Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Asuka and Fei Fei mistook Uchiha Itachi's distress over his mother going out for evidence that Uchiha Mikoto had cheated on Uchiha Fugaku. Kushina initially defended Mikoto, but Fei Fei persuaded her to consider Fugaku's position and promise to urge Mikoto to divorce him if the accusation was true.

• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Asuka that Uchiha Fugaku would not punish a clansman over the matter, prompting Asuka and Fei Fei to sympathize with Fugaku and condemn the imagined culprit.
• Uchiha Asuka asked Itachi whether anyone else knew and pressed him to reveal what he would do, while he and Fei Fei waited for the name of the supposed affair partner.
• Kushina insisted that Uchiha Mikoto was too traditional to cheat, but Fei Fei argued that Mikoto might have been unfaithful and that Fugaku deserved a divorce.
• Kushina conceded that she would persuade Mikoto to let Fugaku go if the accusation proved true, then worried aloud that Mikoto might actually have cheated.

Uchiha Itachi questioned Uchiha Asuka about Uchiha Ri and the magazine that had exposed Itachi to the Ninja World. Asuka denied making it, but Itachi’s silence left him convinced that Asuka was responsible.

• Uchiha Itachi asked Uchiha Asuka about Uchiha Ri, whom Asuka described as the Uchiha Clan’s only casualty during Nine-Tailed Night.
• Itachi asked whether Ri had lived at Asuka’s home and showed him a draft of The Most Primitive Will of Fire, but Asuka denied drawing it.
• Asuka and the Orange Cat challenged Itachi over why he had kept the magazine instead of returning it to Ri.
• Itachi explained that he had investigated Ri after his own photo appeared on a magazine cover and concluded the photographer was likely a powerful Uchiha insider.
• Asuka accused Itachi of believing he had arranged the magazine, the dropped book, and the photos, and Itachi remained silent.

Asuka and the Orange Cat blamed Uchiha Itachi for the scandal caused by a magazine and photographs, while denying that Asuka had deliberately targeted him. Itachi left doubting their explanation and suspected the photographer had originally meant to ruin his reputation.

• White Zetsu and Spiral Zetsu recalled that Tobi had photographed Itachi as a child reading while squatting, claiming he wanted inspiration for his art.
• Asuka asked Itachi how he viewed the Uchiha, then explained that most clansmen were ordinary and impulsive rather than calculating schemers.
• The Orange Cat argued that Itachi could have avoided the scandal by returning the book or not opening it, and Asuka denied taking the photographs.
• Itachi's eyes turned red, but Asuka and the Orange Cat dismissed it as irritation from the wind rather than an awakening.
• After the Orange Cat blamed Itachi for the chain of events, he reconsidered Shisui's claim that the photographer had intended to ruin his reputation and suspected that this had been Asuka's purpose.

Uchiha Itachi confronted Asuka about the hostility he had sensed since childhood, then suffered a terrifying hallucination while standing in the cold. Asuka subdued him and carried him toward the Medical Department, privately revealing that he had used a genjutsu called Castrated Tsukuyomi.

• Uchiha Itachi told Asuka that he had sensed hostility from him since childhood and suspected he was being targeted.
• Asuka realized Itachi had noticed his hostility long ago, while the Orange Cat watched their conversation.
• Uchiha Itachi saw Asuka and the street transform into a frightening scene and mistook Asuka for an enemy.
• Uchiha Itachi attacked Asuka with a kunai, and Asuka restrained him until he lost consciousness.
• Asuka explained that the cold had likely caused Itachi's hallucination, then privately identified the genjutsu he had used as Castrated Tsukuyomi.

Uchiha Asuka trapped Uchiha Itachi in Genjutsu: Castration Tsukuyomi, where Itachi experienced a dream of the peaceful home and village he wanted. Asuka and Orange Cat suspected Itachi’s conflicting feelings about reading had caused a glitch, and they carried him toward the Medical Department.

• Itachi found himself at home with his parents and learned in the dream that Tsunade had become Fifth Hokage and suppressed the magazine scandal involving him.
• Itachi explored a peaceful village where clan tensions had eased and Danzo-sama helped a clan widow carry water.
• Asuka offered Itachi a book called The Most Primitive Will of Fire—Uzumaki Edition, but Itachi recoiled from touching it and tried to run away.
• Asuka cast a genjutsu on Itachi, and Itachi woke back in the dream at his family’s home.
• Asuka told Orange Cat that Itachi might have glitched through the dream because he both wanted to read and feared reading, and they decided to dispel the genjutsu at the Medical Department.

