Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Yu was entered into the Hyuga Main Family genealogy, and Hyuga Aya was ordered to serve him. Instead, she fired an Uchiha Signal Flare, leaving the Hyuga Clan elders alarmed and fearful of the Uchiha.

• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the ceremony to proceed, and Hyuga Tenichi formally entered Hyuga Yu into the Hyuga Main Family genealogy.
• Hyuga Tenichi told a servant to help Hyuga Yu change and directed Hyuga Aya to provide him with a black kimono.
• Hyuga Aya tossed aside the kimono and fired an Uchiha Signal Flare that formed the Uchiha Flame Uchiha Fan in the sky.
• The Hyuga Clan members recognized the signal, confronted Hyuga Aya, and panicked at the prospect of provoking the Uchiha.

Hyuga Aya confronted the Hyuga Clan and condemned its Main Family, its decline, and its attempt to force her to serve Hyuga Yu. After declaring that she was Uchiha Jin’s woman and would no longer tolerate the clan, she left Hiashi Hyuga with no answer to her accusations.

• Hiashi Hyuga asked Hyuga Aya why she had come, while Hizashi Hyuga stayed calm.
• Hyuga Aya insulted the Hyuga Clan’s leadership and criticized the Main Family for its weakness and the clan’s decline.
• Hyuga Aya said the clan had tried to make her Hyuga Yu’s maid despite knowing she was with Uchiha Jin, and warned that she would no longer let them live in peace.
• Hyuga Branch Family members privately supported Hyuga Aya’s outburst, while Hizashi Hyuga remained silent.
• Hiashi Hyuga clenched his fists but admitted inwardly that the Hyuga Clan had wronged Hyuga Aya and had no answer to give.

Hyuga Yu attacked Hyuga Aya to defend his pride, but she effortlessly outmaneuvered him and held a kunai to his neck. His father, Hyuga Yang Tai, activated the Caged Bird Cursed Seal to stop her as the Hyuga Clan faced the prospect of conflict with Uchiha Jin and his allies.

• Hyuga Hiashi struggled to decide how to handle Aya, whose connection to Uchiha Jin and the rising Uchiha signal flare threatened to draw the Uchiha and their allies into the dispute.
• Hyuga Yu insulted Aya and charged at her with the Gentle Fist, ignoring Hyuga Yang Tai's warning.
• Aya used the Substitution Technique to evade Yu's strike, then appeared behind him and held a kunai to his neck.
• Hyuga Yang Tai activated the Caged Bird Cursed Seal to protect his son.

Hyuga Aya proved the Caged Bird no longer affected her by killing Hyuga Yu in front of the clan, while Hizashi Hyuga struggled with whether to continue their deal. Hyuga Hiashi condemned Aya, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Hyuga Aya felt the Caged Bird activate without affecting her and realized the Main Family could no longer restrain her.
• Hyuga Aya slit Hyuga Yu’s throat with a kunai, killing him in front of the gathered Hyuga clansmen.
• The Branch Family surrounded Hyuga Aya, prepared to obey the Main Family, while Hizashi Hyuga recognized that Uchiha Jin could truly undo the Caged Bird.
• Hizashi Hyuga questioned whether to continue his deal with Hyuga Aya, thinking of the Branch Family’s suffering and his duty to the clan.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Hyuga Aya that she had gone too far.

Hyuga Aya challenged Hyuga Hiashi and the Main Family after resisting the Caged Bird, while Hiashi feared the Uchiha had found a way to undo it. The Branch Family elders began considering how to contact Uchiha Jin, seeing a chance to escape their subjugation.

• Hyuga Hiashi struggled to respond after Hyuga Yu's death left him choosing between confronting the Uchiha and losing face.
• Hyuga Hiashi panicked when he realized Hyuga Aya had resisted the Caged Bird and suspected the Uchiha could remove it.
• Hyuga Aya defended her right to demand fairness, declared that strength determined who was right, and challenged Hyuga Hiashi to attack her.
• Hyuga Main Family members denounced Hyuga Aya and called for her execution.
• Hyuga Branch Family elders saw hope in the possibility of removing their Caged Birds and considered secretly contacting Uchiha Jin.

