Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fugaku used his Mangekyō Sharingan and accusations about Root to win support from Konoha's resentful clans during a confrontation with Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu. Hiruzen tried to take control of the investigation by ordering the Uchiha to hand the matter to the Anbu.

• The gathered ninja recognized Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan and began questioning the Hokage faction while considering the Uchiha's claims.
• The major clans weighed their resentment toward Sarutobi Hiruzen's leadership and saw the conflict as a chance to challenge the high command.
• Utatane Koharu accused Uchiha Fugaku of insulting the Hokage Advisors and treating Konoha as Uchiha property.
• Uchiha Fugaku defended the Uchiha's role as a founding clan and suggested Koharu was concealing her involvement in Shimura Danzō's actions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped Koharu and ordered Fugaku to hand the Root Base matter over to the Anbu, intending to contain the investigation.

Uchiha Fugaku exposed Shimura Danzō’s crimes before Konoha’s clans, turning Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attempt to redirect the investigation into a confrontation over the safety of clan inheritances. Hyuga Hiashi and other clans challenged the village leadership, leaving the great clans increasingly distrustful of the high command.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Uchiha Fugaku to cooperate with the investigation into the Hokage Building attack and implied the Uchiha should withdraw from Root Base.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Shimura Danzō of murdering Uchiha members, stealing their Sharingan, killing Uchiha Shisui for his Mangekyō Sharingan, and implanting Sharingan in an arm made from First Hokage cells.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked whether Shimura Danzō’s actions endangered Konoha and warned that his crimes might be only the visible part of Root’s wrongdoing.
• Uchiha Fugaku’s accusations angered Sarutobi Hiruzen and prompted the clans with secret techniques or Kekkei Genkai to fear that their inheritances could be targeted next.
• Hyuga Hiashi called for Shimura Danzō’s conduct to be severely punished, while the other clans grew more doubtful of Konoha’s high command.

Uchiha Itachi and the Uchiha exposed Shimura Danzō’s possession of stolen Sharingan, forcing Sarutobi Hiruzen’s defense of him to collapse. The chapter ended as evidence of Danzō’s experiments and the theft of Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō was presented to the gathered villagers.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen defended Shimura Danzō’s Sharingan as a gift from Kagami Uchiha and demanded proof of the accusations.
• Uchiha Itachi emerged from the Root Base with Shimura Danzō’s body and a severed arm, interrupting Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attempt to order the Uchiha seized.
• Uchiha Itachi showed that the arm belonged to Shimura Danzō and bore several embedded Sharingan, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen and the crowd stunned.
• Minagawa Uchiha displayed jars of Sharingan, including Uchiha Shisui’s freshly removed Mangekyō, while another Uchiha began distributing documents about Danzō’s crimes.

After Root’s human experiments and theft of clan techniques were exposed, Sarutobi Hiruzen blamed the dead Shimura Danzō to protect the village’s upper ranks. Hiruzen then noticed Minagawa Uchiha and wrongly concluded that he was a concealed Mangekyō user who could be manipulated.

• The crowd condemned Root for experimenting on villagers and children, desecrating the First Hokage, and taking clan techniques.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen declared Shimura Danzō a criminal and stripped him of his positions and Konoha ninja status, claiming Danzō had deceived him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen resolved to calm the clans’ anger and preserve the upper ranks’ authority by placing all blame on Shimura Danzō.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed Minagawa Uchiha among the Uchiha and suspected he was the masked Mangekyō user who had attacked Root and the Hokage Building.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided Minagawa was naive and considered using him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to manipulate the Uchiha by returning their former central compound, while believing Minagawa Uchiha was naive and easy to control. Minagawa accepted the offer but arranged to reclaim only a few houses and rent out the rest, frustrating Hiruzen’s scheme.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen concluded that Minagawa Uchiha’s reluctance to get involved had kept the Uchiha from openly rebelling, and he planned to use Minagawa to control the clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised the Uchiha Military Police Force for exposing Root, promised compensation to victims, and announced that the Uchiha could keep their current station and reclaim their old compound.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized that reclaiming the central compound could alienate the villagers and clans living there, while refusing it would anger Uchiha Clan Members.
• Minagawa Uchiha accepted the compound on the clan’s behalf, proposing that the Uchiha reclaim only a few houses and rent the rest to current residents at below-market rates.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen realized Minagawa’s proposal would protect the Uchiha’s interests and shift resentment toward the Hokage, and he suspected a deeper scheme.

