Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fugaku and the clan leaders debated whether to defy Konoha's orders and seek the Fourth Hokage position by supporting the Kirigakure battlefield. Ōnoki paid the thirty billion ryo and received the Iwagakure prisoners, leaving Fugaku suspicious that the vindictive old fox had another plan.

• Uchiha Yashiro urged the clan to seize its chance, while Clan Head Kurama voiced concerns about casualties and Clan Head Kazami supported the plan.
• Uchiha Sanpo proposed using a fabricated urgent plea for aid as a legitimate reason to head to the Kirigakure battlefield, and Fugaku postponed the decision until they refined the plan.
• Ōnoki arrived at the stronghold with thirty billion ryo in reparations, and Fugaku secretly prepared Konoha shinobi in case the Iwagakure forces attacked.
• Uchiha Fugaku's forces inspected the payment and released more than five thousand Iwagakure prisoners, including Ōnoki's son, Kitsuchi.
• Ōnoki departed with the Iwagakure forces after the exchange, and Fugaku wondered whether the vindictive old fox had truly accepted defeat.

After Ōnoki and the Iwagakure forces withdrew, Uchiha Fugaku announced how Konoha’s thirty billion ryo in war reparations would be used and began rewarding the frontline ninja. He left the remaining contribution rankings to be compiled by Sanpo for future recognition.

• Fugaku confirmed that Ōnoki and the Iwagakure forces had departed, then called the camp together to distribute the victory’s proceeds.
• Fugaku set aside fifteen billion ryo from the reparations to compensate families of casualties from the stronghold.
• Fugaku awarded Sanpo thirty-six million ryo and promoted him to brigade commander for his intelligence work and battlefield contributions.
• Fugaku named Kurama Unkai and Kazami Tomohiko among the top contributors, recognizing their clans’ losses and their service at the frontline.
• Fugaku placed himself fourth and awarded himself thirty million ryo, saying he had failed his clansmen despite leading them in the war.
• Fugaku continued announcing awards for the frontline ninja and said Sanpo would compile their contributions and sacrifices into a book for future generations.

Uchiha Sanpo demonstrated his self-created God-Demon Transformation, gained recruits for the newly named God-Demon Battalion, and began training them. Uchiha Fugaku praised the technique’s strategic value but questioned whether every Uchiha could learn it.

• Uchiha Sanpo transformed into a two-headed, four-armed form and combined Fire and Wind Release to unleash powerful attacks before Uchiha Fugaku stopped him.
• Uchiha Fugaku named Sanpo’s battalion the God-Demon Battalion, and Sanpo invited clansmen to join in exchange for a chance to learn the transformation.
• More than two hundred Uchiha clansmen signed up, and Sanpo selected thirty-five ninja, including Uchiha Yakumi, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka.
• Sanpo began training the selected ninja, and Yakumi, Inabi, and Tekka each made different progress with the technique.
• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Sanpo, praised the technique’s potential, and asked whether it was truly suitable for every Uchiha clansman to learn.

After Konoha withdrew from the Land of Grass, Uchiha Sanpo reassured Uzumaki Huiyi that he would rescue her clansmen from Kusagakure. He planned to take the God-Demon Battalion there the next day, leaving Huiyi hopeful about their return to Konoha.

• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Konoha's forces to withdraw from the Land of Grass after Iwagakure's troops retreated.
• Uzumaki Huiyi worried that Uchiha Sanpo might not keep his promise to rescue her clansmen from Kusagakure.
• At their inn, Uzumaki Huiyi soothed Uchiha Sanpo and asked him about her clansmen.
• Uchiha Sanpo promised to take the God-Demon Battalion to Kusagakure the next day and bring Huiyi's clansmen back to Konoha.
• Uzumaki Huiyi was relieved by Uchiha Sanpo's promise, and he turned his thoughts toward the next day.

Uchiha Sanpo led the God-Demon Battalion to Kusagakure and used its overwhelming strength to force the village to free fifteen Uzumaki clansmen. He escorted them toward the Land of Fire, where they agreed to accept Uchiha protection, and reassured Uzumaki Huiyi of his affection.

