Chapter Summaries

Shimura Danzō’s trap failed to kill Uchiha Fugaku, so he ordered Root elites to ambush Fugaku and his companions as they left Shōda Town. Fugaku’s group discovered the attack too late to avoid being surrounded, and Danzō appeared among their enemies.

• Shimura Danzō learned from a Root operative that Uchiha Fugaku had survived the trap and ordered his forces to surround and kill him.
• Uchiha Fugaku identified a surveillance bird as evidence that someone was watching them and decided to return toward the Land of Fire rather than search for the attackers.
• Uchiha Fugaku left the real Taihe Hiroshi in Shōda Town under protection and had Shadow Clones disguise themselves as him and others in the traveling group.
• Uchiha Ara spotted concealed threads and traps along the group’s route, and the Uchiha clansmen triggered them from a distance.
• Uchiha Fugaku sensed more than a hundred powerful enemies approaching, and masked Root operatives surrounded his group with Shimura Danzō among them.

Shimura Danzō tried to arrest Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha clansmen with him, accusing them of orchestrating the Nine-Tails’ Rampage. After Root’s overwhelming attack failed to break Fugaku’s Susanoo, Danzō discovered that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Shimura Danzō accused Uchiha Fugaku of orchestrating the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and ordered Root to arrest him and the Uchiha clansmen accompanying him.
• Uchiha Fugaku rejected the accusation as a frame-up, while Uchiha Onko, Uchiha Ara, and the others protested.
• Shimura Danzō declared that the village would never learn of the arrest and ordered more than a hundred Root ninjas to attack with combined Fire Style and Wind Style techniques.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to shield himself and the ten Uchiha clansmen from the flames.
• Shimura Danzō saw Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan and realized that he had underestimated his enemy.

Uchiha Fugaku revealed the full power of his Susanoo and attacked Shimura Danzō and the Root shinobi, who had mistaken his delay for a need to recover chakra. He left Danzō wounded by a devastating spear strike while reinforcements from the Uchiha Clan were expected to arrive.

• Uchiha Fugaku mocked Shimura Danzō and said he intended to eliminate him.
• Shimura Danzō ordered more than one hundred Root shinobi to bombard Uchiha Fugaku's Susanoo with combined ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Fugaku explained that he had been stalling to wait for another Uchiha Clan team to arrive, then strengthened Susanoo into its second form.
• Susanoo's white shield reflected the incoming flames, killing more than a dozen Root shinobi with their own Fire Style ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Fugaku hurled Susanoo's black spear at Shimura Danzō, and it pierced Danzō's wooden shield before exploding.
• The blast killed more Root shinobi and hurled Shimura Danzō away, leaving him coughing up blood.

Uchiha Fugaku fought Shimura Danzō and the Root forces, destroying most of their numbers before dismissing Susanoo. Danzō assumed Fugaku had run out of chakra, but a group of reinforcements arrived and attacked the remaining Root ninjas.

• Shimura Danzō ordered the Root ninjas to attack Susanoo with combined ninjutsu and sent earth-burrowing ninjas to strike from below.
• Uchiha Fugaku reflected the flames and launched black spears, while Uchiha Ara, Uchiha Onko, and the other Uchiha clansmen ambushed Root ninjas as they surfaced.
• Fugaku's attacks and the Uchiha defenders reduced the Root force from more than a hundred to fewer than fifty, and Fugaku dismissed Susanoo.
• Danzō believed Fugaku had exhausted his chakra, but Fugaku said he could have maintained Susanoo longer and had dismissed it deliberately.
• A group of reinforcements arrived and unleashed Fire Style attacks on Danzō and the remaining Root ninjas.

Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha reinforcements turned Shimura Danzō’s ambush into a counterattack, overwhelming Root and confronting Danzō. Fugaku appeared to kill Danzō, but Danzō survived with Izanagi, and Fugaku accused him of stealing the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan and forbidden jutsu.

• Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Sima arrived with more Uchiha clansmen, revealing that Fugaku had anticipated Danzō’s ambush.
• Fugaku ordered the Uchiha forces to attack the remaining Root ninjas while he faced Danzō.
• Fugaku briefly trapped Danzō with his Mangekyō Sharingan and stabbed him through the chest, but the victim vanished as a Shadow Clone.
• Danzō attacked Fugaku from behind, but Fugaku’s Susanoo blocked the strike and smashed Danzō away.
• Danzō used Izanagi to undo his apparent defeat and revealed Sharingan implanted in his right eye and arm.
• Fugaku recognized Izanagi and accused Danzō of stealing the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan and forbidden jutsu.

