Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Shisui rallied clan members opposed to Uchiha Jin, including Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Setsuna, after revealing his Mangekyo and pledging himself to Hiruzen Sarutobi. When Uchiha Tekka warned Jin that Shisui’s faction was gathering at Naka Shrine, Jin stayed calm and began to explain his plans to his trusted retainer.

• Uchiha Shisui revealed his Mangekyo and won the support of Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Setsuna, and other clan members dissatisfied with Jin.
• Uchiha Tekka gathered Jin’s loyal ninja near Naka Shrine and reported that Shisui planned to overthrow Jin’s authority with the village higher-ups’ support.
• Uchiha Tekka urged Jin to order an attack on Shisui’s faction, fearing the clan would lose its recent gains.
• Uchiha Jin reassured Tekka that he should not rush and began to tell him things he had kept from his trusted retainer.

Uchiha Jin explained that Shisui’s defection was part of a plan to purge Uchiha Setsuna’s loyalists and send other expelled clansmen to the Hokage for support. At Naka Shrine, Jin discovered the clan had far more hidden Jonin than he knew.

• Uchiha Jin told Uchiha Tekka that Shisui was acting with his approval and would pretend to fight the Uchiha while seeking refuge with the Hokage.
• Uchiha Jin ordered Tekka to eliminate Uchiha Setsuna and his diehard loyalists, while allowing most other dissatisfied clansmen to leave.
• Uchiha Tekka agreed to carry out Jin’s plan and said he had never truly been loyal to Uchiha Setsuna.
• Uchiha Jin followed Tekka to Naka Shrine, where more than fifty Jonin and over three hundred Chunin gathered.
• Uchiha Tekka explained that the clan had only thirty-seven Jonin registered with the village, while most of the Uchiha Jonin had remained hidden.

Uchiha Jin learned that Shisui had gathered a small force, while Fugaku arrived with more hidden Uchiha fighters and prepared to stage a battle against Shisui’s faction. Shisui sat at a meeting in Uchiha Setsuna’s vast mansion, unaware that Jin and Fugaku had ordered it surrounded.

• Uchiha Tekka told Uchiha Jin that Shisui’s faction had thirteen Jonin and fewer than fifty Chunin.
• Fugaku arrived with additional Jonin and Chunin, and Uchiha Jin instructed him to spare most of Shisui’s supporters while eliminating Setsuna’s diehard followers.
• Fugaku ordered the complete encirclement of Uchiha Setsuna’s mansion, where Shisui, Setsuna, Yashiro, and their followers were meeting.
• Shisui looked over Setsuna’s enormous estate and was astonished by its size and luxury.

Shisui watched the newly formed faction descend into infighting as its leaders argued over whether to attack Fugaku and Jin or seek the Hokage’s support. When Shisui was pressed to choose a plan, Fugaku and Jin arrived with Uchiha forces and surrounded the courtyard.

• The Moderate Faction and Radical Faction argued over whether to seize power from Fugaku and Jin or ask the Hokage for help.
• Shisui realized the new faction was already fighting over power and doubted he could lead it.
• Yashiro and Setsuna asked Shisui to choose which plan the faction would follow.
• Fugaku and Jin arrived with elite Uchiha Jonin and other Uchiha forces, surrounding Setsuna’s courtyard.

Uchiha Jin and Uchiha Shisui began their staged confrontation, using their opposing speeches to sway the Uchiha gathered in the courtyard. The chapter ended with both activating Susanoo and agreeing to take their fight to the Forest of Death.

• Uchiha Jin interrupted Shisui’s friendly demeanor, denounced him as a traitor, and activated his First Form Susanoo.
• Shisui condemned Jin’s radical actions and claimed that following the Hokage’s leadership would let the Uchiha integrate into the Leaf Village.
• Yashiro, Setsuna, and other Uchiha criticized Jin, while Jin and Fugaku’s supporters defended him and praised his leadership.
• Uchiha Jin told Shisui that the village and its higher-ups were different, then challenged him to settle the matter through combat.
• Uchiha Shisui activated his Susanoo and proposed moving the fight to the Forest of Death.

