Chapter Summaries

Minagawa Uchiha declared that he dreamed of world peace, prompting Kabuto Yakushi, Tamaki Hyuga, and Jiraiya to reflect on the injustices they wanted changed. After secretly returning to Konoha, Tsunade resolved to confront Sarutobi Hiruzen if necessary, while Jiraiya met his former teacher to gauge his intentions.

• Minagawa Uchiha introduced himself and said he hated people who pursued selfish interests under the banner of righteousness, and that his dream was world peace.
• Kabuto Yakushi thought of Shimura Danzō's persecution of the orphanage, while Tamaki Hyuga recalled the Main Family's oppression of the Branch Family, and Jiraiya remembered his own pursuit of peace.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade secretly returned to Konoha, observed the Uchiha Clan's determination to change, and Tsunade worked to overcome her fear of blood.
• Jiraiya planned to persuade Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Advisors to relinquish power, while Tsunade prepared to act against her teacher if he refused to step down.
• Jiraiya visited Sarutobi Hiruzen, who assumed Jiraiya had returned to succeed him and dismissed the idea that the Hokage should be chosen by a vote of confidence.

Jiraiya confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over his grip on power, his treatment of the Uchiha, and Konoha’s decline, rejecting the role of Hokage under his control. Sarutobi realized Jiraiya and Tsunade might oppose him and secretly resolved to target Tsunade.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen offered to support Jiraiya as Hokage while continuing to assist with village affairs, but Jiraiya recognized the offer as a way to retain control.
• Jiraiya accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of alienating Konoha’s major clans and weakening the village.
• Jiraiya cited Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi as examples of talented shinobi killed or driven into betrayal, and warned that the Uchiha Clan was leading opposition against Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen openly said that eliminating the Uchiha Clan would restore order, and Jiraiya challenged his plan and his past decisions, including handing over Hizashi Hyuga.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen realized Jiraiya and Tsunade might oppose him and thought that he should have killed Tsunade earlier; he resolved to target her weakness to protect himself.

Sarutobi Hiruzen secretly planned to eliminate Tsunade and retain power, but Jiraiya’s news that Tsunade had overcome her hemophobia forced him to hide his intentions. Jiraiya proposed investigating the Uchiha Clan by appointing one of them Hokage and decided to lead Minagawa Uchiha’s squad himself.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen considered killing Tsunade and manipulating Jiraiya, but Jiraiya told him that Tsunade had overcome her hemophobia.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen pretended to accept that he should step aside and asked Jiraiya who would become Hokage.
• Jiraiya explained that he and Tsunade planned to investigate the Uchiha Clan and would consider nominating an Uchiha for Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Jiraiya about Minagawa Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and space-time dōjutsu, then gave him the squad’s files.
• Jiraiya decided to become Minagawa Uchiha’s squad leader and use the boy to investigate the Uchiha Clan.

Jiraiya questioned Minagawa Uchiha about the relationship between the village and its clans, and Minagawa’s answer changed Jiraiya’s view of the Uchiha Clan’s treatment. After Jiraiya left to speak with Tsunade, Minagawa learned that they opposed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s plans and decided the clan’s time to act was near.

• Jiraiya dismissed Tamaki Hyuga and Kabuto Yakushi, then asked Minagawa Uchiha to stay and explain how he viewed the village and the clans.
• Minagawa Uchiha argued that clans and the village formed one collective and should protect and strengthen one another rather than sacrifice one another.
• Jiraiya recognized that the village leadership had unfairly excluded and suppressed the Uchiha Clan, apologized, and promised to challenge others’ prejudice.
• Jiraiya left to find Tsunade, while Minagawa Uchiha used his spores to learn that Jiraiya and Tsunade had discussed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s plans.
• Minagawa Uchiha concluded that Jiraiya and Tsunade would not follow Sarutobi Hiruzen as he wished and said it was time for the clan to act.

Tsunade regained the ability to use Chakra after breaking Sarutobi Hiruzen’s spying technique, then heard Jiraiya’s account of Minagawa Uchiha’s views. Minagawa planned to expose Sarutobi Hiruzen’s crimes and stop him from targeting Tsunade, and he told Uchiha Fugaku about the Hokage’s plans.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen spied on Tsunade, who detected him and shattered his Telescope Technique, inadvertently using Chakra freely.
• Jiraiya visited Tsunade, was beaten by her, and then told her what Minagawa Uchiha had said and what he had realized.
• Tsunade praised Minagawa’s answer about the village and asked Jiraiya to describe him, then laughed at Jiraiya’s battered appearance.
• Minagawa Uchiha concluded that Sarutobi Hiruzen would target Tsunade to consolidate power and planned to save her while launching a public opinion offensive against the Hokage.
• Minagawa Uchiha told Uchiha Fugaku about Sarutobi Hiruzen’s plans, shocking Fugaku with the Hokage’s willingness to move against Tsunade.

