Recaps

Uchiha Jin steered the escalating conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha while Minato Namikaze’s succession became a political flashpoint. As the Uchiha gathered for their assembly, Jin revealed that the clan had a powerful hidden trump card and Fugaku entrusted him with its future.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Shimura Danzō’s call to eliminate the Uchiha and ordered compensation and rumor control, while the council later traced the rumor campaign to Danzō’s Root Ninja.
• Uchiha Setsuna pushed for a coup and a New Konoha, but Uchiha Jin helped Fugaku arrange a clan meeting as tensions rose and Minato returned from the front.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced the war’s end and his resignation, then delayed the Fourth Hokage election until more frontline ninjas returned.
• Uchiha Jin brought Uchiha Itachi to Orochimaru for treatment of his bloodline disease and persuaded Orochimaru to support Shimura Danzō in the Hokage race.
• Minato Namikaze challenged the Uchiha and Hyuga clans to reform their institutions, provoking opposition as Sarutobi Hiruzen urged him to prioritize village stability.
• Uchiha Shisui reported that the daimyo offered the Uchiha a marriage alliance with Tsunade, and Uchiha Jin agreed while expecting her to refuse.
• As Uchiha Fugaku led the clan to the Naka River Shrine, Uchiha Jin revealed that a Mangekyō Sharingan user, a Perfect Jinchuriki, and the hidden Three-Tails protected the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Fugaku accepted Uchiha Jin’s leadership, and more than four hundred Uchiha assembled as the clan meeting began.

Uchiha Jin united the clan behind reforms and a plan to support Minato Namikaze, then took over as Clan Head and commander of the Konoha Military Police Force. With Shimura Danzō challenging for Hokage and Sarutobi Hiruzen seeking Uchiha backing, Minato began negotiating with Jin, who learned what Hiruzen had offered the clan.

• Uchiha Setsuna urged the clan to resist Konoha and build a new village, but Uchiha Fugaku rejected both Setsuna’s and Uchiha Ya’s positions and stepped down as Clan Head.
• Uchiha Jin revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan alongside Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku, then rallied the Uchiha around fair treatment and a strategy to compete for the Hokage position.
• Uchiha Jin won the clan’s support for reforming the Konoha Military Police Force, building alliances, and backing Minato Namikaze, while Uchiha Ya and Uchiha Setsuna accepted Jin’s leadership.
• Uchiha Jin took the dispute over Uchiha Fugaku’s leadership and the clan’s proposed legal reforms to a meeting with Konoha’s leaders, where he became Clan Head and commander of the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō clashed over the Hokage succession, and Danzō declared that he would compete for the position with support from other clans.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Minato Namikaze that Danzō was a serious rival and ordered him to secure Uchiha support, while Minato argued that Konoha should lead the revision of its laws.
• Minato Namikaze met Uchiha Jin and relayed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s offers of village posts, including positions in the Border Defense Force.

Uchiha Jin maneuvered among Minato Namikaze, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Shimura Danzō as Konoha’s leadership and power arrangements shifted. Sarutobi Hiruzen resigned, but an ambush by Kakuzu and other attackers left him fighting for his life while Sarutobi Shinnosuke was struck down.

• Uchiha Jin laid out plans for strict law enforcement, an independent Law Conference, and a reformed Konoha Military Police Force, while Minato Namikaze agreed to support him and sparred with him.
• Shimura Danzō courted the Uchiha Clan with promises of power and forbidden techniques, then arranged an ambush on Sarutobi Hiruzen with help from Kumogakure and a hired assassin.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen resigned before the Daimyo, who entrusted the Uchiha Clan with three billion ryo and responsibility for financial dealings between Konoha and Daimyo Manor.
• Kakuzu and a force of elite ninja ambushed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s party, overwhelming the Anbu with powerful elemental attacks.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Monkey King Enma and fought Kakuzu while ordering his Anbu to escape, but Kakuzu broke through his defenses.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Sarutobi Shinnosuke to flee and called him Konoha’s future, but a lightning-wreathed figure pierced Shinnosuke’s chest with a kunai.

Shimura Danzō’s schemes drew Konoha and Kumogakure toward war as Uchiha Jin captured Matatabi and led Konoha’s defense of Kikyo Mountain. After stopping the Cloud assault, Jin learned that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had invaded through another exposed border.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen rescued Tenzo from the masked leader and Kakuzu, then recruited him into the Anbu after learning Danzō had sent him on the assassination mission.
• Shimura Danzō and Dodai arranged to shift blame for the failed operation, while Uchiha Jin mobilized his forces to pursue the Kumogakure envoy and protect Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin’s forces ambushed Dodai’s group at the Valley of the End, defeated the Cloud Ninja, and captured Matatabi after extracting her from Yugito, who died.
• Danzō admitted to Minato that he had orchestrated the crisis and leaked Konoha’s deployment map, while Jin learned that the Raikage was leading an army toward Kikyo Mountain.
• Obito revealed that he had survived and warned Konoha’s leaders that Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure were mobilizing, prompting Konoha to concentrate its defenses at Kikyo Mountain.
• Uchiha Jin and Hizashi Hyuga prepared Kikyo Mountain Fortress for a siege as A led the Kumogakure Army against it, and Jin fought A and the Cloud forces.
• Jin used his Mangekyo Sharingan and powerful Fire Release techniques to defeat A and devastate the Kumogakure forces, then Konoha’s reinforcements arrived and the Cloud army retreated.
• Mimura Hamaki reported that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had attacked after five hundred defenders were transferred away from the Land of Waterfall border, and Jin suspected Danzō had ordered the transfer.