Chapter Summaries

Menma rejected Itachi’s plan to exterminate the Uchiha and began secretly rescuing the clan’s doves and civilians. He launched a false extermination using soulless bodies while moving the real people to a hidden underground facility.

• Shisui reacted in shock to Itachi’s plan and begged Menma to stop the clan extermination.
• Menma told Shisui he would save the Uchiha, and Shisui agreed to follow his orders.
• Menma and Shisui entered a Uchiha residence and knocked out two clansmen; Shisui identified them as doves.
• Menma used Golden Experience to create lifelike but soulless replacements, then moved the real clansmen to Hizashi’s underground facility.
• Menma returned to the residence and killed the replacements, beginning the false clan extermination while planning to evacuate the doves and civilians.

Menma and Shisui carried out a massacre and rescue operation in the Uchiha Clan Compound, saving the dove faction and civilians while killing hawk faction members and replacing the rescued with convincing corpses. As they attacked the Uchiha Police Force, Itachi confronted Fugaku and trapped him in Tsukuyomi, revealing his plan.

• Menma used Crazy Diamond and Golden Experience to incapacitate Uchiha and create counterfeit bodies, while Shisui identified each target’s faction.
• Menma and Shisui rescued dove faction members and civilians, killed hawk faction members, and collected their Sharingan.
• Menma and Shisui reached the Uchiha Police Force and agreed that Shisui would identify targets before Menma struck.
• Menma killed the guard at the Police Force entrance after Shisui identified him as a hawk.
• Itachi told Fugaku that he saw him as an obstacle to peace and rejected Fugaku’s hope that the Uchiha could wait for Satsuki to grow up.
• Itachi awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and cast Tsukuyomi on Fugaku, showing him the details of his plan.

Menma completed the first stage of his mission by neutralizing the Konoha Military Police Force, then interrupted Itachi and Fugaku’s Genjutsu battle to stop Itachi from killing his father. He told Fugaku that the Uchiha could no longer launch a coup, leaving Fugaku demanding to know what Menma had done to the clan.

• Menma made the two Uchiha doves in the police force appear dead and collected the Sharingan from the hawks.
• Itachi fought Fugaku, believing he had stabbed his father, but Fugaku revealed that the duel had taken place in a Genjutsu.
• Menma descended and told Itachi that his mission was complete and that the Uchiha could no longer launch a coup.
• Fugaku recognized Menma as the leader of the Ember Organization and demanded to know what he had done to the Uchiha Clan.

Menma's companion showed Fugaku the truth about the clan extermination plan, but Itachi attacked Fugaku and Mikoto with Amaterasu before fleeing to see her younger sister. Menma saved their lives and then set out with Shisui to draw Danzō Shimura out and confront Root.

• Menma's masked companion trapped Fugaku in a genjutsu that revealed how Menma had deceived Itachi and saved most of the Uchiha Clan.
• Menma challenged Itachi over her plan to kill her parents, and Itachi set Fugaku and Mikoto ablaze with Amaterasu before escaping.
• Shisui brought the unconscious Fugaku and Mikoto to Menma, who used Golden Experience and Crazy Diamond to save their lives.
• Menma told Shisui that their mission was not over and declared that they would draw Danzō Shimura out to end Root's influence.

Hiruzen struggled with the Uchiha crisis until Menma appeared in his office and announced that the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated that night. Menma carried Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan through the forest, intending to let Itachi take the blame while recruiting the surviving Uchiha into Ashes.

• Hiruzen recalled how Shisui had proposed using Kotoamatsukami to change the Uchiha hawks’ will, and how Shisui vanished on the day of the operation.
• Hiruzen returned to his office and found Menma waiting in the Hokage’s chair.
• Menma told Hiruzen that Danzō’s actions had led to the Uchiha Clan’s extermination and ordered him to stay put until it was over.
• Menma carried Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan and planned to warn Itachi that Fugaku’s eyes had been replaced with ordinary ones.
• Menma decided to let Itachi bear responsibility for the extermination and hoped Shisui would help bring the surviving Uchiha into Ashes.