Uchiha Fugaku fought Shimura Danzō, using Susanoo and his Mangekyō Sharingan to repel Danzō’s attacks while waiting for Izanagi to expire. Danzō then targeted an Uchiha clansman to force Fugaku to stop stalling, leaving Fugaku with no choice but to engage him directly.

• Shimura Danzō used Wind Release and summoned Baku to amplify his attacks, but Uchiha Fugaku struck Baku with Susanoo and reflected the wind blades, killing Danzō before Izanagi revived him.
• Uchiha Fugaku conserved chakra and avoided Danzō’s Wood Release and Wind Release attacks while waiting for Izanagi to expire.
• Shimura Danzō noticed the dwindling Root ninja and attacked an Uchiha clansman to force Fugaku into a direct fight.
• Uchiha Fugaku saved the clansman by burning Danzō’s vines with Fire Style, realizing he had been drawn into Danzō’s scheme.

Shimura Danzō fought Uchiha Fugaku with Izanagi, repeatedly reviving while using lethal attacks, but Fugaku countered him with genjutsu, Susanoo, and ninjutsu. With nearly all the Sharingan on his arm closed and his assassination attempt failing, Danzō retreated.

• Uchiha Fugaku blocked Shimura Danzō's attacks and used Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique to interrupt his hand seals, but Danzō escaped with Izanagi and unleashed Wood Style: Deep Forest Burial.
• Uchiha Fugaku shattered the giant tree with Susanoo, and Shimura Danzō revived, realizing Izanagi had less than six minutes remaining.
• Uchiha Fugaku crushed Shimura Danzō with Susanoo and burned him with Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Technique, but Danzō repeatedly revived through Izanagi.
• Shimura Danzō saw that nine of the ten Sharingan on his right arm had closed and, believing he would otherwise die, fled from Uchiha Fugaku.

Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha clansmen cornered Shimura Danzō and exhausted his remaining Izanagi uses while he tried to escape. Danzō finally used the Reverse: Four Symbols Seal, destroying himself and the ground around him as Fugaku retreated beyond its reach.

• Uchiha Setsuna and the Uchiha clansmen blocked Shimura Danzō and attacked him with Fire Style, while Uchiha Fugaku crushed him with Susanoo.
• Shimura Danzō revived using Izanagi and fled, but Uchiha Sima and the clansmen intercepted him before Fugaku trapped him with hypnosis and shuriken.
• Shimura Danzō revived again and unleashed Wood Style: Deep Forest Burial, but Uchiha Fugaku shattered the giant tree with Susanoo and ordered the clansmen to fall back.
• Uchiha Fugaku pierced Shimura Danzō with Susanoo's black spear, and Danzō used up his final Izanagi before preparing the Reverse: Four Symbols Seal.
• Uchiha Fugaku retreated from the seal as it swallowed Shimura Danzō and the surrounding ground, leaving a hemispherical depression.

After Shimura Danzō died in his attack on Uchiha Fugaku, the Uchiha Clan erased evidence and left the scene. Back in Konoha, the Third Hokage learned that Root’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals had vanished and suspected Fugaku had defeated Danzo’s assassination attempt.

• Uchiha Fugaku confirmed Shimura Danzō’s death and reflected that the Uchiha Clan could now stand against the Third Hokage’s faction.
• Uchiha Onko reported that thirteen Uchiha clansmen were injured and none had died, and Fugaku ordered the clan to erase all evidence.
• The Uchiha clansmen burned the Root corpses, sealed away a Yamanaka Clan member’s corpse, and departed after cleaning the scene.
• Root ninja in Konoha panicked when Shimura Danzō’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals disappeared, prompting the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to investigate.
• A bull-masked Root squad captain said Danzo had left Konoha with Root elites, and the Third Hokage concluded that Danzo had likely died during his attempt to kill Uchiha Fugaku.

After Shimura Danzō disappeared in the Land of Rice, the Third Hokage moved to secure Root and investigate both Danzō and the Uchiha Clan. Uchiha Fugaku returned to Konoha and was summoned for questioning, where the Third Hokage confronted him over the coincidence of their shared destination.

• The Third Hokage decided to have Anbu secure Root and investigate Shimura Danzō's disappearance and the Uchiha Clan's recent movements.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned to Konoha and told Uchiha Mikoto that Taihe Hiroshi had been rescued and the bandits had been killed, while concealing the truth about Uchiha Itachi.
• An Anbu Ninja summoned Uchiha Fugaku to the Hokage Building, where the Third Hokage and the two advisors questioned him about his mission.
• Uchiha Fugaku claimed the attackers were Wandering Ninja and rogue ninja, including an Elite Jonin from Kirigakure, and denied encountering Shimura Danzō.
• The Third Hokage revealed that Danzō had gone to the Land of Rice and disappeared there, then challenged Fugaku over being in the same place at the same time.