Uchiha Fugaku and Minagawa Uchiha organized a covert campaign to expose Konoha's higher-ups and turn public opinion against Sarutobi Hiruzen. The Uchiha began with the revelation that Naruto Uzumaki was the Fourth Hokage's orphan, while Minagawa prepared a separate gift for the next day.

• Uchiha Fugaku told selected Clan Members that Jiraiya and Tsunade had refused to act against the Uchiha Clan, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen's plans off balance.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the Clan Members to discreetly spread the higher-ups' dirty secrets before the Military Police Force stepped in publicly.
• Minagawa Uchiha explained that they would first reveal Naruto Uzumaki's identity as the Fourth Hokage's orphan and use villagers who had suffered in the Nine-Tails Incident to amplify the news.
• The Uchiha Clan Members discussed the plan and began carrying it out.
• Minagawa Uchiha received intelligence from the Spore Technique and began preparing a gift for someone the following day.

Minagawa Uchiha trained in the Kamui World, where he learned to refine Nature Energy and absorb small amounts through Taijutsu to strengthen his body. Before his practical test with Jiraiya, he used the Kamui World to materialize Might Guy as a sparring opponent.

• Minagawa Uchiha focused his training on Taijutsu while continuing to practice practical ninjutsu and genjutsu.
• He experimented with Nature Energy in the Kamui World and learned to refine it, though it dissipated from his body and eroded Fuinjutsu seals.
• Minagawa Uchiha discovered that Taijutsu training let his body absorb a small amount of refined Nature Energy, gradually strengthening him.
• He used the Kamui World's monitoring to improve his Taijutsu and trained there daily despite the considerable food consumption.
• Before his practical battle with Jiraiya, Minagawa Uchiha materialized Might Guy in the Kamui World as a sparring opponent.

Minagawa Uchiha used the Kamui World to create a combat-capable replica of himself and tested his skills against it. After discovering the replica could exploit his own techniques and instincts, he dispersed it and realized he needed a powerful sensory ability.

• Minagawa Uchiha materialized Uchiha Fugaku using data the Kamui World had previously recorded, then decided to create a copy of himself instead.
• Minagawa Uchiha wondered whether he could imitate the Fourth Mizukage's Water Mirror Technique to copy people without gathering their data firsthand.
• Minagawa Uchiha fought his replica, which outmaneuvered him in close combat and knocked him off balance.
• Minagawa Uchiha blasted apart the replica's Great Fire Dragon Technique with repulsive Chakra, then was struck by the replica, which had charged through the gap beneath the flames.
• Minagawa Uchiha dispersed the replica and, after recovering, concluded that he urgently needed a powerful sensory ability.

Minagawa Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi, and Tamaki Hyuga began a training drill against Jiraiya’s Shadow Clone, but Jiraiya quickly broke their coordination. Minagawa countered Jiraiya’s Fire Release before Jiraiya attacked him from above with the Wild Lion’s Mane Technique.

• Minagawa Uchiha decided that sensory abilities were important and planned to bring Karin from Kusagakure to Konoha once the village’s situation stabilized.
• Minagawa Uchiha arrived at Training Ground 3 and greeted Kabuto Yakushi and Tamaki Hyuga before Jiraiya appeared and announced a fight against his Shadow Clone.
• Tamaki Hyuga and Kabuto Yakushi attacked Jiraiya while Minagawa Uchiha threw Shuriken, but Jiraiya knocked Tamaki into Kabuto and sent both teammates flying.
• Minagawa Uchiha stepped in front of his fallen teammates and used Fire Release: Flame Bullet against Jiraiya’s Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, forcing the Shadow Clone to abandon the Chakra contest.
• Minagawa Uchiha sensed Jiraiya had moved and looked up, but Jiraiya completed Wild Lion’s Mane Technique to trap him.

Minagawa Uchiha outsmarted Jiraiya in the training assessment, earning his team’s promotion to Konoha genin. After Jiraiya dismissed the other students, Tsunade arrived to meet Minagawa and questioned his reputation and talent.

• Minagawa Uchiha used a clone and Earth Release to catch Jiraiya off guard, then forced him to declare the team had passed the assessment.
• Jiraiya announced that the team would meet at the Hokage Building the next morning for a mission, then asked Minagawa to stay behind.
• Tsunade emerged after Tamaki Hyuga and Kabuto Yakushi left, and Jiraiya dispelled his Shadow Clone and departed.
• Tsunade questioned whether Minagawa Uchiha was truly as talented as his reputation suggested, so he activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and complimented her strength.

