Chapter Summaries

Yamanaka Tohru traded information with Mei Terumi about Kirigakure and learned that Madara Uchiha likely controlled Yagura. Back in Konoha, Tohru uncovered that his friend Uchiha Mitsuru belonged to Root and prepared to investigate whether Danzo had altered him.

• Disguised and evading pursuit, Yamanaka Tohru met Mei Terumi and Ao outside Kirigakure after they tracked him using Ao’s Byakugan.
• Mei Terumi gave Yamanaka Tohru a scroll of information, and he told her that Madara Uchiha likely controlled Yagura and had cultivated the White Zetsu.
• Mei Terumi and Ao told Yagura what they had learned, prompting him to recall seeing a Three-Tomoe Sharingan just before losing consciousness.
• Yamanaka Tohru returned to Konoha, where Hatake Sakumo explained that Uchiha Mitsuru had revealed a planned Uchiha coup and accepted unrecorded missions.
• When confronted, Uchiha Mitsuru tried to kill himself, but Yamanaka Tohru stopped him and used his Mangekyo to learn that Mitsuru was a member of Danzo’s Root.
• Yamanaka Tohru found a Curse Mark on Uchiha Mitsuru’s tongue and asked for Kushina’s help removing it, while wondering whether Danzo had recruited or later manipulated his friend.

Kushina and Yamanaka Tohru removed Danzo's Curse Mark from Uchiha Mitsuru and stopped Danzo from interfering with him. Black Zetsu secretly manipulated Mitsuru into awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, then left Konoha.

• Kushina removed Uchiha Mitsuru's Curse Mark with Yamanaka Tohru protecting his mind, before Danzo could identify whose mark had been disturbed.
• Uchiha Mitsuru told Yamanaka Tohru that he had joined Root because Danzo promised to help him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Hatake Sakumo agreed to check him for other safeguards.
• Yamanaka Tohru confronted Danzo and made him promise to leave Mitsuru alone, then warned him to retire and stay out of the village's affairs.
• Hatake Sakumo had the Anbu escort Mitsuru to the Uchiha Clan compound, while Yamanaka Tohru accepted that their friendship had ended and that he had done all he could for him.
• Black Zetsu left black gas in Mitsuru's home, and its influence stirred his hatred until he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu saw Mitsuru awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and quietly left Konoha.

Obito and Black Zetsu arranged for Uchiha Mitsuru to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and planned to use him to provoke conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan. When Akatsuki sent Kakuzu to kill Mitsuru, Mitsuru discovered his Mangekyō ability to control metal and survived the attack before collapsing.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that he had helped Mitsuru awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Obito ordered surveillance on Mitsuru and an interception if he left the Land of Fire.
• Mitsuru accepted a B-Rank mission to deliver intelligence to the Land of Waterfalls and set out from Konoha.
• After a White Zetsu Clone spotted Mitsuru near the border, Nagato ordered Kakuzu to intercept and kill him.
• Kakuzu attacked Mitsuru, who fled toward the Land of Fire while Black Zetsu sent White Zetsu to help.
• White Zetsu grabbed Mitsuru's foot, allowing Kakuzu's lightning attack to paralyze him, but Mitsuru's Mangekyō stopped a kunai from reaching his heart.
• Mitsuru discovered that his Mangekyō let him control metal, wounded Kakuzu with flying kunai, and watched Kakuzu and Black Zetsu retreat before losing consciousness.

Obito manipulated Uchiha Mitsuru into believing Danzo and Yamanaka Tohru had betrayed him, triggering the awakening of his other Mangekyo ability. Meanwhile, Hatake Sakumo asked Yamanaka Tohru to arrange for Suzune to teach Yamato Wood Release, and Tohru agreed.

• Obito and White Zetsu woke Uchiha Mitsuru, and Obito claimed he had been hired to kill him but had stayed to protect him.
• Obito convinced Uchiha Mitsuru that Danzo had ordered the hunt and that Yamanaka Tohru knew Mitsuru was in danger but had not helped him.
• Uchiha Mitsuru's hatred stirred his Sharingan and awakened the Mangekyo ability in his other eye, and he left promising to kill Danzo.
• White Zetsu told Obito that Mitsuru's ocular power had grown, and Obito said he planned to set off the threat Mitsuru represented in Konoha himself.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Yamanaka Tohru to have Suzune teach Yamato Wood Release, and Tohru agreed.

