Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kagami found a secluded natural cave in Hazel City Mountain and began turning it into a hidden prison and laboratory. Meanwhile, he and Shisui prepared to ambush Uchiha Hideki as he left the village, and Hideki appeared near their chosen meeting point.

• Hyuga Kagami used his Tenseigan and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to find and open a passage into a deep natural cave in Hazel City Mountain.
• Shisui told Hyuga Kagami that Uchiha Hideki planned to leave the village for the Land of Cats, likely to order ninja tools from Cat Granny.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui chose to ambush Hideki near an Uchiha training ground, where Uchiha clansmen could witness the incident.
• The next evening, Hyuga Kagami and Shisui wore God Organization attire and waited in the woods, with Hyuga Kagami posing as Yama.
• Uchiha Hideki arrived near the training ground in a gray, unmarked cloak, behaving furtively.

Hyuga Kagami and Shisui intercepted Uchiha Hideki, posing as members of the God Organization to draw out the Uchiha and expose their response. When Sasuke arrived at the signal flare, Shisui incapacitated Hideki, and Hyuga Kagami approached the frightened child.

• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui blocked Uchiha Hideki and convinced him they were targeting his Sharingan.
• Uchiha Hideki fired a signal flare, then attacked them with a Great Fireball Technique that Hyuga Kagami repelled with an invisible force.
• Hyuga Kagami spotted Sasuke approaching and recognized him as Fugaku's young son.
• Sasuke rushed onto the battlefield, and Uchiha Hideki shouted for him to run.
• Shisui put Uchiha Hideki under a genjutsu, and Hyuga Kagami advanced on the terrified Sasuke.

Hyuga Kagami disguised as a God Organization member defeated Uchiha Hideki and roughed up Sasuke, then left with Hideki as Shisui followed their plan. Sasuke told the gathered ninja what happened, and Uchiha Fugaku identified the attackers as the God Organization.

• Hyuga Kagami called Sasuke useless, punched him lightly, and left him on the ground to preserve his bounty-ninja disguise and pressure him as future insurance.
• Hyuga Kagami sensed approaching ninja, picked up the unconscious Uchiha Hideki, and told Shisui to proceed according to plan.
• Itachi and other ninja rushed to the training ground after the Uchiha Police Force's emergency flare appeared.
• Sasuke told Itachi and the gathered Uchiha that two masked figures had attacked Hideki and that the flame-masked one had defeated him.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived and declared that the attackers were members of the God Organization.

Fugaku organized a pursuit and rescue mission for Uchiha Hideki while asking the Third Hokage for support against the God Organization. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kagami held Hideki captive and sealed his chakra after resisting his Sharingan genjutsu.

• Fugaku questioned Sasuke about the attack and concluded that the God Organization might have targeted the Uchiha Sharingan.
• Fugaku ordered Shisui, Ryota, and the Police Force's First Squad to pursue the enemy and rescue Hideki, while Itachi reported to Lord Hokage for support.
• Uchiha Hideki woke tied to a stone pillar in Hyuga Kagami's secret prison and learned that Kagami intended to conduct experiments on his Sharingan.
• Hideki tried to use Sharingan genjutsu on Hyuga Kagami, but Kagami resisted it with the Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kagami used the Four Symbols Seal to seal Hideki's chakra, prompting Hideki to ask how he knew the village's sealing technique.

Hyuga Kagami sealed Uchiha Hideki’s chakra and summoning connections, then provoked him to study how anger affected his chakra and Sharingan. Meanwhile, Fugaku’s search party followed Hideki’s trail beyond Konoha’s wall until it suddenly vanished, leaving them to suspect the kidnapper had flown away.

• Hyuga Kagami placed a Four Symbols Seal and a Contract Seal on Uchiha Hideki, suppressing his chakra and cutting off his summoning connections.
• Uchiha Hideki suspected Hyuga Kagami was from Konoha and accused the Third and Danzo of plotting against the Uchiha Clan.
• Hyuga Kagami provoked Hideki by mentioning his younger brother Ryota and threatening to use Hideki as bait; Hideki briefly activated his Sharingan, but his chakra ran out before his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened.
• Fugaku led Uchiha Ryota and the Uchiha elites beyond Konoha’s outer wall to track Hideki, but the trail disappeared after seven or eight li.
• Fugaku suspected the kidnapper had used Ice Release to fly away, while Uchiha Ryota urged the group to split up and search.

