Chapter Summaries

Might Guy rescued Kakashi from Danzo and the Root operatives, killing the attackers after Danzo summoned Baku and fled. As Guy carried the weakened Kakashi toward Konoha, Kakashi decided that only the Uchiha Clan might protect them and directed Guy to the Uchiha Compound.

• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and fought Danzo's Root operatives to protect Kakashi.
• After a Root operative tried to stab Kakashi, Might Guy killed him and more than a dozen other Root operatives.
• Danzo summoned Baku, but Might Guy destroyed the summon with a Daytime Tiger and Danzo fled.
• Might Guy killed the remaining Root operatives and carried the weakened Kakashi toward Konoha.
• Kakashi told Might Guy to go to the Uchiha Compound instead of his house, and Guy agreed to trust him.

After failing to assassinate Danzo, Kakashi and Might Guy sought refuge with the Uchiha, and Uchiha Jin accepted them. Jin assigned them Military Police roles to protect the clan and help them settle in.

• Kakashi and Might Guy entered the Uchiha Clan Compound and told its patrol that they wanted to join after failing to assassinate Danzo.
• The Uchiha patrol leader reported their request to Uchiha Jin, who agreed to receive them.
• Jin told Kakashi and Might Guy to resign from Anbu and assured them the Uchiha would protect them.
• Kakashi asked for work and an income, and Jin appointed him and Might Guy Military Police Squadron Leaders.
• Jin assigned each of them three Uchiha Squads to guard the compound and suggested they teach at the Uchiha Clan Academy when free.

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to stay calm about Konoha's troubles, but learned that Kakashi had resigned and joined the Uchiha after attempting to assassinate Danzo. He ordered the Anbu to find Jiraiya and Tsunade as he seethed over Kakashi and Might Guy turning to the Uchiha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen reflected on the Uchiha, the Anbu, and the Konoha Military Police Force, deciding to wait for Jiraiya and Tsunade to return.
• Nara Shikaku told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Uchiha had submitted Kakashi's resignation letter.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned an Anbu, who reported that Kakashi had tried to assassinate Danzo, Might Guy had saved him, and the two had gone to the Uchiha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen spat blood, refused the Anbu's offer to take him to the hospital, and ordered a full search for Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen cursed the Uchiha, Kakashi, and Might Guy for joining the Uchiha and turning against Danzo.

Nara Shikaku met with Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza to discuss Uchiha Jin’s survival and Kakashi’s resignation from Anbu. He urged the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to cautiously send half their members and resources to seek refuge with the Uchiha, while preserving their ability to survive whichever side prevailed.

• Nara Shikaku sent a Shadow Clone to summon Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza while he returned to work.
• Nara Shikaku told them that Uchiha Jin had survived Danzo’s assassination attempt and that Kakashi had resigned from Anbu with Uchiha’s help.
• Nara Shikaku proposed that each Ino-Shika-Cho clan send half its members and resources to the Uchiha.
• Yamanaka Inoichi suggested committing all their clans’ resources, but Nara Shikaku rejected the risk and argued they should preserve their options.
• Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza agreed to follow Nara Shikaku’s cautious plan.

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to recruit Jiraiya as the Fifth Hokage, but Jiraiya refused and went to speak with Uchiha Jin about the conflict. Jin told him the Uchiha would stop fighting only if the village ended its persecution, apologized, and put the guilty on trial.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that half of the Ino-Shika-Cho clansmen had defected to the Uchiha and suspected the clans were hedging their future.
• Jiraiya arrived at the Hokage Office, where Sarutobi Hiruzen asked him to stay and become the Fifth Hokage, but Jiraiya refused.
• Jiraiya went to the Uchiha Clan Compound and, after receiving Uchiha Jin's approval, met him at his residence.
• Jiraiya asked Jin to explain the Uchiha's grievances and urged both sides to talk, but Jin said the Uchiha were only fighting back against persecution.
• Jin demanded that the village apologize, hold trials for those responsible, and return the Mangekyō Sharingan in Danzo's right eye and the Three Tomoe Sharingan on his arm.

Jiraiya tried to persuade Uchiha Jin to make the Uchiha Clan yield for Konoha’s sake, but Jin rejected him and laid out the clan’s plans for an all-out war. Jiraiya left without resolving the dispute, and Jin warned that any attack on him would trigger the Uchiha Clan’s assault on the Sarutobi Clan.

