Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Gen revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan after Uchiha Tekka, Inabi, and other Jonin attacked him, forcing Setsuna Uchiha to reconsider the accusation against him. After Uchiha Daa recounted the events surrounding Fugaku’s death, Gen accepted the clan’s explanation, but Daa challenged him to explain why his Chakra matched the killer’s.

• Uchiha Gen repelled Uchiha Tekka, Uchiha Inabi, and the other Jonin with a rib-like Chakra shield and dark arms.
• Uchiha Gen removed his sunglasses and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, shocking Setsuna Uchiha and the gathered clan members.
• Setsuna Uchiha changed his stance, invited Uchiha Gen to sit, and prepared to hear the account of Fugaku’s death.
• Uchiha Daa retold what had happened, and the clan erupted into confusion when the story confirmed Fugaku’s death and placed Uchiha Gen at the scene.
• Uchiha Gen said he accepted the explanation, but Uchiha Daa asked how he could explain having the same Chakra as the killer.

Uchiha Gen persuaded the clan that he had not betrayed them, exposing flaws in the account that had made him a suspect. He left the Uchiha united behind him and convinced that the mastermind had framed him to force him out of Konoha.

• Uchiha Gen used Ama-no-Uzume's Decree to make Uchiha Daa and the Uchiha elders acknowledge a flaw in White Zetsu's imitation of his Chakra.
• Uchiha Gen argued that White Zetsu could have imitated his Chakra and reminded the clan of earlier incidents involving white humanoid monsters, gaining support for his innocence.
• Uchiha Gen explained why he had hidden his Mangekyō Sharingan and appealed to the clan's trust; most Uchiha ninjas publicly declared their support for him.
• Uchiha Gen pointed out that the enemies who supposedly attacked Uchiha Daa had inexplicably avoided killing him, prompting Daa to recognize that he had been used and apologize.
• Uchiha Gen claimed the mastermind had arranged Fugaku's mission and framed him to drive him from Konoha, and Setsuna Uchiha led the clan in blaming the mastermind.

Setsuna Uchiha and Mikoto discussed the clan leadership after Fugaku's death and decided to support Uchiha Gen as the new Clan Head. Setsuna also urged Mikoto to consider following Gen, leaving her stunned.

• Uchiha Gen suggested arranging funerals for the dead Clan Head and the other fallen ninjas, and Setsuna Uchiha said their bodies had not yet been retrieved.
• Setsuna Uchiha visited Mikoto and analyzed the Clan Head succession, concluding that Gen had the strongest chance because of his Mangekyō Sharingan and Shisui's likely support.
• Setsuna Uchiha urged Mikoto to help make Gen's appointment certain, arguing that his potential could lead the Uchiha Clan to become the Hokage clan.
• Setsuna Uchiha described Madara's Susanoo and suggested that Gen could develop immense power, possibly becoming Hokage.
• Setsuna Uchiha asked Mikoto what she thought about following Gen from then on, and Mikoto was dumbfounded.

Setsuna Uchiha urged Mikoto to bind herself to Uchiha Gen to protect Itachi and Sasuke, proposing that Gen inherit her as part of the old clan head’s estate. Mikoto accepted her father’s reasoning and agreed to leave persuading Gen to him, while they also discussed how to help Itachi face Fugaku’s death.

• Setsuna Uchiha told Mikoto to follow Uchiha Gen and argued that becoming his family would help safeguard Itachi and Sasuke.
• Mikoto worried that Gen might reject her, but admitted she admired him and recalled that he had once said he wanted a partner like her.
• Setsuna Uchiha proposed that Mikoto be transferred to Gen through the tradition of a new clan head inheriting the old clan head’s household.
• Mikoto agreed to let Setsuna Uchiha approach Gen about the arrangement.
• Mikoto and Setsuna Uchiha discussed telling Itachi and Sasuke about Fugaku’s death, and Setsuna advised her to guide the sensitive, precocious Itachi.

After Fugaku Uchiha and his companions died, Setsuna Uchiha told Konoha’s leaders what had happened and demanded revenge. Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzō’s plans to provoke the Uchiha and instead decided to cultivate Uchiha Gen’s loyalty to Konoha.