Menma used Crazy Diamond to pull the Mangekyō Sharingan he had restored from Danzo’s eye and lure Danzo and two Root Shinobi to a clearing. He trapped them inside a sealing barrier and prepared to confront them.

• Menma told Shisui to stay put as he used Crazy Diamond to restore Shisui’s missing right eye and the Mangekyō Sharingan Danzo had stolen.
• Danzo learned the Uchiha bodies had been stripped of their eyes, then watched Shisui’s Mangekyō tear itself out of his socket and fly away.
• Danzo and two Root Shinobi pursued the fleeing eye, suspecting it might be a trap but unwilling to abandon Kotoamatsukami.
• Menma waited in a clearing wearing a Fox Mask and caught the Mangekyō Sharingan as Danzo and his men arrived.
• The Southern Dipper Sage and Northern Dipper Sage’s sealing arrays trapped Danzo and the two Root Shinobi inside a barrier, and Menma told them to stay there forever.

Menma confronted Danzō over his role in the Uchiha Massacre and the Sharingan stolen from Uchiha clansmen. Danzō fought back using the eyes embedded in his arm, but Menma’s summoned beasts overwhelmed him until he escaped death with Izanagi.

• Shisui recognized that Menma’s power had restored Kotoamatsukami, but Menma refused to return the eye yet and promised not to abuse it.
• Menma accused Danzō of orchestrating the Uchiha’s suffering, stealing Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, and collecting Sharingan after the massacre.
• Menma told Shisui to stay out of the fight, and Shisui retreated to a treetop as Danzō uncovered the Sharingan embedded in his arm.
• Danzō began a Wind Release attack, but Menma’s White Tiger, Golden Snake, Heavenly Maiden, and Azure Dragon struck him and killed him.
• Danzō reappeared unharmed through Izanagi, sacrificing one Sharingan, and Menma remarked that he was wasting the stolen eyes.

Menma trapped Danzō inside a sealed barrier and overwhelmed him with Flying Thunder God, Rasenshuriken, and seven Nine-Headed Beasts. Danzō’s attacks failed to reach Menma, leaving him unable to see any path to victory.

• Danzō tried to justify eliminating threats to Konoha, but Menma condemned his hypocrisy and prepared a Rasenshuriken.
• Danzō unleashed a Wind Release attack as Menma’s beasts cut off his escape routes, and Menma blasted him with a Rasenshuriken.
• Danzō survived the explosion with Izanagi, but Menma revealed Flying Thunder God formulas spread throughout the barrier.
• Danzō hurled wind-wheel shuriken at Menma, but the White Tiger destroyed them while Menma teleported away.
• Menma repeatedly attacked Danzō with Rasenshuriken as the seven Nine-Headed Beasts advanced, and Danzō grew desperate with no way to fight back.

Menma and Shisui defeated Danzo after Shisui trapped him in a genjutsu that made him believe he had escaped. Cornered by the Nine-Headed Beasts, Danzo prepared to use a sealing technique to take his enemies down with him.

• Menma overwhelmed Danzo, who used Izanagi to endure repeated attacks and break what he believed was the barrier.
• Danzo ran beyond the barrier in a genjutsu, but Shisui revealed that the illusion had begun when Danzo activated Izanagi again.
• Menma stabbed Danzo in the heart and mocked his survival instinct and his treatment of others as sacrifices.
• Danzo recognized Shisui and accused him of betraying Konoha, while Shisui said he had acted to save the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui refused Menma's offer to take revenge, and the Nine-Headed Beasts blocked Danzo's escape.
• Danzo accepted that he had no way out, declared his resolve to protect Konoha, and activated the Four Symbols Seal across his body.

Danzō died after activating the Inner Four Symbols Seal, and Shisui agreed to join Ashes. As Naruto and Satsuki reached the Uchiha Compound, Satsuki noticed its unnatural silence and smelled blood.

• Danzō activated the Inner Four Symbols Seal and died as Menma and Shisui escaped its expanding sphere.
• Shisui accepted that he had no choice but to join Ashes, and Menma promised to arrange a meeting with Itachi after his plan was over.
• Menma suffered a sudden chakra disturbance that suggested his original body had encountered a powerful enemy, possibly Itachi.
• Naruto and Satsuki arrived at the dark, silent Uchiha Compound after sharing an evening of snacks.
• Satsuki noticed a faint smell of blood coming from the compound.