Yamanaka Tohru brought Yamato to the Forest of Death to train Wood Release under Suzune, whose skills had advanced to the Wood Golem Technique. After seeing Suzune reach a training bottleneck, Tohru decided to take her to Tsunade so she could learn Sage Mode from Shikkotsu Forest.

• Yamanaka Tohru took Yamato to the Forest of Death and learned that Yamato could use only basic Wood Release techniques.
• Tohru found Suzune practicing the Wood Golem Technique in her Curse Mark state and tested its strength with Susanoo, but her golem knocked him back.
• Tohru introduced Yamato to Suzune, who agreed to teach him Wood Release Ninjutsu.
• After training with Suzune for several days, Tohru recognized that her Wood Release had reached a bottleneck and decided to take her to Tsunade to pursue Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.

Yamanaka Tohru and Suzune met Tsunade while she and Rin were treating the Fourth Raikage’s group, and Tsunade gave Suzune the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Contract. Tsunade then agreed to help Yamanaka Tohru and Orochimaru research a replacement for White Zetsu’s Chakra, and Katsuyu took Suzune to Shikkotsu Forest.

• Yamanaka Tohru and Suzune teleported to Tsunade and Rin as they were saving the Fourth Raikage’s bodyguard.
• Tsunade won an arm-wrestling wager with the Fourth Raikage and treated his bodyguard while Rin and Shizune removed a hidden problem from his body.
• Tsunade gave Suzune the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Contract after seeing her Wood Golem Technique and explained its Sage Mode.
• Yamanaka Tohru asked Tsunade to help research a substitute for White Zetsu’s Chakra, and she agreed.
• Tsunade had Suzune summon Katsuyu, who took Suzune to Shikkotsu Forest to meet her main body.

Suzune learned about Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode, while Tsunade reunited with Orochimaru at his base. In Konoha, Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Itachi and encouraged him to help change the growing conflict between the Uchiha and the village.

• Katsuyu explained to Suzune that Wood Release was an ability associated with the Sage of Six Paths and taught her about Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode.
• Yamanaka Tohru brought Tsunade, Shizune, and Rin to Orochimaru’s base, where Tsunade and Orochimaru reunited and shared a drink.
• Tohru arranged accommodations for Shizune and Rin, then went to talk with Yahiko.
• Near Naka Shrine, Itachi asked Shisui how he would choose between the Uchiha Clan and the village, and Shisui said he would not help either side harm the other.
• Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and told Itachi he would try to change the minds of both the village and the Uchiha with help from Tohru.
• Shisui and Itachi agreed to spar and began fighting in the forest.

Yamanaka Tohru worked with Pakura to secretly build a weapon for the next Shinobi World War while Uchiha Mitsuru planned to assassinate Danzo. Mitsuru attacked Danzo but was caught in a prepared barrier and realized he might have been lured into a trap to discredit the Uchiha Clan.

• Yamanaka Tohru left Yamato with Orochimaru and Anko for training, then asked Pakura to help him make a secret weapon for the next Shinobi World War.
• Pakura agreed, and over six months Yamanaka Tohru bought chakra-conductive metal while they secretly assembled the weapon in Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Mitsuru learned Danzo would leave Konoha and decided to assassinate him, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu arranged to exploit the confrontation against the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo left Konoha with two shinobi, and Uchiha Mitsuru followed, unaware that Danzo had prepared an ambush.
• Uchiha Mitsuru attacked Danzo with hundreds of controlled Kunai, but Danzo's allies trapped him inside a barrier and blocked the attack.
• Uchiha Mitsuru realized Danzo's men were framing the Uchiha Clan and that he might have fallen into a trap.

Uchiha Mitsuru fought Danzo after attempting to assassinate him, but Danzo used Izanagi to survive and called on Yamanaka Suzune to intervene. The chapter ended with Mitsuru and Suzune summoning Susanoo and a Wood Golem and clashing their attacks.