• Jiraiya asked Uchiha Jin to back down and promised that Danzo would not act recklessly again, but Jin told him to leave.
• Jiraiya insisted he would stop Jin for the village’s sake, and Jin threatened to destroy Konoha’s clans and hunt its Ninja if war broke out.
• Uchiha Jin argued that Sarutobi Hiruzen should be the one to yield and accused the village of repeatedly breaking its promises to the Uchiha Clan.
• Jiraiya suggested settling their dispute with a fight, but Jin refused and said any move against him would mean Konoha had declared war on the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Jin rejected Jiraiya’s pleas for peace and threatened to use the Nine-Tails against Konoha if the Uchiha were pushed further. Jiraiya left Jin’s courtyard stunned, then spotted Ino-Shika-Cho members, Kakashi, and Might Guy in the Uchiha Compound and wondered if he was seeing an illusion.

• Jiraiya became enraged when Uchiha Jin threatened Konoha, but Jin mocked his appeal to the Will of Fire and demanded compensation, an apology, and Danzo’s execution.
• Uchiha Jin warned Jiraiya that he could control the Nine-Tails through Uzumaki Naruto and unleash a Tailed Beast Ball Barrage on Konoha.
• Jiraiya asked how Uchiha Jin knew Uzumaki Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Jin replied that the village already knew before ordering him to leave.
• Uchiha Jin sent Uchiha Tsuki to escort Jiraiya out, then returned to the rear courtyard to recover his Dojutsu Power.
• As Jiraiya left the Uchiha Compound, he saw members of Ino-Shika-Cho, Kakashi, and Might Guy there and wondered if it was an illusion.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha and discovered that Kakashi and Ino-Shika-Cho had sided with the Uchiha. As he explored the Uchiha Compound and saw its heavy defenses, he realized they were preparing for a possible war and caught up with Shikaichi to talk.

• Jiraiya asked Kakashi why he and Ino-Shika-Cho were staying in the Uchiha Compound, and Kakashi said they had joined the Uchiha.
• Kakashi told Jiraiya that he had assassinated Elder Danzo to avenge his father, Hatake Sakumo, and that the Uchiha were the only ones who could protect him and Guy.
• Jiraiya understood Kakashi's choice, patted him on the shoulder, and walked away without trying to persuade him.
• Jiraiya toured the Uchiha Compound and learned that most of the Uchiha's Chunin and Genin had joined the Military Police Force while Jonin guarded the compound.
• Jiraiya realized the Uchiha were preparing for war and caught up with Shikaichi to start a conversation.

Jiraiya questioned Nara Shikaichi about Uchiha Jin’s rise and the village’s worsening conflict, then learned how the Uchiha’s rumors had devastated public trust in Sarutobi Hiruzen. He left with a clearer understanding of Kakashi’s motives but no plan to counter Uchiha Jin, and his alarm deepened over the secrets Jin could still reveal.

• Jiraiya forcibly brought Nara Shikaichi to his residence, where Shikaichi kept his distance because he had joined the Uchiha faction.
• Shikaichi recounted how Uchiha Jin had defeated Root, taken control of the Uchiha, and pressured the Konoha Higher-ups into withdrawing their forces.
• Shikaichi explained how the Konoha Military Police Force used lengthy legal procedures to stop handling complaints, damaging its reputation and burdening the Anbu.
• Shikaichi told Jiraiya about the Uchiha’s rumors accusing Sarutobi Hiruzen of past conspiracies and wrongdoing.
• Jiraiya realized that Uchiha Jin still held secrets about living people, understood Kakashi’s desire for revenge, and could not find a way to respond.

Jiraiya saw Konoha's disorder after the Anbu took over the Konoha Military Police Force and returned to discuss the crisis with Sarutobi Hiruzen. Three days later, Danzo began visiting the major ninja clans with the Hokage's authorization, starting with Ino-Shika-Cho.

• Jiraiya witnessed arguments, fights, and an Anbu breaking a villager's arm, then concluded the village's unrest was worse than he had expected.
• Jiraiya told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the village could remove the Uchiha from the Konoha Military Police Force and have the major clans reorganize it, but Hiruzen pointed out that no clan would want to take over after the Anbu's failures.
• Jiraiya told Sarutobi Hiruzen he would remain in the village and left the Hokage Office.
• Uchiha Jin stayed in the Uchiha Compound, trained, and recovered his Dojutsu Power while waiting for Danzo to act.
• Danzo brought an authorization document signed by the Hokage to the Nara Clan's Clan Head's residence, where Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi received him.

Danzo presented the Ino-Shika-Cho Clan Heads with a forged order demanding seventeen people from each clan for Root, prompting Nara Shikaku to devise a plan to send their recruits defecting to the Uchiha. The three agreed to the scheme and discussed which other clans might join the Uchiha as Danzo pressured Konoha’s shinobi clans.