Satsuki and Naruto found the Uchiha compound strewn with bodies, and Satsuki ran toward her family’s home with Naruto. Meanwhile, Itachi discovered that Fugaku and Mikoto were still alive, and Menma confronted him about his attempt to kill his parents.

• Satsuki sensed blood in the air, and Naruto promised to stay by her side as they approached the corner of the compound.
• Satsuki saw Uchiha clan members lying dead in the street and seized Naruto’s hand, then ran toward her family’s residence.
• Itachi saw that Fugaku and Mikoto were alive despite the injuries and black flames he had inflicted on them.
• Menma appeared before Itachi, who attacked him with Amaterasu, only to burn a Shadow Clone.
• Menma reappeared using the Flying Thunder God Technique and warned Itachi about the cost of his Mangekyō power, condemning his attempt to kill his parents.

Menma confronted Itachi over her plan and ordered her to spare Fugaku, Mikoto, and Satsuki, threatening her with the Great Rasenshuriken if she disobeyed. Satsuki reached her parents with Naruto and discovered Itachi was about to attack them, leaving her stunned by her sister’s coldness.

• Menma accused Itachi of arrogantly involving innocent people in her plan and demanded that she spare Fugaku and Mikoto and stop using Tsukuyomi on Satsuki.
• Menma threatened Itachi with the Great Rasenshuriken, then disappeared and left her alone under the moonlight.
• Satsuki ran through the bloodied Uchiha compound with Naruto and found her parents lying unconscious on the ground.
• Itachi appeared beside Fugaku and Mikoto, and Satsuki approached her sister, believing she might explain what had happened.
• Naruto shoved Satsuki aside to save her from Itachi’s attack, taking a cut near his ear as Satsuki stared at Itachi’s cold expression.

Itachi attacked Satsuki and used a Genjutsu to make her accept that her sister had killed their parents, then escalated the confrontation by choking her and raising a blade against her. Naruto freed Satsuki with his Adamantine Sealing Chains and threatened Itachi, leaving the two of them facing off.

• Satsuki pleaded with Itachi to explain herself, but Itachi drew her blade and said she had acted to test her own capacity.
• Itachi activated her Sharingan and trapped Satsuki in a Genjutsu, but Naruto disrupted it with Chakra and released her.
• Satsuki realized Itachi had truly killed their parents, then attacked her in grief and rage.
• Itachi caught Satsuki, lifted her by the throat, and aimed her blade at Satsuki's shoulder.
• Naruto restrained Itachi with Adamantine Sealing Chains, freeing Satsuki, and threatened to kill Itachi if she touched Satsuki again.

Naruto restrained Itachi Uchiha long enough for Satsuki to flee, but Amaterasu forced him to release the chains, and Itachi captured him. Itachi appeared to intend to take Naruto after Satsuki.

• Itachi Uchiha recognized Naruto’s unusual sealing power and suspected he might be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Naruto urged Satsuki to flee and summon help, and Satsuki overcame her reluctance and ran from the compound.
• Naruto kept his eyes shut to avoid Itachi’s Mangekyo Sharingan, but Amaterasu ignited several of his Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Naruto dispelled the chains to escape the flames, and Itachi used Body Flicker to punch him in the abdomen.
• Itachi grabbed the incapacitated Naruto and lifted him, apparently planning to pursue Satsuki with him.

Satsuki fled the massacre at the Uchiha Clan grounds but found Itachi blocking her path with an unconscious Naruto. After effortlessly defeating Satsuki, Itachi threatened Naruto to force her toward awakening her eyes, and Satsuki begged her sister to spare him.

• Satsuki escaped the Uchiha Clan grounds and ran toward the village center, desperate to find help and protect Naruto.
• Itachi appeared in the road holding an unconscious Naruto, and Satsuki attacked her with shuriken before trying to use a Fire Style jutsu.
• Itachi disarmed Satsuki, choked her, and released her after recalling the Fox Mask's warning not to harm her unnecessarily.
• Itachi decided to use Naruto to push Satsuki's eyes to awaken and aimed her short blade at him, carefully avoiding his heart.
• Satsuki begged Itachi to spare Naruto and offered her own life in exchange for his.