Asuka explained to the Vice Minister why Uchiha Itachi had been found frostbitten outside his house, but the Vice Minister mistook his speculation about Itachi’s troubles for a confession of infidelity in the Uchiha family. The rumor reached Yakushi Nonō, leaving her wondering who in Mikoto’s family had supposedly cheated.

• Asuka woke in the Vice Minister’s office and learned that Uchiha Mikoto was furious about Itachi fainting outside his home.
• Asuka suggested that Itachi might have been upset by seeing one of his parents cheat, and the Vice Minister took his speculation as secret gossip.
• The Vice Minister urged Asuka to go downstairs before Mikoto confronted him, and Asuka went to Itachi’s room.
• Nonō told the Vice Minister that Mikoto had complained about Asuka, and he asked her who in Mikoto’s family would be most likely to cheat.
• Nonō realized the Vice Minister seemed to believe that someone in Mikoto’s family had been unfaithful.

Asuka visited the hospitalized Itachi and argued with Mikoto about why Itachi had collapsed outside his home. As they waited for Itachi to wake, Asuka indirectly accused Mikoto of infidelity, leaving her wondering who in the village he meant.

• Asuka heard Medical Ninja gossip about Fugaku and warned them to discuss it in private.
• Asuka found Mikoto keeping watch over the unconscious Itachi and examined him, puzzled that he had not awakened.
• Mikoto suspected Asuka had harmed Itachi, but Asuka insisted he had only found Itachi outside his home late at night.
• Mikoto and Asuka agreed to wait for Itachi to wake, while Asuka suggested the boy might be pretending to sleep.
• Asuka criticized wives who cheated during marriage, and Mikoto condemned such people without realizing he was hinting at her.
• Mikoto wondered whether Asuka was referring to Kushina.

Uchiha Asuka tried to wake Uchiha Itachi from a dream by putting a new magazine under his nose, and Itachi woke up with suspiciously practiced enthusiasm. His bizarre behavior convinced Uchiha Mikoto that he had been possessed, and she launched him into the wall.

• Uchiha Mikoto suspected Kushina might be cheating with Uchiha Asuka, but Asuka dismissed her reasoning and focused on waking Itachi.
• Asuka placed a new magazine beneath Itachi's nose, and Itachi abruptly woke and reached for it.
• Mikoto attacked Asuka over Itachi's practiced book-taking, while Itachi revealed that he thought the whole scene was a recurring nightmare.
• Itachi mentioned he wished the magazine were Original Will of Fire - Whirlpool Chapter, prompting Asuka and Mikoto to suspect an evil spirit had possessed him.
• Mikoto asked Itachi whether the evil spirit was good, then kicked him into the wall and said he had been frozen stupid.

After Uchiha Mikoto dragged Itachi away for punishment, Asuka checked the system and discovered that a mission involving Itachi had been marked complete despite not yet happening in reality. He claimed the rewards, gaining only a tiny increase in Eternal Eyes awakening progress and two scrolls.

• Uchiha Mikoto scolded Itachi for accepting Asuka's book and dragged him out of the hospital room by the ear.
• Asuka checked the system and found that its mission to defeat Itachi had been marked complete, even though its events were supposedly still in the future.
• Asuka settled the mission and saw his Eternal Eyes awakening progress rise from 10000/100000 to 10006/100000.
• Two reward scrolls appeared on the windowsill: one offering three days of guidance from Konoha's Number One Genjutsu Expert and another titled "Mom, I really want to see you again."

Uchiha Asuka learned about his deceased mother from Ryoichi and received a system scroll that could bring her back for one day, so he prepared to summon her and share a meal. Meanwhile, Uchiha Mikoto scolded Uchiha Itachi for reading, then vanished from the house, leaving him searching for her.

• Uchiha Asuka invited Ryoichi to eat, but Ryoichi refused and described Asuka's mother's fierce temper, gentle side, and appearance.
• Uchiha Asuka examined two system scrolls and chose the one that would summon his mother into reality for one day.
• Uchiha Mikoto scolded Uchiha Itachi for reading and warned him against following the examples of the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Asuka.
• Uchiha Mikoto went to prepare food for Itachi, but when he returned to the living room, she was gone and he searched the house for her.

