Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Daiki told Uchiha Fugaku that he intended to become Hokage and lead the Uchiha Clan to power, while Fugaku warned him of the devastating cost of a coup. Daiki proposed waiting for Shimura Danzō to honor his promise, but said he had a backup plan if Danzō betrayed them.

• Uchiha Daiki told Uchiha Fugaku he wanted to run for Hokage and would use more extreme methods if Konoha's ruling class obstructed the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku warned Uchiha Daiki that the village might reject Uchiha rule and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan's vision of a coup that nearly destroyed the clan and devastated Konoha.
• Uchiha Daiki pointed out that the vision had not accounted for him, and Uchiha Fugaku acknowledged the oversight.
• Uchiha Daiki said the clan should wait for Shimura Danzō to publicize its battlefield heroics, which would give Daiki the right to run for Hokage.
• Uchiha Daiki told Uchiha Fugaku that if Shimura Danzō broke his promise, he would enact Plan B and ensure no Uchiha died over the matter.

Uchiha Daiki urged Uchiha Fugaku to address the Uchiha Clan’s arrogance and discussed ways to restore the clan’s standing. Meanwhile, Uchiha Shisui joined Shimura Danzō’s Root Organization, and Danzō pressed him to reveal what Daiki had said.

• Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Daiki why he wanted to become Hokage, and Daiki said revitalizing the Uchiha Clan was his duty.
• Uchiha Daiki told Uchiha Fugaku that the clan needed to address its arrogance and distance from the rest of Konoha.
• Uchiha Daiki and Uchiha Fugaku discussed plans to restore the Uchiha Clan to greatness.
• Uchiha Shisui joined Shimura Danzō’s Root Organization, and Danzō placed the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on him.
• Uchiha Shisui told Shimura Danzō that Uchiha Daiki expected the Third Hokage to yield his position to Minato and planned to compete for Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō asked Uchiha Shisui what else Daiki had said.

Uchiha Shisui revealed Uchiha Daiki’s plans to Shimura Danzō, who ordered him to monitor Daiki and the Uchiha Clan and gave him a document promoting the clan’s battlefield achievements. Orochimaru considered meeting Daiki, while Daiki confronted Shisui after learning he had joined Root and betrayed his plans.

• Uchiha Shisui explained Uchiha Daiki’s demand for an explanation from the village and disclosed that Daiki could make everyone submit without bloodshed.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Uchiha Shisui to watch Uchiha Daiki and the Uchiha Clan, then handed him an administrative order promoting the clan’s battlefield achievements.
• Orochimaru mocked Shimura Danzō over his chances of becoming Fourth Hokage, then expressed interest in meeting Uchiha Daiki.
• Uchiha Shisui met Uchiha Daiki after Daiki left Naka Shrine and admitted that he had joined Shimura Danzō’s Root Organization and revealed Daiki’s plans.
• Uchiha Daiki told Uchiha Shisui to shut up as Shisui tried to explain his actions.

Uchiha Daiki confronted the village advisors after learning they had already recommended Minato for Hokage, then wrote his own recommendation letter and prepared to go to the Daimyo. An arriving guard appeared to recognize Daiki, but the chapter ended before he could explain.

• Uchiha Daiki learned that Shimura Danzō had ordered Uchiha Shisui to monitor him and the Uchiha Clan, and told Shisui to report his visit to the advisors.
• Uchiha Daiki demanded that Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura support him as the Fourth Hokage.
• Utatane Koharu told Uchiha Daiki that they had already sent a letter recommending Minato to the Land of Fire Daimyo.
• Uchiha Daiki demanded that the advisors send a new letter naming him, but they silently refused.
• Uchiha Daiki wrote his own recommendation letter and said he would go to the Daimyo himself.
• A figure appeared behind Uchiha Daiki, apologized for arriving late, and reacted in surprise upon seeing him.

Uchiha Daiki overpowered the Anbu guards and confronted Konoha’s advisers, then approached Hyuga Hiashi to seek the Hyuga Clan’s support in his bid to become Fourth Hokage. Hiashi remembered Daiki’s rescue of him and Hizashi but hesitated to involve his clan in the Uchiha–Konoha conflict.