Minagawa Uchiha trapped Tsunade in a dream world set a thousand years in the past and explained that he wanted to settle the Uchiha and Senju clans’ ancient grudge. Tsunade challenged his accusations about the Senju, but his arguments left her speechless as she asked about the feud’s origins.

• Minagawa Uchiha used his Mangekyo Sharingan to draw Tsunade into a dream world and told her that her actions there could affect her body.
• Tsunade tried to attack Minagawa Uchiha, then stopped after he warned her about the dream world’s dangers.
• Minagawa Uchiha revealed that the dream world represented the birthplace of chakra and said he wanted to resolve the Uchiha-Senju feud and clear his clan’s name.
• Minagawa Uchiha accused the Senju of continuing their hostility toward the Uchiha through Tobirama Senju’s policies and the village’s treatment of the clan.
• Tsunade could not refute Minagawa Uchiha’s claims and asked whether the clans’ grudge dated back to the birth of chakra.

Minagawa Uchiha showed Tsunade a vision of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, and the origins of the thousand-year conflict between Indra and Asura. Tsunade was left furious at the Sage of Six Paths for choosing Asura as Ninshū’s heir and setting the brothers against each other.

• Minagawa Uchiha concealed himself and Tsunade as he showed her Kaguya Otsutsuki’s arrival and her sons’ sealing of her.
• Tsunade saw Hagoromo Otsutsuki establish Ninshū, share chakra, and choose Asura over the more talented Indra as his heir.
• Black Zetsu manipulated Indra, who turned against Hagoromo and Asura, beginning the reincarnations and conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan.
• Minagawa Uchiha told Tsunade that Black Zetsu, Kaguya Otsutsuki, Gamamaru, the Sage Slug, and the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet could help verify the story.
• Tsunade questioned the Sage of Six Paths’ choice and angrily blamed it for the brothers’ feud and a thousand years of war.

Minagawa Uchiha showed Tsunade the history of Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju, from their childhood friendship to their falling-out and the wars that followed. After Hashirama’s death moved Tsunade and made her question the cost of the Hokage system, Minagawa argued that the One Village One Country System had prolonged suffering across the Ninja World.

• Tsunade recognized Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju as the past incarnations of Indra and Asura, but rejected Minagawa Uchiha’s claim that Hashirama had been wronged.
• Minagawa showed Tsunade how Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju became friends, vowed to build a village, and later reconciled their clans after Hashirama defeated Madara.
• Hashirama promised Uchiha Madara the Hokage position, but Tobirama Senju’s influence helped secure the village’s choice of Hashirama, deepening the friends’ divide.
• Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju fought at the Valley of the End after their ideals diverged, and Hashirama later distributed the Tailed Beasts before dying as the First Shinobi World War began.
• Tsunade wept over Hashirama’s death and resented the sacrifices that left her the last Senju, while Minagawa urged her to question the One Village One Country System.

Minagawa Uchiha explained how Zetsu manipulated Uchiha Madara through the clan’s Stone Tablet and revealed that Obito Uchiha caused the Nine-Tails Incident. He warned Tsunade that Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to move against her and proposed an alliance to overthrow him and give the Hokage Seat to the Uchiha Clan.

• Tsunade asked Minagawa Uchiha what Zetsu had changed on the Uchiha Clan’s Stone Tablet and why Uchiha Madara had opposed the First Hokage.
• Minagawa explained the Rinnegan and Infinite Tsukuyomi plans, then identified Obito Uchiha as the person behind the Nine-Tails Incident.
• Minagawa proposed future cooperation, and Tsunade questioned whether his claims were true.
• Minagawa warned Tsunade that Sarutobi Hiruzen was preparing to move against her because of her influence and opposition to his plans.
• Minagawa urged Tsunade to join the Uchiha Clan in overthrowing Sarutobi Hiruzen, rebuilding Konoha, and claiming the Hokage Seat.

Minagawa Uchiha tested a powerful dream genjutsu on Tsunade, who later confirmed his claims with Sage Slug and learned of the Otsutsuki threat. Convinced the Ninja World must unite, Tsunade returned to Konoha, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to decide to strike before she could act against him.

• Minagawa Uchiha released Tsunade from his dream genjutsu at the Third Training Ground and concluded that controlling powerful people's dreams required greater mental strength.
• Tsunade searched historical records, then visited Shikkotsu Forest with Shizune, where Sage Slug confirmed Minagawa Uchiha's claims and revealed more about Kaguya Otsutsuki and the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Tsunade decided the Ninja World needed to unite against the Otsutsuki Clan and returned to Konoha after warning Shizune to stay away.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected Tsunade had learned of his actions against the Senju Clan and might join the Uchiha Clan against him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned Jiraiya was still at home and resolved to move against Tsunade before the Uchiha Clan or Jiraiya could react.