Uchiha Mikoto unexpectedly appeared in Uchiha Asuka's residence while preparing lunch, where she and Asuka were both startled by how much she resembled his mother. The system insisted that Mikoto was Asuka's mother, and the chapter ended with Asuka awkwardly telling her she looked like the current Clan Head's Wife.

• Mikoto found herself in an unfamiliar residence and recognized a photograph of Uchiha Madara among its occupants.
• Asuka sensed someone in the living room and brought out fish soup, then realized the woman there looked like Mikoto.
• Asuka questioned the system about the woman's identity, and it repeatedly confirmed she was his mother.
• Mikoto felt less awkward about appearing there when she noticed Asuka's uneasy reaction and decided to speak to him.
• Asuka told Mikoto that she looked a lot like the current Clan Head's Wife.

Asuka tried to convince a wary woman who looked like Uchiha Mikoto that she was his mother and invited her to share a meal. As he described the loneliness of growing up without family, she recognized the feeling, but their relationship remained unresolved.

• Asuka noticed that the woman looked and sounded like Uchiha Mikoto but concluded that they were different people.
• Asuka told the confused woman that the Nine-Tails had damaged the house and invited her to think of him as family.
• The woman said she had been an orphan until marriage and demanded to know why Asuka had brought her there.
• Asuka said he wanted to share a meal, then described his lonely childhood and how adopting Fei Fei made his home livelier.
• The woman recalled her own childhood loneliness as an orphan, while Asuka explained that he had long imagined sharing meals with his absent parents.

Danzo planned to undermine the Uchiha from within by publishing a book predicting their collapse and manipulating Itachi. Meanwhile, Asuka ate with Mikoto, who had appeared beside him unexpectedly and wanted answers about their changed relationship and her sudden arrival.

• Guy defeated Kakashi in a contest, then made him shout slogans about youth while they handstand-ran through the village.
• Danzo decided to damage the Uchiha from within and finished a book predicting their clan would collapse within a year.
• Danzo planned to win Itachi's affection by caring for him, then stumbled into a pit and blamed the Uchiha before filling it himself.
• Mikoto cracked the floor with a stomp after Asuka joked about her temper, while he told her the clan members were merely gossiping.
• Asuka asked Mikoto what she wanted to know, and she considered asking why she had appeared beside him and why his attitude toward her had changed.

Uchiha Asuka explained that he had summoned Uchiha Mikoto with Impure World Reincarnation and assured her he could bring her back only once. After realizing Asuka thought she was his deceased relative, Mikoto learned he was Uchiha Hiyoku’s grandson and asked in horror if she was his mother.

• Uchiha Mikoto questioned why she had appeared, and Asuka explained that Impure World Reincarnation had brought her back from the dead.
• Asuka confirmed he had summoned Mikoto and told her he could not summon her again anytime he wished.
• Mikoto reasoned that Asuka mistook her for a deceased relative and asked what their relationship was.
• Asuka revealed that he was Uchiha Hiyoku’s grandson, and Mikoto asked if she was his mother.

Mikoto accepted that she had been temporarily resurrected and was Asuka’s mother, then questioned him about the Nine-Tails’ rampage and the Sharingan in its eyes. Asuka denied that the Uchiha Clan was responsible but revealed that an Uchiha had controlled the Nine-Tails.

• Mikoto accepted Asuka’s explanation and decided to question him while pretending to be his mother.
• Asuka told Mikoto that the old house had been destroyed by the Nine-Tails and explained what happened during its rampage.
• Mikoto asked whether Asuka’s Mangekyō Sharingan meant he knew who was behind the attack, and Asuka insisted the Uchiha Clan had not done it.
• Mikoto pressed Asuka about the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails’ eyes, and Asuka said an Uchiha had controlled it.

Asuka explained why the Nine-Tails controller was likely an Uchiha and deflected Mikoto’s questions by blaming Orochimaru, while privately withholding what he knew about Obito. After realizing Mikoto had been fully resurrected, he told her he was dating Pakura, leaving her worried about the match and the Uchiha Clan’s position.

