Chapter Summaries

Naruto ambushed Shisui near the Naka River, stole his remaining Kotoamatsukami eye, and imprisoned him in a hidden base. Itachi waited in vain and found a different headless corpse in the river, leaving Shisui's whereabouts unknown.

• Naruto disguised himself as an Uchiha and lured the weakened Shisui into revealing his plans to die and entrust his eye and ideals to Itachi.
• Shisui realized Naruto was not Itachi, but Naruto struck him with a Rasengan, took his left eye, and sealed his chakra pathways.
• Naruto took Shisui's suicide note and valuables, then carried him to a temporary base in the Death Forest and left a Shadow Clone to guard him.
• Itachi waited for Shisui near the Naka River, then found a headless Konoha jonin corpse whose build resembled Shisui's but whose features did not match.

After Shisui’s disappearance, the Uchiha suspected Itachi of killing him, but Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and revealed that Shisui had died to stop the coup. Itachi offered to become a bridge between the Uchiha and Konoha, while the Third Hokage and Danzo clashed over how to handle the clan.

• Yashiro and other Uchiha Jonin confronted Fugaku and accused Itachi of killing Shisui for his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi recalled Shisui’s suicide note and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, gaining access to Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu.
• Itachi drove back the Jonin, threw Yashiro aside, and left the compound after declaring that they could not understand him and Shisui.
• Itachi told Konoha High Command that Shisui had committed suicide to stop the coup and agreed to serve as the new bridge between the Uchiha and the village.
• Danzo demanded that Shisui’s body and Kotoamatsukami be secured, while the Third Hokage accused him of endangering relations with the Uchiha.
• The Third Hokage argued that Itachi could preserve peace, but Danzo called the Uchiha enemies and left to summon Itachi to Root.

Naruto kept Shisui imprisoned while preparing to use his Sharingan, then transplanted Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami eyes into himself. The operation succeeded, but trying the ocular technique left Naruto stunned.

• Sasuke confided in Naruto that his brother had changed and Shisui had disappeared, while a Shadow Clone stood in for Naruto in class.
• Naruto hunted in the Death Forest and brought food back to the secret base for himself and the blind Shisui.
• Shisui considered escaping after abandoning suicide, and Naruto confronted him about his plans and asked whether losing the Sharingan had made the world clearer.
• Naruto summoned a Shadow Clone and performed surgery to replace his own eyes with Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami Sharingan.
• Naruto tried to use Kotoamatsukami and was stunned by the feedback from the Sharingan.

Naruto discovered that Shisui had used Kotoamatsukami on himself, rewriting his will to make him the person he wished to be. After Naruto revealed the truth, Shisui’s buried memories returned, leaving him devastated.

• Naruto showed the Nine-Tails Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and learned the fox feared its power.
• Naruto realized Shisui had used Kotoamatsukami on himself before Naruto took his eye.
• Naruto told Shisui that his eye’s technique was on cooldown, revealing that Shisui had been its target.
• Shisui recovered memories of his selfish past, his friend’s death, and his decision to use Kotoamatsukami to embrace the Will of Fire.
• Shisui blamed Naruto for exposing the truth, and Naruto told him to return to reality.

Naruto trained with Shisui’s transplanted Kotoamatsukami Sharingan while Shisui struggled to accept Naruto’s revelation about his past. Danzo discovered that his transplanted eye was on cooldown and began considering ways to obtain Wood Release and more Sharingan, while Obito learned that Shisui had disappeared and was believed dead.

• Naruto left a Shadow Clone to watch Shisui, then trained with the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan in the Forest of Death.
• Naruto tested the Sharingan’s abilities and practiced Uchiha Style shuriken techniques, but found he could not activate Susanoo with only one Mangekyō.
• Danzo recovered from his eye transplant and discovered that his Kotoamatsukami was on a ten-year cooldown.
• A researcher warned Danzo that transplanting Wood Release carried a greater than seventy percent risk of failure and suggested obtaining more Sharingan or help from Tsunade and Orochimaru.
• Danzo dismissed Tsunade as an option and considered taking Sharingan from Uchiha Jonin to strengthen Root and himself.
• Obito killed a Land of Fire official during a bounty mission, then received word that Shisui had disappeared and was believed to have been killed by Itachi Uchiha.

Obito confirmed Shisui's death and approached Itachi, hoping to make him a future ally against Nagato. After Obito and Black Zetsu watched Kakashi visit the Heroes' Cemetery, Kakashi left still concerned about Naruto and the Uchiha clan.

