years to find another path, while Mikoto decided to find a widow for Asuka first.
• The Great Elder asked Asuka about Ryoichi’s death, Izanagi, and the possibility that he had revived Kushina, then urged him to revive and marry her as Asuka walked away.

Asuka learned more about Konoha’s founding and the Uchiha’s history while recruiting civilians into the Anbu. As rumors about Fugaku and Mikoto unsettled the clan, the Great Elder urged Asuka to resurrect Kushina to bury the gossip and expose its source.

• Hashirama told Asuka about the tailed beasts, his friendship with Madara, and his efforts to include the Uchiha in Konoha’s future.
• Danzo gave Itachi a photograph of Fugaku with an unfamiliar woman and tested his willingness to share the truth about Madara.
• Tsunade appointed Asuka to screen civilian Anbu recruits, and he interviewed San He, Nanaka, Might Guy, San Pang, and a poet.
• A magazine article portrayed Fugaku as pursuing a woman and the Hokage position, and Mikoto confronted him before throwing a plate as he left.
• Ichikishimahime relayed the White Snake Sage’s prophecy of future turmoil and a powerful enemy, but Asuka dismissed it.
• As rumors spread that Fugaku and Mikoto were living apart, Asuka suggested creating a bigger scandal, then learned Tsunade wanted his help with an escort mission.
• Asuka discovered a new system mission to earn villagers’ recognition and learned the system had not helped him defeat Itachi because Itachi was too strong at the time.
• The Great Elder asked Asuka to resurrect Kushina to suppress the rumors and expose their source, offering his Sharingan if necessary.