Uchiha Fugaku faced questioning from the Third Hokage and the advisors over Shimura Danzō’s disappearance, but they had no evidence to detain him. Back at his residence, Fugaku told the Uchiha elders that the clan would stay alert and postpone action against the Shimura Clan while Anbu surveillance was likely.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura questioned Uchiha Fugaku about his presence in the Land of Rice and the Uchiha Clan’s secret deployment, but Fugaku defended the mission as protection against powerful bandits.
• Uchiha Fugaku challenged the Third Hokage to explain Shimura Danzō’s reason for visiting the Land of Rice, and the advisors refused on grounds of confidentiality.
• The Third Hokage said Anbu would investigate Danzō’s disappearance and might summon Fugaku again, then let him leave without evidence against him.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Moru, and Uchiha Sima that the Third Hokage suspected the Uchiha Clan but could not prove its involvement.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the elders to remain on guard and delay an attack on the Shimura Clan until the Uchiha Clan was no longer likely to be under surveillance.

Uchiha Fugaku strengthened his sensory abilities by melting a Yamanaka corpse and planned to use deceased Uchiha clansmen—and eventually Uchiha Shisui—to evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan. The Third Hokage assigned Shisui to investigate whether the Uchiha Clan was responsible for Shimura Danzō’s disappearance in the Land of Rice.

• Uchiha Fugaku melted a Yamanaka Clan corpse and gained a wider sensory range and sharper chakra perception.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to secretly retrieve six deceased Uchiha clansmen’s bodies after their burial and wondered whether melting them would evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered using Uchiha Shisui’s corpse as well, believing Shisui’s strong bloodline could help him obtain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• The Third Hokage told Uchiha Shisui that Shimura Danzō had disappeared after going to the Land of Rice and that the Root ninjas’ Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals had been lifted.
• The Third Hokage revealed that Anbu had discovered more Uchiha elites secretly traveled to the Land of Rice, and he asked Uchiha Shisui to investigate Danzō’s disappearance.
• Uchiha Shisui accepted the mission, saying he was a Konoha ninja before he was an Uchiha clansman.

Uchiha Shisui tried to learn what the Uchiha Clan had done during its mission to the Land of Rice, suspecting it was connected to Danzo’s disappearance. After Uchiha Hiroshi refused to discuss the mission, Shisui hypnotized him and pressed him for the truth.

• Uchiha Fugaku praised Little Sasuke’s diligent training, then joined him and Uchiha Mikoto for dinner.
• Uchiha Shisui returned to the Uchiha Clan, resolved to protect the village’s peace even if his clan condemned him.
• Uchiha Shisui visited Uchiha Hiroshi and asked about the clan’s mission to rescue the Taihe Merchant Guild president.
• Uchiha Hiroshi refused to reveal the mission’s details because Uchiha Fugaku had forbidden him from discussing them.
• Uchiha Shisui used his Mangekyō Sharingan to hypnotize Uchiha Hiroshi and asked whether the clan had caused Danzo’s disappearance.

Uchiha Shisui nearly hypnotized Uchiha Hiroshi into revealing that the Uchiha Clan had killed Shimura Danzō, but Uchiha Kyosuke interrupted him while monitoring him. Shisui suspected his cover was blown, while Uchiha Fugaku judged that Kyosuke’s intervention had prevented Hiroshi from disclosing dangerous information.

• Uchiha Shisui hypnotized Uchiha Hiroshi and nearly got him to reveal that the Uchiha Clan had killed Shimura Danzō before Uchiha Kyosuke’s knock interrupted them.
• Uchiha Kyosuke falsely told Uchiha Hiroshi that Uchiha Fugaku had summoned him and took him away, then reported Shisui’s visit to Fugaku.
• Uchiha Shisui suspected Kyosuke had deliberately interrupted him and concluded that the clan might have exposed his identity as an inside agent.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Kyosuke that Shisui might have been seeking information about the Land of Rice and that Kyosuke’s timely intervention had prevented Hiroshi from revealing the Uchiha Clan’s role in Danzō’s death.

Uchiha Fugaku and the three elders debated how to deal with Uchiha Shisui after suspecting he knew his identity as an informant had been exposed. They decided to pretend nothing had happened until the Third Hokage’s surveillance of the clan eased.

• Uchiha Fugaku told the elders that Uchiha Shisui had questioned Uchiha Hiroshi about his trip to the Land of Rice, and that Uchiha Kyosuke had intervened.
• Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Sima urged the clan to arrest and execute Uchiha Shisui, but Uchiha Moru warned that the Third Hokage could intervene under village law.
• Uchiha Sima suggested secretly killing Uchiha Shisui outside the village, but Uchiha Moru pointed out that the clan was under close surveillance.
• Uchiha Fugaku said he could defeat Uchiha Shisui but could not guarantee killing him alone, so the elders rejected an immediate attack.
• Uchiha Moru proposed pretending they had not realized Uchiha Shisui knew his informant identity was exposed, and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to wait until surveillance eased before acting.

