Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yakumi, Uchiha Onko, and Uchiha Fugaku used hypnosis and disguises to make Shimura Clan members die during missions. The group continued targeting Shimura Clan members while disguising the killings as natural battlefield deaths.

• Uchiha Yakumi hypnotized a bearded Wandering Ninja and ordered him to attack a Shimura Clan member with Explosive Tags; the resulting blast killed them both.
• Uchiha Onko hypnotized a Shimura Clan woman and made her die by letting a Kirigakure deserter stab her during a mission.
• Uchiha Fugaku disguised himself as a murderous samurai, fought three Konoha ninja, and killed a Shimura Clan member before escaping.
• Uchiha Fugaku’s group of five continued targeting Shimura Clan members through hypnosis and disguises, making their deaths appear natural.

Uchiha Fugaku disguised himself as a rogue ninja from Kirigakure and provoked Shimura Tomohisa into a fight. After their opening exchange left Shimura Tomohisa slightly wounded, the battle continued as bystanders fled.

• Uchiha Fugaku learned that Shimura Tomohisa was the Shimura Clan’s only Elite Jonin besides Shimura Naoya and decided to kill him personally.
• Uchiha Fugaku disguised himself as a rogue ninja from Kirigakure and waited on the road Shimura Tomohisa would take into town.
• Shimura Tomohisa arrived with Mitarai Shizuku and Gekko Daisuke after completing a mission, and Fugaku deliberately spat meat onto his foot.
• Shimura Tomohisa attacked Fugaku, who blocked the strike and used a Water Clone to evade his Wind Release: Gale Slash.
• Uchiha Fugaku appeared beside Shimura Tomohisa and wounded him with Ice Release: Blade of Frost, while Mitarai Shizuku recognized Fugaku as a Yuki Clan ninja.
• Gekko Daisuke and Mitarai Shizuku watched as pedestrians fled the street and Shimura Tomohisa faced Fugaku.

Uchiha Fugaku, disguised as a Kirigakure rogue ninja, killed Shimura Tomohisa in a fight and left Gekko Daisuke and Mitarai Shizuku alive. When Shimura Naoya learned of Tomohisa’s death, he suspected the growing losses were no accident.

• Uchiha Fugaku overwhelmed Shimura Tomohisa with Ice Release attacks while Gekko Daisuke and Mitarai Shizuku tried to intervene.
• Uchiha Fugaku trapped Shimura Tomohisa in an Ice Prison and killed him with ice thorns.
• Uchiha Fugaku left without killing Gekko Daisuke and Mitarai Shizuku, who then found Shimura Tomohisa’s frozen corpse.
• Shimura Atsushi told Shimura Naoya that a Yuki Clan rogue ninja with Ice Release had killed Shimura Tomohisa.
• Shimura Naoya questioned whether the death was an accident and suspected something more was happening.

Shimura Naoya concluded that a hidden force was deliberately killing Shimura Clan members and persuaded the Third Hokage to help expose it. He left knowing that his request might damage the Shimura Clan’s standing with the Third Hokage, but judged survival more important.

• Shimura Naoya told Shimura Atsushi that the recent deaths of Shimura Clan members, including Shimura Tomohisa, were likely assassinations rather than accidents.
• Shimura Naoya considered the Uchiha Clan and other possible enemies, then suspected that an enemy of Advisor Danzo was targeting the Shimura Clan.
• Shimura Naoya rejected Shimura Atsushi’s suggestion to stop sending clan members on missions and decided to use them as bait to draw out the hidden force.
• Shimura Naoya visited the Third Hokage and asked him to secretly follow Shimura Clan members on missions to expose their attacker.
• The Third Hokage agreed, while Shimura Naoya privately accepted that the request could make the Third Hokage hostile toward the Shimura Clan.

A disguised Uchiha used a coded message to track three Shimura Clan members who had been sent on a mission as bait. He planned to make them provoke Wandering Ninja so their deaths would look natural, while Anbu watched from a distance.

• Three Shimura Clan members completed their beast-elimination mission in Mizusawa Village, unaware that their clan had used them as bait.
• More than a dozen Anbu followed the trio and discussed whether an enemy force was truly targeting the Shimura Clan.
• A masked man received and deciphered a coded message identifying the trio’s mission and route.
• The man waited on a mountain, spotted the three Shimura Clan members, and approached them covertly.
• He decided to hypnotize the trio into entering a town frequented by Wandering Ninja and provoking them into a fatal fight.

