Chapter Summaries

Minato Namikaze returned to the Nine-Tails battlefield after driving off Obito, while the conscious Nine-Tails attacked Konoha and suspicion fell on the Uchiha Clan. With Uchiha Gen forcing Minato to identify the attacker as someone related to Madara Uchiha, Minato seized a brief opening and teleported the Nine-Tails away.

• The Nine-Tails broke free of Obito’s control, and its Sharingan-like eye changes fueled suspicion toward the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi treated Biwako Sarutobi and Denji, who had survived Obito’s attack thanks to armor they wore beneath their clothes.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, and Uchiha Gen and other Uchiha ninja repeatedly used genjutsu to restrain it despite the strain on their eyes.
• As the Nine-Tails prepared a Tailed Beast Ball against the Uchiha, Gamabunta interrupted it and Minato Namikaze arrived.
• Uchiha Gen asked who had attacked Konoha, and Minato said the attacker was related to Madara Uchiha, possibly his descendant.
• After the Uchiha briefly dazed the Nine-Tails, Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport it away.

After Minato Namikaze sent the Nine-Tails away from Konoha, Uchiha Gen urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to bring the Uchiha Jonin to help. They reached Kushina and found Minato preparing the Reaper Death Seal, leaving Fugaku and the others horrified that the Fourth Hokage would die.

• Uchiha Gen urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to take the Uchiha Jonin along, and Fugaku and his clan members declared they could still fight for Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi led his Anbu and the Uchiha ninjas to search for the Nine-Tails while the other ninjas tended to the wounded and searched the battlefield.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root to search for the vanished Nine-Tails so he could seize a chance to regain his power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others found Kushina restraining the Nine-Tails with her Adamantine Sealing Chains while Minato Namikaze prepared a sealing technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Minato was using the Reaper Death Seal, a forbidden technique that cost its user his life, and Fugaku feared the Fourth Hokage would die.

Minato and Kushina divided the Nine-Tails between Kushina and Naruto, but the Death God took Minato’s soul. After helping with Konoha’s recovery, Uchiha Gen returned home and began studying a scroll containing the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Uchiha Gen failed to sense the Death God through the Adamantine Sealing Chains barrier and watched Minato use the Reaper Death Seal to transfer half of the Nine-Tails’ soul and Chakra to Kushina.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Minato’s family, but Kushina’s chains restrained him, and Minato and Kushina sealed the other half of the Nine-Tails into Naruto.
• The Death God took Minato’s soul, and Kushina caught his body as he died; the gathered ninjas then left for Konoha with Kushina and Naruto.
• Kushina, Kakashi, and Shisui handled Minato’s body while the ninjas worked through the night to aid the villagers and clear the aftermath.
• Uchiha Gen returned to his mostly intact home, slept until evening, then ate dinner while studying a scroll containing the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Gen studied the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Book of Seals, deciding which techniques were worth learning and which to ignore. After recording the scroll’s contents with his Sharingan, he had Zhurong burn it and left home with Zhurong and Wusheng.

• Uchiha Gen finished reading the opening section of the Flying Thunder God Technique and concluded that he had enough space-time talent to master it.
• Uchiha Gen let the Homies clean the dishes, then reviewed the forbidden techniques copied from the Book of Seals.
• Uchiha Gen chose to study the sealing techniques and consider the Eight Gates and Dead Demon Consuming Seal, but dismissed several other techniques as unsuitable or too costly.
• Uchiha Gen had Zhurong burn the scroll after recording its contents with his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Gen left home with Zhurong and Wusheng.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Uchiha Gen visited grieving families and found they supported Fugaku’s decisions, then received a promotion to captain of the Military Police Force’s Ninth Division. He left with Uchiha Shu to take charge as Konoha began its lockdown and search for spies.

• Uchiha Gen visited the families of fallen Uchiha Jonin and found that they took pride in their relatives’ sacrifices and supported Fugaku.
• Setsuna Uchiha proposed that Uchiha Gen replace the Ninth Division’s fallen captain, and Fugaku, the elders, and the gathered ninjas approved.
• Fugaku told Uchiha Gen that the Military Police Force would enforce Konoha’s lockdown and help the Anbu find spies.
• Uchiha Gen accepted the assignment and left with Uchiha Shu to take up his new post.

Uchiha Gen took command of the Military Police Force’s Ninth Division, learned its duties, and patrolled Konoha’s perimeter with Uchiha Shu and Uchiha Chen. His Soul Sense detected an intruder, and the team captured the spy in a genjutsu.