Uchiha Jin and Shisui staged a Susanoo battle in the Forest of Death while Jin’s faction attacked Setsuna’s mansion. Tekka killed Setsuna once, but Setsuna used Izanagi to escape death, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Uchiha Jin and Shisui went to the Forest of Death and staged a destructive Susanoo fight to draw attention.
• Fugaku and Tekka’s forces overwhelmed Yashiro and Setsuna’s faction at Setsuna’s mansion.
• Fugaku held back against Yashiro, intending to keep him alive as a token for Shisui’s allegiance to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tekka rejected Setsuna’s pleas, used the Body Flicker Technique, and cut his throat with a kunai.
• Setsuna’s corpse vanished after he used Izanagi, and Tekka noted that Setsuna had lost one of his two Sharingan.

Uchiha Tekka killed Uchiha Setsuna after exhausting his Izanagi, while Uchiha Jin and Shisui brought the clan battle to a halt. The chapter left Shisui proposing a truce as Leaf Village and Stone Village signed a peace treaty.

• Tekka pursued Setsuna and killed him after Setsuna had used Izanagi twice.
• When Setsuna begged for his life after losing both Sharingan, Tekka condemned his surrender and slit his throat.
• Jin sensed Setsuna's death, then signaled Shisui to escape after beating him and leaving him wounded.
• Shisui dispelled Susanoo, returned to Setsuna's Mansion, and called on Fugaku and Jin to stop fighting, offering to leave the Uchiha Clan with his followers.
• Leaf Village and Stone Village signed a peace treaty after a day of negotiations, agreeing to withdraw to their respective borders.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent off the Stone Delegation after arranging an alliance against the Cloud Village and planned to retire while keeping power behind Minato Namikaze. He then saw Uchiha Jin and Shisui fighting with Susanoo and realized Shisui had taken his vague promise of support as permission to attack Jin.

• Utatane Koharu proposed that the Stone Delegation join Konoha in resisting the Cloud Village, and the delegation agreed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi saw the Stone Delegation off and planned to step down after the war while controlling Konoha from behind Minato Namikaze.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to support Minato, while they privately plotted to undermine him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura saw Uchiha Jin and Shisui battling as crimson and violet Susanoo near the Forest of Death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Shisui had acted after mistaking his promise of support for genuine backing.

As the Uchiha crisis alarmed Konoha’s leadership and clans, Ichiro Inuzuka and Shibi Aburame discussed the Uchiha Alliance and the Inuzuka Clan’s reasons for joining it. Ichiro revealed that the Inuzuka Clan was struggling with debt and lacked the resources to train most of its children.

• The Konoha leadership ordered Anbu and other forces to seal off the Uchiha district, mobilized the major clans, and prepared for a possible rebellion.
• The village’s clans panicked at the sight of two Susanoo, while the Inuzuka and Aburame clans stayed uninvolved because they had been warned beforehand.
• Ichiro Inuzuka watched the Susanoo with Shibi Aburame, who urged him to trust the Uchiha Alliance and said Jin made its success likely.
• Ichiro assured Shibi that the Inuzuka Clan would honor its alliance, then explained that it had borrowed heavily from the Sarutobi Clan and could support only about twenty ninja.
• Ichiro explained that scarce resources kept many Inuzuka children out of the Ninja Academy, since the clan feared they would become expendable village soldiers.

As two Uchiha awakened Susanoo, Minato Namikaze stopped Obito from rushing to the compound and promised to intervene if necessary. Outside the Uchiha compound, Konoha forces began setting up defenses while the clan’s internal conflict continued.

• Shibi Aburame and Ichiro Inuzuka agreed that the Uchiha’s rise benefited ninja clans and stayed out of the turmoil.
• Rin Nohara, Kakashi Hatake, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki saw two Susanoo in the distance, and Obito explained that Mangekyo users awakened the technique through their bloodline.
• Obito prepared to return to the Uchiha compound, but Minato Namikaze and the others persuaded him to stay home and keep his Mangekyo secret.
• Kushina Uzumaki warned everyone that Danzo might exploit the chaos, and Minato Namikaze left to keep watch over events.
• Anbu, the Sealing Team, the Torture Team, and the Jonin Council gathered outside the Uchiha compound and began setting up defenses.

Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the Uchiha compound and found himself accused of backing Shisui’s rebellion. The other Ninja Clans refused to take sides, leaving Hiruzen struggling to protect his reputation while keeping Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan on his side.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi entered the Uchiha compound with the Elders, clan leaders, and Elite Jonin, then stepped between Uchiha Jin and Shisui and ordered them to stop.
• Uchiha Jin accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of secretly supporting Shisui and violating the founding agreement by interfering in Uchiha affairs.
• Members of the Shisui Faction celebrated Hiruzen’s arrival and claimed his support would let them defeat Uchiha Jin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi denounced their claims as slander and insisted there had been a misunderstanding.
• The Ninja Clan leaders withdrew several steps and declined to interfere, while Hiruzen struggled to deny the accusation without losing their trust or pushing Shisui away.

Hiruzen Sarutobi denied directing Shisui to seize power in the Uchiha Clan, calling his support a matter of spreading the Will of Fire. Uchiha Jin and Uchiha Fugaku then formally split the clan, leaving Shisui as the leader of a branch family.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that Shisui had visited him and said he supported Shisui spreading the Will of Fire, but denied urging him to fight for clan power.
• Uchiha Jin accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi's explanation and declared that the conflict was an internal Uchiha matter.
• Uchiha Jin told Shisui and his supporters to leave the Uchiha compound because most of the clan followed Jin's orders.
• Uchiha Fugaku authorized Uchiha Jin's actions and declared that the Uchiha would divide into two families.
• Uchiha Jin handed Uchiha Setsuna's corpse to Shisui, named him Clan Leader of the Uchiha Branch Family, and ordered him to leave.

After Uchiha Jin left Setsuna's Mansion, the other clans departed, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi with Shisui and the defeated Uchiha who had been expelled from their clan. Hiruzen’s allies refused to help him handle the survivors, leaving him to decide how to support them.

• Uchiha Jin left Setsuna's Mansion, and most of the Uchiha withdrew after leaving guards behind for Zhao Nuo's group.
• The major ninja clans departed, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi, the two Elders, a few Anbu, Shisui, and his followers behind.
• Shisui told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Jin had attacked without hearing them out, that their group had suffered heavy losses, and that they needed help after being struck from the Uchiha clan.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura left Hiruzen Sarutobi to handle Shisui's group on his own.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched his allies leave and worried that abandoning Shisui and the survivors would undermine others' willingness to seek his protection.

Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Shisui and the Uchiha who had left their clan, offering them money and shelter in exchange for their loyalty. After the evening’s events, Uchiha Jin noticed Minato Namikaze watching his home and invited him inside.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Shisui’s group a place in the Sarutobi Clan Grounds and two hundred million in startup funds.
• Shisui thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi and pledged that his Uchiha branch would obey him unconditionally.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged medical care for the wounded and accommodations for Shisui’s group.
• Uchiha Jin and Fugaku left after the Uchiha had become unified and Jin’s expelled clan members had helped secure funds from the Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Jin detected Minato Namikaze hiding near his home and invited him in for tea.

Uchiha Jin explained his schemes involving Shisui to Minato Namikaze, who realized how cleverly Jin had trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi. Their conversation ended when Kushina’s rampage shook the village, and Jin inferred that Danzo had targeted Rin Nohara.

• Uchiha Jin told Minato Namikaze that he had stolen Hiruzen Sarutobi’s tea set after the Hokage abandoned a plan to attack the Uchiha.
• Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Jin about his conflict with Shisui, and Jin explained how Shisui’s apparent defection would force Hiruzen to support the Uchiha and other clans.
• Minato Namikaze recognized that Jin’s plan left Hiruzen with no good choice and admired how effectively Jin had arranged the trap.
• A blast shook Jin’s house, and Minato Namikaze saw Kushina’s four scarlet tails rampaging over the village before using the Flying Thunder God to hurry back.
• Uchiha Jin deduced that Danzo had targeted Rin Nohara and welcomed the chance to drive Minato further away from the Hokage faction.