• The Second Elder and Third Elder secretly agreed to cooperate after the Mangekyō Sharingan’s appearance alarmed them.
• Uchiha Daa led a group to the Land of Whirlpools, and Konoha’s gate guards reported the truthful registration of Fugaku and his companions’ deaths.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Setsuna Uchiha, who recounted the events and asked the council to avenge the dead; the leaders agreed to search for the culprit.
• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen to exploit the Uchiha Clan’s grief and provoke unrest, but Hiruzen ordered him to focus on Root and investigate the mysterious man.
• Hiruzen told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that Konoha should conciliate Uchiha Gen and strengthen his attachment to the village.

After learning that Fugaku had been killed, Itachi awakened his Sharingan and sought comfort and training from Uchiha Gen. Gen deepened Itachi’s belief that a unified country and village could end conflict, then proposed a new system led by ninja and assisted by ordinary people.

• Itachi learned that Fugaku had died and awakened his Sharingan while grieving at home.
• Itachi visited Uchiha Gen and asked him to train him so he could take revenge.
• Itachi explained that multiple countries and ninja villages would always cause conflict, and Gen told him that his understanding was incomplete.
• Gen compared countries and villages to territorial tigers and described political disputes between the Hokage and the daimyō.
• Gen proposed merging the country and village under ninja-led governance and said he wanted to replace the name ninja, leaving Itachi wondering what they would be called.

Uchiha Gen explained to Itachi why ninja and nations must remain vigilant, then defeated Uchiha Narisawa’s bid for clan leadership by unveiling his Susanoo at the election gathering. The Uchiha rallied behind Gen, leaving him acclaimed as their new clan head.

• Uchiha Gen told Itachi that ninja should rule rather than serve as tools, warned that peace bred complacency, and urged him to remember the need to prepare for war.
• Obito learned that his scheme against Uchiha Gen had failed because Gen exposed its flaws with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito decided to wait for another opportunity.
• Uchiha Gen attended Fugaku Uchiha’s funeral, which concluded several days before the clan arranged to choose a new leader.
• Setsuna Uchiha presented Uchiha Narisawa and Uchiha Gen as the candidates, and Narisawa promised revenge, better pay, and greater glory for the clan.
• Uchiha Gen declared that he would suppress all enemies under heaven, manifested his Susanoo, and inspired the Uchiha to chant his name as clan head.

Uchiha Gen became Clan Head after winning the vote by an overwhelming margin and received the Uchiha Gunbai. He reorganized the Military Police Force and inspected the grand estate chosen as his new residence.

• Uchiha Gen won the clan vote roughly nine to one, and the Uchiha bowed to greet him as Clan Head.
• Setsuna presented Uchiha Gen with the Uchiha Gunbai, and the clan's leaders and Jonin joined him in the customary worship rites at Naka Shrine.
• Uchiha Gen offered Setsuna a deputy chief position in the Military Police Force and appointed Shisui as a squad captain.
• Uchiha Gen declined to make Mikoto take on more work and accepted the elders' offer of a new Clan Head residence.
• Uchiha Gen and the clan's higher-ups inspected the four-courtyard estate at the southwestern edge of the Uchiha Clan Estate.

Uchiha Gen agreed to take Mikoto and her children into his household after Setsuna Uchiha sought security for them, and the family moved into Gen’s new residence. The Konoha leadership approved Gen’s appointment as head of the Military Police Force, and he took office that afternoon.

• Setsuna Uchiha asked Uchiha Gen to protect Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke, and Gen agreed to take Mikoto as a partner and provide for her children.
• Setsuna Uchiha arranged for Mikoto, Itachi, Sasuke, and clan members to move into Uchiha Gen’s new residence.
• The Second Elder and Third Elder learned of the arrangement and criticized Setsuna Uchiha while recognizing its benefits.
• The Konoha leadership approved Uchiha Gen as the new head of the Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Gen went to take office while Setsuna Uchiha’s people moved his belongings into the residence.

Uchiha Gen took charge of the Military Police Force, reviewed its finances, and raised personnel salaries before returning to his new home. Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke welcomed him, and he asked the boys to call him Big Brother Gen instead of Dad.

• Uchiha Gen addressed the Military Police Force squads and settled into the former head's office.
• Uchiha Gen reviewed the force's documents and ordered a twenty percent raise for personnel below captain rank and a ten percent raise for higher-ranking management.
• Uchiha Gen returned home to Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke, then asked the boys to call him Big Brother Gen rather than Dad.
• Uchiha Gen, Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke ate dinner together, and Itachi later practiced with Gen and asked him about training.
• After Itachi and Sasuke went to bed, Uchiha Gen and Mikoto bathed in turn.

