Chapter Summaries

Minagawa Uchiha confronted Uchiha Itachi over the massacre of the Uchiha Clan and fought back against him. Uchiha Itachi inferred that Minagawa was the masked man impersonating Uchiha Madara and vowed to stop his scheme.

• Minagawa Uchiha arrived and condemned Uchiha Itachi for killing Uchiha Clan Members, including children, elders, and civilians.
• The surrounding Uchiha Clan Members joined Minagawa in denouncing Uchiha Itachi and the Masked Man.
• Uchiha Itachi said he was killing the clan for Konoha's stability and peace, then attacked Minagawa with his blade.
• Minagawa evaded the attack, struck Uchiha Itachi, and burned the crows from his Crow Substitution with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Uchiha Itachi attacked from beneath the ground, but Minagawa's Intangibility protected him and he escaped with Body Flicker.
• Uchiha Itachi connected Minagawa's strength and evasive ability to the Masked Man impersonating Uchiha Madara, and decided to end his scheme.

Minagawa Uchiha blamed Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui for worsening the rift between the Uchiha and Konoha, forcing Itachi to question his beliefs and his role in the clan’s downfall. Obito Uchiha recognized Minagawa as the enemy impersonating him and decided to kill him, but Minagawa answered with insults.

• Minagawa Uchiha rejected Itachi’s accusation and argued that his and Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan had made Konoha’s leaders fear the Uchiha and push the clan toward rebellion and annihilation.
• Minagawa accused Itachi of joining the killer of the Fourth Hokage Couple and becoming a tool for slaughtering his own clan.
• Itachi reconsidered his view of the Uchiha and regretted suspecting Minagawa, sinking into self-doubt.
• Obito Uchiha identified Minagawa as the Mangekyō-wielding enemy who had impersonated him and resolved to kill him.
• Minagawa mocked Obito’s mask and appearance, insulting him for hiding his identity and meddling in his plans.

Minagawa Uchiha provoked Obito Uchiha into attacking, then defeated him and took his Mangekyō Sharingan. Uchiha Itachi rescued Obito and continued fighting Minagawa, who extinguished his Amaterasu; Itachi then used Tsukuyomi.

• Minagawa Uchiha taunted Obito Uchiha about the girl he loved until Obito lost his composure and charged at him.
• Minagawa Uchiha used his intangibility to evade Obito's attack, then slammed him into the ground and gouged out his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Itachi rushed to help Obito, but Minagawa's intangibility foiled his first attack, so Itachi grabbed Obito and retreated.
• Uchiha Itachi used Amaterasu to hold Minagawa back, but Minagawa made the black flames vanish with his dojutsu.
• Uchiha Itachi decided to drain Minagawa's Dojutsu Power and cast Tsukuyomi.

Minagawa Uchiha resisted Uchiha Itachi’s Tsukuyomi and deduced how Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu affected the mind. When Itachi’s Susanoo failed to intimidate him, Itachi moved to destroy the Uchiha Compound, and Minagawa prepared a countermeasure.

• Minagawa Uchiha resisted Uchiha Itachi’s Tsukuyomi with his Dojutsu Power and reasoned that Mangekyō Genjutsu directly attacked consciousness.
• Minagawa considered how Kotoamatsukami might implant memories and realized he could potentially develop his own applications of Mangekyō Genjutsu.
• Uchiha Itachi failed to pull Minagawa into Tsukuyomi Space and summoned a Susanoo equipped with the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror.
• Uchiha Itachi charged toward another part of the Uchiha Compound, intending to carry out the clan’s destruction rather than fight Minagawa to the death.
• Minagawa Uchiha created a Wood Clone and began forming his own Susanoo to stop Itachi.

Minagawa Uchiha fought Uchiha Itachi with Susanoo, then used an unexpected grappling tactic to hold him in place long enough for his clone to capture him. With Uchiha Itachi's Chakra sealed, Minagawa reflected on how easily even powerful ninja could be defeated through a weakness.

• Minagawa Uchiha summoned a black Susanoo and exchanged blows with Uchiha Itachi's red Susanoo.
• Worried that Itachi would exploit his blind spots and outmatch him in combat experience, Minagawa abandoned his spear and grappled Itachi's Susanoo.
• Uchiha Itachi chose to endure the grapple and drain Minagawa's Dojutsu Power rather than disperse his Susanoo.
• Minagawa's clone used Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique to pull Uchiha Itachi underground and restrain him.
• The clone sealed Uchiha Itachi's Chakra, and Minagawa dismissed it after confirming Itachi had been captured.
• Minagawa considered how vulnerable ninja were to surprise attacks and resolved to stay vigilant and keep a low profile.