Naruto endured Itachi's stabbing as part of a ruse to awaken Satsuki's Sharingan, while struggling with guilt over her suffering. Satsuki awakened her Sharingan and became consumed by hatred for Itachi before her body collapsed from the strain.

• Naruto suppressed his pain and kept his Shadow Clones active after Itachi stabbed him.
• Satsuki watched Naruto bleed and was overwhelmed by grief and rage.
• Satsuki awakened her Sharingan and resolved to kill Itachi.
• Satsuki's Sharingan began transforming further, but her immature body could not bear the power.
• Satsuki lost consciousness after seeing a tear fall from Itachi's face.

Kurama sensed Naruto was in danger from Itachi Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and lent him Chakra to heal his wound and escape. Itachi realized Naruto’s apparent death had nearly pushed Satsuki’s eyes toward the Mangekyō and decided Naruto needed to become a safeguard in her plan.

• Kurama felt the seal destabilize and recognized the hostile Mangekyō Sharingan Chakra as resembling Uchiha Madara’s.
• Naruto struggled to control his injuries while Itachi watched him, and Kurama’s Chakra surged through him to heal the wound.
• Kurama warned Naruto that Itachi was dangerous and offered Chakra so he could move and get away.
• Itachi recalled that Satsuki’s eyes had nearly advanced to the Mangekyō when she believed Naruto was about to die.
• Itachi decided to add a safeguard involving Naruto to keep her plan from being disrupted.

Naruto survived Itachi Uchiha’s attack by borrowing Kurama’s Chakra and taking on a four-tailed mantle. Elsewhere, Menma recovered from the shock and changed his plans, deciding to infiltrate Konoha with Shisui to retrieve evidence from Danzō Shimura.

• Itachi Uchiha began forming seals to use Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyo Sharingan, but Naruto’s surge of Kurama’s Chakra interrupted him.
• Naruto rose with a crimson Chakra mantle that healed his wound and formed four tails.
• Shisui Uchiha sensed the violent Chakra from the forest outside Konoha, while Menma recovered and straightened his Fox Mask.
• Menma concluded that the main body’s crisis had passed and told Shisui to enter Konoha with him.
• Menma said they would retrieve Danzō Shimura’s relics as proof of his Wood Release and the Sharingan on his arm.

Naruto used Kurama’s willingly lent Chakra to transform and unleash a devastating attack while protecting the unconscious Satsuki. As the blast stirred panic across Konoha, Menma and Shisui discovered the entrance to Root’s underground base and descended into it.

• Naruto completed a controlled four-tailed transformation and used a Chakra claw to shield Satsuki and restore her breathing.
• Naruto warned Itachi Uchiha to stay back and fired a powerful tailed beast Chakra blast at her.
• The explosion shook Konoha, alarming villagers and ninja, while Menma and Shisui watched from an alley.
• Menma used Golden Experience to sense concentrated life underground and uncovered Root’s hidden entrance with Earth Release: Mud River.
• Menma and the Nine-Headed Beasts entered Root’s base, and Shisui followed.

Four-tailed Naruto fought Itachi Uchiha in the forest, but she could neither harm him nor stop his transformation. Itachi trapped Naruto in Tsukuyomi, where Kurama intervened and broke the genjutsu, leaving Naruto ready to confront her again.

• Naruto crushed Itachi's attacks and survived her point-blank Tailed Beast Chakra Cannon while she escaped with substitution tactics.
• Itachi decided she had to stop Naruto to protect Konoha and Satsuki, then used her Mangekyo Sharingan to cast Tsukuyomi.
• Inside the genjutsu, Itachi threatened to torture Naruto for seventy-two hours to break his will and end the transformation.
• Kurama appeared in Tsukuyomi and flooded the space with Chakra, forcing Itachi's genjutsu to collapse.
• Naruto thanked Kurama, who denied calling him "my person" and urged him to teach Itachi a lesson.