• Uchiha Daiki knocked out the Anbu squad captain and revealed that he had already incapacitated the other guards, leaving Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura speechless.
• After Daiki left, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura decided to consult Danzo and summon the other clan heads.
• Uchiha Daiki heard Hyuga clansmen discussing his battlefield accomplishments and asked them to summon Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi welcomed Daiki, recalling how he had saved both Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Daiki told Hyuga Hiashi he would run for Fourth Hokage and asked the Hyuga Clan to support the Uchiha Clan.
• Hyuga Hiashi hesitated, wary of involving his clan in the conflict between Konoha Village and the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Daiki secured Hyuga Hiashi’s promise that the Hyuga Clan would not oppose the Uchiha, then visited Shikaku Nara to ask how other clans should respond to an oppressed clan rising to reclaim power. Shikaku recognized the visit as trouble, and Daiki left him with a question about the Uchiha’s conflict with Konoha.

• Uchiha Daiki told Hyuga Hiashi that the Uchiha needed to survive and would not betray their homeland, and Hiashi agreed to keep his clan from becoming their enemy.
• Daiki returned to assure Hiashi that the Uchiha would avoid serious bloodshed and spare those who supported them.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered his clan members not to become enemies of the Uchiha, regardless of what happened in the village.
• Uchiha Daiki appeared at Shikaku Nara’s home late at night, and Shikaku cautiously confronted him.
• Daiki asked Shikaku how other clans should react when a powerful, oppressed clan rose up to reclaim what it believed was rightfully its own.

Uchiha Daiki warned Shikaku Nara about the Uchiha Clan’s rise to power and pressed him to consider how Konoha’s clans should respond. Shikaku agreed to convey their conversation to the other clan heads before dawn.

• Shikaku Nara recognized Uchiha Daiki and questioned him about the Uchiha Clan’s intentions in Konoha.
• Shikaku said he would turn a blind eye to a takeover only if the clan could responsibly protect the village and serve its best interests.
• Uchiha Daiki demonstrated his speed and assured Shikaku that the clan would make the village safer and better.
• Shikaku accepted Daiki’s request to tell the other clan heads about their conversation before dawn.
• After Daiki left, Shikaku reassured Yoshino Nara and prepared to speak with Konoha’s other clans and key ninja.

After Uchiha Daiki left for the Land of Fire capital to seek the Daimyo’s backing for his appointment as Fourth Hokage, Konoha’s advisers tried to enlist Shimura Danzō against the Uchiha Clan. Danzō refused to risk Root, while the advisers ordered a village-wide gathering and Danzō sent Uchiha Shisui to investigate the clan’s intentions.

• Uchiha Daiki left Konoha for the Land of Fire capital with a letter of recommendation after arranging for Shikaku Nara to relay his message.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura asked Shimura Danzō to help stop the Uchiha Clan, but he argued that it was too late and refused to commit Root.
• Mitokado Homura ordered Anbu to summon the major clan heads and all Jonin, including those already in the village.
• Shimura Danzō told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that Root had to guard against outside threats, and they left without his support.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Uchiha Shisui to learn whether Uchiha Daiki alone or the whole Uchiha Clan intended to rebel.

Uchiha Daiki destroyed the recommendation letter for Minato Namikaze and confronted Orochimaru, who tried to kill him. Daiki trapped Orochimaru in the Binding Phantom Technique and detonated thousands of Explosive Tags around him before leaving, uncertain whether the blast had killed him.

• Uchiha Daiki intercepted the Anbu ninja carrying Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu's recommendation letter and shredded it.
• Orochimaru appeared and attacked Uchiha Daiki with genjutsu, but Daiki broke it and trapped him with the Binding Phantom Technique.
• Uchiha Daiki sealed Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword into a scroll and wrapped Orochimaru in more than ten thousand Explosive Tags.
• Uchiha Daiki detonated the Explosive Tags, destroying everything within several kilometers, then departed while wondering whether Orochimaru had survived.

Uchiha Daiki confronted the Land of Fire Daimyo and forced him to reconsider Konoha’s appointment of Minato Namikaze as Fourth Hokage. The Daimyo agreed to write a new appointment letter naming Daiki, who waited outside while he got out of the hot spring.

• Uchiha Daiki arrived at the capital, sensed that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze had left, and went to find the Land of Fire Daimyo.
• Uchiha Daiki appeared in the Daimyo’s hot spring, and the Daimyo ordered his guards to seize him as an assassin.
• Uchiha Daiki incapacitated the guards and identified himself to the frightened Daimyo.
• Uchiha Daiki presented a forged recommendation letter claiming Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura supported his bid to become Fourth Hokage.
• The Daimyo told Uchiha Daiki that Minato Namikaze had already been appointed, but Daiki demanded a new letter revoking that appointment.
• The Daimyo agreed to write Uchiha Daiki a new appointment letter, and Daiki waited outside while he left the pool.