• Obito confirmed that Shisui had died by suicide to prevent a civil war between the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Obito found Itachi training and urged him to leave Konoha and follow him, but Itachi refused and focused on the growing clan-village conflict.
• Obito told Black Zetsu he wanted Itachi as an Akatsuki asset and planned to take Nagato's Rinnegan before Nagato collected the Tailed Beasts.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched Kakashi visit the Heroes' Cemetery, where Kakashi told Obito and Rin about Naruto's hidden identity and mistreatment.
• Kakashi left the cemetery and worried about how he could help Naruto and what might happen with the Uchiha clan.

Naruto continued training while Kakashi monitored him and tried to approach him, but Naruto demanded to know why Kakashi had come. Kakashi refused to reveal Naruto’s parentage and agreed to spar with him so Naruto could test his strength.

• Naruto noticed Kakashi had replaced Hayate and Yugao as his watcher and used snack-flavored Chakra to quiet the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto observed that resentment was shifting toward the Uchiha Police Force as the Uchiha stockpiled money and supplies, and he continued gathering information around Konoha.
• Kakashi joined Naruto at Ichiraku Ramen, but Naruto paid for himself and left after Kakashi offered to cover his bill.
• Naruto confronted Kakashi about following him and asked about his parents; Kakashi said Naruto would have to ask the Third Hokage about his background.
• Naruto asked Kakashi to spar, and Kakashi agreed to limit himself to Genin level.
• Naruto opened the spar by leaping into the air and using Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.

Naruto fought Kakashi to prove his strength and revealed that he had mastered the Ninja Academy curriculum through sixth grade. Kakashi agreed to relay Naruto's request for early graduation to the Third Hokage, then left to report what he had learned.

• Naruto overwhelmed Kakashi with ninjutsu and taijutsu until Kakashi relaxed his strength restrictions and revealed his Sharingan to dodge Naruto's Rasengan.
• Kakashi and Naruto stopped fighting, and Naruto pointed out that Kakashi had used more than Genin-level strength.
• Naruto answered Kakashi's academic questions correctly and explained that he wanted to become a ninja because the Third Hokage had promised to tell him about his background.
• Naruto revealed that he could sense the Chakra signatures of the Anbu watching him, and Kakashi agreed to pass his early-graduation request to the Third Hokage.
• Kakashi summoned a subordinate to take over his shift and went to the Hokage Building, while Naruto hoped early graduation would give him more freedom from surveillance.

The Third Hokage considered Naruto’s request to graduate early, deciding to delay it for a year while assigning Kakashi to spend more time with him. He then received news that the Uchiha were seeking clan alliances and wondered whether Shisui had truly died by suicide.

• Kakashi reported that Naruto had mastered chakra sensing, fought at Chunin level, and wanted to graduate early to learn about his parents.
• The Third Hokage refused to reveal Naruto’s origins, delayed his graduation until next year, and asked Kakashi to become his Jonin instructor and spend more time with him.
• Kakashi warned that Naruto could detect Anbu and asked whether his protection should change; the Third Hokage left the decision to him but told him to keep Naruto away from the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• The Third Hokage reviewed reports of the Military Police Force stockpiling weapons and considered the Uchiha’s growing dissatisfaction and ambitions.
• Itachi Uchiha told the Third Hokage that his father was contacting other Ninja Clans to form an alliance, and the Third Hokage praised Itachi’s judgment.
• After Itachi left, the Third Hokage compared him to Danzo and wondered what Shisui had died for and whether his death had truly been suicide.

Naruto’s early graduation application was rejected, but he received the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu as compensation and inadvertently inspired classmates to consider graduating early. Months later, he visited the imprisoned Shisui in the Death Forest, where Shisui asked how the Uchiha clan was doing.

• Iruka told Naruto that the Hokage had rejected his early graduation application because no suitable Jonin team leader was available, and Naruto recalled receiving the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu as compensation.
• Mizuki urged Iruka to pursue advancement, but Iruka said he was content to remain a teacher.
• Sasuke, Choji, and other classmates discussed early graduation after Naruto told Sasuke his application had been rejected; Naruto’s application had sparked a trend of competition in class.
• Several months later, Naruto used a Shadow Clone to distract Kakashi and visited Shisui in the Death Forest, where Shisui had been imprisoned for months and Naruto had replaced his eyes.
• Shisui answered Naruto’s questions about cultivation, then asked him how the Uchiha clan was doing.