• Uchiha Mitsuru used his Mangekyo to appear beside Danzo and slit his throat, but Danzo survived with Izanagi.
• Uchiha Mitsuru fought Danzo and his Root Ninja, killing several as Danzo retreated and used up one of his three Izanagi chances.
• Yamanaka Suzune arrived, and Danzo pressured her to use Wood Release against Uchiha Mitsuru.
• Uchiha Mitsuru asked Suzune to step aside, but she refused and created a tree between him and Danzo.
• Uchiha Mitsuru summoned Susanoo and hurled a shuriken at Suzune's Wood Golem, which was knocked far back but blocked the attack.

Suzune fought Uchiha Mitsuru with her Wood Release until he recognized her Sage Mode, then let him pursue Danzo. Uchiha Fugaku intercepted Danzo’s group and explained to Mitsuru that he also had the Mangekyō; Kakashi appeared as Fugaku claimed the Hokage would support the Uchiha Clan.

• Suzune’s Wood Dragon failed to absorb Uchiha Mitsuru’s Susanoo Chakra, and his second-stage Susanoo smashed her first Wood Golem.
• Suzune revealed her Sage Mode and summoned a larger Wood Golem, prompting Uchiha Mitsuru to push his Susanoo to its third stage at great cost to himself.
• Suzune stopped fighting and let Uchiha Mitsuru pursue Danzo, who was intercepted and knocked unconscious by Uchiha Fugaku near the forest exit.
• Uchiha Fugaku killed Danzo’s accompanying men except Danzo, then told Mitsuru that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan too.
• Uchiha Mitsuru urged Fugaku to kill Danzo, but Fugaku explained that the Third Hokage had asked him to ensure Danzo survived.
• Uchiha Fugaku said the Hokage would support the Uchiha Clan and called Kakashi down from a tree.

Uchiha Fugaku brought Uchiha Mitsuru and the injured Danzo to Konoha, where Kakashi exposed Danzo’s attempt to steal Mitsuru’s eyes. The Third began to doubt Danzo, while White Zetsu and Black Zetsu watched events unfold and hinted that their plans were not over.

• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Mitsuru about his cooperation with Hatake Sakumo and reassured him that Danzo had manipulated him.
• White Zetsu worried that Danzo’s survival and Hatake Sakumo’s protection of the Uchiha would ruin their plans, but Black Zetsu hinted that Uchiha Mitsuru was still a threat.
• Kakashi brought Danzo, Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Mitsuru into the Hokage Office, where the Third examined Danzo’s injuries.
• Uchiha Fugaku said Danzo had fought Uchiha Mitsuru, and Kakashi explained that Danzo had led Root and Sealing Squads to seize Mitsuru’s eyes.
• Uchiha Mitsuru revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, and Kakashi said Mitsuru had escaped Danzo’s barrier and defeated its guards.
• The Third accepted Kakashi’s account and began to doubt Danzo’s claim that the Uchiha had attacked him out of revenge.

Yamanaka Tohru persuaded Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Fugaku to spare Danzo and use him to eliminate the Uchiha hardliners, easing the clan’s conflict with Konoha. Fugaku agreed to the plan, and Danzo was returned to Mitokado Homura but remained unconscious while both sides prepared.

• After the Third left the Hokage Office, Yamanaka Tohru stopped Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Fugaku from killing Danzo, arguing that his death would not end the villagers’ resentment toward the Uchiha.
• Tohru proposed that Danzo kill the clan’s hardliners while the Uchiha surrendered some Military Police Force authority and Hatake Sakumo guided public opinion.
• Uchiha Mitsuru told Fugaku that the clan could not defeat Konoha, and Fugaku concluded that Tohru’s proposal might be their last resort.
• After a private discussion, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yuu agreed to the plan, with Yuu volunteering to lead the hardliners; Hatake Sakumo promised the clan would retain most of its Military Police Force authority and enter the Konoha High Command.
• Hatake Sakumo arranged for a story about Danzo’s attack on Mitsuru and his supposed death to reach Mitokado Homura, who secured Danzo’s return by accepting Sakumo’s demands.
• Danzo remained unconscious from the damage Fugaku’s Tsukuyomi had caused, giving Sakumo and Fugaku time to prepare.