Uchiha Gen discussed a Ninjutsu Point Exchange System for the Uchiha clan and Military Police Force with Mikoto while she scrubbed his back. Their bath ended with Gen asking Mikoto to help him shuck corn, leaving the scene suggestive and unresolved.

• Mikoto entered the bathroom and offered to scrub Uchiha Gen's back while he bathed.
• Gen told Mikoto he planned to raise clan benefits and introduce a point system for earning and exchanging ninjutsu next year.
• Gen outlined safeguards against sharing ninjutsu and explained how fairer competition could strengthen both the clan and the village.
• Mikoto praised Gen's ideas, then blushed as he invited her into the tub and began scrubbing her back.
• Gen asked Mikoto to shuck some corn, and she asked what he meant before he guided her hand.

Uchiha Gen spent the night with Mikoto, reassuring her and persuading her to dress up for him, then joined her in preparing an elaborate breakfast for Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke. The family enjoyed the unfamiliar dishes together, and Uchiha Gen hinted that he had more foods to introduce.

• Uchiha Gen and Mikoto shelled corn together, then went to bed after bathing and changing into pajamas.
• Mikoto worried that Uchiha Gen was no longer attracted to her, and he reassured her by saying he was waiting to be intimate with Pakura first.
• Uchiha Gen recalled desiring Mikoto when they first met and persuaded her to wear black stockings and high heels for him in the future.
• Uchiha Gen and Mikoto prepared breakfast together, and Mikoto appreciated having his company in the kitchen.
• Uchiha Gen served soy milk, fried dough sticks, buns, steamed buns, and porridge alongside Mikoto's dishes, and the family enjoyed the meal.

Mikoto visited Kushina and discussed her new life with Uchiha Gen, while the two friends talked about love, desire, and moving on from the past. As the New Year holiday approached, Uchiha Gen secretly left Konoha for the Land of Wind, expecting the trip to cost him his virginity.

• Uchiha Gen ate most of breakfast before he and Itachi parted ways to go to work and school.
• Mikoto took Sasuke to Kushina’s home, where Karin was also staying.
• Kushina teased Mikoto about living with Uchiha Gen, and Mikoto explained that their relationship was complicated by his girlfriend.
• Mikoto asked whether Kushina might find someone new, but Kushina said she was not ready to move on from Minato.
• Mikoto suggested that Kushina could be intimate with a ninja transformed into Minato, and Kushina blushed and rejected the idea.
• As the New Year holiday approached, Uchiha Gen secretly left Konoha for the Land of Wind.

Uchiha Gen traveled to the Land of Wind to visit Pakura and considered developing a soul-based Summoning Technique to call Zhurong and Qiangliang from anywhere. He reached Pakura’s camp and learned Sunagakure had opened another front against Iwagakure, then vanished with her after she agreed to his offer to provide bathwater.

• Uchiha Gen rode Zhurong toward the Land of Wind while devising a soul contract that could let him summon his Homies across long distances.
• Uchiha Gen recorded a preliminary plan for modifying the Summoning Technique and left Flying Thunder God marks along the way.
• Uchiha Gen spent the day at an oasis town, then teleported into Pakura’s tent at the Sunagakure camp that evening.
• Pakura told Uchiha Gen that she was busy and that Sunagakure had provoked Iwagakure while still fighting Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Gen offered to provide hot bathwater, and Pakura agreed; he marked the bed and teleported away with her.

Uchiha Gen spent two nights with Pakura at an inn in Green Vine Town and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel between her camp and the town. He developed a summoning contract for Pakura to call his Homies if she was in danger, then warned her how to recognize an impostor.

• Uchiha Gen brought Pakura to the Moonwater Inn in Green Vine Town with the Flying Thunder God Technique and revealed that he had learned the technique recently.
• Pakura spent the night with Uchiha Gen, and he returned her to the Sand Village Camp the next morning.
• Uchiha Gen refined the Soul Contract Summoning Technique so ordinary ninja could sign contracts using genjutsu instead of Soul Energy.
• Uchiha Gen traveled to the Land of Lightning and branded Qiangliang's Soul Energy onto a summoning scroll.
• Uchiha Gen took Pakura back to Green Vine Town, gave her a contract to summon Zhurong, Wusheng, and Qiangliang, and taught her how to use it.
• Uchiha Gen warned Pakura about impersonators and told her to summon the three Homies if she ever suspected he was a fake.

