Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Setsuna rallied clan members to challenge Uchiha Lucha and promised to form a New Uchiha to fight for Konoha, while Hiruzen let the conflict unfold. Uchiha Gin took Lucha to meet Uchiha Izuna, but Lucha panicked at the sleazy-looking man who emerged from the palace.

• Uchiha Hikari told Uchiha Gin that Setsuna had gained funding and support, allied himself with Hiruzen, and demanded Lucha step down as Great Elder.
• Hikari explained that Setsuna had criticized Lucha for refusing Hiruzen's wartime mobilization and vowed to lead a New Uchiha to the front lines.
• Hiruzen's advisers discussed Setsuna's rise, and Hiruzen chose not to interfere in the Uchiha dispute while arranging for Goyōen to command the vanguard.
• Uchiha Gin visited Lucha, who said he would yield and asked Gin to contact Uchiha Izuna to prevent clan members from dying in battle.
• Gin teleported Lucha to a palace, called it the true New Uchiha, and left Lucha terrified when a sleazy-looking man appeared.

Uchiha Lucha reunited with Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Erlang, and other supposedly dead Uchiha in Wave Country, where Tajima revealed the clan had established its own country. Uchiha Gin then shared news about Uchiha Madara and assessed the war, ending by asking Izuna to calculate 3,000 minus 1,055.

• Uchiha Lucha recognized Uchiha Tajima and learned that most Uchiha believed dead had faked their deaths and were living in Wave Country.
• Uchiha Izuna arrived, and Uchiha Gin explained that Uchiha Setsuna had started a New Uchiha in Konoha and removed Lucha from his Managing Elder position.
• Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Izuna revealed that Tajima was Wave Country's Daimyo and Izuna was the Daimyo-in-waiting, then argued over who would inherit the title.
• After Uchiha Erlang took Lucha to explore Wave Country, Uchiha Gin told Tajima and Izuna that Uchiha Madara was roaming the world and had grown stronger.
• Uchiha Gin predicted the war would not last long because the Third Mizukage was gravely injured, Kumogakure's commander held limited authority, and Ōnoki could not sustain a prolonged battle.
• When Izuna suggested Konoha only needed to hold out, Uchiha Gin questioned whether it could and asked him to calculate 3,000 minus 1,055.

Uchiha Lucha decided to return to Konoha to protect the clan’s roots, and Uchiha Gin persuaded Uchiha Izuna to make seven-year-old Fugaku the next Clan Leader instead. Fugaku accepted the responsibility and vowed to strengthen the Uchiha in Konoha.

• Uchiha Lucha told Uchiha Gin he would return to Konoha, despite his precarious position and Uchiha Setsuna’s opposition.
• Uchiha Lucha proposed that Uchiha Gin become Clan Leader, but Uchiha Gin refused and named Fugaku as a better candidate.
• Uchiha Gin used Flying Thunder God to reach Uchiha Izuna’s residence, where he found Izuna punishing seven-year-old Fugaku.
• Uchiha Gin learned that Fugaku disliked life in Wave Country and missed the chance to show off at Konoha Academy.
• Uchiha Gin recommended Fugaku as the Uchiha Clan’s next Clan Leader, and Fugaku accepted, promising to make the Konoha Uchiha a powerful clan.

Uchiha Gin returned to Konoha with Uchiha Lucha after bidding farewell to the family in Wave Country, where Uchiha Fugaku had departed to become the next Clan Leader. Uchiha Setsuna prepared to challenge Lucha for the Managing Elder position, but his rally was disrupted by elderly attendees demanding the free eggs promised on the flyers.

• Uchiha Fugaku left Wave Country for Konoha, and Uchiha Gin instructed Uchiha Tajima to have the Ghost Soldier Squad watch Jigen without engaging him.
• Uchiha Gin used Flying Thunder God to take Uchiha Lucha back to Konoha, where they met Uchiha Mikoto and Gin gave her a Gold Brick.
• Uchiha Lucha learned that Uchiha Setsuna had been meeting with Hiruzen and gathering clan supporters to contest the Managing Elder position.
• Uchiha Setsuna assembled his supporters outside Nanga River Shrine and assumed Uchiha Lucha could not stop him.
• More than a hundred elderly attendees demanded the free eggs promised on the flyers as Uchiha Setsuna prepared to speak.