Minagawa Uchiha defeated Uchiha Itachi and argued that the Uchiha could prevent a wider conflict by striking the Konoha High Command instead of letting the clan be destroyed. Itachi learned that Uchiha Fugaku had secretly awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and had hidden it to avoid conflict with Konoha.

• Minagawa Uchiha decided that Uchiha Itachi could still be saved and confronted him after stopping his attack on the clan.
• Uchiha Itachi urged Minagawa Uchiha to give up resisting for Konoha's peace, but Minagawa rejected his reasoning and blamed the Konoha High Command for the crisis.
• Minagawa Uchiha proposed that the Uchiha raid the Hokage Building and eliminate Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other three high-ranking officials to avoid a larger clash.
• Uchiha Itachi was stunned by Minagawa Uchiha's proposal and asked whether Uchiha Fugaku also had the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minagawa Uchiha revealed that Uchiha Fugaku had awakened and concealed his Mangekyō Sharingan during the Third Shinobi World War to prevent conflict with Konoha.

Minagawa Uchiha challenged Uchiha Itachi’s faith in Konoha’s leadership, arguing that the village had targeted the Uchiha for generations and that its leaders claimed credit for others’ victories. Itachi’s worldview began to falter as Minagawa listed the misfortunes of celebrated shinobi, ending with Namikaze Minato’s death and asking what the Third Hokage had done.

• Uchiha Itachi struggled to accept Minagawa Uchiha’s claim that the village had persecuted the Uchiha since the Third Shinobi World War.
• Minagawa argued that Sarutobi Hiruzen’s reputation for strength lacked evidence and that history books credited the Hokage for victories carried out by others.
• Minagawa claimed Sarutobi Hiruzen suppressed the Senju Clan’s influence and took credit while the Senju and other shinobi bore the costs of the wars.
• Minagawa cited the Sannin and Konoha White Fang as heroes of the Second Shinobi World War who later defected, left the village, or died by suicide.
• Minagawa listed heroes of the Third Shinobi World War, including Hizashi Hyuga, Uchiha Fugaku, Shisui, Might Duy, and Namikaze Minato, and questioned the Third Hokage’s role in Minato’s death.

Uchiha Itachi accepted Minagawa Uchiha's claims about Konoha's leadership and feared for Sasuke's safety. Minagawa rejected Itachi's plan to die and proposed taking down Shimura Danzō before forcing the Third Hokage to compromise.

• Minagawa Uchiha warned Uchiha Itachi that the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō might target Sasuke despite their agreement.
• Minagawa argued that the Hokage's faction had sacrificed Konoha's clans to protect its own power, shaking Itachi's faith in the Will of Fire.
• Worried about Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan, Itachi asked Minagawa how to protect the clan and revealed that a sibling's Mangekyō Sharingan could grant the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Itachi offered his eyes for Sasuke and appeared ready to die, but Minagawa told him to live and help protect the clan.
• Minagawa proposed taking out Shimura Danzō first, then pressuring Sarutobi Hiruzen to compromise while avoiding Konoha's collapse.

Minagawa Uchiha convinced Uchiha Itachi that the Uchiha needed to take the Hokage seat and that Sarutobi Hiruzen had manipulated him into harming his own clan. As the Uchiha prepared to face the Anbu and Konoha leadership, Itachi apologized and pledged to protect the clan, while Minagawa planned their counterattack.

• Uchiha Itachi agreed with Minagawa Uchiha that the next Hokage should come from the Uchiha Clan.
• Minagawa released Itachi and urged him to help gather the clan, meet Uchiha Fugaku, and confront the threat at the Root Base.
• Minagawa told the gathered Uchiha that the Anbu surrounded their compound and that Konoha's leaders intended to destroy the clan, while explaining that Itachi had been deceived.
• The clan members persuaded victims' families to set aside their grievances against Itachi until the crisis passed.
• Uchiha Itachi knelt, apologized, and promised to give his life to ensure the clan's safety.
• Minagawa concluded that Itachi would now fight for the Uchiha and believed their three pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan could defeat Shimura Danzō and force Sarutobi Hiruzen to compromise.

Minagawa Uchiha organized the clan’s response to the Konoha High Command’s plot and brought Uchiha Itachi to Uchiha Fugaku for approval. Fugaku warned that striking Root could spark a wider war with the Third Hokage, but Itachi’s confidence grew when Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Minagawa Uchiha treated the clan members’ silence as consent to spare Uchiha Itachi for now, then ordered the stronger ninja to gather at the Clan Head’s home and the others to take refuge at Naka Shrine.
• Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi met Uchiha Fugaku, and Minagawa explained the encirclement and his plan to defeat the Anbu and kill Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Fugaku praised Minagawa’s leadership but warned that defeating Root could embolden the Radical Faction and provoke a battle against the Third Hokage and Konoha.
• Uchiha Itachi asked whether Uchiha Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Fugaku revealed the eyes he had awakened during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Seeing his father’s Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Itachi lost his remaining doubts and gained confidence in the operation.

