Chapter Summaries

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Danzo authority to recruit seven members from each Shinobi Clan so Danzo could counter the rumors with a flood of new ones. Danzo agreed to make Uchiha Jin disappear within a month, while Hiruzen’s advisers worried that Root was growing beyond control.

• Danzo refused to help Sarutobi Hiruzen without gaining something from the crisis and negotiated for members from the Shinobi Clans.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen authorized Danzo to recruit seven members from every Shinobi Clan.
• Danzo proposed flooding Konoha with numerous outrageous rumors to divert villagers’ attention, and Hiruzen entrusted him with the task.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Danzo to make Uchiha Jin disappear within a month, and Danzo accepted.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that Root was becoming too powerful, but Hiruzen said they had no choice but to rely on Danzo.

Sarutobi Hiruzen hoped Danzo would provoke Uchiha Jin and weaken him, while the village grew restless over Hatake Sakumo’s death. Kakashi warned Might Guy to stay out of the conflict, and the Ino-Shika-Cho Clan Heads chose not to challenge Hiruzen because they feared Uchiha control of Konoha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen privately considered Danzo’s plan useful even if it failed, since it might drain Uchiha Jin’s Dojutsu Power and provoke the Uchiha into rebellion.
• Konoha residents discussed how Hatake Sakumo had been driven to suicide, while Kakashi listened in silence from the shadows.
• Might Guy asked Kakashi whether the rumors about his father were true, and Kakashi warned him not to get involved.
• Kakashi watched the village’s turmoil and concluded that he was too insignificant to take part in the struggle between the Uchiha and the Konoha Higher-ups.
• Yamanaka Inoichi asked Nara Shikaku whether their clans should intervene, but Shikaku argued that removing Sarutobi Hiruzen would leave no one able to restrain the Uchiha.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho Clan Heads remained on the sidelines, fearing that Uchiha control would make Konoha serve the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Jin and Danzo traded rumors across Konoha, turning the village into chaos while Nara Shikaku realized the Uchiha’s public campaign had a hidden purpose. Shikaku gathered Inoichi and Choza to investigate what the Konoha Military Police Force was doing.

• Danzo spread scandals about Konoha clans and leaders, blunting the Uchiha’s initial attacks and making the clans more wary of the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Jin told the elders to question Sarutobi Hiruzen’s legitimacy by claiming he might have colluded with Kumogakure to take the Hokage Position.
• After Sarutobi Hiruzen erupted in anger, Danzo used Root to spread fresh scandals, and the Uchiha responded by attacking the legitimacy of the Hokage’s authority and the Jonin Council.
• Danzo and the Uchiha continued trading accusations until rumors overwhelmed Konoha.
• Nara Shikaku told Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza that Uchiha Jin had used the public opinion war to divert attention from the Konoha Military Police Force.

Nara Shikaku concluded that Ino-Shika-Cho should stay neutral in the power struggle between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha’s leaders, since fighting the Uchiha could devastate Konoha. Expecting Danzo to act next, he planned for some clan members to defect to the Uchiha if Uchiha Jin survived the coming trial.

• Nara Shikaku explained that the Uchiha Clan’s public-opinion campaign was buying time while villagers’ complaints against the Military Police Force went unanswered.
• Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza asked Shikaku whether they should aid Konoha’s leaders, and he decided Ino-Shika-Cho would help neither side.
• Shikaku warned that even a Konoha victory over Uchiha Jin and the Uchiha Clan could leave the village too weakened to defend itself against other Shinobi Villages.
• Shikaku told Inoichi and Choza to prepare clan members to defect to the Uchiha if Jin survived the trial, bringing some clan resources as a gesture of goodwill.

Nara Shikaku warned that Uchiha Jin posed a danger to Konoha's clans, while civilians later protested outside the Hokage Building over the Konoha Military Police Force's refusal to work. With the Hokage Higher-ups unable to resolve the crisis, Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted Shikaku's proposal to have the Anbu temporarily take over the Force's duties.

• Nara Shikaku persuaded Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza that the clans needed to prepare for Uchiha Jin, and both agreed to make arrangements.
• Three days later, angry civilians surrounded the Hokage Building and demanded that Sarutobi Hiruzen solve the crisis or step down.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to order the Uchiha to end their reforms, but he warned that doing so would shift blame onto the Higher-ups.
• Danzo said there was no conventional solution and proposed eliminating Uchiha Jin, which Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered him to pursue.
• Nara Shikaku recommended that the Anbu temporarily take over the Konoha Military Police Force's duties, and Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted his proposal.