• Uchiha Sanpo watched the God-Demon Battalion demonstrate its Two Heads, Four Arms transformation and devastating Wind-Fire Combination Jutsu.
• Uchiha Sanpo demanded that Kusagakure return fifteen Uzumaki clansmen, but Kusagakure's leader refused and ordered an attack.
• The God-Demon Battalion unleashed waves of combination jutsu, killing more than ninety Kusagakure ninjas before Kusagakure's leader surrendered.
• Uzumaki Huiyi reunited with the fifteen rescued clansmen, including Uzumaki Chinatsu, and Uchiha Sanpo warned Kusagakure not to target the Uzumaki Clan again.
• Uchiha Sanpo escorted the Uzumaki clansmen toward the Land of Fire, offered them Uchiha protection and supplies, and told Uzumaki Huiyi that she was his woman.

Uchiha Sanpo returned to Konoha’s border outpost with sixteen rescued Uzumaki Clan members after the God-Demon Battalion defeated Kusagakure forces. At the clan meeting, Uchiha Fugaku approved spreading God-Demon Transformation, and the leaders learned that eight-year-old Uchiha Shisui had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan on the Kirigakure battlefield.

• Uchiha Tekka returned to the outpost with the Uzumaki Clan members and described how the God-Demon Battalion defeated Kusagakure’s forces.
• Uchiha Sanpo told Uchiha Fugaku and the other leaders that he had rescued the Uzumaki under Konoha’s alliance treaty and explained how the battalion’s combination jutsu had routed Kusagakure.
• Uchiha Fugaku proposed teaching God-Demon Transformation to Uchiha chunin and above, and Uchiha Sanpo explained how it could improve their training.
• Uchiha Sanpo reported that eight-year-old Uchiha Shisui had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and earned the title Body Flicker Shisui.
• Uchiha Yashiro, Clan Head Kazami, and Clan Head Kurama condemned Sarutobi Hiruzen for sending children to fight and questioned why the Kirigakure battlefield news had been concealed.

Uchiha Sanpo proposed a political and military plan to use Konoha’s failures on the Kirigakure front to build support for Uchiha Fugaku as the next Hokage. Fugaku hesitated over the likely cost in Uchiha lives, leaving Sanpo frustrated by his commander’s caution.

• Uchiha Sanpo explained Kirigakure’s weakened state and the heavy losses on its front, including Hyuga Hiyori losing her right eye to Ao.
• Uchiha Sanpo argued that reinforcing Mount Kikyo would bring little merit because Namikaze Minato could make Sunagakure withdraw.
• Uchiha Sanpo proposed recalling the Uchiha forces, paying compensation, publicizing their Iwagakure achievements, and exposing Konoha’s troubles on the Kirigakure front.
• Uchiha Sanpo advised Fugaku to request permission to reinforce Kirigakure, then lead the forces there if Konoha’s leaders refused or delayed.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked how many more Uchiha would die, and Sanpo recalled Fugaku’s past losses and growing hesitation in command.

Uchiha Sanpo persuaded Uchiha Fugaku and the other commanders to abandon a risky invasion of Kirigakure and return to Konoha to pursue the Fourth Hokage position. As the exhausted army arrived home, Sanpo realized the day Nohara Rin would have her heart torn out was approaching.

• Uchiha Sanpo argued that Kirigakure was vulnerable but ultimately said conquering the island would bring little benefit and risk alienating other villages.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the four-thousand-plus Konoha force to return to Konoha, and the relieved ninja celebrated their departure.
• Spies, rogue ninja, and scouts from other clans monitored Uchiha Fugaku's army as it traveled back.
• Uchiha Sanpo arrived at Konoha with the army and counted the days since the Kannabi Bridge incident, worrying that Nohara Rin's fate was near.

Uchiha Fugaku’s clan paid pensions to families of fallen Konoha ninjas while publicizing its victory over Iwagakure, prompting an angry crowd to besiege the Hokage Building over the village’s treatment of casualties. Fugaku called for reinforcements and retaliation against Kirigakure, and Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to face the crowd.