After the Uchiha returned to their compound following their victory over Shimura Danzō, Uchiha Fugaku planned their next move to secure support from the other clans. He chose Minagawa Uchiha to lead the effort while Sarutobi Hiruzen considered recalling Tsunade and Jiraiya to regain control.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised Minagawa Uchiha in public, drawing the other clans' attention to his Mangekyō Sharingan and trying to undermine Fugaku's authority.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed the gathered shinobi, classified the destruction of Root, and ordered the Military Police Force to continue its patrols.
• Several clans greeted Uchiha Fugaku as they left, while Minagawa recognized Hiruzen's attempt to sow distrust between the clans and the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned to the compound, lifted the alert at Naka Shrine, announced the Uchiha victory, and scheduled a clan meeting for the next day.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi that the clan would continue winning over the other clans and asked Minagawa to lead the effort.

Minagawa Uchiha advised Fugaku and Itachi to strengthen the clan internally, improve its standing with Konoha’s people and other clans, and wait for the right moment to expose the Hokage’s crimes. Fugaku offered Minagawa the position of Clan Head, but Minagawa declined, and they continued discussing the clan’s plans.

• Minagawa Uchiha reasoned that confronting Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately would worsen the higher-ups’ suspicion and leave the Uchiha unprepared to govern Konoha.
• Minagawa advised the Uchiha to unify their factions, improve their members’ conduct and social skills, and develop administrative abilities while showing other clans they could share power.
• Minagawa proposed waiting until the clan was stronger, then publicizing evidence of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the higher-ups’ crimes and joining with other clans to remove them.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi admired Minagawa’s advice, and Fugaku decided Minagawa would make a better Clan Head than himself.
• Fugaku offered Minagawa the Clan Head position, but Minagawa declined because he was too young and lacked experience; Fugaku agreed and resumed discussing the clan’s plans.

Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Fugaku pleaded with the clan to forgive Uchiha Itachi for killing clan members, explaining that Konoha’s high command had manipulated him and that he later helped save the Uchiha. An elderly victim accepted their appeal, though she asked never to see Uchiha Itachi again.

• Uchiha Setsuna defended Uchiha Itachi, blaming the Third Hokage and Konoha’s high command for misleading him and crediting him with helping the clan survive the attack.
• Uchiha Fugaku apologized to the victims, offered compensation, and described how Itachi’s demanding childhood left him vulnerable to Sarutobi Hiruzen’s influence.
• Uchiha Fugaku knelt before the clan and begged its members to forgive his son.
• An elderly woman accepted the appeal and asked that Uchiha Itachi never disturb her or appear before her again.

Uchiha Fugaku gave Uchiha Itachi a mission to capture or kill the Masked Man as a chance to redeem himself. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Advisors misread Minagawa Uchiha as a self-preserving youth who might abandon the clan if the village targeted Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi.

• Uchiha Itachi watched the injured clan members leave, overwhelmed by their forgiveness and his father's plea for mercy.
• Uchiha Fugaku assigned Uchiha Itachi a long-term mission to capture or kill the Masked Man, and Uchiha Itachi accepted.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura returned to the Hokage Building and discussed what Sarutobi Hiruzen knew about Minagawa Uchiha.
• Mitokado Homura suggested targeting Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi to drive Minagawa Uchiha away, assuming he would not risk fighting the village.
• The Anbu delivered Minagawa Uchiha's ordinary file, and Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Advisors concluded that Mitokado Homura's plan might work.

Uchiha Itachi visited the Ninja Academy to see Second Pillar before leaving Konoha, while Uchiha Fugaku and Minagawa Uchiha confronted resistance to reforms meant to improve the Uchiha Clan’s standing. The clan members eventually accepted the relocation and Military Police Force policies after Minagawa and Fugaku explained the clan’s precarious position and their reasons for changing course.

• Uchiha Itachi arrived at the Ninja Academy, exchanged nods with Minagawa Uchiha’s clone, handed him a scroll, watched Second Pillar, and left.
• Minagawa Uchiha’s clone informed his original body about Itachi’s visit as Uchiha Fugaku announced relocation plans and new principles for the Uchiha Military Police Force at Naka Shrine.
• Elderly clan members objected to being excluded from the relocation, and Military Police Force members resented being told to enforce the law with restraint.
• Minagawa Uchiha silenced the gathering with his Mangekyō Sharingan and warned that the clan’s losses and dependence on his and Fugaku’s eyes made their arrogance dangerous.
• Uchiha Fugaku explained how the reforms could build goodwill and support for the coming Hokage election, and the clan members promised to follow the arrangements.

