Chapter Summaries

Black Zetsu overcame its hesitation and decided to move forward with its plans, while Spiral Zetsu pushed to recruit Uchiha Asuka and revive Madara first. Asuka and his companions returned to their original Konoha, where Kushina hurried off to find Naruto and Asuka prepared to investigate his worsening eyesight.

• Spiral Zetsu convinced Black Zetsu that its preparations were complete and that it should stop delaying the plan.
• Black Zetsu declared that it would launch the plan immediately, while Spiral Zetsu argued for recruiting Uchiha Asuka and reviving Lord Madara first.
• Black Zetsu angrily kicked Spiral Zetsu and ordered it to say, “Evil Uchiha!!”
• Asuka recognized the Konoha wall damaged during his spar with Old Man Ryoichi and confirmed that he had returned to his original world.
• Kushina hurried away to find Naruto, and Asuka entered Konoha intending to investigate his rapidly worsening vision.

Uchiha Asuka met Hashirama Senju in Konoha, where Hashirama urged him to take leave and marry his granddaughter, whom Asuka mistakenly thought was Tsunade. Asuka fled the conversation and visited the meatball shop, where Black Zetsu recognized him as an Uchiha.

• Asuka saw Hashirama approaching with Shukaku following him and watched children from different clans fight over meatballs.
• Hashirama asked Asuka to rest from missions and encouraged him to marry his granddaughter, praising her temper and cooking.
• Asuka mistook Hashirama's granddaughter for Tsunade, rejected the suggestion, and ran off with an excuse about collecting meatballs.
• Asuka complained to himself about Tsunade and went to Spiral Zetsu's meatball shop, where he greeted the shopkeeper effusively.
• Black Zetsu raised his head, saw Asuka's Uchiha crest, and muttered that the Uchiha clan produced every kind of weirdo.

Asuka visited Tobi’s newly renovated Meatball Shop and discovered Black Zetsu disguised as a middle-aged White Zetsu after it kicked Spiral Zetsu in a fit of anger. Spiral Zetsu revealed Black Zetsu’s identity, and Asuka recognized it.

• Asuka entered Tobi’s renovated Meatball Shop and questioned how its struggling business could afford the improvements.
• Spiral Zetsu praised the Uchiha and explained its renovation plans while Black Zetsu silently fumed over paying for the shop.
• Black Zetsu lost its temper at Spiral Zetsu’s talk about money and kicked it across the shop in front of Asuka.
• Asuka drew a kunai and confronted the suspicious middle-aged man as Black Zetsu tried to explain itself.
• Spiral Zetsu returned and introduced the man with extravagant praise, then identified him as A Hei, prompting Asuka to recognize Black Zetsu.

Asuka met Black Zetsu at Spiral Zetsu’s meatball shop and learned that the Eye of the Moon Plan’s revival method had been discussed openly. Spiral Zetsu then persuaded Black Zetsu that Madara should be present for the plan, leaving Asuka to suspect it was about to begin.

• Asuka watched Black Zetsu pay Spiral Zetsu for meatballs, overturning his expectations of the mastermind.
• Black Zetsu introduced itself as Madara’s will, and Asuka claimed to know about the Eye of the Moon Plan without revealing what he knew.
• Asuka asked why Black Zetsu had come to Konoha, and Black Zetsu said it was overseeing the plan’s progress.
• Spiral Zetsu blurted out that Rinne Rebirth could revive Madara, leaving Black Zetsu and Asuka stunned.
• Over meatballs, Spiral Zetsu argued that Madara should be present for the plan, and Black Zetsu reluctantly agreed that his absence was inappropriate.
• Asuka realized the Eye of the Moon Plan might be about to begin.

Uchiha Asuka agreed to join Black Zetsu’s Eye of the Moon Plan after showing him footage of a future where the Uchiha clan was wiped out. Convinced by the footage, Black Zetsu decided to begin the plan sooner, while Asuka’s true motives remained unclear to Spiral Zetsu.

• Asuka recalled debating the merits of the Eye of the Moon Plan and considered the danger of Black Zetsu’s mother emerging at its conclusion.
• Asuka argued that reviving Madara immediately was unwise because Madara would reject an old, weakened body and might provoke the other ninja villages.
• Black Zetsu asked Asuka whether he would join the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Asuka declared that an illusion world was acceptable.
• Asuka showed Black Zetsu camera footage from a future timeline and described how the Uchiha clan was wiped out without producing a Hokage.
• Spiral Zetsu comforted Asuka after Black Zetsu left, then admitted that Black Zetsu had come to recruit him.
• Black Zetsu concluded that the footage was genuine and decided the Eye of the Moon Plan should begin without further delay.

Asuka returned to the lively Uchiha grounds and ran into Mikoto, whose anger over his past advice made him flee. He managed to give her the camera containing a video from Sasuke, then wondered what the boy had recorded for his mother.