• Asuka argued that controlling the Nine-Tails required an Uchiha’s powerful ocular abilities, and Mikoto asked whether an Uchiha clan member lived outside the village.
• Asuka avoided revealing Obito’s identity and suggested Orochimaru’s experiments might explain the incident, though Mikoto suspected he knew the truth.
• Asuka realized Mikoto was completely alive, and Mikoto played along as his mother while continuing to seek information from him.
• Mikoto asked whether Asuka liked anyone, and he said he was dating Pakura, Sunagakure’s former hero.
• Mikoto reacted with shock at Pakura’s name and worried that Asuka’s relationship with a rogue ninja from another village could cause trouble for the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Mikoto questioned Asuka about his finances, clan standing, and Mangekyo, while Asuka explained his repeated dismissals from the Police Force. The conversation ended with Mikoto realizing he blamed his troubles on the Clan Head’s Wife, and she grew furious at his implication that she was petty.

• Mikoto asked Asuka about his money and future marriage, and he showed her proof of his wealth and donations.
• Asuka told Mikoto that he had lost his clan position but still led the Medical Team, and that outsiders had replaced several Uchiha Police Force captains.
• Asuka said he was the only openly known Mangekyo user in the clan, while Mikoto doubted his account of how many Mangekyo existed.
• Mikoto recalled that Asuka had been fired and reinstated repeatedly as the Police Force took blame for major incidents in Konoha.
• Asuka clarified that his disagreement was with the Clan Head’s Wife, not the Clan Head, and Mikoto grew angry at his implied criticism of her.

Uchiha Mikoto, disguised as a woman claiming to be Asuka’s mother, pressed him about his conflict with the Clan Head’s Wife and learned he had proposed that the Clan Head get divorced. After seeing a photo of herself, she planned to use their conversation to get more information from Asuka and prepare to hit him.

• Uchiha Mikoto grew angry when Asuka told her he had fallen out with the Clan Head’s Wife.
• Asuka explained that he had proposed the Clan Head get divorced at a clan meeting, and Uchiha Mikoto scolded him.
• Uchiha Mikoto asked Asuka for a photo of the Clan Head’s Wife so she could pretend to help mend their conflict.
• Asuka brought a group photo, and Uchiha Mikoto saw herself smiling in it.
• Asuka told Uchiha Mikoto that her son was misbehaving and her husband was often away, and she raised her hand to hit him.

Fei Fei and the black cat worried that Asuka might mishandle the pufferfish he bought, then discovered that Asuka was having lunch with a woman who looked like Uchiha Mikoto. Kushina realized the woman was probably Asuka’s revived mother, and Fei Fei’s teasing suggestion that Kushina could marry Asuka ended with her punching at the cat.

• The black cat told Fei Fei that Ryoichi feared Asuka did not know how to prepare pufferfish, recalling that Asuka had once been badly poisoned by it.
• Fei Fei went to watch Asuka’s home and saw Asuka eating with a woman who looked exactly like Uchiha Mikoto.
• Kushina told Fei Fei that Mikoto was gentle and suggested that the woman might be Asuka’s revived mother.
• Kushina said Asuka’s relationship with a rogue ninja from Sunagakure could not be made public or accepted by the Uchiha Clan.
• Fei Fei suggested that Kushina could marry Asuka, prompting her to punch at it and warn it not to get ideas about her.

Uchiha Mikoto visited Asuka to discuss his clan-meeting proposal, then returned home in high spirits, only to discover she had been poisoned. Asuka also suffered repeated stomach trouble after serving a meal to a woman who looked like Mikoto, while the Orange Cat suspected the fishmonger had prepared his pufferfish badly.

• The Orange Cat watched Asuka discuss clan influence and the next clan meeting with a woman who looked like Uchiha Mikoto, while Asuka agreed to consult the Great Elder.
• Uchiha Itachi waited with a crying Sasuke until Uchiha Mikoto returned home in a cheerful mood and began preparing dinner.
• Uchiha Mikoto found that she could not taste the food, then realized she was poisoned as numbness spread through her body.
• Uchiha Asuka told the Orange Cat that he had made repeated trips to the toilet after eating pufferfish prepared by a fishmonger.
• The Orange Cat suspected the fishmonger had left poison in the pufferfish and noted that Asuka could treat his own poisoning.