• Uchiha Shu explained the Ninth Division’s patrol duties and introduced its members as he guided Uchiha Gen out of Konoha.
• Uchiha Gen proposed reorganizing the division into two-man patrol squads with mobile forces and rotating rest periods, and Shu welcomed the plan.
• Uchiha Chen met Gen at the division’s contact point and explained that the others were setting traps around Konoha’s eastern, western, and southern approaches.
• Uchiha Gen used his sensory ability to patrol the area, memorized his subordinates’ soul auras, and detected an unfamiliar presence around three in the morning.
• Gen, Chen, and Shu cornered a spy emerging from underground, and Shu tied him up while the spy remained trapped in genjutsu.

After Uchiha Gen’s division caught a spy and kept watch over Konoha, he attended Minato Namikaze’s funeral and burial at the Memorial Stone. Three days later, as Konoha prepared to rebuild, Danzo visited Mitokado Homura and arranged a meeting with Utatane Koharu and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Uchiha Gen explained that his sensory ninjutsu came from Orochimaru, then had Uchiha Shu deliver the captured spy to the Interrogation Force and bring back instant noodles for the division.
• The Ninth Division completed its night watch, while Konoha’s villagers and ninja tightened security to prevent spies from escaping or sending intelligence.
• Uchiha Gen and the Uchiha Clan’s representatives attended Minato Namikaze’s funeral, where Kushina, Kakashi Hatake, Shisui Uchiha, and Mikoto Uchiha mourned him.
• At the Memorial Stone, Mikoto pulled Kushina back when she rushed toward Minato’s grave, and rain fell as the ninja honored those killed in the Nine-Tails’ Attack.
• Three days later, after Konoha cleared its ruins and began preparing for reconstruction, Danzo visited Mitokado Homura and asked him to invite Utatane Koharu and Hiruzen Sarutobi to a meeting.

Shimura Danzō asked to return to service, but Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted him about keeping Root idle during the Nine-Tails' attack before granting him another chance. Danzō then proposed moving the Uchiha Clan's compound to the village edge, leaving Hiruzen stunned by his weak justification.

• Mitokado Homura invited Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu to meet Shimura Danzō, who asked to help shoulder the village's burdens.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accused Danzō of gathering Root during the Nine-Tails' attack and leaving Konoha undefended, and Danzō admitted he had hoped to earn back his position.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu pleaded Danzō's case, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to give him another chance amid Konoha's manpower shortage and looming threats.
• After learning that Konoha would hold a reconstruction meeting, Danzō proposed moving the Uchiha Clan's compound to the village edge.
• Danzō argued that a Sharingan in Nine-Tails' eye implicated the Uchiha Clan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi pointed out that the Fourth Hokage had only suspected a descendant of Madara Uchiha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders discussed whether the Uchiha Clan was involved in the Nine-Tails' attack, but Hiruzen refused to use the incident to force them to relocate. Danzo then planned to persuade Fugaku Uchiha to accept a move by offering the clan generous benefits and enlisting Homura and Koharu's support.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Danzo, Homura, and Koharu that the attacker had used the Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release, and said the Uchiha Clan had fought for Konoha during the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• Danzo suggested that an individual hiding within the Uchiha Clan could have attacked Konoha, but Hiruzen, Homura, and Koharu rejected his suspicion.
• Hiruzen refused to use the Nine-Tails incident to force the Uchiha Clan to relocate, though he allowed Danzo to persuade Fugaku by other means.
• Danzo proposed offering the Uchiha Clan a larger site near the Military Police Force, more land and forest, and facilities for a self-sufficient life.
• Homura and Koharu agreed to help Danzo persuade Fugaku at the reconstruction meeting, and Danzo went to get a map so they could plan that night.

Uchiha Gen and Uzuki Yugao visited Kurenai Yuhi after her father's death, and Gen tried to lift her spirits by teasing Asuma Sarutobi. Asuma challenged Gen to a duel, and Gen accepted, intending to damage Asuma's chances with Kurenai.

• Uchiha Gen and Uzuki Yugao walked through a quieter-than-usual Konoha to visit Kurenai Yuhi.
• Kurenai Yuhi thanked them for coming, and Uchiha Gen reassured her that she could manage living alone while jokingly offering to let her stay with him.
• Asuma Sarutobi objected to Gen's offer, and Gen teased him about liking Anko.
• Asuma Sarutobi challenged Uchiha Gen to a duel, and Gen accepted despite their difference in rank.
• Asuma Sarutobi steeled himself to fight Gen, hoping to seize an advantage and humiliate him.