• Asuka returned to the Uchiha grounds and reflected on how much livelier they were than in the other world he remembered.
• A black Ninja Cat bragged about its many offspring and argued with Mikoto over marriage and having children.
• Mikoto accused Asuka of making her suspicious and causing trouble at home, then threw vegetable leaves at him.
• Asuka handed Mikoto the camera Sasuke had recorded a video on and escaped while she examined it.
• Asuka watched Mikoto leave and wondered what Sasuke had recorded for her.

Uchiha Mikoto returned to her lonely home and found a camera that Uchiha Asuka had said came from her son. When its footage showed grown-up Might Guy and Kakashi, Mikoto wondered whether she was looking at Konoha’s future rather than its present.

• Uchiha Mikoto put Sasuke in his cradle and considered how Fugaku and Itachi had stopped eating at home.
• Uchiha Mikoto found the camera in her vegetable basket and worked out that black calendar dates had footage.
• Uchiha Mikoto played a recording of a grown-up Might Guy challenging Kakashi, who refused to compete and wanted to sleep.
• Might Guy lost a round of rock-paper-scissors, then ran off to complete five hundred laps before challenging Kakashi again.
• Uchiha Mikoto recognized that the figures looked more than a decade older than they had that morning and questioned whether this was still the present-day Konoha.

Uchiha Asuka joined the Great Elder and other elders for a barbecue, where they gossiped about Uchiha Fugaku’s supposed interest in Inuzuka Tsume. The elders then pressured Asuka to marry, leaving him to reconsider his lonely routine.

• The Great Elder and Uchiha Mado swung meat skewers around, showering the courtyard with raw meat while Uchiha Asuka prepared the charcoal.
• Asuka noticed Fugaku’s house was shut and learned that Fugaku and Mikoto were living separately.
• Mado claimed he had repeatedly seen Fugaku and Inuzuka Tsume at the same tavern and suspected they were interested in each other.
• The elders agreed that Fugaku would not cheat before divorcing, then told Asuka they intended to find him a wife.
• Ryoichi compared Asuka’s unmarried life with Fugaku’s family troubles, prompting Asuka to wonder whether his own life was miserable.

Uchiha Asuka, Uchiha Saburo, Uchiha Ryoichi, and Uchiha Mado disguised themselves as one another and converged at a tavern to investigate a rumor, where they watched Uchiha Fugaku drink. Fugaku reflected on the burdens of leading the clan, and the elders wondered why he seemed drawn to Inuzuka Tsume as she entered.

• Uchiha Asuka and the elders impersonated one another to buy oden and then went to Konoha's largest tavern to verify a rumor.
• Uchiha Saburo discovered that someone had used his appearance to buy oden and paid the vendor for the food.
• Uchiha Asuka, Uchiha Ryoichi, Uchiha Mado, and Uchiha Saburo confronted one another at the tavern and watched for Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Fugaku drank alone and recalled how the Orochimaru defection and Nine-Tails rampage had left him exhausted and unsure of his control over the clan.
• Inuzuka Tsume entered the tavern, and the elders speculated that Fugaku liked her because her thoughts were easy to read.

Uchiha Fugaku grew fond of Inuzuka Tsume because her frank, uncomplicated nature contrasted with the Uchiha clan’s unpredictable schemes. When Tsume asked him whether an old account of an Uchiha using Susanoo was real, Fugaku was left reflecting on how little he understood his own clan.

• Asuka and the Uchiha elders watched Inuzuka Tsume arrive at the tavern and joked that her trusting ninja hound, Black Maru, was a stupid dog.
• The elders discussed the Uchiha clan’s habit of acting on bizarre ideas, including using Impure World Reincarnation on Uchiha Madara and resurrecting Hashirama Senju.
• Tsume ordered a huge meal, startling Asuka, the elders, and Fugaku with her appetite and drinking.
• The elders and Fugaku praised Tsume, while Fugaku reflected that the Uchiha’s repeated upheavals had made him appreciate people without hidden motives.
• Tsume sat down with Fugaku and asked whether an old account of a nearly blind Uchiha arriving with Susanoo was true, linking it to the blue Susanoo seen during the Nine-Tailed Night.
• Fugaku recalled that a white-haired old man had appeared with Susanoo on the night of the Nine-Tailed attack and realized Tsume was the only person in Konoha whose nature he felt he could understand.

Asuka returned home after hearing about Fugaku’s strange attraction to the Inuzuka Clan Head and found Mikoto waiting for him. Mikoto revealed that she had noticed Fugaku’s changes and demanded an explanation for why Sasuke appeared in Asuka’s camera.

