Chapter Summaries

Hizashi Hyuga prepared to reinforce the Uchiha Clan Land as Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces attacked, but Hyuga elders confronted him and revealed they had helped plan the assault. The Main House Great Elder threatened Hizashi with the Caged Bird Seal unless he broke ties with the Uchiha Clan.

• A Hyuga Ninja reported that Sarutobi Hiruzen was leading the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado clans in an attack on the Uchiha Clan Land.
• Hizashi Hyuga assembled nearly two hundred Hyuga Ninja and prepared to lead them to reinforce the Uchiha Clan.
• The Main House Great Elder and other Hyuga elders arrived and forbade Hizashi from moving without Hiashi’s orders.
• Hizashi and the Main House Great Elder argued over the Hyuga Clan’s alliance with the Uchiha Clan and whether to support Minato Namikaze or Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• The Main House Great Elder admitted that the elders had planned the attack and activated the hand seal for the Caged Bird Seal, demanding that Hizashi abandon the Uchiha Clan.

Hizashi Hyuga refused the Main House Great Elder’s demand and endured the Caged Bird Seal’s torture as part of a plan to awaken resistance among the Branch Family. The plan’s stakes rose when Neji Hyuga rushed into the courtyard, and the Great Elder decided to place the Caged Bird Seal on him immediately.

• Hizashi Hyuga refused the Main House Great Elder, who activated the Caged Bird Seal and tortured him before the Branch Family ninjas.
• The Main House Elders threatened the Branch Family ninjas with the seal, while the Great Elder declared that he would torture Hizashi for an hour.
• Yakushi Nonō told Nohara Rin and Hatake Kakashi that Hizashi’s suffering was part of a plan to spur the Branch Family to resist.
• Neji Hyuga entered the courtyard, cried over his father, and accused the Main House Great Elder of bullying him.
• The Main House Great Elder grabbed Neji and decided to place the Caged Bird Seal on him that day.

The Main House Great Elder tried to seal the infant Neji Hyuga and then threatened to kill every Branch House shinobi in the courtyard. Hizashi Hyuga was restrained again, and the Great Elder prepared to use the Caged Bird Seal on the crowd.

• The Main House Great Elder tried to plant the Caged Bird Seal on Neji Hyuga despite pleas from the Branch House shinobi, explaining that Neji was too young to survive it safely.
• Hizashi Hyuga broke free long enough to slam into the Main House Great Elder and send Neji Hyuga flying, but the other Main House Elders restrained Hizashi with the Caged Bird Seal.
• The Main House Great Elder kicked the writhing Hizashi Hyuga and ordered someone to bring Neji Hyuga, but no one obeyed him.
• The Main House Great Elder threatened to kill the Branch House shinobi in the courtyard and personally raise their children under Main House control.
• A Main House Elder tried to stop the Great Elder, but the Great Elder dismissed the deaths of more than two hundred shinobi as an acceptable cost and prepared to activate the Caged Bird Seal against them.

Hizashi Hyuga condemned the Main House for using the Caged Bird Seal to oppress the Branch Family and urged them to fight for their descendants. The Branch Family shinobi began turning against the Main House Elders, and the Main House Great Elder prepared to activate the seal.

• The Main House Great Elder dismissed the lives of more than two hundred elite Hyuga shinobi, shocking everyone present.
• Hizashi Hyuga rose after the Main House Elders stopped maintaining the Caged Bird Seal and denounced the Main House’s control over the Branch Family.
• Hizashi Hyuga accused the Main House of twisting the Caged Bird Seal from protection into a tool of enslavement.
• Hizashi Hyuga urged the Branch Family shinobi to fight rather than pass slavery down to their descendants, and their glares unnerved the Main House Elders.
• The Main House Great Elder suppressed his fear, raised both hands, and prepared to activate the Caged Bird Seal.

Hizashi Hyuga and the Branch Family ninjas fought the Main House elders to prevent them from activating the Caged Bird Seal. The Main House Great Elder created distance with Heavenly Rotation and activated the seal, leaving the Branch Family's rebellion in danger.

• Hizashi Hyuga attacked the Main House Great Elder with Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, preventing him from forming seals.
• Saji Hyuga confronted Detong Hyuga over the execution of his father, Hiki Hyuga, and attacked him as other Branch Family ninjas joined the fighting.
• The Branch Family ninjas overwhelmed the elders before they could activate the Caged Bird Seal, while Hizashi Hyuga told the Great Elder that few Main House members remained to help.
• The Main House Great Elder used Heavenly Rotation to knock himself and Hizashi Hyuga apart, then joined his hands in midair and activated the Caged Bird Seal.

During the Hyuga Clan conflict, the Main House Great Elder’s Caged Bird Seal failed to stop the man posing as Hizashi Hyuga, who claimed Orochimaru had found a way to remove it. The Main House Great Elder realized the supposed Hizashi was actually Hiashi Hyuga, exposing the brothers’ identity swap and leaving their deception in danger.