• Danzo showed Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi a forged Hokage order demanding seventeen people from each clan, including at least five Jonin-level personnel.
• Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Inoichi refused to send their clansmen to Root and proposed joining the Uchiha instead.
• Nara Shikaku urged them to wait and proposed having the recruits defect to the Uchiha compound after leaving the Ino-Shika-Cho Clan Compound.
• Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Inoichi agreed to Nara Shikaku’s plan.
• The three discussed other clans likely to join the Uchiha, and Yamanaka Inoichi predicted that the Aburame clan would break with Konoha.

Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza realized Uchiha Jin was deliberately letting Danzo pressure the clans into pledging allegiance. Aburame Shibi then brought his entire clan to Jin after Danzo demanded they all join Root, leaving Jin shocked by Danzo’s extreme demand.

• Nara Shikaku questioned why Uchiha Jin had repeatedly spared Danzo and concluded Jin was showing restraint while Konoha neared chaos.
• Yamanaka Inoichi deduced that Uchiha Jin was using Danzo’s attacks to push the Shinobi Clans into pledging allegiance to the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Jin welcomed Aburame Shibi to his estate and asked how many Aburame Danzo wanted to take.
• Aburame Shibi explained that Danzo had previously demanded Aburame geniuses, but now wanted him to bring the entire clan into Root.
• Uchiha Jin was stunned that Danzo had demanded the entire Aburame clan join Root.

Uchiha Jin welcomed the Aburame clan and organized the arriving shinobi clans into a unified force, while Uchiha’s growing alliances left Shisui questioning his beliefs. The chapter ended with Shisui asking Itachi what he thought of the clan’s changes.

• Uchiha Jin accepted Aburame Shibi’s request to join and arranged for the Aburame clan to relocate, develop territory, and serve in mixed tactical squads.
• Aburame Shibi agreed and immediately began organizing the clan’s move.
• Uchiha Tsuki told Uchiha Jin that the Kurama Clan had arrived, and Jin welcomed them.
• Uchiha Jin received clan heads as shinobi clans joined the Uchiha, then assigned Fugaku to coordinate the crowded compound.
• Uchiha members celebrated their new allies and the clan’s improved circumstances.
• Shisui, confined with Itachi in the compound, admitted that the clans’ support for Uchiha Jin had left him unable to tell right from wrong and asked Itachi for his thoughts.

Itachi questioned Akimichi Keita about why the Akimichi clan had joined the Uchiha, and Keita explained that the village had pushed the clans toward the Uchiha by targeting them and demanding recruits for Root. Keita then challenged Itachi and Shisui’s faith in the Will of Fire, leaving them shaken by his account of who actually fought and died in the Third Shinobi War.

• Itachi stopped his former classmate Akimichi Keita and asked why Keita’s clan had joined the Uchiha.
• Keita told Itachi that the village had long targeted the Uchiha and that Root’s demand for seventeen recruits from each Ino-Shika-Cho clan had driven them to seek protection.
• Shisui defended Root’s sacrifices as service to the village and the Will of Fire, but Keita dismissed the Will of Fire as a slogan used by those in power.
• Itachi asked whether the Will of Fire could be wrong, and Keita challenged Shisui to explain why Hokage-sama and the elders had stayed away from the front lines.
• Keita reminded Itachi and Shisui that children had been sent to fight in the Third Shinobi War while the village’s leaders remained behind.

Akimichi Keita’s words made Shisui and Itachi question their loyalty to the village after Shisui recalled that he had never seen the leaders’ clans fighting on the Third Shinobi War’s front lines. The next morning, representatives from allied clans gathered at Jin’s compound for the Uchiha’s internal meeting, where they discussed their alliance and the responsibilities it would bring.

• Akimichi Keita left after telling Shisui and Itachi that young graduates had been sent to die in the Third Shinobi War while the village’s leaders suffered few losses.
• Shisui remembered that he had never seen members of the Sarutobi, Utatane, or Mitokado clans on the battlefield, and wondered why they had avoided the front lines.
• Itachi and Shisui began to doubt their beliefs and question whether Uchiha Jin’s actions had been right.
• The next morning, Uchiha Jin hosted representatives from allied clans in the compound’s central Training Ground, which had been arranged as a Meeting Room.
• Nara Shikaichi, Yamanaka Hayato, and Akimichi Gomaru said they accepted the Uchiha’s leadership and expected to take control of their clans, leaving Shikaku and the other two to retreat into the shadows.