After the villagers’ complaints forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to put the Anbu in charge of public security, the Anbu struggled with disputes that had also worn down the Konoha Military Police Force. With no workable solution, Hiruzen asked Nara Shikaku for advice and ended by ordering Danzo to kill Uchiha Jin.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen apologized to the villagers, affirmed the Military Police Force reforms, and assigned the Anbu to handle public security temporarily.
• Yamato used Wood Release to help build an Anbu public station, which was soon flooded with villagers bringing complaints.
• Kakashi and his team struggled to settle family and financial disputes, and Kakashi paid more than ten thousand ryo from his own pocket before the day ended.
• By the third day, the Anbu began issuing judgments that soured their reputation, so they went to Sarutobi Hiruzen for help.
• Nara Shikaku told Sarutobi Hiruzen that no one could solve the Military Police Force’s underlying problem, and Hiruzen ordered Danzo to kill Uchiha Jin.

At a jubilant Uchiha gathering, Jin warned the clan that Konoha’s leaders might target him through his parents and laid out a plan to rescue them from Root. He assigned the Uchiha to raid Root while he entered Danzo’s trap, then asked what Shisui and Uchiha Itachi had been doing.

• Uchiha Yashiro and the other clan leaders celebrated the Anbu’s damaged reputation and praised Jin for exposing the Konoha higher-ups’ deception.
• Jin urged the Uchiha to remain vigilant, warning that the Konoha higher-ups might take desperate action and use his parents against him.
• Uchiha Tenno, Yashiro, Fugaku, and the others volunteered to rescue Jin’s parents, but Jin told them he had already planned the operation.
• Jin said Danzo would likely lure him into a trap while keeping his parents in Root’s central area, so he would draw Danzo’s forces as the Uchiha raided Root.
• Jin instructed the Uchiha to use a controlled foreign spy as a pretext for entering Root and to seize valuable records and materials if possible.
• Jin asked the clan what Shisui and Uchiha Itachi had been occupied with lately.

Uchiha Jin learned that Shisui and Itachi might be involved in Danzo’s trap and demanded they be kept out of the coming fight. After Danzo threatened Jin’s parents and ordered him to the Death Forest alone, Jin mobilized the Uchiha to rescue them and attack Root.

• Fugaku said Itachi and Shisui had left the village on an Anbu mission, but Uchiha Jin suspected they were in Root and part of Danzo’s trap.
• Uchiha Jin told Fugaku to reveal his Mangekyo and demand that Sarutobi Hiruzen bring Shisui and Itachi back and keep them out of the battle.
• Fugaku agreed to confront Sarutobi Hiruzen and personally ensure Shisui and Itachi could not participate.
• A Patrol Team member delivered Danzo’s letter, which threatened Jin’s parents unless Jin went alone to the Death Forest.
• Uchiha Jin ordered Fugaku to retrieve Shisui and Itachi and directed the other Uchiha to assemble two-thirds of their Jonin and attack Root during the fight to rescue his parents.

Fugaku confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and revealed his Mangekyo, forcing the Hokage to recall Shisui and Itachi. When they arrived, Fugaku used his right-eye Dojutsu to slow time and moved against them.

• Uchiha Yashiro, Setsuna, and two-thirds of the Uchiha Jonin concealed themselves near the Root Base while Uchiha Tenno sealed the Clan Compound.
• Fugaku went alone to the Hokage Office and demanded that Sarutobi Hiruzen return Shisui and Itachi.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyo and warned Sarutobi Hiruzen not to push the Uchiha into open conflict.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered an Anbu to summon Shisui and Itachi back, despite Danzo's protests.
• Fugaku showed Shisui his Mangekyo and used Takamatsu to slow time, leaving Shisui moving in slow motion.

Fugaku crippled Shisui and Itachi to prevent them from joining a civil war within the Uchiha, explaining that he had acted to protect the clan and atone for his past failures. Shisui accepted Fugaku’s authority and chose to remain with the Uchiha.

• Fugaku sealed Shisui’s and Itachi’s Chakra, gouged out Shisui’s eyes, and deactivated his Mangekyo after five seconds.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Fugaku but held back, frightened by the Mangekyo ability he could not perceive.
• Fugaku explained that Jin-kun opposed imprisoning the brothers, but Fugaku had acted to prevent internal conflict and take responsibility for the clan’s future.
• Fugaku told Shisui he could leave the Uchiha only by surrendering his Sharingan, or remain and receive replacement Three Tomoe eyes.
• Shisui accepted Fugaku’s judgment and chose the Uchiha.