Minagawa Uchiha secured Obito Uchiha’s other Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan and visited Hatake Kakashi to recruit him. He revealed that Kakashi’s father, companions, and teacher had not died as Kakashi understood, leaving Kakashi demanding answers.

• Uchiha Setsuna and the surviving Radical Faction members accepted Uchiha Fugaku and Minagawa Uchiha’s plans to change the clan.
• Minagawa Uchiha retrieved the Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan from Hatake Kakashi using a Wood Clone while Kakashi was away.
• Minagawa Uchiha explained that he wanted to obtain both Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan and considered Kakashi a valuable person to recruit.
• Hatake Kakashi grew angry when Minagawa Uchiha spoke about his past and demanded to know why he had come.
• Minagawa Uchiha told Hatake Kakashi that his father’s suicide, his companions’ deaths, and the sacrifices of the Fourth Hokage and Kushina had hidden circumstances.

Minagawa Uchiha challenged Kakashi to reconsider the circumstances of his father’s death, arguing that the Third Hokage’s political interests may have led to White Fang’s demise. After Kakashi agreed to investigate, Minagawa revealed that he had come to reclaim the Mangekyō Sharingan in Kakashi’s left eye.

• Kakashi threatened Minagawa Uchiha and formed the seals for Chidori, but Minagawa’s aura did not frighten him into dropping the technique.
• Minagawa questioned whether White Fang had really died by suicide and argued that the village’s handling of the rumors and the Third Hokage’s desire to retain power suggested a hidden motive.
• Kakashi recognized inconsistencies in the official story and wondered whether the Third Hokage had secretly murdered his father to protect his hold on power.
• Minagawa urged Kakashi to investigate carefully and warned him not to let his father’s sacrifice go to waste.
• Kakashi promised to investigate and asked Minagawa to state his other purpose, so Minagawa demanded the Mangekyō Sharingan in Kakashi’s left eye.
• Kakashi resisted, saying it was an ordinary Three Tomoe Sharingan and a keepsake from his dead friend, but Minagawa questioned whether it had changed since its transplant.

Minagawa Uchiha revealed to Kakashi that Obito had survived and was responsible for many crimes, then took the Mangekyō Sharingan from Kakashi’s left eye. He stored the eye beside Obito’s other Mangekyō and summoned the crow carrying Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, leaving him with two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Minagawa Uchiha told Kakashi that Obito’s Sharingan had evolved into a Mangekyō, leading Kakashi to realize Obito might still be alive.
• Minagawa Uchiha said Obito had returned and found Rin dead, then explained that Obito had caused the Nine-Tails attack and conspired against the Uchiha Clan.
• Minagawa Uchiha took the Mangekyō Sharingan from Kakashi’s left eye and stored it in Dream Space with Obito’s other Mangekyō.
• Minagawa Uchiha signed Uchiha Itachi’s summoning scroll and summoned the crow carrying Uchiha Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minagawa Uchiha celebrated obtaining Shisui’s eye and vowed to protect Sasuke.

Minagawa Uchiha weighed which Mangekyō Sharingan to fuse and chose to study Uchiha Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami. After testing it on a White Zetsu in the Dream Space, he discovered that Sharingan Dojutsu Power could directly affect souls and consciousness.

• Minagawa Uchiha decided that Obito Uchiha’s complementary Kamui eyes were the better choice for fusion, while Uchiha Shisui’s eyes offered a way to investigate spiritual Genjutsu.
• Minagawa Uchiha captured a White Zetsu and replaced one of his eyes with Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minagawa Uchiha brought the White Zetsu into the Dream Space and used Kotoamatsukami on him, observing the technique’s effects under his control.
• Minagawa Uchiha concluded that Dojutsu Power could reach the soul and consciousness, and that Kotoamatsukami planted its will by releasing a vast amount of that power at once.

Minagawa Uchiha examined the limits of Kotoamatsukami and considered how the Mangekyō Sharingan and Eternal Mangekyō differed. Underground, Black Zetsu restored Obito Uchiha’s resolve by giving him a replacement pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito adapted to them and renewed his plan to create a world with Rin.

• Minagawa Uchiha concluded that Kotoamatsukami’s altered perceptions could be overwritten and studied how Mangekyō Sharingan output differed from Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minagawa Uchiha decided to give Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan to Uchiha Fugaku and considered the strength of his allies once they gained the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• After Black Zetsu rescued Obito Uchiha, White Zetsu replaced his damaged body parts while Obito remained despondent.
• Black Zetsu reminded Obito Uchiha of Rin, but Obito insisted he was powerless without his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu gave Obito Uchiha a spare pair of Mangekyō Sharingan collected by Uchiha Madara.
• Obito Uchiha implanted the replacement eyes, adapted to them with White Zetsu Cells, and vowed to create a world with Rin.