Hyuga Hiashi tried to kill Hyuga Aya to protect the Hyuga Clan’s control over the Caged Bird, but a Transcription Seal activated a devastating Mangekyo technique as he attacked. The technique tore through everyone nearby, and even Hiashi’s Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation could not stop it.

• Hyuga Hiashi decided Hyuga Aya had to die so the Branch Family could not join forces with the Uchiha and threaten the Caged Bird.
• Hyuga Hiashi attacked Hyuga Aya with the Gentle Fist, using his Byakugan to read her movements and chakra.
• A special Cursed Seal appeared in Hyuga Aya’s eyes, and the Transcription Seal · Mangekyo Eye Technique · Void Gate formed.
• The Mangekyo technique caused the bodies of everyone nearby to rupture, killing Hyuga Yu and devastating the Hyuga Main Family.
• Hyuga Hiashi’s striking hand ruptured, and he used Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation, but the technique did not stop the Mangekyo’s effects.

A Transcription Seal on Hyuga Aya activated during a deadly confrontation in the Hyuga Clan hall, killing six Main Family members and badly injuring others. Uchiha Jin arrived with allied clans, challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s accusation, and demanded an investigation into who had tried to kill Aya.

• The Transcription Seal’s ocular technique activated when Hyuga Aya faced danger, devastating the hall and killing six Hyuga Main Family members.
• Uchiha Jin and allied ninja clans entered the Hyuga compound, and Jin shielded Aya when he arrived.
• Jin realized the seal had activated only because Aya had faced a life-or-death crisis, suggesting the Hyuga Clan had truly meant to kill her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accused Jin of using excessive violence, while the village elders and Minato Namikaze arrived with Anbu.
• Jin denied responsibility, called for the Yamanaka Clan to examine memories, and rebuked Hiruzen for blaming the Uchiha without investigating.

Uchiha Jin openly challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi, demonstrating that the Uchiha could now stand against the village leadership. Hyuga Hiashi backed down and accepted treatment, leaving the dispute unresolved but showing the Hyuga Clan’s reluctance to oppose Jin.

• Uchiha Jin deflected blame for the incident, mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi, and questioned his authority before Hiruzen redirected attention to what had happened.
• The gathered clans recognized that Uchiha Jin had risen to a position where he could confront the Hokage, and Hyuga Aya felt reassured by his dominance.
• Hyuga Hiashi apologized to Hiruzen Sarutobi, called the incident a misunderstanding, and chose not to pursue the deaths of the Hyuga Main Family members.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Utatane Koharu to treat Hyuga Hiashi, and she used Healing Regeneration Technique to heal his wounds and restore his right palm.

Utatane Koharu healed Hyuga Hiashi, and Hiruzen Sarutobi urged him to let the Hokage intervene against the Uchiha. Hiashi refused to risk his clan's survival by provoking the powerful Uchiha, leaving Hiruzen frustrated by his caution.

• Utatane Koharu used the Healing Regeneration Technique to restore Hyuga Hiashi's right hand.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered to uphold justice for the Hyuga Clan and gave Hyuga Hiashi one last chance to accuse the Uchiha.
• Hyuga Hiashi recalled the devastation caused by Uchiha Jin's Mangekyo technique and judged that the Uchiha and their allies could overwhelm his clan.
• Hyuga Hiashi called the incident an internal dispute and declined Hiruzen Sarutobi's help.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted with frustration when Hyuga Hiashi refused to challenge the Uchiha.

After the Hokage faction withdrew from the Hyuga Clan’s internal dispute, Uchiha Jin dismissed the cowering clan and ordered his group to leave with Neji Hyuga. The chapter ended with the Hyuga Main Family still silent and Jin waiting to see whether they would finally resist.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and the other village leaders left after Hyuga Hiashi refused to cooperate, since they could not interfere in clan affairs without consent.
• Minato Namikaze considered supporting Hyuga Aya but chose not to take either side and left to focus on his students and future allies.
• With the Hokage faction gone, the Hyuga Main Family cowered before Uchiha Jin, while the branch family welcomed the Main Family’s humiliation.
• Uchiha Jin looked over the silent Hyuga Clan and ordered his people to leave with Neji Hyuga.
• Uchiha Jin remained unconcerned about Hyuga Hiashi stopping them and said he would have preferred the Hyuga Clan to show some backbone.