Naruto told Shisui that tensions between the Uchiha and Konoha had worsened and suggested that the clan leave the village instead of attempting a coup. Shisui began considering the plan but remained Naruto’s prisoner, and he resolved to seek a Sharingan elsewhere so he could help his clan.

• Naruto told Shisui that his disappearance had only delayed the Uchiha conflict and that the clan still faced destruction.
• Shisui asked Naruto how the Uchiha and Konoha could coexist, and Naruto proposed that the clan leave the village.
• Shisui reconsidered his belief that the Uchiha and the village were one, then began thinking through how the clan could escape and settle elsewhere.
• Naruto reminded Shisui that he was still under surveillance, and Shisui realized he needed to escape before he could help the clan.
• Shisui said he needed to recover his strength and obtain a Sharingan, while Naruto refused to return Kotoamatsukami and suggested Danzo or the Uchiha Clan as possible sources.

Naruto took Shisui to the Uchiha Clan Compound to steal the clan’s stored Sharingan and help Shisui gather eyes for his plan to lead the Uchiha away from Konoha. They discovered many Sharingan were already missing, and footsteps sounded as they debated taking the rest.

• Naruto received Shisui’s Fire Style training memories after Shisui’s favorability reached recognition.
• Naruto and a Shadow Clone of Shisui crossed Konoha’s sensory barrier and entered the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Shisui explained that he planned to steal the Sharingan stored beneath Naka Shrine.
• Naruto and Shisui avoided Yashiro Uchiha and entered the underground warehouse.
• Shisui found that many Sharingan, including several Three-Tomoe eyes, were missing and concluded that a traitor had given them to Danzo.
• Naruto urged Shisui to take the remaining Sharingan, but footsteps approached before they could act.

Naruto and Shisui hid beneath Naka Shrine and overheard the Uchiha Jonin planning a coup, which convinced Shisui that the clan needed to leave Konoha. After they took the stored Sharingan and left, Fugaku returned to the shrine and discovered the eyes were missing.

• Shisui led Naruto into a hidden passage to avoid the Uchiha Jonin gathering beneath Naka Shrine.
• Naruto and Shisui overheard Fugaku and the Jonin discuss attacking the Hokage Building and using Naruto's Nine-Tails power.
• Shisui gathered the stored Sharingan and decided to lead the clan out of Konoha, resolving to force the Uchiha to follow him.
• Naruto questioned Shisui about the blank bottom of the stone tablet and warned that its Mangekyo method could prompt Uchiha to harm loved ones.
• Fugaku returned to the underground chambers and discovered that the stored Sharingan had vanished.

Fugaku kept the theft of the Sharingan secret, while Naruto transplanted a pair into Shisui and took another pair for himself. Shisui woke to Naruto’s farewell message, destroyed their underground base, and left to pursue a plan to save the Uchiha clan.

• Fugaku suspected Itachi or other Uchiha of stealing the Sharingan but concealed the theft to avoid weakening the clan before its planned coup.
• Shisui's Shadow Clone delivered the stolen Sharingan to Naruto at the Death Forest base and admitted he still needed Naruto to perform his eye transplant.
• Naruto transplanted a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan into Shisui, took another pair, and left a farewell scroll before departing.
• Shisui woke, found Naruto's message, and counted the Sharingan, realizing that two pairs were missing.
• Shisui decided the theft could warn the clan about traitors and enemies, then destroyed the underground base and disappeared into the Death Forest.

Shisui returned to Konoha in disguise and began building support among Uchiha who opposed the coup, while investigating the spy within the clan. He uncovered the spy and formed a hidden faction favoring escape, but postponed meeting Itachi after noticing a mysterious Masked Man near him.

• Shisui disguised himself and entered the Uchiha Security Building to investigate how Danzo learned the clan's secrets.
• While patrolling, Shisui learned that many Uchiha resented their treatment but did not want to join the coup, and he persuaded a Chunin to support leaving the village.
• Shisui used genjutsu to win the Chunin's trust and spent the following weeks learning what other clan members wanted.
• Shisui identified and captured two ninja who took turns impersonating the clan's logistics Chunin and reporting to Danzo.
• Shisui gathered a hidden faction of Uchiha who favored escape and postponed meeting Itachi, after noticing a mysterious Masked Man moving around the clan grounds.