Uchiha Shisui told the Third Hokage that the Uchiha Clan might have uncovered his identity as an undercover agent, and the Third Hokage arranged for him to disappear while receiving a replacement Sharingan. Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku explained to Uchiha Yakumi why he had collected six clansmen’s corpses, then took one to his basement.

• Uchiha Shisui reported that Uchiha Kyosuke had interrupted his questioning of Uchiha Hiroshi and that Uchiha clansmen might be watching him.
• The Third Hokage judged that Shisui’s undercover identity was likely exposed and told him to stay away from the Uchiha Clan for now.
• The Third Hokage revealed that Root had a Sharingan that could replace Shisui’s blind right eye, and Shisui agreed to disappear during the operation and recovery.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Yakumi that his Mangekyō Sharingan Dojutsu required Kekkei Genkai corpses, explaining why he had ordered six clansmen’s bodies dug up.
• Uchiha Yakumi accepted Fugaku’s explanation, and Fugaku went to the basement and released one corpse from the Sealing Scroll.

Uchiha Fugaku melted six Uchiha corpses to strengthen his Mangekyō Sharingan, but it did not evolve into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, so he turned his attention to Uchiha Shisui. Meanwhile, Orochimaru infiltrated Konoha in disguise and learned from Kabuto Yakushi that Shimura Danzō had disappeared, likely after being killed.

• Uchiha Fugaku melted six Uchiha clansmen's corpses, improving his vision and strengthening his Mangekyō Sharingan without evolving it into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided that Uchiha Shisui's corpse might provide the chance to evolve his eyes.
• Orochimaru infiltrated Konoha disguised as a woman and sent a snake with a note to summon Kabuto Yakushi.
• Kabuto Yakushi recognized Orochimaru and explained that the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals had disappeared from Root members and Shimura Danzō was missing.
• Orochimaru concluded that Shimura Danzō had likely been killed and reacted with interest.

After learning Shimura Danzō had died, Orochimaru decided to seek a new trading partner and visit Akatsuki. He infiltrated the Uchiha Clan to bargain with Uchiha Fugaku, offering Hashirama Cells and their transplantation technique in exchange for something valuable.

• Kabuto Yakushi told Orochimaru that Shimura Danzō had last been seen in the Land of Rice, and Orochimaru decided to find another trading partner and visit Akatsuki.
• Orochimaru secretly entered the Uchiha Clan residence, but Uchiha Fugaku noticed him and confronted him in the backyard.
• Orochimaru told Fugaku that he wanted to trade and offered Hashirama Cells and the transplantation technique, claiming the Uchiha Clan could safely gain Wood Style through them.
• Fugaku recognized the value of Orochimaru's offer, considering its potential to help future Uchiha Mangekyō users and Sasuke's eventual Rinnegan evolution.

Uchiha Fugaku and Orochimaru traded a watered-down scroll of Sharingan Secret Techniques for Hashirama Cells and a transplantation technique. After evading an Anbu watcher, Fugaku completed the exchange and left to have the technique verified.

• Orochimaru asked Uchiha Fugaku to trade Sharingan Secret Techniques for Hashirama Cells and the Hashirama Cell Transplantation Technique, and Fugaku agreed to meet him the next day.
• Fugaku copied the Sharingan Secret Techniques into an abridged scroll, leaving out Izanagi and Izanami.
• Fugaku noticed an Anbu Ninja following him and used a Spore Clone to mislead the watcher while he headed to the woods west of the village.
• Orochimaru emerged from underground and exchanged the scroll for Hashirama Cells and the transplantation technique.
• Fugaku examined the cells and scroll, accepted the trade, and left the woods in disguise.

At a village meeting, the Third Hokage announced that Shimura Danzō had disappeared and was presumed dead, while suspicion fell on Uchiha Fugaku because he had been in the Land of Rice. The discussion ended when the conference room suddenly trembled.

• The Third Hokage told the village leaders that Shimura Danzō had disappeared in the Land of Rice and was likely dead.
• Nara Shikaku asked whether the investigation had identified who killed Danzō, and the Third Hokage said it had not.
• Shimura Naoya accused Uchiha Fugaku of killing Danzō, but Fugaku denied knowing why Danzō had gone to the Land of Rice.
• Nara Shikaku urged the Third Hokage to investigate Danzō’s purpose there, and the Third Hokage agreed to have the Anbu look into it.
• The conference room suddenly began to tremble.