• At the tavern, Fugaku talked with the Inuzuka Clan Head while the Uchiha elders blamed one another for his changed behavior.
• Asuka left the tavern wondering how Fugaku had developed a favorable impression of the Inuzuka Clan Head and worried that Mikoto might visit his house.
• Asuka returned home and found Mikoto sitting on his sofa with the Orange Cat, which had run to him for comfort.
• Mikoto explained that she had been a combat-type jonin and had recognized Fugaku’s changes despite the others assuming she knew nothing.
• Mikoto showed Asuka a silver camera and demanded to know why Sasuke had appeared in it.

Asuka told Mikoto the truth about the Uchiha massacre and condemned her family’s choices until she cried herself unconscious. Mikoto woke the next morning in Asuka’s home, while Shukaku explained that leaving her a blanket and water was his newly learned way of treating guests.

• Asuka confirmed to Mikoto that he had traveled to the future and witnessed the Uchiha clan’s fate, including the massacre committed by her family.
• Asuka described the deaths of Uchiha clansmen and criticized Mikoto and the Clan Head for accepting Itachi’s actions, while Ryoichi guessed that Asuka was trying to advance his divorce suggestion.
• Asuka explained that he had asked Sasuke to record a video rather than revive his parents because Sasuke’s reunion with them would be awkward and frustrating.
• Mikoto collapsed after crying, and Asuka determined that she had fainted from emotional strain; Fei Fei wanted to wake her and continue scolding her.
• Asuka left Mikoto to recover and went to bed, while Shukaku later questioned whether it was rude to leave a guest on the floor.
• Mikoto woke on a sofa with a blanket and water, wondered why Asuka had cared for her, and Shukaku claimed that hospitality was its newly learned Ninja Way.

Uchiha Mikoto cooked breakfast for Uchiha Asuka to thank him, while Asuka mistook her for Shukaku using Transformation Technique. Their awkward meal ended when Mikoto recognized the plates as the ones that had disappeared from her home, revealing that Asuka had kept the tableware from a past system reward.

• Asuka woke to the sound of cooking and assumed Shukaku was making breakfast, then found Uchiha Mikoto in the kitchen and mistook her for Shukaku transformed into a woman.
• Shukaku appeared with an empty wallet and asked Asuka for gambling money, but Asuka refused and argued with it about its losses against Hashirama Senju and Tsunade.
• Mikoto laughed at their argument, and Asuka realized she was cooking for him; she said she wanted to thank him and served him breakfast.
• Asuka wondered why Mikoto had suddenly become kind, while Mikoto recalled her former life as a housewife and admitted she felt she had failed at it.
• Mikoto asked where Asuka had gotten the bowls and plates, and Asuka said he had picked them up; Mikoto recognized them as her missing wedding tableware.

The Uchiha gathered for their monthly clan meeting, where they debated how to produce a Hokage after first competing to eat. Asuka blamed Mikoto for taking his family’s plates while she suspected he had stolen them, and the meeting began with their dispute unresolved.

• Uchiha jonin and elders traveled to Naka Shrine after exercising and preparing for the clan’s eating competition.
• Uchiha Saburo and Ryoichi wondered about Mikoto’s sudden closeness with Asuka after learning she had cooked for him.
• Asuka asked the system about his mother’s meal, and it revealed that it had traveled back in time to steal the food from her.
• Asuka declared that the plates were his family heirlooms and left Mikoto, who believed he had stolen them, furious.
• Great Elder opened the 631st Clan Meeting and announced the recurring topic of how the Uchiha could produce a Hokage.

Spiral Zetsu and Black Zetsu arrived in Amegakure, where Spiral Zetsu’s praise persuaded Black Zetsu to fund his failing meatball shop. Zetsu then told Konan the Eye of the Moon Plan was ready, leaving her uneasy but unable to oppose Nagato’s likely decision to begin.

• Spiral Zetsu argued that Amegakure’s lack of meatball competition made it a good place to do business, and Black Zetsu agreed to invest one million.
• Zetsu told Konan that preparations for the Eye of the Moon Plan were complete, but she questioned their motives and the speed of their plan.
• Spiral Zetsu claimed they had been preparing for decades, then showed Konan his meatball shop’s business card and loss-making account book.
• Zetsu argued that Akatsuki needed greater strength to make the Five Great Nations listen, while Konan recalled Nagato’s reasons for trusting Uchiha Madara and his allies.
• Konan suggested waiting a few years, and Spiral Zetsu misunderstood her as wanting to cultivate bonds with him.
• Konan remained troubled as she considered Nagato’s urgency to fulfill Yahiko’s wish and capture all nine Tailed Beasts now that preparations were complete.

Asuka received a mission to fulfill the wishes of ten Uchiha clansmen who died before the massacre, and he asked several elders about their regrets. After accepting the mission, he examined its rewards and considered how to use the Copy Scroll.