Itachi trained with Sasuke while weighing Danzo’s demand that he choose between the Uchiha clan and the village, and he resolved to ask Fugaku to abandon the coup. After sensing a mysterious observer near the clan grounds, Itachi returned home for dinner and prepared to speak with his father.

• Itachi trained with Sasuke and reflected on his isolation and Danzo’s demand that he act against the Uchiha in exchange for Sasuke’s safety.
• Sasuke asked about becoming a Chunin and Naruto’s identity, but Itachi refused to reveal the village secret.
• Sasuke invited Itachi home for dinner, and Itachi decided to ask Fugaku to give up the coup.
• As Itachi and Sasuke walked through the clan grounds, Itachi sensed a watcher and suspected the Masked Man.
• Itachi returned home, where Mikoto welcomed him and he exchanged a meaningful glance with Fugaku before their planned talk.

Sasuke tried to mend the rift between Fugaku and Itachi, but overheard them arguing over the Uchiha coup and learned that Fugaku planned to seize control of Naruto. Unable to choose between his family and the village, Sasuke was left carrying the secret alone and began to understand Naruto.

• Sasuke noticed the strained smiles at dinner and tried to bring Fugaku and Itachi closer during shuriken practice.
• Unable to sleep, Sasuke used a Shadow Clone to sneak out and overheard Fugaku demanding the Anbu list from Itachi.
• Itachi refused to help the Uchiha coup, saying it would endanger the village, while Fugaku insisted the clan could not accept its humiliation.
• Fugaku revealed that the Uchiha planned to control Naruto and use the Nine-Tails to attack the Hokage Building, then ordered Itachi to attend the clan meeting next week.
• After Itachi left, Sasuke struggled with whether to support his father or brother and realized he was too powerless to intervene.

Itachi decided to join Obito and asked him to help destroy the Uchiha Clan, while secretly intending to choose when they would act. Meanwhile, Shisui organized a group to evacuate Uchiha families before the coup and hoped Itachi was also seeking a way to save the clan.

• Itachi reflected on his failed efforts to mediate between the Uchiha and Konoha and reaffirmed that he would side with the village, while trying to protect Sasuke.
• Obito emerged and invited Itachi to leave Konoha with him; Itachi agreed to join his organization if Obito promised not to attack Konoha and helped destroy the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui gathered several dozen Uchiha who wanted to get their families out of Konoha and planned to use Reverse Summoning for children under twelve.
• Several Uchiha confronted Shisui, having discovered that he was disguised as Lihuo, and asked who he really was.
• Shisui told them he had once given everything for the Uchiha and the village but was now tired, then reflected on the clansmen who opposed the coup and thought Itachi would understand his plan.

Sasuke struggled with what he had overheard about the Uchiha clan’s plans and asked Naruto whether the village or family mattered more. Naruto urged him to make a choice he would not regret, while Naruto prepared for a new practical exam he suspected the Third Hokage had designed to keep him from graduating early.

• Sasuke took his written final while distracted and repeatedly glanced at Naruto.
• At lunch, Sasuke asked Naruto whether the village or the clan was more important, and Naruto told him to choose what he would not regret.
• Sasuke decided to look for a chance to persuade his father and brother, then warned Naruto to stay away from the Uchiha compound.
• Naruto discussed Sasuke’s troubled mood and his own past malice with the Nine-Tails, then headed to the practical assessment.
• Naruto found that students from several Academy years were taking part under new rules, and the Third Hokage watched him through a crystal ball.

Naruto took first place in the Ninja Academy’s practical assessment while the Third Hokage and Danzo argued over how to handle the Uchiha coup preparations. As the Third Hokage felt the crisis slipping beyond his control, Iruka worried over Naruto’s sudden change, and Mizuki invited him on an escort mission.

• Naruto easily defeated his opponents in the final assessment and won first place, reassuring the Third Hokage that Naruto had formed bonds with his classmates.
• Danzo told the Third Hokage that his spies in the Uchiha clan had been killed and urged him to strike first, offering Root’s help in wiping out the clan.
• The Third Hokage refused to approve Danzo’s plan, hoping Itachi could persuade Fugaku Uchiha, and asked to be left alone.
• Danzo left the Hokage Building convinced that Hiruzen had grown too hesitant and that he would ultimately become Hokage.
• At the Ninja Academy, Iruka worried about Naruto’s dramatic change despite being proud of his first-place result.
• Mizuki invited Iruka to join an upcoming paid mission escorting goods to the Land of Rice.