Obito learned that Suzune could use powerful Wood Release and considered visiting Orochimaru, while Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi discussed Danzo’s recovery and the coming plan. Danzo ambushed Shisui in the Land of Fire to steal his Mangekyo, and Shisui activated Susanoo to defend himself.

• Black and White Zetsu told Obito about Suzune’s Wood Release, and Obito decided to visit Orochimaru in the Land of Rice Fields while postponing his plans for Uchiha Mitsuru.
• Hatake Sakumo defeated Kakashi in a sparring match after Kakashi used Shadow Clones, Lightning Beast Tracking Fang, and Lightning Transmission.
• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo that Mitokado Homura had disbanded his Medical Ninja, and Sakumo ordered Kakashi to alert Uchiha Fugaku and tell Shisui to contact Yamanaka Tohru when he returned.
• Danzo, recovered with the help of First Generation Cells, chose to target Shisui and secretly left Konoha with Mitokado Homura.
• Danzo and his forces surrounded Shisui as he entered the Land of Fire and declared that he wanted Shisui’s Mangekyo.
• Shisui summoned Susanoo’s green bones to protect himself from Danzo and his attackers.

Shisui fought Danzo and his Root forces, killing Danzo’s elite guards before Danzo stole Shisui’s left eye and escaped. Yamanaka Tohru arrived after sensing Shisui’s broken Ice Scalpel and told him to help Uchiha Itachi awaken his Mangekyo while Danzo grew overconfident.

• Shisui used Susanoo and his Body Flicker to defeat Danzo’s five Elite Jonin, then fought Danzo and the Root Quasi-Kage alongside Baku.
• Shisui burned Baku with the Great Fireball Technique and used Susanoo’s arrows to kill the Quasi-Kage and apparently Danzo, but Danzo survived and approached him.
• Shisui broke the Ice Scalpel carrying Yamanaka Tohru’s mental energy, and Danzo seized Shisui’s left eye before fleeing.
• Yamanaka Tohru sensed the broken Ice Scalpel, appeared beside Shisui, and promised to help him recover his eye later.
• Yamanaka Tohru asked Shisui to help Uchiha Itachi awaken his Mangekyo while Danzo became overconfident.

Yamanaka Tohru sealed Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami and staged Shisui’s death to awaken Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan. Shisui returned to the Anbu while rumors linking his disappearance to Itachi and Danzo made the Uchiha Clan tense.

• Yamanaka Tohru subdued Danzo, sealed Kotoamatsukami, and let Danzo transplant Shisui’s eye without noticing the seal.
• Yamanaka Tohru obtained a Three-Tomoe Sharingan from Uchiha Fugaku, enhanced it to mimic a Mangekyō, and gave it to Shisui for their plan.
• Shisui staged his death before Itachi, who awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after witnessing Shisui’s apparent sacrifice.
• Shisui returned to the Anbu under Hatake Sakumo, and the Anbu began secretly monitoring Danzo.
• Uchiha investigating Shisui’s disappearance heard that he had met Itachi near Naka Shrine and clashed with Danzo, increasing tension within the clan.

Uchiha Mitsuru was manipulated into believing Konoha had plotted against the Uchiha, while Obito prepared to recruit Itachi. At the Forest of Death, Suzune’s answer about using power to protect loved ones left Itachi pondering Shisui’s death and his own choices.

• The Uchiha questioned Itachi about Shisui, and Itachi left the clan after growing overwhelmed and confused.
• Danzo told Mitokado Homura he planned to provoke the Uchiha into staging a coup, while Hatake Sakumo and Yamanaka Tohru prepared to protect Uchiha members who wanted peace.
• Obito convinced Uchiha Mitsuru that Danzo had killed Shisui and suggested Itachi might have betrayed him, prompting Mitsuru to return to Konoha to confront the Hokage.
• Obito told White Zetsu that he had lit the fuse for the Uchiha’s destruction and planned to recruit Itachi.
• Itachi encountered Suzune training in the Forest of Death and asked what power should be used for; Suzune said it should protect loved ones, leaving Itachi thoughtful.