• Asuka reflected on the Eye of the Moon Plan and worried that using his Mangekyo for too long could leave him blind.
• The system issued Asuka a mission to fulfill ten dead Uchiha clansmen’s wishes, offering Sharingan progress, a Copy Scroll, and Otsutsuki blood as rewards.
• Asuka asked Ryoichi about his unfinished wish, and Ryoichi said he wanted Asuka to start a family.
• Asuka asked Mado and learned that he wished for the clan to produce a Hokage.
• The Great Elder said he regretted never seeing an Uchiha marry an Uzumaki, and Asuka accepted the mission.
• Asuka inspected the Copy Scroll, which could copy any visible item for three minutes, and considered using it to duplicate Exploding Tags.

At an Uchiha Clan Meeting, decades of failed plans to produce a Hokage sparked arguments until Uchiha Mikoto unexpectedly announced she would divorce. Asuka clarified that he had meant to suggest Fugaku acknowledge Hashirama Senju as an adoptive father to advance the clan’s ambitions, not divorce Mikoto.

• Uchiha Saburo argued that the clan’s long-lived members had endured more than fifty years of Clan Meetings without producing a Hokage, then proposed securing second, contending for third, and charging for fourth.
• Uchiha Ryoichi angrily condemned the old plan as a failure, and Asuka recalled how it had fallen behind the Hokage succession.
• The Great Elder called the clan to order and invited them to discuss how the Uchiha could produce a Hokage, prompting proposals ranging from winning allies to reviving Uchiha Tajima.
• Asuka stood to offer a suggestion, but Uchiha Mikoto announced that she would get divorced, leaving the hall stunned.
• Asuka explained that he had meant for Fugaku to acknowledge Hashirama Senju as an adoptive father, or for Sasuke to gain Hashirama as a god-grandfather, rather than resort to a coup.

Uchiha Mikoto announced that she wanted to divorce Fugaku, explaining that their long-running conflicts had left them both exhausted. She showed the clan footage of a boy warning that the Uchiha would be wiped out and suggesting divorce as a way to avert that fate, leaving the clan stunned.

• Uchiha Mikoto declared at the clan meeting that her marriage to Fugaku was over, shocking the assembled Uchiha jonin.
• Uchiha Asuka asked why and privately realized that Itachi might be left without a home, while the clan suspected Asuka had influenced Mikoto.
• Mikoto said she had considered divorce for a long time and described how the couple’s conflicts and Fugaku’s withdrawal from clan life had worn them down.
• Mikoto played footage of a boy who called himself Second Pillar and warned that the Uchiha Clan would be gone, triggering a violent surge of Chakra that cracked the shrine walls.
• The footage revealed the boy’s suggestion that Mikoto divorce Fugaku and choose him, and Mikoto paused it before it could reveal more about Itachi.

Mikoto explained why she wanted to divorce Fugaku, while the Uchiha clan debated how to prevent the future massacre revealed in Asuka’s account. Rumors spread through Konoha, and Itachi returned to hear that he would have a stepmother, leading him to believe his mother was gone.

• Mikoto privately reflected that poor communication and years of conflict had ended her marriage, while she tried to protect Fugaku and the clan from the fallout.
• After hearing Asuka’s account of the Uchiha massacre, the clan argued about its future, and the Great Elder urged them to address prejudice against the clan rather than simply kill Danzo.
• Mikoto reaffirmed her decision to divorce Fugaku, and the elders told her they would respect her choice; Asuka’s apparent glee earned him a threat from Mikoto.
• Rumors about Fugaku’s divorce spread through Konoha, and Hiashi speculated that the claim about Asuka pressuring the clan might be true.
• Tsunade read the report about Mikoto and Fugaku’s divorce, while Shizune recommended Asuka as a potential husband and Tsunade accused him of feeding Tonton expired food.
• Itachi returned to the village and learned from Yatsushiro that he was going to have a stepmother, then concluded that his mother was gone.

Uchiha Itachi learned that his parents were divorcing and heard his mother explain that neither she nor Fugaku had been happy at home. Asuka later discovered that Mikoto was moving into the abandoned courtyard next door and realized she would be his new neighbor.

• Uchiha Itachi returned home injured and asked Uchiha Mikoto whether the villagers' talk of divorce was true, and she confirmed it.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Itachi that she and Fugaku had both been unhappy for the past two years, leaving him unable to persuade her to stay.
• Asuka and Fei Fei discussed the divorce, and Asuka suspected Mikoto had grown tired of emotional neglect in the Clan Head's house.
• Asuka recognized the abandoned neighboring courtyard as property once owned by Uchiha Jinba, whose son had moved away after marrying into his wife's family.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Asuka that Uchiha Jinba was her grandfather and greeted him as her new neighbor.