• Uchiha Yakumi delivered a pension from the Uchiha Clan to a fallen ninja’s family, while clan members across Konoha publicized the Iwagakure victory and compensation payments.
• Bereaved families, returning ninjas, and villagers gathered outside the Hokage Building to demand pensions and answers about children sent to battlefields.
• Shimura Danzō urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to stop the protest, and Root ninjas arrested several demonstrators on espionage charges, provoking a clash with the crowd.
• A returning ninja announced heavy losses on the Kirigakure battlefield and said Hyuga Hiyori had lost her right eye, intensifying the crowd’s anger.
• Uchiha Fugaku called for immediate reinforcements to Kirigakure and retaliation, winning loud support from the crowd and several clans.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura warned Sarutobi Hiruzen about the Uchiha’s growing influence, while Danzo suggested letting them die; Hiruzen decided to apologize to the people.

After the capture of White Bird City and the deaths and capture of Konoha ninjas, Sarutobi Hiruzen faced an angry public and announced he would resign after the war. Uchiha Fugaku won support by calling for an immediate rescue mission, leaving Konoha’s balance of power shifting toward the Uchiha.

• An Anbu reported that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had captured White Bird City, killing Commander Hyuga Hiyori and capturing more than twenty medical ninjas.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen addressed the protesting crowd as Uchiha Fugaku calmed them, but villagers and shinobi condemned Hiruzen for sending children to the front and neglecting bereaved families.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted that sending children to the front had been a mistake and announced he would resign after the war and donate his savings to the village.
• Uchiha Fugaku demanded immediate reinforcements to rescue the captured children and recover the dead, prompting the crowd to rally behind him and call for an attack on Kirigakure.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved the reinforcements, while the crowd replaced anti-Hiruzen signs with banners supporting the Uchiha and calling to save the children.

Uchiha Sanpo secured the Uchiha Clan’s preparations for the Kirigakure battlefield and taught the God-Demon Transformation to more than a thousand Uchiha ninja. As many learned the technique, Sanpo gained enough experience for it to reach Transcendent and awaken Three Heads and Six Arms.

• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Sanpo reviewed the applicants, decided to send a thousand Uchiha elite fighters to the Kirigakure battlefield, and left 1,302 behind to guard Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku appointed Uchiha Sanpo to teach the God-Demon Transformation, while Uchiha Yashiro agreed to watch over the village and the Uzumaki Clan members.
• Uchiha Sanpo warned the Uzumaki Clan members that Sarutobi Hiruzen was responsible for their clan’s destruction and told them to stay inside the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Uchiha Sanpo revealed that Kushina Uzumaki was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, allowed Uzumaki Chinatsu to visit her cautiously, and took Uzumaki Huiyi with him to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Sanpo demonstrated the God-Demon Transformation and combination ninjutsu to 1,524 Uchiha ninja, and several learned the technique.
• Uchiha Sanpo gained 7,085 experience points as the Uchiha practiced, upgrading the God-Demon Transformation to Transcendent and awakening Three Heads and Six Arms.

Uchiha Fugaku led more than four thousand ninja toward the Kirigakure battlefield, following Uchiha Sanpo’s plan to rescue children and expose the cost of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s early graduations. After finding hundreds of dead children in Bear City, the Uchiha forces prepared to carry the bodies through Konoha and display them at the Ninja Academy.

• Uchiha Fugaku led the force out of Konoha as villagers and families pleaded for the departing ninja to return safely.
• Uchiha Sanpo persuaded Uchiha Fugaku to visit Bear City and White Bird City before sending three hundred Jōnin to intercept Kirigakure at Nansha City.
• The Uchiha force reached Bear City and found five dead children, then learned Kirigakure had killed most of the defenders and taken the supplies.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered two thousand ninja to escort the survivors and recovered bodies back to Konoha, carrying the corpses on stretchers to the Ninja Academy square.
• Uchiha Fugaku approved Uchiha Sanpo’s plan to make Sarutobi Hiruzen face the bodies of the children who had been sent to war.