Uchiha Mitsuru confronted Hatake Sakumo in the Hokage Office after Danzo and Mitokado Homura plotted to exploit the clash against the Uchiha Clan. Mitsuru unleashed Susanoo, but Hatake Sakumo cut off its right arm with the White Fang Blade.

• Black and White Zetsu told Danzo that Uchiha Mitsuru was heading to confront Hatake Sakumo, and Danzo brought Mitokado Homura back to plan how to exploit the confrontation.
• Danzo and Mitokado Homura arranged for their agents to spread a claim that the Uchiha Clan intended to assassinate the Hokage and stage a coup if Mitsuru attacked.
• Yamanaka Tohru and Hatake Sakumo prepared for Danzo's moves, and Tohru left the Hokage Office to put his contingency plan in place.
• Uchiha Mitsuru entered the Hokage Office under genjutsu, asked whether Konoha planned to move against the Uchiha, and attacked after Hatake Sakumo confirmed it.
• Mitsuru summoned his Susanoo, but Hatake Sakumo's White Fang Blade severed its right arm.

Uchiha Mitsuru's attack on Hatake Sakumo became a public battle that Danzo used to turn Konoha against the Uchiha. Mitsuru was captured after losing his sight, while Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yuu prepared the clan for the coming crisis and Itachi resolved to prevent a clash.

• Uchiha Mitsuru enlarged Susanoo and fought Hatake Sakumo as Danzo's Root shinobi spread rumors that Mitsuru had tried to assassinate the Hokage.
• Yamanaka Tohru's disguised Anbu spread doubts about Mitsuru's connection to Danzo, while news of the attack threw the Uchiha Clan into chaos.
• Uchiha Yuu urged Uchiha Fugaku to hold a clan meeting and protect the children, and Fugaku said he trusted Itachi as the village's informant.
• Itachi resolved to stop Konoha and the Uchiha from fighting because he regarded both as home.
• Uchiha Mitsuru used a Shuriken to pull Hatake Sakumo into range and struck with Susanoo, but the attack left Mitsuru blind and unconscious after Yamanaka Tohru saved Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered the Anbu to take Mitsuru away as Danzo and Mitokado Homura's agents stirred public anger against the Uchiha.

As tensions between Konoha and the Uchiha escalated after Uchiha Mitsuru’s assassination attempt, the clan gathered to decide whether to stage a coup. Uchiha Yuu chose rebellion, and Uchiha Fugaku quietly noted the dissenters as the clan’s future.

• Konoha villagers resisted the Uchiha, and the clan arrested troublemakers as Danzo’s Root members provoked attacks; Hatake Sakumo urged calm without defending the clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku convened a meeting at Naka Shrine, where Uchiha Yuu said the clan had not sent Uchiha Mitsuru to attack the Hokage.
• Uchiha Hanmai warned that a coup would likely fail and could trigger another war, but other clan members argued that the village planned to destroy them.
• Itachi judged that a coup would probably fail and feared the damage it would cause to Konoha, while Uchiha Izumi silently stayed beside him.
• Uchiha Yuu announced that the clan would launch a coup, winning nearly eighty percent of the members’ support, and Uchiha Fugaku memorized the dissenters’ names.

After the Uchiha Clan chose a coup, Itachi met Obito, whom he believed to be Madara Uchiha, and agreed to help eliminate the coup plotters in exchange for the village being spared. Hatake Sakumo revealed that Konoha would protect Uchiha who opposed the coup, and Itachi volunteered to handle them as Fugaku gathered the protected clan members and children for Yamanaka Tohru.

• After sensing someone following him, Itachi lured Obito into the Forest of Death and learned that his abilities could evade Itachi's attacks and Tsukuyomi.
• Believing Obito was Madara Uchiha, Itachi offered to help eliminate the Uchiha Clan if Obito would leave Konoha alone.
• Itachi visited Hatake Sakumo and revealed the Uchiha coup plan, then learned that Konoha would target only the coup plotters and spare those who opposed them.
• Itachi asked to protect the non-plotters and left to take charge of them after discussing the operation with Hatake Sakumo.
• Uchiha Fugaku gathered the Uchiha who had opposed the coup and the clan's children under twelve, then asked Yamanaka Tohru to take them in.