Uchiha Fugaku discovered a trap set by the Shimura Clan and the Third Hokage's faction, called off the attacks, and returned to Konoha. At home, he found Uchiha Mikoto had persuaded Sasuke to use the Transformation Jutsu to dress as a girl.

• Uchiha Fugaku sensed fourteen hidden followers behind three Shimura Clan members and realized the Shimura Clan and the Third Hokage's faction had set a trap.
• Uchiha Fugaku retreated and sent encrypted warnings to Uchiha Onko, Uchiha Ara, Uchiha Min, and Uchiha Yakumi using their summoned beasts.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the others returned to Konoha two days later, and he absorbed the Spore Clone that had impersonated him.
• Uchiha Fugaku found Uchiha Mikoto with Sasuke disguised as a girl and learned she was teaching him the Transformation Jutsu.

Shimura Naoya accepted the Third Hokage’s decision to withdraw the Anbu squads and wondered whether the attacks on his clan had truly been accidents. At a secret Uchiha meeting, Uchiha Fugaku decided to wait before resuming attacks on the Shimura Clan and made Uchiha Shisui the next target.

• The Third Hokage recalled the two Anbu squads after they spent half a month finding no sign of a force targeting the Shimura Clan, and Shimura Naoya agreed.
• Shimura Naoya returned to the clan and considered whether the attacks had been accidents or whether the hidden force had stopped because it noticed the Anbu surveillance.
• At Naka Shrine, Uchiha Fugaku told the clan leaders that the Anbu squads had returned to Konoha, but warned they might still be monitoring the Shimura Clan in secret.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided the Uchiha should wait before resuming attacks on the Shimura Clan and reduce their frequency when they did.
• Uchiha Fugaku said the Uchiha Clan should focus on the Third Hokage’s faction and decided to eliminate Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Fugaku revealed a plan to use accumulated Spore Clones to secretly move elite Uchiha ninja out of Konoha and ambush Uchiha Shisui. The clan agreed to trap Shisui with Uchiha Flame Formation and attack with combined ninjutsu, but they did not know where to find him.

• Uchiha Fugaku proposed using Spore Clones to impersonate clan members while the real Uchiha ninja secretly left Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku explained that he could create four Spore Clones per day and had already accumulated thirty-three.
• Uchiha Hoshi recommended squads using combined ninjutsu, while Uchiha Yakumi warned that they needed to restrict Shisui's Body Flicker Technique.
• Uchiha Setsuna proposed trapping Shisui with barrier ninjutsu, and Uchiha Sima suggested using Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Uchiha Fugaku approved rehearsing the plan, but Uchiha Sima pointed out that the clan had lost track of Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui recovered from his eye transplant in a secret residence and asked the Third Hokage about recent events in Konoha. After learning that Uchiha Fugaku had openly defied the Hokage, Shisui worried that the worsening conflict might leave no alternative.

• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Uchiha Yakumi to help locate Shisui so the Uchiha Clan could deal with him.
• Akame Haru removed Shisui's bandages and confirmed that his eye transplant had succeeded without rejection.
• Shisui trained with his tachi, and the Third Hokage visited to check his recovery and told him to rest before returning to the Anbu.
• The Third Hokage told Shisui that Orochimaru had infiltrated Konoha and that a Kirigakure rogue ninja with Ice Release had killed Shimura Tomohisa.
• Shisui learned from the Third Hokage that the Uchiha Clan remained dissatisfied with the village and that Uchiha Fugaku had openly defied him.

Uchiha Fugaku sealed the Uchiha Clan's ancient stone tablet and moved the clan's valuables into a guarded secret chamber. There, he created an unusually chakra-intensive Spore Clone whose physical abilities rivaled an ordinary jonin.

• Uchiha Fugaku entered the underground chamber beneath Naka Shrine, read the altered stone tablet, and sealed it in a scroll to keep it from Uchiha Obito.
• Uchiha Fugaku visited a secret chamber near the shrine, where thirty-three weak Spore Clones guarded the Uchiha Clan's valuables.
• Uchiha Fugaku created another Spore Clone, but it consumed nearly all his chakra before fully developing.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the new Spore Clone to attack him and found that its physical qualities rivaled those of an ordinary jonin.

Uchiha Fugaku tested the special Spore Clone he named Number One and confirmed it had jonin-level strength. After learning it could not use his Kekkei Genkai, he decided to transplant Sharingan into it.