Uchiha Gen defeated Asuma in a spar by trapping him in a genjutsu, then invited Kurenai and Yugao to dinner. Asuma left in humiliation after Ebisu freed him, while Ebisu followed to keep his dinner plans.

• Uchiha Gen and Asuma went to a training ground and prepared to spar as Kurenai, Yugao, and Ebisu watched.
• Uchiha Gen used his self-created B-Rank genjutsu, Leaf Obscuring Vision, to make Asuma fight an illusion while Gen moved to the trees.
• Uchiha Gen explained the danger of facing an Uchiha's Sharingan and joked that working hard might let the others marry into the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Gen invited Kurenai and Yugao to dinner, and they accepted.
• Ebisu disrupted Asuma's Chakra flow to break the genjutsu, and Asuma left in humiliation as Ebisu followed.

Uchiha Gen learned that Fugaku had agreed to move the Uchiha clan estate to the outskirts of Konoha and warned him that the deal would isolate the clan and undermine its future. Fugaku regretted accepting the terms and asked Gen to help salvage the situation.

• Uchiha Gen heard clan members discussing the relocation and went to Fugaku's office to ask whether it was true.
• Fugaku confirmed that he had agreed to move the clan estate near the Military Police Force and explained the benefits offered by the Konoha higher-ups.
• Uchiha Gen argued that the relocation would lower the estate's value, isolate the Uchiha, and weaken their influence in the village.
• Fugaku recalled how Danzo, Homura, and Koharu had persuaded him with praise and promises, and realized they had deceived him.
• Fugaku asked Uchiha Gen for a way to salvage the situation, and Gen suggested bringing in the elders, Shisui, and Mikoto.

Uchiha Gen proposed a way to resist Danzo’s plan to relocate the Uchiha clan without risking the clan’s reputation, future, or compensation. The elders and Shisui supported the idea, leaving Fugaku to face the humiliating prospect of his clan publicly rejecting his decision.

• Fugaku invited the elders, Shisui, Mikoto, and Uchiha Gen to discuss the relocation scheme after Gen explained his suspicions.
• Fugaku recounted the reconstruction meeting and Gen’s warning, and the group set blame aside to focus on preventing the scheme.
• The group debated several responses but failed to agree on a plan, so Fugaku asked Gen for his recommendation.
• Gen proposed having every Uchiha sign a petition opposing relocation, while Fugaku presented himself to the Third Hokage as unable to override the clan’s collective will.
• The others looked to Fugaku, who would have to accept public humiliation to protect the clan’s interests.

Gen persuaded the Uchiha leaders to gather signatures discreetly rather than call a clan meeting, so they could oppose Danzo’s scheme without exposing the conflict prematurely. He outlined a public march targeting Danzo and his allies as a last resort if the Third Hokage rejected their petition.

• Fugaku agreed to bear the consequences of reversing his position to protect the Uchiha Clan’s honor, interests, and future, and proposed convening a clan meeting that night.
• Gen argued that a clan meeting would spread details of Danzo’s schemes, deepen internal divisions, and expose Konoha’s conflict, so they should keep the matter quiet unless Danzo’s group escalated.
• Gen explained that the clan’s habit of making major decisions in large meetings undermined secrecy and efficiency, while Shisui asked how they could obtain signatures without explaining the whole story.
• Mikoto suggested assigning Military Police Force shinobi to collect signatures from shinobi and sending them to households without shinobi, which Fugaku and the elders approved.
• Fugaku asked what they would do if the Third Hokage refused to revise the reconstruction proposal, and Gen proposed organizing a clan-wide march against Danzo and the other two while avoiding direct opposition to the Hokage.

Fugaku brought the Uchiha Clan’s blood-signed petition to Hiruzen, who canceled the plan to relocate their compound and warned Danzo against targeting the clan. The village lockdown was lifted, daily life began returning to normal, and Orochimaru and Jiraiya returned to Konoha.

• Fugaku presented Hiruzen with a petition bearing the Uchiha Clan’s opposition to relocating their compound.
• Hiruzen accepted the petition and told Fugaku that the relocation would not proceed.
• Hiruzen summoned Homura, Koharu, and Danzo, rejected their objections, and ordered them not to target Fugaku or the Uchiha Clan.
• Three days later, the Administrative Department announced that the Uchiha compound would remain in its original location, while Danzo temporarily backed down.
• Konoha lifted its lockdown, easing pressure on the Ninth Division of the Military Police Force and allowing stranded foreigners and surviving spies to leave.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya returned to the village, while Tsunade chose to stay away.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya mourned Minato and discussed the Hokage position before meeting Uchiha Gen and Anko. Gen told Anko about the Nine-Tails' Attack, and after she failed to find Kurenai, he returned with her to cook dinner and offered to teach her.