Uchiha Jin realized Danzo’s attack would deepen the rift between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze, so he rushed to Minato’s home. There, Kushina Uzumaki broke free of Root’s Genjutsu and fought Danzo after he abducted Rin Nohara, but Danzo still refused to surrender her.

• Uchiha Jin decided to check on Minato Namikaze’s family, recognizing that Danzo’s attack could further damage Minato’s relationship with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo’s Root operatives used Genjutsu to control Kushina Uzumaki while Danzo abducted Rin Nohara.
• Kushina broke free of the Genjutsu and transformed into a half-Tailed Beast, devastating Root’s squads and injuring Danzo.
• Kushina demanded that Danzo return Rin Nohara and threatened to kill him.
• Danzo dismissed Kushina as merely a weapon and refused to give up his pursuit of the Three-Tails within Rin Nohara.

Danzo tried to take Rin Nohara away by invoking the village’s authority, but Kushina Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, and Obito resisted. Obito and his allies launched a deadly fight against Root, and they were left battling to save Rin.

• Danzo threatened Kushina Uzumaki and insisted that taking Rin Nohara was the village’s decision.
• Obito revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, used Kamui to evade two Root ninjas, and killed them.
• Obito killed the seven Chunin and two Jonin surrounding him, prompting Kakashi Hatake to warn him.
• Kushina manifested two more tails and ordered Obito and Kakashi to fight without restraint to rescue Rin.
• Kakashi and Obito let loose against the Root ninjas, and Obito was moved by his comrades’ support.

Minato returned in time to rescue Rin Nohara from Danzo and Root, joining Obito and Kakashi in driving them away. Danzo left after threatening that Rin would only be safe in Root, while Minato promised to handle him as the group headed home.

• Obito, Kakashi, and Kushina attacked Danzo’s Root forces, and Danzo fixated on Obito’s newly awakened Mangekyo.
• Minato appeared using Flying Thunder God, shielded Rin, and struck Danzo with a Rasengan.
• Danzo declared that he had failed to take Rin and warned Minato that Hiruzen Sarutobi might hand the Three-Tails to the Mist Village unless Rin joined Root.
• Danzo and the surviving Root members departed, leaving their dead behind.
• Obito wanted to attack Danzo, but Kakashi and Rin stopped him, and Rin thanked Obito for rescuing her.
• Minato told the group to go home and said he would deal with Danzo.

After Kushina took the children home, Minato waited among the commercial district’s ruins for Hiruzen Sarutobi to arrive. Hiruzen explained that he had not known about Danzo’s actions, promised to handle the aftermath, and sought to prevent further conflict with Minato.

• Minato asked Kushina to take the children home and stay out of sight while he dealt with the incident.
• Kushina led Kakashi, Obito, and the other child home, and Obito regarded her as an important elder for saving Rin.
• Minato waited at the ruins until Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Anbu.
• Hiruzen said he had known nothing about Danzo’s actions and would postpone deciding Rin Nohara’s fate until after the war and a Jonin meeting.
• Hiruzen promised to handle Danzo, clean up the damage, compensate the villagers, and avoid creating bad blood with Minato.

Minato Namikaze used Hiruzen Sarutobi’s wish for him to become Fourth Hokage to argue that Danzo should be punished, while realizing the village’s leaders treated the Root ninja casualties as expendable. Hiruzen stripped Danzo of his Elder authority and Root leadership, leaving Minato stunned that he could decide such a matter without a Jonin Council vote.

• Minato Namikaze realized Hiruzen Sarutobi saw him as the future Fourth Hokage and felt uneasy about the position.
• Minato argued that Danzo had violated the village’s rules by attacking an innocent ninja and should be punished.
• Minato decided not to raise Kushina’s destruction or the Root ninja deaths and instead pressed Hiruzen to act against Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi removed Danzo’s Elder authority and Root leadership but kept his Jonin rank.
• Minato Namikaze was dumbfounded that Hiruzen had removed an Elder without calling for a Jonin Council vote.