Uchiha Setsuna’s egg giveaway to win elderly voters spiraled into fraud and a huge bill, while Uchiha Gin quietly secured a tray for himself. The chapter ended as the angry elders spotted the delivery wagons and realized the eggs were outside the shrine.

• Uchiha Setsuna learned that Uchiha Afan had promised a tray of expensive eggs to each elderly voter and discovered the order would cost nearly a hundred million ryo.
• Uchiha Setsuna confronted the crowd and exposed that most of the supposed elders were Shadow Clones fraudulently claiming eggs.
• Uchiha Setsuna refused to let the fraudsters collect their eggs, while Uchiha Afan apologized for misjudging the crowd.
• Uchiha Gin persuaded a Wave Country Chamber of Commerce employee to give him a tray of eggs before the remaining payment was settled.
• The angry elders emerged from the shrine, spotted the egg wagons, and rushed toward them.

Uchiha Setsuna won the Great Elder election after using free eggs to gain clan support, nearly awakening his Mangekyo when he thought he had lost. As he began his victory speech, Uchiha Gin brought his great nephew forward, interrupting him.

• Uchiha Setsuna learned that the egg giveaway would last a week, while Uchiha Gin returned home with hundreds of eggs and teased Senju Itama about her ineligibility.
• Uchiha Setsuna organized the Uchiha expedition to the front, and Hiruzen sent the first reinforcement regiment toward the war after mourning the heavy losses to his Sarutobi Army.
• Uchiha Lucha discussed the departing clan members with Uchiha Gin and planned to claim eggs after the Great Elder election.
• Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Lucha competed in the election at Nanga River Shrine, where the clan voted by ballot.
• Uchiha Setsuna feared he had lost and nearly awakened his Mangekyo, but Uchiha Gin announced that he had won the Great Elder position.
• Uchiha Setsuna began a speech about restoring the Uchiha Clan's glory, and Uchiha Gin interrupted to bring his great nephew closer.

Uchiha Fugaku returned to Konoha after his three-year term away, and Uchiha Setsuna became Great Elder and was tasked with helping Fugaku learn clan affairs. Uchiha Lucha was assigned to care for Fugaku, who then went with Uchiha Gin to choose a restaurant for his welcome meal.

• Uchiha Fugaku returned alone from Wave Country, and the clan members learned that Uchiha Izuna was still on assignment.
• Uchiha Gin introduced Fugaku to the newly elected Uchiha Setsuna, who accepted the role of Great Elder and agreed to guide Fugaku until he came of age.
• Uchiha Setsuna accepted the Great Elder's token after Uchiha Gin said Uchiha Izuna had appointed him to assist Fugaku with clan affairs.
• Uchiha Fugaku gave Uchiha Lucha a letter from Uchiha Izuna asking Lucha to care for him, and Uchiha Lucha reluctantly agreed.
• Uchiha Gin took Fugaku to Commercial Street for a welcome meal, and Fugaku chose a new restaurant instead of barbecue or oyako-don.

Uchiha Gin brought his seven-year-old great-nephew Fugaku back to Konoha, where Fugaku discovered ramen, enrolled in school, and became smitten with Mikoto. Gin left Fugaku in Uchiha Lucha’s care, then returned home and remembered that the day marked forty-five years since he had met Senju Itama.

• Fugaku loved the ramen at Ichiraku so much that he paid the owner in advance for a future membership and promised to pass the shop down through his family.
• Gin agreed to enroll Fugaku in school and brought him to Uchiha Lucha’s estate, where Fugaku met Mikoto and immediately asked Gin to witness their marriage.
• Gin arranged for Mikoto to show Fugaku his residence and asked Lucha to keep mediating clan matters while Fugaku settled in.
• Gin returned home late to find Senju Itama waiting with dinner, and she reminded him that it was the forty-fifth anniversary of their meeting.
• Gin thanked Itama for changing his life, and she pulled him close to check whether he was unwell.