• Orochimaru told Jiraiya that he had found a new goal and suggested Jiraiya could become Hokage, but Jiraiya said he needed to search for the Child of Prophecy.
• Uchiha Gen met Orochimaru and Jiraiya, invited them to dinner, and Jiraiya declined so he could visit Kushina and Naruto.
• Gen explained to Anko that an unknown attacker, likely a descendant of Madara Uchiha, had caused the Nine-Tails' Attack and told her that Kurenai's father had died.
• Anko hurried to visit Kurenai but found her away, then returned to Gen at the market.
• Gen said he would cook dry pot and offered to teach Anko how to cook.

Uchiha Gen discussed Orochimaru’s chances of becoming the Fifth Hokage and revealed that he was seeking White Zetsu bodies for research. Orochimaru agreed to obtain two from Root and rushed off to begin his experiments, leaving Gen to return home through the rain.

• Uchiha Gen asked Orochimaru whether he would contend for the Fifth Hokage position, and Orochimaru said he would wait to see whether Hiruzen Sarutobi chose him.
• Orochimaru questioned why Gen was not urging him to pursue the role, and Gen said his own growing strength made the Hokage’s disciple status less important.
• Uchiha Gen asked Orochimaru for two bodies of the white humanoid creatures that had attacked Konoha during the Nine-Tails’ Rampage.
• Orochimaru agreed to seek the creatures from Danzo and Root, then left to start his research that night.
• Uchiha Gen cleaned up after their tea and returned home through the autumn rain.

Uchiha Gen tested whether his Soul-Soul Fruit could turn White Zetsu into Homies and succeeded, creating two soul-reaping servants. He sent them to hunt death-row prisoners in northern Fire Country while he planned to target the southern prisons himself, hoping to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Gen retrieved two White Zetsu corpses from Orochimaru's research base and used fragments of his soul core to awaken them as Homies.
• Uchiha Gen named the Homies Bai Wuchang #1 and Bai Wuchang #2, ordered them to reap the souls and lifespans of evil targets, and allowed them to keep one-third of the lifespans they gained.
• Uchiha Gen taught the Homies Earth Release and Water Release techniques through the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Uchiha Gen sent Bai Wuchang #1 and Bai Wuchang #2 to infiltrate prisons in northern Fire Country and target death-row prisoners.
• Uchiha Gen planned to hunt prisoners in southern Fire Country himself, hoping the collected souls and lifespans would awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Obito Uchiha learned that Minato Namikaze had died and that the Nine-Tails had been split between Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto Uzumaki. As Konoha blamed the attack on a descendant of Madara Uchiha and Kushina faced quiet resentment, Obito planned to target Mist and gather Sharingan for himself.

• Fei told Obito Uchiha that Minato Namikaze died sealing the Nine-Tails and that the beast had been divided between Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto Uzumaki.
• Konoha's announcement blamed the attack on a descendant of Madara Uchiha, while Kushina faced private resentment and isolation from some villagers.
• Obito rejected returning to Konoha, reasoning that its Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was heavily guarded and the seal could not be extracted outside childbirth.
• Obito decided to go to Mist and use Fourth Mizukage Yagura and the Three-Tails to throw the village into chaos.
• Obito told White Zetsu to monitor Akatsuki, send a spy into Konoha, and find suitable Three-Tomoe Sharingan targets for him.

After the Fourth Hokage’s death, the great ninja villages weighed their options, and Kumogakure and Konoha sent forces into the Land of Rice Fields. Ōnoki’s hired ninja inflamed tensions until A, the Fourth Raikage, chose to launch a limited strike, and news of war reached Konoha.

• Sunagakure chose to wait because it lacked funds and was divided over who would become Kazekage, while Kirigakure secretly sent more ninja into the Land of Whirlpools.
• Kumogakure sent its thousand-man border force into the Land of Rice Fields, and Konoha responded by sending a comparable force there.
• Ōnoki hired mercenary bands to impersonate ninja from other villages and provoke conflict, especially between Konoha and Kumogakure.
• Kumogakure and Konoha’s forces confronted each other in the Land of Rice Fields as A, the Fourth Raikage, waited to see how the other villages would act.
• A, the Fourth Raikage, decided to start a limited conflict to test Konoha’s strength, and news of the war reached Konoha.