Uchiha Jin took infant Neji Hyuga back to the Uchiha Clan after Hizashi Hyuga agreed to help persuade Branch Family members to leave. Meanwhile, the Hyuga Main Family blamed Hyuga Hiashi for the clan's humiliation, though they knew he was the only one capable of leading them.

• Hyuga Aya told Uchiha Jin that Hizashi Hyuga would help persuade Branch Family members if they took his son with them.
• Uchiha Jin assigned Nara Koji to retrieve the baby, and Nara Koji returned carrying Neji Hyuga.
• Uchiha Jin and the others left the Hyuga Clan and returned to the Uchiha Clan with Neji Hyuga.
• After they left, the Hyuga Main Family loudly condemned Hyuga Hiashi and called for him to be removed as Clan Leader.
• The Hyuga Main Family recognized that they would not actually remove Hyuga Hiashi because none of them could take his place.

Hyuga Hiashi resigned as Clan Leader after the Main Family blamed him and the clan’s troubles mounted. The Main Family panicked and tried to persuade him to stay, while he prepared to leave with Hyuga Hizashi.

• Hyuga Hiashi told the Main Family he was resigning and urged them to choose a new Clan Leader.
• Hyuga Hiashi called Hyuga Hizashi to leave with him, intending to protect his brother from the Main Family’s anger.
• The Main Family members let Hyuga Hizashi rise without protest but stopped Hyuga Hiashi from leaving.
• The Main Family Elders pleaded with Hyuga Hiashi to reconsider because they knew they could not manage the clan without him.
• Hyuga Hiashi listened to their pleas with a twitching mouth.

Hyuga Hiashi confronted the Main Family Elders and demanded they stop obstructing him or give up their positions. He left them facing a choice between accepting his terms and losing power or watching him leave, and they panicked at the prospect.

• Hyuga Hiashi criticized the Main Family members for meddling and demanded they stop causing trouble for the clan.
• The Main Family Elders argued that they had worked hard for the Hyuga Clan and deserved to retain their influence.
• Hyuga Hiashi rejected their claims and said the clan had to remove parasites like them to change.
• Hyuga Hiashi gave the Elders a choice: accept his terms and leave, or refuse while he walked away from the clan leadership.
• The Main Family members realized Hyuga Hiashi could manage without the clan, while they would lose their power, and they panicked.

Hyuga Hiashi forced the Main Family members to accept his terms and sent both families away to recover. After Neji was reported missing, Hiashi confronted Hizashi, saying he knew Hizashi had helped Neji escape and wanted to work together against the Caged Bird.

• The Main Family members reluctantly agreed to Hiashi's terms, and he dismissed them after arranging hospital care for the injured Elders.
• Hizashi sent the Branch Family members to recover at the Branch Family's expense after the ceremony was abandoned.
• A Branch Family member reported that Hizashi's child Neji had disappeared while his maid was away.
• Hizashi realized Neji's escape had succeeded and struggled to explain his role to Hiashi.
• Hiashi told Hizashi that he knew he had let Neji go and suspected that he and Hyuga Aya had agreed to cooperate.
• Hiashi assured Hizashi that he would not harm him and said the Caged Bird had caused the clan's decline.

Hizashi admitted to Hiashi that he had willingly sent Neji away to spare him the Caged Bird seal. Hiashi agreed to keep the secret but warned that the Uchiha might not be able to protect the Byakugan, leaving Hizashi uncertain about his deal with Hyuga Aya as Uchiha members celebrated at Fugaku’s home.

• Hiashi explained why the Hyuga feared losing control of the Byakugan and demanded that Hizashi tell him whether he had sent Neji away.
• Hizashi admitted that he had sent Neji willingly because he wanted his son to live free of the Caged Bird seal.
• Hiashi promised to keep Hizashi’s secret but warned that enemies would target the Byakugan if the seal was abolished and the Uchiha might not protect them.
• Hizashi considered Hiashi’s warning and remained unsure whether to continue his deal with Hyuga Aya.
• The Uchiha’s core members gathered at Fugaku’s home and celebrated the operation’s impact among the major Ninja Clans.