After 884 children killed in the Kirigakure campaign were brought to Konoha, furious villagers stormed the Hokage Building and demanded accountability. Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to resign and blamed Shimura Danzō, whose clan then became the target of the mob.

• Uchiha Yakumi led a procession of 884 dead children through Konoha, and grieving families gathered at the Ninja Academy training ground.
• Villagers rioted at the Hokage Building, broke inside, and searched for Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Shimura Danzō urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to use Root against the chaos, but Sarutobi chose to take responsibility and announced he would resign as Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Anbu to seize Shimura Danzō and posted meeting records claiming Danzō had proposed and carried out the early graduation policy and deployment of children.
• After villagers learned of the posted account, they looted Shimura Clan shops and beat more than a dozen clan members to death.

After the massacre at White Bird City, Uchiha Fugaku split his forces between escorting survivors home and pursuing Kirigakure’s ninja. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist attacked Might Guy and his companions, and Might Duy opened the Gate of Death to face them as his son fled.

• Uchiha Sanpo reported the dead, captured, missing, and surviving Konoha ninja at White Bird City, and Uchiha Ryuka reported that Hyuga Hiyori had died by suicide.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Uchiha Ryuka to escort survivors and bodies to Konoha while he led 300 men toward Nansha City.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist planned to raid Nansha City, using the Three-Tails to distract Konoha and a diversion in the Land of Fire to draw its forces away.
• Jinin Akebino and the other swordsmen confronted Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu, and Might Duy arrived to protect his son.
• Might Duy opened the Eighth Gate and used Evening Elephant attacks to kill Kushimaru Kuriarare and incapacitate Suikazan Fuguki and Munashi Jinpachi as Biwa Juzo and Raiga Kurosuki fled.
• Might Duy faced Jinin Akebino with his final Evening Elephant strikes, then gave Might Guy a thumbs-up as Guy returned the gesture through his tears.

Kakashi found Nohara Rin in a cave, unaware that Kirigakure had sealed the Three-Tails inside her and planned to drive her toward Nansha City. Rin died after she suddenly leapt in front of Kakashi’s Chidori, and Obito awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and slaughtered the Kirigakure shinobi before carrying her body away.

• Kakashi summoned Pakkun and the other ninja hounds, and they tracked Rin to a cave near the eastern coast.
• Kakashi freed Rin despite Pakkun’s warning that the cave was surrounded by more than fifty Kirigakure shinobi, who intended to make Rin release the Three-Tails near Nansha City.
• The Kirigakure shinobi revealed themselves and pursued Kakashi and Rin as they fled.
• Rin sensed the Tailed Beast sealed inside her and urged Kakashi to kill her, but she suddenly jumped in front of his Chidori and died in his arms.
• Obito arrived, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and killed the attacking Kirigakure shinobi while Kakashi collapsed after awakening his own Mangekyō.
• Obito lifted Rin’s body and declared that he would create a world where she existed.

Uchiha Sanpo had Kakashi’s Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan replaced with a dormant Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then arranged for Nohara Rin’s remains to be preserved for future cloning. After Kakashi woke, Sanpo proposed cloning Rin and revealed his next plan: restoring the Sharingan of children at his base.

• Uchiha Sanpo asked Uzumaki Huiyi to remove Kakashi’s Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan and transplant a Three-Tomoe Sharingan in its place.
• Uzumaki Huiyi extracted eggs and genetic material from Nohara Rin’s corpse, then repaired her wounds.
• Kakashi woke, thanked Uchiha Sanpo for tending to Rin, and was embarrassed when Sanpo found his Icha Icha Paradise book.
• Uchiha Sanpo suggested cloning Rin for Kakashi, while privately intending to use the idea to torment Uchiha Obito.
• Uchiha Sanpo told Uzumaki Huiyi to transplant his stored Sharingan into children at the base, explaining that he had collected them from dying Uchiha clan members.