After the Uchiha search for Uchiha Hideki turned up nothing, Fugaku ordered the clan’s elites back to the village while Hyuga Kagami safely brought Hideki to his secret prison. Hyuga Kagami recorded Hideki’s resistance to drugs and planned to use sorrow, possibly mixed with anger, to try to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Fugaku ordered the Uchiha elites to return to the village, and Shisui subdued Uchiha Ryota with genjutsu when he protested.
• Hyuga Kagami reached the secret prison with Uchiha Hideki before the Uchiha search party had regrouped in the village.
• Hyuga Kagami anesthetized Hideki and noted his resistance to drugs and seals, suspecting his Sharingan was responsible.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that anger alone had not brought Hideki close to awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and reviewed how despair and sorrow had affected other Uchiha.
• Hyuga Kagami chose sorrow as the next emotion to test and considered using Uchiha Ryota to provoke it, possibly adding anger.

The Third Hokage convened Konoha’s advisors after Uchiha Hideki was abducted by the God Organization and ordered a campaign to destroy it. The clan summons went out, leaving the major ninja clans troubled by the demand for their scarce Elite Jonin.

• Itachi briefed the Third Hokage and the advisors on the God Organization’s abduction of Uchiha Hideki inside the village.
• Danzō admitted Root had little intelligence on the God Organization and concealed his knowledge of Akatsuki’s history and his role in its conflict with Konoha.
• Utatane Koharu reported that Kumogakure had demanded an apology, and the Third Hokage ordered Jiraiya recalled from the front lines.
• The Third Hokage appointed Danzō commander and Jiraiya deputy commander of a force of Elite Jonin tasked with exterminating the God Organization.
• The Third Hokage allowed Itachi to report the meeting’s outcome to his father, while Root ninja delivered summons to the major clans, whose leaders worried about supplying their rare Elite Jonin.

Hizashi joined Danzo's operation against the God Organization, while Team 11 received orders from the Third Hokage to monitor the operation and its participants. Hyuga Kagami and Shisui stayed out of the purge, and Konoha swept the Land of Fire's underground networks with little resistance.

• Hiashi sent Hizashi and two Hyuga Jonin to join Danzo's mission against the God Organization.
• The Third Hokage ordered Team 11 to monitor everyone involved in the operation and assigned Shisui to watch the Uchiha Clan.
• Kakashi assigned himself to monitor Danzo and Root, Hyuga Kagami to watch Jiraiya and the Hyuga Clan, and Guy to watch the major clans' Elite Jonin.
• Shisui told Hyuga Kagami that fear of the fabricated God Organization had quieted talk of Uchiha rebellion, and Kagami advised him that the clan's conflict with the village remained unresolved.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui agreed to lie low while Konoha purged black markets, bounty exchanges, and rogue shinobi across the Land of Fire.
• Konoha captured large numbers of underground operatives, while powerful bounty hunters and Rogue Ninja fled before the crackdown.

Hyuga Kagami learned that Root had sealed Konoha’s interrogation facility and that Uchiha Ryota had become uncontrollable after Hideki disappeared. As Obito investigated the God Organization’s conflict with the Uchiha, he learned that the organization had abducted an Uchiha for his Sharingan.

• Shisui reported that Root had sealed the interrogation facility, while Hyuga Kagami asked about Ryota’s violent actions.
• Ryota tortured a bounty hunter for information about the God Organization, then set fire to a marketplace and attacked Hizashi when he objected.
• Obito watched Ryota overpower Hizashi from a nearby forest, and Zetsu explained that the God Organization had abducted an Uchiha for his Sharingan.
• Obito wondered why the God Organization wanted the Sharingan.

Obito learned that the God Organization’s Flame Demon might be an Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan and chose not to provoke the group. After Uchiha Ryota defeated Hizashi Hyuga and destroyed a market, Konoha learned of the attack and Shisui went to find Hyuga Kagami.

• Zetsu told Obito that the Flame Demon was rumored to be an Uchiha who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and had defeated Uchiha Shisui.
• Obito decided to avoid provoking the God Organization and told Zetsu to let Konoha investigate it while they waited for a chance to pursue their plans.
• Uchiha Ryota defeated Hizashi Hyuga but left him alive, and Obito abandoned his idea of killing Hizashi and blaming Ryota when Zetsu sensed someone approaching.
• Asuma and Chiriku arrived at the burning market, rescued the injured, and heard Hizashi identify Uchiha Ryota as his attacker.
• Konoha ninja learned that Ryota had attacked Hizashi and killed and injured civilians, and Shisui hurried to find Hyuga Kagami.