At a Uchiha gathering, Uchiha Jin and Nara Koji discussed recruiting Hyuga Branch Family members and the limits of removing the Caged Bird. Koji said he believed he could bring the Hyuga Clan over, but he was more concerned about Jin’s next mission to face the Third Raikage, A.

• Uchiha Fugaku toasted Jin and credited him with helping the Uchiha Clan rise again.
• Hyuga Aya felt at ease at the Uchiha compound and smiled at Jin.
• Jin asked Nara Koji whether the Uchiha could recruit Hyuga Branch Family members.
• Jin explained that removing the Caged Bird consumed too much ocular power to do on a large scale.
• Koji said he could bring the Hyuga Clan over, but warned that Branch Family members would be at risk if the Uchiha weakened.
• Koji shifted the discussion to Jin’s upcoming mission against the Third Raikage, A, and asked whether Jin was confident.

Nara Koji and the others urged Uchiha Jin to reconsider the dangerous mission, but Jin insisted he would survive and keep his promise to Minato Namikaze. Koji then asked Jin to explain the Uchiha faction’s actual goal, leaving Jin taken aback by the question.

• Nara Koji warned that Uchiha Jin was essential to the faction and that his death could make the group collapse.
• The others urged Jin to abandon the mission, but Jin said he would flee if necessary and would not break his promise to Minato Namikaze.
• The group accepted Jin’s decision and fell silent, trusting his abilities and past accomplishments.
• Nara Koji asked Jin to explain the faction’s goals so he could plan for its future and give its members a clear direction.
• Uchiha Jin was surprised by Koji’s question.

Uchiha Jin explained how his view of the Uchiha and his commitment to them changed over time, urging his faction’s core members to unite around shared principles. He ended by admitting that he had first acted out of self-preservation, then gradually grew devoted to the clan as they trusted and supported him.

• Uchiha Jin apologized for failing to establish shared goals and said he would explain his thinking to the faction’s core members.
• Uchiha Jin recounted how he had feared the Uchiha would be manipulated and destroyed by Hiruzen Sarutobi, so he had kept his distance while growing stronger.
• Uchiha Jin said Shisui’s trust and Nara Kazama’s words eventually pushed him to help the Uchiha, partly because he wanted a secure home for his future family.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Fugaku’s trust and the clan’s support gradually made him willing to plan for the Uchiha and led him to his current position.
• Fugaku and the other Uchiha reacted with complicated expressions as Uchiha Jin admitted the clan had shown him little care during his childhood.

Uchiha Jin told his allies that he had no desire to become Hokage and wanted their faction to focus on self-preservation. He began explaining that holding the Hokage position would not guarantee lasting power, using the Senju Clan’s decline as an example.

• Fugaku apologized to Jin for the Uchiha’s past treatment of him and condemned Uchiha Setsuna for embezzling the orphans’ pensions.
• Jin said he was lazy, had no interest in becoming Hokage, and wanted the faction to focus on self-preservation.
• The Uchiha and allied clans urged Jin to reconsider, arguing that they could not retreat from their bid for the Hokage position.
• Nara Koji agreed with the others that their faction had no way out and pressed Jin to accept the need to pursue power.
• Jin clarified that he did not want the Hokage title but was not giving up power, then pointed to the Senju Clan’s decline as evidence that becoming Hokage could not secure lasting influence.

Uchiha Jin persuaded the gathered clan leaders that seeking the Hokage position would expose their clans to future ruin, while building influence and ruling from the shadows offered a safer path. The room accepted his strategy, though some Uchiha had not entirely abandoned their ambitions.

• Uchiha Jin warned that holding the Hokage position across generations was uncertain and urged the clans to expand their influence while treating others well.
• Uchiha Jin argued that the Senju and other fallen clans showed the danger of standing out and taking power, and proposed controlling events from the shadows instead.
• Nara Koji and the others considered Jin’s argument and recalled the decline of powerful clans, including the Senju, Uzumaki, and Hyuga.
• The gathered clan leaders agreed with Uchiha Jin, and the Uchiha who had wanted to become Hokage fell silent.