Uchiha Fugaku’s enrollment at the Ninja Academy was approved, but the academy rejected his graduation application and required him to start in preschool. He eagerly agreed to attend after learning that Mikoto was starting school too, while Mikoto revealed a mysterious chakra-filled hair clip and met her new classmates.

• Hiruzen rejected Uchiha Fugaku’s graduation application and ordered that he start at the Ninja Academy from preschool.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to attend school after Mikoto arrived to bring him lunch, despite Uchiha Setsuna’s objections.
• On their way to the academy, Mikoto showed Fugaku a chakra-filled hair clip that her Gin-grandpa had given her.
• Mikoto found her classroom seat and introduced herself to her desk mate, Nawaki.
• Two Hyuga boys watched Mikoto, and one complained that his Byakugan could no longer see through her clothes.

On their first day at school, Hiashi Hyuga clashed with Uchiha Mikoto and Nawaki over the honor of their clans, until transfer student Uchiha Fugaku stepped in and demonstrated his Sharingan. After class, Nawaki pursued the Hyuga brothers to discuss the pressure points around the waist.

• Hiashi scolded Hizashi for using the Byakugan to look at Mikoto, prompting Mikoto and Nawaki to confront him for bullying his younger brother.
• Hiashi challenged Mikoto over which clan had the strongest eye technique, then defeated Nawaki with a strike to his waist.
• Fugaku arrived, restrained Hiashi, and used his Sharingan to knock Hizashi unconscious before Mikoto stopped him from continuing the fight.
• After class, Fugaku left with Mikoto, and Nawaki followed the Hyuga brothers to ask Hiashi about the pressure points around the waist.

Uchiha Gin lectured Fugaku about the proper way to show off before Uchiha Lucha warned that Setsuna’s ambition could endanger the clan. Gin and Lucha suspected Konoha’s leadership might be funding Setsuna, while Setsuna began looking for a profitable business opportunity to support the Uchiha.

• Mikoto returned from school and told Uchiha Gin about her classmates, including her desk mate Nawaki and the twin boys, while Fugaku defended his fight with one of them.
• Uchiha Gin taught Fugaku his levels of “show-off style,” criticized him for bullying a weaker classmate, and described the legendary realm of Man-Cup Unity.
• Uchiha Lucha warned Fugaku that Uchiha Setsuna’s ambition could bring disaster to the clan, and Fugaku said he had refused Setsuna’s offer to become his instructor.
• Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Lucha discussed Setsuna’s unexplained wealth, his secret letters to a mysterious woman, and the possibility that Konoha’s upper ranks were backing him.
• Uchiha Setsuna collected money from Akimichi Matsuko and asked her about scarce supplies, learning that war had driven the price of live pigs to nearly a million ryo each.

The allied forces struggled with divisions as Konoha prepared for a banquet during a ceasefire, while Danzo and Kagami discussed the war’s uncertain end. Back in Konoha, Uchiha Setsuna revealed his plan to make the Uchiha Clan prosper by entering the pig-raising business.

• Katsura announced Mist Village’s withdrawal from the alliance, while Ōnoki demanded supplies or compensation and Hee complained about the price of pork.
• Afan told Kagami Uchiha that Setsuna had been elected Great Elder, then joined Konoha’s ceasefire banquet.
• Danzo dismembered an escaped fat pig with a single technique and learned that Hiruzen wanted to know what had happened to the Three Thousand Sarutobi Army.
• Danzo warned Kagami that the divided allied forces had no true winner in sight, and they ate pork together at the campfire.
• Uchiha Setsuna went to present his proposal to Uchiha Fugaku, but found him out with Mikoto and showed it to Uchiha Lucha instead.
• Lucha questioned Setsuna’s plan to raise pigs, but Setsuna insisted the Uchiha Clan would dominate the pig-raising industry.

After Danzo offered Hiruzen a pig farm and breeding pigs as compensation for the Sarutobi Army, Hiruzen approved Setsuna’s plan for the Uchiha Clan to enter the pig-farming business. Setsuna bought the Shimura farm and its pigs from Hiruzen, and premium pork bearing the Ping Pong Paddle mark soon reached Fire Country’s high-end market.