Uchiha Daiki returned to Konoha with the Daimyo’s appointment letter and pressed the village advisors to support his bid for Hokage. As Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Minato Namikaze to claim the position despite his promise to Daiki, the Third Hokage and Minato reached the village entrance.

• Uchiha Daiki returned to Konoha with the Daimyo’s appointment letter and declaration, while Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that becoming Hokage was the best choice for the village.
• Minato Namikaze wrestled with his promise to Uchiha Daiki, then considered the risks of leaving the village to Daiki or Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Daiki presented the Daimyo’s letter rescinding Minato Namikaze’s appointment to advisors Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura and demanded their help governing the village.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed to fulfill their advisory duties, and an Anbu captain reported that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze had reached the village entrance.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze returned to Konoha as the Uchiha Clan’s dispute with the Hokage faction threatened to escalate. Uchiha Shisui briefed them on the crisis and Hiruzen urged him to oppose Uchiha Daiki and support Minato’s appointment as Fourth Hokage.

• Uchiha Daiki left the meeting room and headed to the Hokage’s Office to await Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze.
• At Root headquarters, Shimura Danzō chose to let the Uchiha and Hokage factions clash, planning to intervene after both sides suffered losses.
• Orochimaru told Shimura Danzō that Uchiha Daiki’s strength was unfathomable and predicted a bloody storm in Konoha.
• Uchiha Shisui intercepted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze and explained how the Uchiha uncovered Shimura Danzō’s concealment of their achievements and Daiki’s bid for Hokage.
• Shisui told Minato that Daiki demanded he honor their agreement and give up the Hokage position.
• Hiruzen told Shisui that Minato had received the Daimyo’s appointment letter and urged him to stop Daiki and serve the incoming Fourth Hokage.

Uchiha Shisui warned Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze that Daiki had resisted his Kotoamatsukami, prompting them to prepare for a possible Uchiha uprising. Back in the Uchiha compound, Uchiha Fugaku weighed Shisui’s plea to avoid fighting against the chance that Daiki could bring the clan to power without bloodshed, then prepared to show Shisui a future he had foreseen.

• Uchiha Shisui told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze that Kotoamatsukami had failed to affect Uchiha Daiki and that he feared Daiki’s strength.
• Minato Namikaze decided to speak with Daiki alone, while Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to summon the village’s shinobi and ordered Shisui to relay his warning to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reminded Minato Namikaze that a Hokage needed resolve as well as compassion and responsibility.
• Uchiha Shisui urged Uchiha Fugaku to keep the clan out of any fighting, but Fugaku struggled with the possibility that Daiki could raise the Uchiha to power without bloodshed.
• Uchiha Shisui told Uchiha Fugaku that Minato Namikaze had received the daimyo’s appointment letter and had promised to surrender the Hokage position after losing his bet with Daiki.
• Uchiha Fugaku began activating his Mangekyō Sharingan to show Uchiha Shisui the future he had foreseen.

Minato Namikaze learned that Uchiha Daiki had been appointed Fourth Hokage and agreed to give up the position if Daiki proved himself. He left Daiki with two demands: win a public contest between them and show positive changes in Konoha within three months.

• Uchiha Daiki showed Minato Namikaze the Daimyo’s appointment documents and confirmed that the advisors supported him as Hokage.
• Minato Namikaze accepted that Daiki had secured support from the village’s other shinobi and said he would give up the Hokage Position if Daiki could lead Konoha well.
• Minato Namikaze demanded that he and Daiki determine a genuine winner in a public contest and that Daiki improve the village within three months.
• Uchiha Daiki agreed to both demands, and Minato Namikaze told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that he would supervise Daiki’s work.

Uchiha Daiki confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the Hokage Position, using overwhelming force and political support to pressure him into accepting the transfer. Hiruzen recognized that Daiki had secured the village’s backing and admitted that he might be qualified to lead Konoha.

• Minato Namikaze explained that he would remove Uchiha Daiki if the Uchiha Clan harmed Konoha, then said Hiruzen Sarutobi still had to be dealt with.
• Uchiha Daiki and Minato Namikaze confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Hokage Building, where Daiki’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out most of Hiruzen’s Anbu guards.
• Minato Namikaze told Hiruzen Sarutobi about his agreement with Uchiha Daiki and his decision to yield the Hokage Position.
• Uchiha Daiki urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to support his appointment, warning that resistance could cause bloodshed in the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that the village’s elite Jonin had ignored his summons because Uchiha Daiki had won their support, and he considered Daiki qualified to become Hokage.