Nara Shikaichi argued that the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio should align with Uchiha Jin, whose strength and growing faction made his eventual takeover seem inevitable. At a gathering of Konoha clans, Jin gave Aburame Shibi, Kakashi, and Might Guy prominent seats and promised support to expand the Aburame clan.

• Nara Shikaichi explained that Yamanaka Inoichi had extracted details of Uchiha Jin's battle and concluded that the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio could not remain idle as the Uchiha gained power.
• Shikaichi said he had urged the Trio to join the Uchiha, but Nara Shikaku had chosen to proceed cautiously as Clan Head.
• Akimichi Gomaru welcomed the prospect of fighting alongside Shikaku and the others again, while Yamanaka Hayato reflected on their strength as a squad.
• Uchiha Jin arrived at the Training Ground and invited Aburame Shibi, Kakashi, and Might Guy to take seats at the front.
• Jin promised the Aburame clan financial and other support, aiming to help it grow to three thousand members within five years.

Uchiha Jin promised the Aburame clan support to grow and offered benefits to other shinobi clans in exchange for their loyalty, while urging Kakashi and Might Guy to preserve their fathers’ legacies through marriage and children. The clans became eager to back Jin and remove Sarutobi Hiruzen so Jin could become Hokage.

• Uchiha Jin offered to help the Aburame clan grow to three thousand members within five years, on the condition that it intermarry with the Uchiha, and Aburame Shibi agreed.
• Uchiha Jin told Kakashi and Might Guy to marry at least five wives each, including one Uchiha, and promised them top-tier support.
• Kakashi reluctantly accepted Jin’s appeal to preserve the Hatake name and sword style, while Might Guy tearfully vowed to pass down the Eight Gates.
• Uchiha Jin promised benefits to any shinobi clan that joined the Uchiha and said he would develop the clans rather than suppress them.
• The gathered clans, including the Ino-Shika-Cho, called for Sarutobi Hiruzen to step down and urged Uchiha Jin to take action.

Uchiha Jin urged the allied clans to avoid civil war while they waited for Konoha’s leadership to weaken, and reorganized their defenses as more forces joined them. Shisui and Itachi questioned their faith in Sarutobi Hiruzen and agreed they would kill him if he truly meant to destroy the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Jin told the clan leaders to stay calm and avoid civil war, arguing that Konoha needed to preserve its strength and that Danzo would help bring others to their side.
• Uchiha Jin discussed revised defenses and mixed clan units, then learned that fifteen Jonin and thirty-six Elite Chunin from Ino-Shika-Cho had defected to the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Jin reflected that the arriving clans had shaken Shisui and Itachi’s convictions about Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Will of Fire.
• Shisui and Itachi discussed whether Sarutobi Hiruzen was a bad person and decided to remain neutral for now.
• Shisui said he would kill Sarutobi Hiruzen if he truly sought to destroy the Uchiha, and Itachi agreed he would do the same.

Danzo went to recruit shinobi from the clans, unaware that many had pledged themselves to the Uchiha and that his altered draft order had driven them to defect. After the Ino-Shika-Cho members fled to the Uchiha Compound and the other clan compounds proved empty, an Anbu summoned Danzo to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Danzo collected a group of Ino-Shika-Cho shinobi, while Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Choza, and Nara Shikaku discussed the clans' growing distrust of the Konoha Higher-ups.
• Nara Shikaku went to the Hokage Building to learn the Higher-ups' next move, and Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza prepared for possible retaliation.
• As Danzo passed the Uchiha Compound, the Ino-Shika-Cho shinobi ran inside and joined the Uchiha, leaving Danzo behind.
• Danzo avoided confronting the Uchiha and went to the Aburame, Inuzuka, and other clan compounds, finding them all empty.
• An Anbu told Danzo that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted him at the Hokage Office immediately.

Danzo learned that the major ninja clans had defected to the Uchiha and fled rather than answer Hiruzen’s summons. Hiruzen and the elders struggled to respond to the crisis, and Jiraiya arrived to ask what the Uchiha had done.

• Danzo concluded that the major ninja clans had joined the Uchiha and made an excuse about trouble in other Shinobi Villages to avoid Hiruzen’s meeting.
• Danzo used the Body Flicker Technique to escape, leaving the summoned Anbu member to report his excuse to Hiruzen.
• Koharu Utatane berated the Anbu member, but Hiruzen dismissed him and focused on finding a solution.
• The Anbu member recalled that clan members in the village’s departments had concealed the clans’ overnight departure until their compounds were empty.
• Hiruzen and the other elders discussed Danzo’s excessive recruitment demands, including his order for the Aburame clan to join Root.
• Jiraiya entered through the window and asked Hiruzen what the Uchiha had done.