• Uchiha Fugaku returned to the secret chamber and named the special Spore Clone Number One.
• He sensed Number One's chakra and found it had reached jonin level.
• Uchiha Fugaku tested Number One in a True Illusion and confirmed its combat strength was comparable to a jonin's.
• Number One failed to use Uchiha Fugaku's Sharingan, Wood Release, Ice Release, or Shikotsumyaku techniques.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to give Number One a Kekkei Genkai by transplanting Sharingan into it.

Uchiha Fugaku arranged for Uchiha Miyako to transplant a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan into Number One, hoping to raise the clone's strength. The surgery succeeded without rejection, and Fugaku waited for the eyes to fuse with Number One.

• Uchiha Fugaku decided that Number One should receive a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan and chose Uchiha Miyako to perform the transplant.
• Uchiha Fugaku brought Uchiha Miyako to the secret chamber and revealed the flesh-and-blood Spore Clones, instructing her to keep their existence secret.
• Uchiha Miyako selected Sharingan from the storage tanks and successfully transplanted a pair into Number One.
• Uchiha Miyako reported that Number One had no rejection reaction and that his unusual healing ability should allow the eyes to fuse within hours.
• Uchiha Miyako left, and Uchiha Fugaku stayed in the secret chamber to read scrolls while waiting for the transplant to take effect.

Uchiha Fugaku confirmed that Number One had successfully integrated a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and could activate and deactivate it without side effects. After testing Number One in battle, Fugaku judged that he had reached the Elite Jonin level.

• Uchiha Fugaku removed Number One’s bandages and confirmed that Number One could activate and deactivate his implanted Sharingan freely.
• Uchiha Fugaku used True Illusion to test Number One’s combat abilities, and Number One attacked with genjutsu, taijutsu, shuriken, and Fire Release.
• Uchiha Fugaku countered Number One’s attacks with Ice Release and trapped him in an ice prison, ending the test.
• Uchiha Fugaku concluded that the Sharingan had transformed Number One’s overall strength and raised him from Jonin to Elite Jonin level.

Uchiha Fugaku set aside his desire to take Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan until after he overthrew the Third Hokage’s faction and took control of Konoha. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage questioned Uchiha Itachi about his informant work and learned that the Uchiha Clan’s leaders had begun holding secret meetings.

• Uchiha Fugaku decided not to take Kakashi’s Mangekyō Sharingan while the Uchiha Clan was still struggling against the Third Hokage’s faction.
• The Third Hokage asked Uchiha Itachi whether his identity as an informant had been exposed, and Itachi said he had noticed no surveillance.
• Uchiha Itachi reported that discontent with the Hokage and the village remained within the clan.
• Uchiha Itachi told the Third Hokage that Fugaku, the three elders, and the clan’s Elite Jonin had held several meetings at Naka Shrine and Fugaku’s home.
• Uchiha Itachi said he could not learn what the leaders discussed because the meetings were heavily guarded or protected by soundproof barriers.
• The Third Hokage sent Itachi away and concluded that, with Shisui’s exposure, Konoha would have to act more cautiously toward the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Fugaku searched for a way to draw the missing Uchiha Shisui out of hiding and decided to provoke the Third Hokage. He prepared to go with Uchiha Mikoto and Sasuke to the park, having thought of a way to escalate the conflict.

• Uchiha Yakumi reported that the Military Police Force still could not find Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Fugaku told him to keep searching.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned home and found Uchiha Itachi training with Sasuke; he questioned Itachi about Shisui, and Itachi claimed Shisui had been away on a mission.
• After lunch, Uchiha Fugaku dismissed Itachi's explanation and concluded that the Third Hokage was keeping Shisui from returning to the clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to anger the Third Hokage so Shisui would emerge and try to use Kotoamatsukami on him, allowing the clan's ninja to ambush Shisui.
• When Uchiha Mikoto prepared to take Sasuke to a nearby park, Uchiha Fugaku offered to accompany them, having thought of a way to provoke the Third Hokage.

Uchiha Fugaku supported Uchiha Mikoto as she approached Naruto Uzumaki, her late best friend’s lonely son, despite the Third Hokage’s restrictions. Fugaku used his Sharingan to trap the Anbu guarding Naruto in a genjutsu, while another Anbu rushed to alert the Hokage.

• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and Sasuke went to a nearby park, where Sasuke was surrounded by admiring girls.
• Uchiha Mikoto spotted Naruto Uzumaki sitting alone and felt guilty that she had not visited him before.
• Uchiha Fugaku encouraged Uchiha Mikoto to approach Naruto so she would not regret holding back, and she introduced herself as Naruto’s mother’s best friend.
• Three Anbu moved to stop Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto from approaching Naruto, but Fugaku blocked them and promised to explain matters to the Third Hokage.
• When one Anbu threatened him, Uchiha Fugaku cast a genjutsu on all three with his Sharingan, and a watching Anbu hurried to inform the Hokage.

Uchiha Fugaku defended Uchiha Mikoto’s visit to Naruto Uzumaki against Anbu Commander Hatake Kakashi, challenging Kakashi over his obedience to the Third Hokage. After Fugaku went to the Hokage Building, Kakashi began considering leaving the Anbu.

• The Third Hokage ordered Gin to stop Uchiha Mikoto and summon Uchiha Fugaku after learning they had approached Naruto Uzumaki.
• Gin’s Anbu found Fugaku guarding three comrades trapped in genjutsu, and Fugaku explained that Mikoto had wanted to see her late friend’s son.
• Fugaku challenged Gin’s orders and recognized him as Hatake Kakashi, accusing Kakashi of betraying his father’s principles by ignoring Naruto’s mistreatment.
• Kakashi warned Fugaku to stop Mikoto from contacting Naruto, and Fugaku called Mikoto away before agreeing to visit the Hokage Building.
• Kakashi returned to the Hokage Building with the Anbu and began to consider leaving the organization.

Uchiha Fugaku confronted the Third Hokage over his ban on private contact with Naruto Uzumaki and challenged the Hokage’s reasons for isolating him. Fugaku left after demanding that Uchiha Mikoto be allowed to see Naruto, while the Third Hokage’s response remained undecided.

• The Third Hokage angrily questioned Uchiha Fugaku about Uchiha Mikoto’s meeting with Naruto Uzumaki, and Fugaku said she had approached him because she was friends with his late mother.
• Fugaku challenged the Third Hokage’s claim that the contact ban protected Naruto, arguing that Naruto’s isolation and Fox Demon label did not conceal his identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• The Third Hokage ordered Fugaku, Uchiha Mikoto, and the Uchiha Clan to stop privately contacting Naruto, but Fugaku refused to accept the order as binding without a village meeting.
• Fugaku warned that a village meeting could bring Naruto’s treatment under scrutiny and demanded that Mikoto be allowed to contact him.
• Fugaku left the office, saying he would take the absence of a refusal as the Third Hokage’s tacit consent, and heard something fall inside as he walked away.

After Uchiha Fugaku forced the Third Hokage to allow Uchiha Mikoto to meet Naruto Uzumaki, the Hokage decided Fugaku had become too dangerous and planned to use Uchiha Shisui to eliminate him. Fugaku returned home and reassured Mikoto that she could still visit Naruto.

• The Third Hokage raged after Fugaku left, then resolved to eliminate him because Fugaku had united the Uchiha Clan and improved its relations with other clans.
• The Third Hokage decided Uchiha Shisui should kill Fugaku and went to visit Shisui, hoping to persuade him to act.
• Uchiha Mikoto worried that her actions had caused trouble for Fugaku and the clan, and told Fugaku she would stop visiting Naruto.
• Fugaku revealed that he had persuaded the Third Hokage to let Mikoto meet Naruto, and Mikoto excitedly thanked him.

Uchiha Shisui pledged to protect Konoha and support the Third Hokage after hearing that Uchiha Fugaku had requested permission for Mikoto to meet Naruto. Meanwhile, Uchiha Obito learned of Orochimaru joining the Akatsuki and Fugaku’s strength, and ordered Zetsu to investigate whether Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• The Third Hokage told Uchiha Shisui that Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto had privately met Naruto, then requested permission for Mikoto to continue meeting him.
• The Third Hokage said he had granted Fugaku’s request to preserve harmony with the Uchiha Clan, and Shisui vowed to stop the clan if it committed treason.
• The Third Hokage praised Shisui and Itachi as loyal Konoha ninja, and Shisui said they were prepared to stand against their clan to protect the village.
• Uchiha Obito asked Zetsu for news and learned that Orochimaru had joined the Akatsuki after Nagato defeated him, though Zetsu believed Orochimaru intended to steal the Rinnegan.
• Zetsu told Obito that Uchiha Fugaku had killed two Akatsuki members and likely possessed Kage-level strength, so Obito ordered Zetsu to investigate whether Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.