• Katsura withdrew the remaining Kirigakure ninja from the war, allowing Konoha to gain the initiative against the Lightning-Earth Coalition Army.
• Hiruzen deciphered Danzo’s message offering one breeding pig for every fallen Sarutobi Army member, then grew angrier when a Shimura messenger delivered the deed to a farm with three thousand pigs.
• Uchiha Setsuna presented a proposal for an Uchiha pig farm and meat processing plant, and Hiruzen approved it despite the Shimura Clan’s monopoly.
• When Setsuna said the Uchiha lacked breeding pigs, Hiruzen offered him the Shimura farm and its three thousand high-quality pigs for 2.25 billion ryo.
• Premium pork marked with the Ping Pong Paddle entered Fire Country’s high-end food market, puzzling customers who noticed the stamp on the pigskin.

Uchiha Gin tricked Fugaku during training and learned that the Uchiha Pig Farm needed his help with its breeding and growth problems. After curing the farm’s stock pigs of genjutsu-induced impotence, he promised Uchiha Setsuna a secret medicine to speed up pig growth, planning to mix it himself.

• Uchiha Gin faked a loss to Fugaku, who challenged Uchiha Hikari and then had to eat green peppers after losing.
• Uchiha Gin learned that Uchiha Setsuna had sent him premium pork from the Uchiha Pig Farm, where stock pigs would not breed.
• Uchiha Gin discovered that the pigs suffered from genjutsu-induced impotence and arranged for Uchiha Setsuna and other clan members to treat them with their Sharingan.
• Uchiha Setsuna and the other caretakers restored the pigs’ ability to breed, and thousands of sows became pregnant within a week.
• Uchiha Gin promised Uchiha Setsuna a secret medicine to accelerate pig growth and planned to add extra Hero Water to the mixture.

Fugaku rushed to catch up with Mikoto while Setsuna and Lucha discussed the Uchiha pig business and their hopes for the clan. At the Snow King shop, Jiraiya reunited with Nawaki and met Mikoto and the Hyuga brothers before Orochimaru arrived, leaving Mikoto to ask whether he was Jiraiya’s girlfriend.

• Fugaku told Setsuna he had delivered the promised item to Gin and hurried to change after learning Mikoto had gone out with classmates.
• Setsuna gave Lucha his share of the pig farm’s profits, and they discussed the Shimura Clan, Danzo, and the possibility of an Uchiha Hokage.
• Nawaki, Mikoto, Hiashi, and Hizashi struggled to choose drinks at the Snow King shop, where Hiashi refused to split an order.
• Jiraiya recognized Nawaki, invited the children inside for drinks, and told them he had returned from training to continue studying under his teacher.
• Orochimaru arrived and teased Jiraiya before the two chatted together, prompting Mikoto to ask if Orochimaru was Jiraiya’s girlfriend.

Jiraiya reunited with his old friends after returning from a six-month journey, while Mikoto’s misunderstanding briefly got him taken in by the Police Force. The gathering ended with Jiraiya and Orochimaru hinting at the strange places they had visited and teasing each other about their former homes.

• Mikoto accused Jiraiya of having a messy private life, and when Hiruko rushed in and clung to him, she summoned the Police Force, who investigated and cleared Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya introduced Hiruko as his closest childhood friend, and Tsunade arrived, found Nawaki, and punished him for leaving without telling her.
• Senju Hi Shin led reinforcements toward the border battlefield while the two Nine-Tails inside the Tailed Beast Card urged her onward.
• Dan Katō joined Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Hiruko, and the others; Might Duy and Hatake Sakumo arrived after their latest contest.
• Jiraiya toasted the reunion and began describing his travels, while Orochimaru teased him about the frog population and Jiraiya joked that Sage Fukasaku regretted not perming and dyeing Orochimaru’s hair.

After Jiraiya and Orochimaru made progress toward sagehood, Jiraiya’s erotic novel embarrassed Tsunade and brought him together with young Fugaku. The lively reunion ended with Uchiha Gin arriving and asking everyone for 50 on Crazy Thursday.