Shisui agreed to help Hyuga Kagami eliminate Uchiha Ryota after Ryota attacked Hizashi Hyuga. Meanwhile, Danzo learned that prominent Konoha Rogue Ninja had joined Akatsuki and received word that Akatsuki and the God Organization were enemies.

• Shisui apologized to Hyuga Kagami for Uchiha Ryota's attack on Hizashi Hyuga, and Kagami accepted that Ryota's actions were understandable.
• Shisui decided to resume his plan against Uchiha extremists and agreed with Hyuga Kagami to investigate Ryota before striking together.
• A Root ninja gave Danzo interrogation intelligence revealing that Orochimaru, Uchiha Shinichi, and Hiruko had joined Akatsuki.
• Danzo ordered Root to continue investigating Akatsuki and find out who led it.
• Another Root ninja reported that the God Organization and Akatsuki were hostile and had once fought fiercely.

Danzo concluded that the God Organization had an intelligence network rivaling the Five Great Shinobi Villages, then suspected Uchiha Shisui might be its Flame Demon. With no proof, he ordered rumors spread through Konoha to create an excuse to target Shisui and take his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• A Root ninja told Danzo that River Lord had fought Akatsuki's Kakuzu and that the organizations might have clashed over bounty missions.
• Danzo reasoned that the God Organization's lack of traceable information suggested it had an intelligence network superior to the black market's.
• Danzo considered whether the God Organization was secretly backed by one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, then wondered if the Uchiha Clan was behind it.
• Danzo decided the speculation about Uchiha Shisui gave him an opportunity to seize Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Danzo ordered an Anbu ninja to secretly spread the claim that Uchiha Shisui was the God Organization's Flame Demon.
• Danzo recalled how he had used Root to spread damaging rumors about Hatake Sakumo after Sakumo failed a mission, contributing to Sakumo's suicide.

Hyuga Kagami and Shisui tracked Uchiha Ryota after he broke away from Konoha’s search team, intending to capture him. Ryota trapped Hyuga Kagami in a summoned iron cage, but Hyuga Kagami escaped and faced him again.

• Hyuga Kagami confirmed that Uchiha Ryota was with the Konoha team searching a ruined village, and he and Shisui waited for Ryota to separate from the others.
• Uchiha Ryota started another massacre in the village, fought his companions, and left alone; Hyuga Kagami and Shisui followed him.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui confronted Uchiha Ryota, who demanded to know where they had taken his brother and then attacked with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Ryota tricked Hyuga Kagami with a signal flare and summoned an iron cage around him.
• Hyuga Kagami twisted his way out of the cage and calmly addressed Uchiha Ryota.

Hyuga Kagami and Shisui captured Uchiha Ryota after stopping his attempted escape. Asuma, Chiriku, and Uchiha clansmen later found signs of a struggle and suspected the God Organization had attacked him.

• Uchiha Ryota summoned Grass Carp Ball, hoping to escape through reverse summoning, but Hyuga Kagami pulled him back with Rotation.
• Hyuga Kagami sealed Uchiha Ryota’s summoning contracts while Shisui trapped him in a genjutsu duel.
• Hyuga Kagami knocked Uchiha Ryota unconscious, sealed him, and carried him toward the secret prison as Shisui left to clear himself of suspicion.
• Asuma, Chiriku, and Uchiha clansmen arrived and found the damaged iron cage and a signal flare belonging to the Uchiha Clan.
• Asuma concluded that the God Organization had likely attacked Uchiha Ryota.

Inside the secret prison, Hyuga Kagami questioned Uchiha Ryota about the forbidden technique Izanagi and learned that Uchiha Fugaku had not yet shared it with the clan. The interrogation ended with Ryota hearing his brother Uchiha Hideki scream from a neighboring cave.

• Uchiha Ryota woke from his coma and identified Shisui as the God Organization member who had captured him.
• Hyuga Kagami asked Ryota what he knew about Izanagi, and Ryota revealed that Fugaku had agreed to provide the technique to the clan before the rebellion.
• Ryota admitted he could not use Izanagi and had never heard of Izanami, the technique Hyuga Kagami said countered it.
• Ryota asked whether his brother Uchiha Hideki was alive, and Hyuga Kagami prompted a scream from the neighboring cave.
• Uchiha Ryota recognized Hideki's voice and roared that he would kill them all.