Sarutobi Hiruzen ambushed Tsunade to stop her from investigating the Senju Clan’s disappearances and sever her ties with the Uchiha. Tsunade confronted him over his crimes, but Uchiha Fugaku and other clan leaders revealed that they had surrounded the scene.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and his Anbu ambushed Tsunade on her way to the Uchiha Clan.
• Tsunade sensed the trap, escaped the attacks, and struck at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who used the Substitution Technique to avoid her blow.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded that Tsunade abandon her investigation and cut ties with the Uchiha, admitting that he had acted against the Senju Clan to protect his power and the village.
• Tsunade denounced Sarutobi Hiruzen’s justification, and he revealed that he planned for Asuma and later Sarutobi Clan members to become Hokage.
• Uchiha Fugaku applauded as Tsunade and Sarutobi Hiruzen discovered that Jiraiya and the heads of many clans had surrounded them.

Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Fugaku exposed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s plot to seize Tsunade and assembled influential ninja to witness his ambitions for the Sarutobi Clan. Confronted by the crowd, Sarutobi Hiruzen defended his plans and declared that the Uchiha Clan deserved to die, then continued explaining his vision for Konoha.

• Minagawa Uchiha informed Uchiha Fugaku that Sarutobi Hiruzen was preparing to move against Tsunade, and they gathered major clans and respected ninja around the scene.
• Minagawa Uchiha used the Spore Technique to ambush the Anbu guarding the barrier, letting the assembled ninja hear Sarutobi Hiruzen’s remarks.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of secretly turning the Sarutobi Clan into Konoha’s foremost hidden clan and seeking to make the village his family’s possession.
• The assembled ninja grew furious as they realized Sarutobi Hiruzen had treated their sacrifices as pieces in his plan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed the Uchiha Clan as unfit to become Hokage and claimed its ambitions and powerful members made it a threat to the village.

Sarutobi Hiruzen defended his rule by claiming his clan’s growth had served Konoha, but Tsunade and others denounced his hypocrisy and crimes. The Hyuga and Uchiha Clans and then other clans rejected him as Hokage, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen politically isolated and under arrest.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen claimed his clan had strengthened Konoha and accused the Uchiha Clan of seeking power for selfish reasons.
• Uchiha Fugaku challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen over his treatment of Tsunade, and Sarutobi Hiruzen called her a threat because she might join the Uchiha Clan.
• Tsunade accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of serving himself and his clan, citing the Senju Clan, Danzo’s experiments, White Fang, and Hizashi Hyuga.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen declared that he would wipe out Tsunade and the Uchiha Clan, prompting Hyuga Hiashi to reject him as Hokage over his Younger Brother’s death.
• Uchiha Fugaku declared that the Uchiha Clan no longer recognized Sarutobi Hiruzen and placed him under arrest.
• Other clans, including the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, joined the opposition, while Kakashi brought Might Guy forward to denounce Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Fugaku launched an attack on Sarutobi Hiruzen, while the other clans watched and the Anbu fought to protect him. Minagawa outmaneuvered Hiruzen and sent him into Kamui, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jiraiya left the gathering as Sarutobi Hiruzen accused the assembled ninja of betraying the village.
• Minagawa Uchiha and Uchiha Fugaku activated their Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked Hiruzen and the Anbu.
• Minagawa used Kamui Phasing to pass through the Anbu and reach Hiruzen, who countered with the Five-Style Great Combo Technique.
• Hiruzen and Minagawa exchanged attacks, and Minagawa was struck while Hiruzen was pierced in the shoulder by senbon.
• Minagawa appeared behind Hiruzen and used Kamui to pull him into a space-time vortex.

Minagawa Uchiha defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen and held him in the Kamui World while the Uchiha Clan subdued the surrounding Anbu. As Konoha’s clans gathered and the Sarutobi Clan arrived, Utatane Koharu accused Uchiha Fugaku of betraying the village and demanded the Hokage’s release.

• Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan defeated or captured the Anbu as onlookers began to recognize the clan’s strength.
• Minagawa Uchiha continued attacking Sarutobi Hiruzen inside the Kamui World while explaining that he wanted the village to accept Uchiha leadership.
• Might Guy praised Minagawa Uchiha and challenged him to a duel, while Kakashi urged him to release Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Minagawa Uchiha said Sarutobi Hiruzen would face a public trial and warned that the Sarutobi Clan was approaching.
• Tsunade stayed withdrawn as Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura arrived with their clans and Sarutobi Clan ninja.
• Utatane Koharu accused Uchiha Fugaku of betraying Konoha and demanded that he hand over Sarutobi Hiruzen.