Obito Uchiha recovered from his setback and focused on advancing the ultimate plan, while Minagawa Uchiha fused Obito’s Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan with his own in the Dream Space. The fusion stabilized, and Minagawa successfully awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Obito Uchiha resolved to prioritize the ultimate plan while ordering White Zetsu to track the Uchiha brat and leaving Nagato as backup.
• Black Zetsu went to Nagato to keep the plan on course while Obito stayed behind to adapt to his new Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Minagawa Uchiha cast a delayed Izanagi to protect his own eyes before attempting to fuse Obito’s Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The fusion stalled near completion, so Minagawa used the Dream Space to sustain the eyes and accelerate their adaptation.
• The fused Mangekyō Sharingan stabilized, and Minagawa used Materialization to Reality to obtain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

After awakening his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Minagawa Uchiha tested its enhanced power and discovered that its Kamui dimension had fused with his Dream Space. He decided to spend the coming years mastering his abilities, while wondering how Uchiha Itachi would approach Obito Uchiha.

• Minagawa Uchiha sensed that his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan had increased his Dojutsu Power, accelerated its recovery, and made forming Susanoo effortless.
• Minagawa Uchiha gained Kamui and tested its ability to transport a cup into a space connected to his eyes.
• Minagawa Uchiha discovered that the Kamui Dimension and Dream Space had fused, creating a space that could store objects and be controlled with varying Chakra costs.
• Minagawa Uchiha assessed his new strength and decided to focus on mastering his existing powers and ninjutsu before seeking senjutsu power or the Rinnegan.
• Minagawa Uchiha reflected on the village’s temporary stability and wondered whether Uchiha Itachi would join the Akatsuki Organization to approach Obito Uchiha.

Uchiha Itachi sought out the Akatsuki Organization to find the Masked Man and spy on the group for Konoha, then passed Konan’s test and joined. He met the organization’s leader and completed the joining procedure, though the Akatsuki equipment unsettled him.

• Uchiha Itachi used difficult black-market missions to attract the Akatsuki Organization’s attention after learning that it was recruiting powerful rogue ninjas.
• Konan approached Uchiha Itachi and attacked him with paper Shuriken, but he trapped her in a genjutsu and held a Kunai to her neck.
• Konan introduced herself as a member of the Akatsuki Organization and invited Uchiha Itachi to join; he accepted for the time being.
• Konan led Uchiha Itachi to the organization’s leader, and he recognized the leader’s Rinnegan while suspecting that the Masked Man was only a collaborator.
• Uchiha Itachi slashed his forehead protector as part of the joining procedure and received Akatsuki equipment, including purple nail polish that made his eye twitch.

Black Zetsu and Obito Uchiha learned that Uchiha Itachi had joined the Akatsuki, while Konoha’s leaders used Itachi’s departure to target him and weaken the Uchiha Clan. The Konoha High Command then renewed its plan to eliminate Uchiha Fugaku, expecting Minagawa Uchiha to abandon the clan afterward.

• Black Zetsu criticized Obito Uchiha’s failed attempt against the Uchiha Clan and reported that Uchiha Itachi had joined the Akatsuki Organization.
• Obito Uchiha assumed Uchiha Itachi was targeting him but planned to exploit Itachi’s strength before disposing of him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other Konoha higher-ups sent Anbu after Uchiha Itachi, but several squads disappeared and no reports returned.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked the Hokage’s Office to designate Uchiha Itachi a rogue ninja, and the higher-ups issued a bounty against him.
• Mitokado Homura proposed eliminating Uchiha Fugaku, believing Minagawa Uchiha would leave the clan if Fugaku were gone.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other Konoha leaders plotted to lure Uchiha Fugaku away and kill him, then stop Minagawa Uchiha from interfering. Hiruzen planned to secure Jiraiya and Tsunade’s help by promising to spare the rest of the Uchiha Clan, though he intended to destroy the clan afterward.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura decided that attacking Minagawa Uchiha directly would be too costly and resolved to target Uchiha Fugaku first.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed creating chaos in the village to lure Fugaku out, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura praised his plan.
• Mitokado Homura suggested summoning Jiraiya and Tsunade to help defeat Fugaku quickly and handle Minagawa Uchiha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said Jiraiya and Tsunade would only help if he promised to execute Fugaku and spare the other Uchiha members.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected the suggestion that his advisers make the promise instead, saying only his word as their Teacher and Hokage would persuade them.