Hyuga Kagami tested whether anger could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan in Uchiha Hideki and Uchiha Ryota, but the experiment failed. Days later, a village-wide rumor identified Shisui as the God Organization's Flame Demon, leaving Hyuga Kagami and Shisui wondering how it began.

• Hyuga Kagami observed Uchiha Ryota under the Four Symbols Seal and concluded that anger could not make him activate his Sharingan.
• Hyuga Kagami stopped the torture of Uchiha Hideki, who pleaded for his brother's release, but refused to free either of them.
• Hyuga Kagami recorded his observations, noting that Ryota had stronger ocular power and might understand how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Ryota's disappearance prompted Konoha to intensify its crackdown on black markets and small ninja organizations.
• Shisui told Hyuga Kagami that a rumor identifying him as the God Organization's Flame Demon had spread throughout the village.
• Hyuga Kagami and Shisui questioned how the rumor had spread and where they might have slipped up.

Hyuga Kagami concluded that Danzo had spread a rumor accusing Shisui of being the God Organization's “Flame Demon” and warned Shisui to avoid exposing himself. As Shisui returned to the Uchiha Compound to face the clan, Itachi confronted him and asked whether he was the Flame Demon, and Shisui nodded.

• Hyuga Kagami deduced that Danzo had spread the rumor to target Shisui and provoke him into revealing himself.
• Shisui identified his past clash of ocular power with Fugaku as the one flaw that might expose him.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to rely on his stimulation experiment and warned Shisui not to confess or meet Danzo alone.
• Shisui received an order to return to the Uchiha Compound and headed there.
• Itachi stopped Shisui near the compound and asked whether he was the Flame Demon, and Shisui nodded.

Shisui admitted his connection to the God Organization to Itachi, then submitted to Fugaku’s Mangekyō technique and was confined to the Uchiha Compound. Fugaku began to suspect Shisui was Flame Demon, while Danzo’s plan to seize Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami was blocked by the confinement.

• Shisui told Itachi he was Flame Demon of the God Organization, and Itachi urged him to keep the secret from the Uchiha main house.
• Fugaku questioned Shisui and tested him with his Mangekyō Sharingan; Shisui did not resist, so Fugaku ordered him confined to the compound.
• Fugaku suspected Shisui was Flame Demon after realizing Shisui had recognized his Mangekyō technique.
• Danzo learned Shisui had been confined and suspected the Uchiha Clan was protecting him from Danzo’s plan to take his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Guy, Kakashi, and Hyuga Kagami were refused entry to visit Shisui, so they left the compound.

Shisui explained to Itachi why he believed the God Organization's leader could save the Uchiha, while Hyuga Kagami continued his stimulation experiments. The chapter ended with Hyuga Kagami killing Uchiha Ryota in front of Uchiha Hideki, whose Sharingan awakened in rage.

• Shisui told Itachi that the Uchiha's exclusion from Konoha's leadership had created a cycle of resentment and rebellion, and said the God Organization's leader could break it by becoming Hokage.
• Hyuga Kagami received Shisui's message by crow and learned that events in the Uchiha Compound had not yet reached their worst stage.
• Over the next half-month, Konoha's raids against illegal forces yielded little information about the God Organization but uncovered illicit funds and drew more ninja into the campaign.
• Hyuga Kagami brought the wounded Uchiha Ryota before his brother Uchiha Hideki and said he would give them both liberation.
• Hyuga Kagami stabbed Uchiha Ryota in the throat, and Uchiha Hideki's eyes turned into a scarlet Sharingan.

Hyuga Kagami’s attempt to provoke Uchiha Hideki nearly drove him to a mental breakdown, but failed to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. He prepared a more convincing staged scene using Hideki’s clone and went to test whether it would provoke Uchiha Ryota.

• Hyuga Kagami watched Uchiha Hideki’s chakra surge and his sealing formulas distort as his Sharingan approached the Mangekyō stage.
• Uchiha Hideki began convulsing before awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, so Hyuga Kagami injected him with a sedative and put him into a coma.
• Hyuga Kagami recorded Hideki’s reactions and considered his experiment a failure, then marked Hideki’s clone and ordered a puppet to create matching wounds.
• Hyuga Kagami realized the clone’s intact eyes made the scene unconvincing, so he ordered the puppet to gouge them out.
• Hyuga Kagami headed to the stone cavern where Uchiha Ryota was being held, hoping the staged scene would provoke him.