Uchiha Daiki secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s support for taking the Hokage position, and he and Minato Namikaze agreed to a public duel the next morning. As the village’s clan heads gathered at the Nara compound, Shikaku Nara went to the Hokage’s Office to learn what had happened.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Uchiha Daiki’s rise and agreed to remain as a senior adviser.
• Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Daiki agreed to fight before Konoha’s Jonin the next morning, with the victor determining the transfer of the Hokage position.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Uchiha Daiki not to betray the Hokage’s name and said he would hold Daiki’s inauguration ceremony after the duel.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left with the arriving Sarutobi Clan Jonin, while Uchiha Daiki declared he would make Konoha the shinobi world’s strongest force within a year.
• The major clan heads met at the Nara compound and discussed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s summons and the danger of fighting the Uchiha Clan.
• Shikaku Nara told the clan heads to prepare for either possibility and went to the Hokage’s Office.

Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyō revealed a peaceful future in which Uchiha Daiki became Fourth Hokage, prompting Uchiha Shisui to urge restraint. At the Hokage Building, Shikaku Nara learned that Daiki had received the Land of Fire Daimyo’s appointment and would soon take office.

• Shikaku Nara told the clan heads to disperse if he failed to return or send word within two hours, then left.
• Uchiha Fugaku showed Uchiha Shisui a future where the Uchiha Clan peacefully led Konoha and Uchiha Daiki became Fourth Hokage.
• Uchiha Shisui begged Uchiha Fugaku to restrain the clan and prevent anyone from acting before he returned, then departed.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered every Uchiha combatant of Chunin rank or above to gather at Chunin rank or above.
• Shikaku Nara and Uchiha Shisui arrived at the Hokage Building, where they found Uchiha Daiki seated in the Hokage's office with Hiruzen Sarutobi, the advisors, and Minato Namikaze.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Shikaku Nara that Uchiha Daiki had received the Land of Fire Daimyo's appointment and asked him to share the news with the clan heads and ninja.

Shikaku Nara learned that Uchiha Daiki would become Hokage and was ordered to arrange a friendly match between Daiki and Minato Namikaze during the inauguration ceremony. Hiruzen Sarutobi briefed Daiki and Minato on Root and Shimura Danzō, but Daiki proposed eliminating Danzō, alarming Hiruzen and the village advisors.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Shikaku Nara that Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Daiki would hold a friendly match during the inauguration ceremony, and assigned Shikaku to publicize it.
• Uchiha Daiki sent Uchiha Shisui to tell Fugaku and the others to proceed with their preparations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained Root, Shimura Danzō, and the elite Anbu forces to Uchiha Daiki and Minato Namikaze, warning them that Danzō was ambitious and had acted without permission against the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Daiki suggested finding a reason to get rid of Shimura Danzō, shocking Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• Utatane Koharu argued that Danzō's service and Root's strength made him valuable, while the senior leaders feared that allowing Daiki to eliminate him could put them at risk as well.

Uchiha Daiki warned the elders that he would target Shimura Danzō if he threatened his plans, then began learning about Konoha's personnel. Shimura Danzō learned that Daiki had become Hokage and planned to exploit Daiki's upcoming match with Minato Namikaze to kill them both.

• Uchiha Daiki warned Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura that he would not tolerate Shimura Danzō sabotaging his plans.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Uchiha Daiki that he would have to prove himself as Hokage before learning more village secrets, and Daiki began reading a file on a ninja.
• Uchiha Shisui believed Uchiha Fugaku's prophetic genjutsu dream and looked forward to telling him that the village and the Uchiha Clan would avoid bloodshed.
• Shikaku Nara spread news of Uchiha Daiki's appointment among the Jonin, and Root passed it to Shimura Danzō along with news of Daiki's planned match with Minato Namikaze.
• Orochimaru speculated that Minato Namikaze would fight Daiki to prove who was strongest, and Shimura Danzō decided to use the match to kill them both.

Orochimaru agreed to join Danzō’s operation against Uchiha Daiki and Minato Namikaze after Danzō threatened to expose his experiments. Meanwhile, Kakashi found Rin on the battlefield and learned that Kirigakure had sealed a tailed beast inside her.

• Orochimaru tried to leave, but Danzō persuaded him to stay by promising the Hokage position and threatening to reveal his human experiments.
• Danzō ordered a subordinate to confirm where Daiki and Minato would fight.
• Shikaku told the clan heads that the crisis had been resolved and urged them to cooperate with the Uchiha Clan and share the news around Konoha.
• Kakashi tracked the Kirigakure Anbu who had captured Rin and found her in a forest near the eastern border of the Land of Fire.
• Rin warned Kakashi to flee and revealed that Kirigakure had sealed a tailed beast inside her, leaving Kakashi stunned.