• Six months after Uchiha Gin switched their training locations, Jiraiya had begun refining Sage Art Chakra while Orochimaru started his true training at Ryūchi Cave, and both admitted they had not yet mastered Sage Mode.
• Jiraiya gave Hiruko a signed copy of his erotic novel, but Tsunade seized it, read a few pages, and punched Jiraiya out of the shop.
• Jiraiya landed on Fugaku, who proved unharmed and introduced himself as Uchiha Fuyuu’s younger brother; the two discovered their connection to Uchiha Gin and quickly became friends.
• Jiraiya gave Fugaku a signed novel, which Fugaku secretly accepted despite claiming he had only heard of the book from a neighboring chef.
• Mikoto and the others arrived, and Tsunade prepared to punch Jiraiya again before Dan Katō and the others intervened.
• Uchiha Gin arrived with a companion, asked why everyone had gathered, then reminded them it was Crazy Thursday and demanded 50 from each person.

Uchiha Gin reunited with the others and introduced Sōshin Sadahime, whose livestream fame and food-streaming persona left them astonished. He gave Orochimaru a mobile phone, while Torifu Akimichi and his disciples watched Sadahime’s streams and became fans for different reasons.

• Tsunade dragged an unconscious Jiraiya away after Sōshin Sadahime revealed that he had called her and Tsunade the Twin Washboard Girls.
• Might Duy, Dan Katō, and Hatake Sakumo recognized Sadahime as the food streamer Wei Zhenzi and eagerly asked for autographs on their snacks.
• Uchiha Gin gave Orochimaru a Wave Country mobile phone and explained how livestreaming had made Wei Zhenzi popular.
• Torifu Akimichi ordered Dan Katō, Might Duy, and Hatake Sakumo to watch Wei Zhenzi’s stream and help boost her popularity.
• Dan Katō followed Wei Zhenzi for her beauty, Might Duy became impressed by her wilderness survival skills, and Hatake Sakumo tipped her after seeing her pet snakes.

Uchiha Gin reunited Uzumaki Mito with Sōshin Sadahime and heard that Kirigakure had fallen into chaos after the Third Mizukage died. He proposed that Mito back a new Mizukage instead of destroying the village, leaving her to consider his plan.

• Orochimaru left to visit his parents after Uchiha Gin hinted that they had important news for him.
• Uchiha Gin treated Nawaki and the Hyuga Brothers to drinks, then walked with Sōshin Sadahime and discussed Orochimaru’s training and Kuaidou’s expected growth.
• Uzumaki Mito arrived and met Sōshin Sadahime, while Uchiha Gin explained that Mito was his longtime girlfriend.
• Uzumaki Mito told Uchiha Gin that the Third Mizukage had died and Kirigakure’s clans were fighting for control of the village.
• Uchiha Gin warned Mito that destroying Kirigakure would only invite the Land of Water to rebuild it and suggested backing a Mizukage instead.

After Katsura’s death plunged Kirigakure into a succession crisis, the Kaguya, Hozuki, and Kukachiyuu Clans maneuvered against one another for the Mizukage position. The clans held back from open conflict, Hozuki Sakuyue revealed a cache of strange Ninja Swords, and Kukachiyuu Tatsumaki remained shut away with the Three-Tails Card.

• Katsura returned to Kirigakure amid a coup attempt, succumbed to his injuries, and left the village’s bloodline-limit clans fighting over the Fourth Mizukage position.
• The Hozuki Clan helped the Kukachiyuu Clan seize the Tailed Beast Card and its Driver from the Yuki Clan, which was defeated and forced into hiding.
• Kaguya Shinno saw through Hozuki Sakuyue’s attempt to provoke a fight between the Kaguya and Kukachiyuu Clans and ordered his clan to hold its position.
• Genji learned that Hozuki Sakuyue still could not use the Six-Tails Card, while Sakuyue produced seven unusual Ninja Swords made for Hozuki Gengetsu.
• Kukachiyuu Tatsumaki refused food while studying the Tailed Beast Card, then blasted a clansman into the air for questioning her figure.