Fugaku withdrew Itachi and Shisui from the village’s ranks and left the Hokage Office, forcing Sarutobi Hiruzen to accept the Uchiha clan’s autonomy. Outside the Uchiha Compound, Jin worried about hidden powers in the Shinobi World and resolved to keep probing cautiously rather than act recklessly.

• Fugaku told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Itachi and Shisui would leave the Anbu and Ninja Ranks, offering other Uchiha members to fill their places.
• Fugaku led Itachi and Shisui out of the Hokage Office while Sarutobi Hiruzen stayed silent, unwilling to risk a conflict with the Uchiha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen hoped Danzo would succeed in killing Jin and believed the Uchiha would be easier to handle afterward.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reaffirmed that he would protect Konoha and never let the Uchiha take the Hokage Position.
• Uchiha Jin considered the Sage of Six Paths, Mount Myōboku, Jigen, and other unknown powers, then decided to remain cautious and lie low.

Uchiha Jin revealed that he had anticipated Danzo’s trap and deliberately left his parents in Danzo’s hands as bait. After Fugaku handed the sealed Itachi and blinded Shisui to Tenno, Jin entered Danzo’s trap in the Death Forest, where Danzo ordered the Four Violet Flames Formation activated.

• Fugaku returned with Shisui blinded and Itachi captured, explaining that he had disciplined them as Clan Head and wanted to atone for his past mistakes.
• Jin told Shisui that he had expected the village to use his parents as bait and had deliberately left them in Danzo’s hands, then headed toward the trap.
• Fugaku handed Shisui and Itachi to Tenno, who explained that Fugaku’s Four Symbols Seal could not be undone without its unique key.
• Tenno told Shisui and Itachi to remain in the clan grounds while Fugaku left to assist Yashiro at the Root Base.
• Jin entered Danzo’s trap in the Death Forest and challenged him to begin; Danzo ordered the Four Violet Flames Formation activated.

Danzo trapped Uchiha Jin inside the Four Violet Flames Formation and forced a crowd of Rogue Ninjas and defectors to attack him. Jin slaughtered them without using his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Danzo alarmed and ordering his forces to join the fight.

• Danzo sealed Uchiha Jin and the gathered fighters inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, then threatened the Rogue Ninjas and defectors into attacking Jin.
• Uchiha Jin charged into the crowd and killed more than two hundred attackers in less than three minutes using his speed, taijutsu, and Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• The surviving attackers fled, but some were burned by the barrier while others were killed by the Root and Anbu; Jin then charged toward the Konoha forces.
• Danzo asked Aburame Torune whether Jin was truly so strong, and Torune guessed that everyone who had witnessed Jin fight had died.
• Danzo called Jin insidious and ordered the Root and Anbu to attack him as well.

Uchiha Jin overwhelmed Danzo’s forces in the Death Forest by unleashing a massive Susanoo, then pursued Danzo after the battle. Danzo tried to stop him by claiming he held Jin’s parents, but Jin used his Mangekyo technique and made Danzo vanish like smoke.

• Danzo ordered Aburame Torune and the Root elites to attack Uchiha Jin inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Uchiha Jin transformed his Three Tomoe Sharingan into the Mangekyo Sharingan and formed a towering, armored Susanoo.
• Uchiha Jin’s Susanoo shattered the Four Violet Flames Formation and killed most of the gathered ninjas with two Tachi strikes.
• Danzo fled with the remaining Root members as Uchiha Jin deactivated his Mangekyo after ten seconds.
• Uchiha Jin chased Danzo, who claimed Jin’s parents were in his hands, and used his Mangekyo technique to make Danzo disappear like smoke.

Uchiha Jin stalled Danzo, exhausted his Sharingan, and bargained for four secret techniques and research materials. After Jin left, Danzo realized the Uchiha had raided Root, then found its base burning and collapsed in despair.

• Danzo repeatedly fled and used Root operatives to attack Uchiha Jin, but Jin killed them and kept killing Danzo each time he reappeared.
• After three minutes, Danzo had exhausted his Sharingan and asked Jin to negotiate.
• Jin demanded the Reaper Death Seal, Flying Thunder God Technique, Hashirama Cells and related research data, and Impure World Reincarnation in exchange for sparing Danzo.
• Danzo summoned a Storage Scroll and handed over the requested items, which Jin checked before leaving.
• Danzo learned that the other Uchiha had raided Root while Jin kept him occupied and that Jin’s parents were already safe.
• Danzo rushed to Root’s base, found it burning as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Anbu stood nearby, spat blood, and fainted.

Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Jin had survived Danzo’s attack and returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, leaving his plans against the clan in disarray. Jin reassured the clan and learned that his parents and thirty-two missing Uchiha had been rescued, though his father’s Sharingan had been taken and replaced.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Anbu squads to take Danzo to the hospital and investigate the Death Forest, where they found hundreds of bodies and a huge fissure.
• An Anbu reported that Uchiha Jin had returned to the clan compound unharmed, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered a search for Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Jin reassured the worried Uchiha gathered in the streets that the clan would not fall into chaos.
• Fugaku told Uchiha Jin that his parents had been rescued, his father’s Sharingan had been replaced, and thirty-two missing Uchiha had been recovered.

Uchiha Jin learned that his parents were safe under the Uchiha Clan’s protection and committed himself to leading the clan against Konoha’s Higher-ups. After reviewing the spoils from the attacks on Anbu and Root, he set his sights on Hatake Kakashi as the next way to pressure the village.

• Uchiha Jin thanked the clan for protecting his parents and resolved to shoulder the Uchiha’s future.
• Fugaku proposed making Uchiha Jin Clan Head and Police Chief, but Jin told Fugaku to keep his posts until the Konoha Higher-ups were eliminated.
• Uchiha Jin reviewed the battle, and Uchiha Yashiro and Fugaku reported killing Root’s remaining personnel and rescuing surviving experimental subjects.
• Uchiha Yashiro reported that Root’s records, supplies, weapons, Ninjutsu Scrolls, and money had been seized.
• Uchiha Jin ordered the clan to organize the loot and mission records while letting the Military Police Force dispute further weaken Anbu’s reputation.
• Uchiha Jin proposed targeting Hatake Kakashi to make the Konoha Higher-ups suffer another loss.

Uchiha Jin reunited with his parents, who praised his actions but pressed him to find a girlfriend and give them a grandchild. The next morning, Kakashi endured another round of complaints about Anbu assignments before hearing a new rumor about how he had disowned his father to avoid avenging him.

• Uchiha Jin apologized for taking so long to rescue his parents, and Uchiha Tenichi and Uchiha Keiko told him they were proud of him.
• Uchiha Keiko urged Uchiha Jin to find a girlfriend soon, so he awkwardly escaped back to his room.
• Kakashi, Yamato, and another Anbu member headed to the Anbu Building while Yamato complained about their missions and Kakashi told him to endure them.
• Kakashi overheard villagers discussing a new rumor about him and chose to listen so he could prepare himself.
• The rumor claimed that Kakashi had visited Hatake Sakumo's grave, torn his sleeve, and severed their father-son relationship rather than avenge his father's death.

A malicious rumor about Kakashi threw him into a rage, while Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled to contain the fallout and keep him from acting rashly. Danzo tried to use the scandal to recruit Kakashi into Root, but after Hiruzen refused, Danzo withdrew and left the Hokage to handle Uchiha’s latest move alone.

• Kakashi tried to confront the people spreading the rumor, but Yamato and Uzuki Yugao restrained him and took him home.
• Uzuki Yugao requested leave for Kakashi, and Sarutobi Hiruzen approved it while telling her and Yamato to stay with him.
• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen transfer Kakashi to Root, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura supported the proposal.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to let Kakashi join Root, citing his loyalty to the village and insisting that he would remain in the open.
• Hiruzen asked Danzo to discuss Uchiha’s latest move, but Danzo claimed he needed to recuperate and left the Hokage Office.
• Hiruzen dismissed Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, telling them to control public opinion while he considered what to do next.

After despairing over rumors about his father, Kakashi cooked a final meal in the Hatake Residence and attacked Danzo at the Root Base. Kakashi was overwhelmed after Danzo survived his Chidori, but a familiar voice called out as Root closed in to kill him.

• Kakashi ignored his friends’ efforts to comfort him and sat alone with his father’s White Fang Short Blade.
• Kakashi cleaned the kitchen, cooked a meal, and ate while remembering his father.
• Kakashi left the Hatake Residence and attacked Danzo at the Root Base, cutting off Danzo’s left arm.
• Root members surrounded Kakashi, and he pierced Danzo’s heart with Chidori before Danzo revived with Izanagi.
• Kakashi gave up resisting as Root members rushed him, then heard a familiar voice calling out the Eight Gates.