Minagawa Uchiha persuaded Uchiha Fugaku to see the Mangekyō Sharingan as an eye of protection and proposed using the Root attack to rein in the Uchiha’s Radical Faction. With Uchiha Itachi’s support, Fugaku agreed to send the radicals as the vanguard.

• Minagawa Uchiha praised Uchiha Fugaku’s efforts to keep peace between the Uchiha and the village, winning Fugaku’s approval.
• Minagawa Uchiha argued that the Mangekyō Sharingan was an eye of protection rather than a cursed eye, and Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi considered his view.
• Minagawa Uchiha decided the Radical Faction should lead the attack on Root so outsiders could expose their limits and curb their arrogance.
• Uchiha Itachi agreed with Minagawa’s plan but proposed burying every Radical Faction member at the Root Base, which Fugaku and Minagawa rejected.
• Uchiha Fugaku hesitated until Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi persuaded him to select radical clan members as the vanguard.

Minagawa Uchiha outlined a plan to destroy Root and confront Shimura Danzō while avoiding an open break with the Third Hokage. After explaining why Sarutobi Hiruzen would likely compromise, he left Uchiha Fugaku persuaded and ready to face him.

• Minagawa Uchiha proposed using genjutsu to subdue the Hokage's Anbu, wiping out Root, and sending Uchiha Fugaku to guard against Sarutobi Hiruzen while he and Uchiha Itachi attacked Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Fugaku worried that Sarutobi Hiruzen would unite Konoha against the Uchiha, and Minagawa Uchiha argued that Hiruzen would compromise to protect his power and reputation.
• Minagawa Uchiha cited Hiruzen's responses to the Sannin's departure, White Fang's death, and the Hyuga Family crisis to explain his judgment of the Third Hokage.
• Minagawa Uchiha said Shimura Danzō exploited Hiruzen's tendency to compromise, and advised Uchiha Fugaku to be forceful in their confrontation.
• Uchiha Fugaku's uncertainty faded, and he praised Minagawa Uchiha's insight into Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village's leadership.

Uchiha Fugaku rallied the clan to fight Konoha’s leadership, laid out a disciplined battle plan, and defended Uchiha Itachi’s role as a squad leader. When Uchiha Setsuna’s faction challenged the young leaders’ qualifications, Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi joined Fugaku and activated their Sharingan together.

• Uchiha Fugaku told the assembled clan members that the Anbu had sealed off their grounds and urged them to fight, while warning them not to harm Konoha’s citizens or act without orders.
• Uchiha Fugaku assigned Uchiha Itachi and Minagawa Uchiha to lead a vanguard, put Uchiha Yashiro’s squad under his own command, and tasked Uchiha Yakumi’s squad with guarding the clan grounds.
• Uchiha Inabi challenged Uchiha Itachi’s leadership and brought up the accusations surrounding Shisui’s death, prompting the clan members to demand an explanation from Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Fugaku said Uchiha Itachi had been deceived by Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, was seeking atonement, and had not killed Uchiha Shisui; he also named Shimura Danzō and Root as the operation’s main targets.
• Uchiha Inabi and others continued to question the young leaders’ qualifications, so Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi stepped beside Uchiha Fugaku and activated their Sharingan with him.

Uchiha Fugaku used the awakening of three Mangekyō Sharingan to secure the clan’s support and ordered the Uchiha to target Shimura Danzō and Root while avoiding harm to Konoha’s people. Uchiha Itachi and Minagawa Uchiha led their groups against the perimeter forces, and Itachi opened the attack with a genjutsu.

• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Itachi, and Minagawa Uchiha revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan, and the clan celebrated their power.
• Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka accepted Itachi and Minagawa as leaders after witnessing their strength.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the clan to eliminate Shimura Danzō and Root, capture other attackers, and protect Konoha’s people and property.
• Uchiha Itachi and Minagawa Uchiha led their groups toward the Anbu perimeter as the Anbu prepared to enter the compound and investigate.
• Uchiha Itachi ambushed the entering forces with Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique, incapacitating many Anbu while Root members remained expressionless.

Minagawa Uchiha’s Vanguard Team overwhelmed the Anbu guarding the route to the Root Base, then fought the freed Root Ninja. After reprimanding the Uchiha casualties and ordering the assault to continue, Minagawa secretly sent two clones deeper into Konoha while Uchiha Itachi led the team onward.

• Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō genjutsu incapacitated the Anbu, while the Root Ninja remained standing and expressionless.
• Minagawa Uchiha ordered his team to knock out the fallen Anbu and kill the Root Ninja, then Uchiha Itachi released the Root Ninja from the genjutsu.
• The Radical Faction Uchiha attacked the Root Ninja and won quickly, suffering two deaths and several injuries.
• Minagawa Uchiha scolded the Uchiha for their casualties and arrogance, warning that they would receive no help during the assault on the Root Base.
• Uchiha Itachi led the team toward the Root Base as Minagawa Uchiha secretly sent two clones deeper into Konoha, reassuring Itachi before catching up.

Uchiha Itachi led the Uchiha Clan into the Root Base, where they fought their way to its central passage hub and waited for Shimura Danzō. After learning of the invasion, Shimura Danzō prepared to confront them, confident Root’s numbers would let him destroy the Uchiha and claim their Sharingan.

• Uchiha Itachi led the advance squad into the Root Base, while Uchiha Fugaku sealed the exits and guarded the one nearest the Hokage Building.
• Minagawa Uchiha used Intangibility and his Mangekyō Sharingan to survive ambushes and improve his combat skills as he made his way through the base.
• Minagawa Uchiha joined the fight at the central passage hub, where Uchiha Itachi and other Clan Members held off Root ninjas.
• Shimura Danzō learned that Uchiha Itachi had brought the Uchiha Clan into the base and killed the ninja who delivered the news.
• Shimura Danzō ordered some Root ninjas to prepare equipment for storing Sharingan and led the rest to confront the invaders, confident that their numbers would ensure victory.

Uchiha Itachi and the Uchiha confronted Shimura Danzō inside Root, while news of the clan’s revolt reached Sarutobi Hiruzen during a meeting. Hiruzen led the assembled shinobi toward the conflict, considering how to use the crisis against the Uchiha.

• Shimura Danzō arrived with masked Root shinobi and ordered them to kill Uchiha Itachi and the other Uchiha.
• Anbu Night Hawk told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Uchiha Compound had undergone a sudden upheaval.
• Another Anbu reported that Uchiha Fugaku had led the clan toward Root and that Root members lay dead while Anbu had been knocked unconscious.
• The assembled clan heads and Jonin speculated that the Uchiha had uncovered a conspiracy involving Root and the Hokage’s leadership.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to use the gathering to brand the Uchiha traitors and ordered everyone to go see what was happening.

Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi led the Uchiha Clan in a battle against Shimura Danzō and Root, ending with Root defeated and Danzō mortally wounded. Danzō awoke in agony as Itachi declared that he would not survive.

• Minagawa Uchiha used his space-time ability to kill Root ninja while Uchiha Itachi fought Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Itachi cut Shimura Danzō's throat, but Danzō used Izanagi to appear behind Itachi and attack him.
• Minagawa Uchiha ambushed Danzō, suppressed Izanagi, crushed the back of his head, took Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, and severed Danzō's bandaged arm.
• Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi joined the Uchiha Clan in killing every Root ninja.
• Shimura Danzō regained consciousness, and Uchiha Itachi judged that his injuries were fatal.

Minagawa Uchiha exposed Shimura Danzō’s crimes and challenged his claim that everything he had done was for Konoha. After Minagawa reminded Danzō that he would never become Hokage, Danzō died in a rage, leaving the Uchiha Clan Members stunned and admiring Minagawa.

• Shimura Danzō discovered that Minagawa Uchiha had thwarted his Izanagi and Reverse Four Symbols Seal, then tried to crawl toward Root’s exit.
• Minagawa confronted Danzō and condemned his persecution of Konoha’s people and his ambition to become Hokage.
• Minagawa listed Danzō’s crimes, including human experiments and spreading rumors about Konoha’s prominent figures, and Danzō recalled that they were true.
• Danzō insisted his victims’ sacrifices would be justified once he became Hokage and led Konoha to dominate the Ninja World.
• Minagawa pointed out that Danzō was about to die without becoming Hokage, and Danzō died in a rage before he could finish cursing the Uchiha.

After Minagawa Uchiha killed Shimura Danzō, he ordered the Uchiha to ransack Root Base for supplies and evidence. Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived and tried to stop the Uchiha, but changed his approach after seeing Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Minagawa Uchiha had secretly disabled Shimura Danzō's Reverse Four Symbols Seal before suppressing his Izanagi and killing him.
• Minagawa Uchiha ordered the Uchiha to treat the wounded, collect their dead, kill any Root members they found, and search for valuables, evidence, and ninjutsu materials.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura arrived at Root Base and accused the Uchiha of invading a secret village facility.
• Uchiha Fugaku rejected the accusation, invoked the Uchiha Clan's role in founding Konoha, and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen realized the Uchiha now had three Mangekyō pairs and softened his stance, offering to hear their complaint as Hokage.