Uchiha Sanpo and Uzumaki Huiyi restored the sight of eleven children whose Sharingan had been gouged out, using eyes donated by Uchiha clan elders. Afterward, Sanpo earned more experience through dual cultivation with Huiyi and planned to continue until he advanced his Uzumaki Sage Body.

• Uchiha Sanpo brought Uzumaki Huiyi to the blind children and told them clan elders had donated eyes for transplants.
• Uzumaki Huiyi transplanted eyes into Uchiha Misa, and she regained her sight.
• Uzumaki Huiyi restored Uchiha Xiayan's sight, and he saw that his new Sharingan had two tomoe.
• Uchiha Xiayan watched as Uchiha Baixue and the other children regained their sight over the next several hours.
• Uchiha Sanpo dual-cultivated with Uzumaki Huiyi, gained 25 Basic Uzumaki Sage Body experience, and decided to continue.

Uchiha Sanpo led the God-Demon Battalion to intercept Ao’s Kirigakure squad after Shisui’s genjutsu forced them to retreat. Sanpo confronted Shisui over his desire to end the fighting without punishing Kirigakure, leaving the nine-year-old reconsidering his ideals.

• After learning Ao and five Kirigakure ninja had been spotted on the East Coast, Uchiha Sanpo left Uzumaki Huiyi and led the God-Demon Battalion to intercept them.
• Uchiha Shisui’s genjutsu incapacitated two Kirigakure ninja, and Ao used his Byakugan to identify Shisui before ordering his squad to retreat.
• Sanpo ordered the battalion to pursue the retreating Kirigakure ninja, while Shisui questioned why they had to continue fighting.
• Sanpo struck Shisui and condemned his call for peace, citing the deaths of Konoha soldiers and Land of Fire civilians at Kirigakure’s hands.
• Sanpo argued that punishing Kirigakure would deter further plundering and save lives, leaving Shisui deep in thought.

Uchiha Sanpo brought news of Kirigakure’s severe losses to a Konoha strategy meeting, where the clans argued over whether to attack and how to divide the spoils. The meeting ended without a decision, with Uchiha Shisui volunteering to remain behind on garrison duty.

• Uchiha Sanpo’s God-Demon Battalion captured Ao and his team, and Sanpo took Ao’s Byakugan.
• Akimichi Choza and Nara Shikaku argued for a share of the wealth from attacking Kirigakure, but Sanpo challenged them to lead the assault themselves.
• Sanpo revealed that Might Duy had killed four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with the Eight Inner Gates Formation, and that three had escaped.
• Sanpo showed Hyuga Hiashi Ao’s Byakugan and reported that Nohara Rin, the Three-Tails’ jinchuriki, and fifty Kirigakure Anbu jonin had died.
• The Konoha clan leaders split over attacking Kirigakure and the risk to their rear defenses, while Uchiha Shisui volunteered for garrison duty.
• Uchiha Fugaku called an end to the late-night meeting and postponed the decision until morning.

Uchiha Sanpo upgraded to the Intermediate Uzumaki Sage Body and tested a transplanted Byakugan before sealing its power into his Sharingan. After accidentally seeing Uchiha Mikoto through the Byakugan, he decided he wanted to save and marry her.

• Uchiha Sanpo completed dual cultivation with Uzumaki Huiyi, upgraded his Uzumaki Sage Body, and reached Shadow Level with greatly increased chakra and vitality.
• Uchiha Sanpo considered finding a Three-Tomoe Sharingan woman to accelerate his progress toward the Mangekyō Sharingan, but recognized the danger of targeting Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Fugaku's wife.
• Uchiha Sanpo asked Uzumaki Huiyi to transplant a Byakugan so he could test its abilities, and she reluctantly performed the surgery.
• Uchiha Sanpo activated the Byakugan and accidentally saw Uchiha Mikoto bathing through the walls before Uzumaki Huiyi caught him peeking.
• Uchiha Sanpo sealed the Byakugan's ocular power into his right Sharingan, then decided that he would save and marry Uchiha Mikoto in the future.