Uchiha Gen returned from the Sand Village Camp and spent time with Anko, who asked to see his Mangekyō Sharingan. He invited Anko, Kurenai, and Yugao to dinner at Barbecue Q, where Kurenai and Yugao remained noticeably uneasy around him.

• Uchiha Gen hunted on the battlefield between Sand and Mist, returned to Konoha, and learned that Anko had come looking for him.
• Anko visited Uchiha Gen, asked to see his Mangekyō Sharingan, and heard him explain that he and Mikoto were not married.
• Uchiha Gen invited Anko to bring Kurenai and Yugao to Barbecue Q, insisting they come even if they claimed to be busy.
• Anko watched Itachi train, praised his talent, and later arrived at Barbecue Q with Kurenai and Yugao.
• Kurenai and Yugao greeted Uchiha Gen formally and felt uncomfortable under his gaze as Anko began ordering food.

Uchiha Gen confronted Kurenai and Yugao about their distance, explained why he wanted multiple girlfriends, and used Ama-no-Uzume's Decree to help them accept his proposal. After the three women received his summoning contract, Gen returned home, where Mikoto greeted him with an intimate gesture.

• Uchiha Gen took Kurenai and Yugao to a park and pressed them to explain why they had been avoiding him.
• Uchiha Gen proposed that Kurenai and Yugao become his girlfriends and used Ama-no-Uzume's Decree to explain his reasons; both women admitted they liked him.
• Uchiha Gen gave Kurenai and Yugao a summoning contract, and they persuaded him to wake Anko so she could sign it too.
• Uchiha Gen took Kurenai and Yugao home, then returned to the Uchiha Clan Estate near eleven o'clock.
• Mikoto Uchiha brought Gen hot water and appeared in the outfit she had worn when they first met, and he hurried toward the bedroom.

After the New Year holiday, Uchiha Gen returned to work and proposed a Ninjutsu Point Exchange System to reform the Uchiha clan’s reward structure. The clan leaders approved the plan, and Shisui was assigned to develop its point values and procedures.

• Uchiha Gen spent the holiday with Mikoto and later with Anko, Kurenai, and Yugao as Konoha celebrated the New Year.
• After returning to work in Konoha Year 54, Uchiha Gen invited the deputy directors and squad captains to dinner and announced his plan for a Ninjutsu Point Exchange System.
• Setsuna Uchiha, Shisui, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Tekka, and the other attendees agreed to the proposal.
• Uchiha Gen addressed concerns about trading and leaking techniques, then directed Shisui and the captains to investigate and calculate task and ninjutsu point values.

Uchiha Gen’s new clan and Military Police Force system won widespread approval among the Uchiha but stirred resentment among Konoha’s other clans. Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to summon clan heads and village department leaders to pressure Gen into canceling it.

• Uchiha Gen had Shisui Uchiha investigate clan and Military Police Force members, then finalized and posted a detailed plan on January 20th, Konoha Year 54.
• Uchiha members welcomed the plan, raising Uchiha Gen’s standing until it surpassed Fugaku Uchiha’s.
• News of the Uchiha system spread through Konoha, prompting other clans—especially the Hyuga Clan—to complain about unequal treatment.
• The major clans’ leaders reported their members’ grievances to Konoha’s leadership, and the Third Hokage summoned his advisers to discuss a response.
• Danzo urged the leadership to stop Uchiha Gen, but Hiruzen Sarutobi said they should not directly interfere with the Uchiha Clan or Military Police Force.
• Danzo proposed summoning department leaders and clan heads to pressure Uchiha Gen into canceling the plan, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed.

Uchiha Gen defended the Military Police Force’s Ninjutsu Point Exchange System at a meeting with Konoha’s leaders and clan representatives. He offered the clans help implementing it, but they declined, leaving the policy’s future unsettled as the meeting adjourned.

• Danzo demanded that Uchiha Gen explain why he had introduced the Ninjutsu Point Exchange System, and Gen refused to answer after Danzo insulted him.
• Mitokado Homura accused the system of causing unrest, and Gen argued that it would help ordinary ninja, strengthen the Military Police Force, and benefit Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the system’s aims but asked Gen to calm the clans’ concerns and prevent further turmoil.
• Uchiha Gen offered to send experienced Military Police Force ninja to help the clans plan their own exchanges, but Hyuga Hiashi and the other clan representatives politely declined.
• Uchiha Gen said the Military Police Force would still provide guidance if the clans needed it, and the meeting ended.