• The Main House Great Elder activated the Caged Bird Seal against Hizashi Hyuga, but the seal had no effect, and Hizashi struck him in the throat.
• Hizashi removed his Forehead Protector and claimed Orochimaru had developed a method to undo the Caged Bird Seal at Uchiha Jin’s request.
• The Main House Great Elder insisted the seal was impossible to break and argued that the man before him could not truly be Hizashi.
• The Main House Great Elder deduced that the supposed Hizashi was actually Hiashi Hyuga, and the courtyard fighters reacted with shock.
• Hiashi Hyuga and Hizashi Hyuga had swapped identities to bluff the Main House, but Hiashi realized the Great Elder had seen through their plan.

Hyuga Hiashi rejected the Main House Great Elder’s defense of the Main House and Branch House system, arguing that it had become oppressive and should be abolished. The Branch House ninja began to accept Hiashi as their clan head, while the Great Elder refused to yield, and Hiashi called for them to settle their disagreement with their fists.

• The Main House Great Elder confronted Hyuga Hiashi over breaking the Caged Bird Seal, and Hiashi declared that he served the entire Hyuga Clan, not just the Main House.
• Hyuga Hiashi explained that the Caged Bird Seal and the original Main House had once protected the clan, but that the Main House’s former responsibilities had turned into unjust privileges.
• Hyuga Hiashi condemned the Main House for using the Caged Bird Seal to enslave the Branch House and declared Hizashi Hyuga and the other Branch House members his family and fellow clansmen.
• The Branch House ninja began to acknowledge Hyuga Hiashi as their clan head, while elders from both houses showed doubt about the old system.
• The Main House Great Elder insisted that abolishing the division would destroy the clan’s rules, and Hyuga Hiashi challenged him to settle the dispute with their fists.

Hiashi Hyuga tried to settle the conflict between the Main House and Branch Family peacefully, but the Main House Great Elder threatened the Branch Family ninjas with the Caged Bird Seal. The Great Elder proposed that everyone return home, then argued that supporting the Uchiha Clan was pointless because the Third Generation had vastly more forces; Hiashi did not reveal his actual plans.

• Hiashi Hyuga offered to preserve the elders’ lives and treatment if they gave up their prejudices, but the Main House Great Elder warned that they would lose all influence.
• The elders abandoned their hesitation, and Hiashi prepared to act before the Great Elder threatened the Branch Family ninjas with the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hiashi lowered his stance and asked the Great Elder to state terms, and the Great Elder proposed that everyone return home as if nothing had happened.
• Hiashi rejected the demand that his group abandon its next move, while keeping his real purpose hidden.
• The Main House Great Elder claimed that the Third Generation had gathered 1,500 ninjas against the Uchiha Clan’s 400 fighters and urged Hiashi to give up supporting them.

Hiashi Hyuga agreed to keep the Hyuga Clan within its grounds and await the Hokage's order, believing the Main House Great Elder would spare the Branch House. After Hatake Kakashi and Nohara Rin killed Hyuga Dezong and the other Main House Elders, Hiashi and the Branch House ninjas turned on the remaining elders.

• The Main House Great Elder persuaded Hiashi Hyuga to prioritize the clan's survival and wait within the clan grounds for the Hokage's order.
• Hiashi Hyuga agreed on the condition that no Branch House member would be harmed, and he let Hyuga Dezong and two Main House Elders leave the courtyard.
• After Hyuga Dezong and the other elders left, the severely injured Main House Great Elder collapsed, and the remaining elders prepared to take him to Konoha Hospital.
• Hatake Kakashi and Nohara Rin attacked outside the courtyard and killed Hyuga Dezong and the two Main House Elders.
• As the remaining elders ordered Hiashi and the Branch House ninjas to capture the attackers, Hiashi and the Branch House ninjas charged at them instead.

Hyuga Hiashi and the Branch House ninjas killed the Main House and Branch House Elders, then Hiashi ordered Kakashi and Rin to deal with Main House members who had left the compound with their Byakugan. As the fighting subsided, the Hokage Office waited tensely for news of Sarutobi Hiruzen’s fate.

• Hyuga Hiashi and the Branch House ninjas killed the Elders before they could use the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hiashi ordered the clan compound sealed and the Branch House Elders’ faction rounded up, then asked Kakashi and Rin to track down the Great Elder’s missing Main House members and secure their Byakugan.
• Kakashi and Rin agreed to follow Hiashi’s orders, and Hyuga Satoru led them toward the hidden location of Zhenyi and the others.
• Hiashi headed to the center of the clan compound, believing a new Hyuga Clan would rise after the night’s events.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu anxiously clung to hope that Sarutobi Hiruzen could still win as heavy footsteps approached the Hokage Office.

Uchiha Jin defeated the elders opposing him and ordered Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura taken away, then asked Minato Namikaze how to deal with the ordinary members of their clans. Minato argued that only the ringleaders should be punished, but Nara Shikaku and the others stayed silent, leaving their position unclear.

• Uchiha Jin had Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura restrained and escorted away after dismissing their warnings.
• Uchiha Jin announced that his side had won, and Minato Namikaze and the others relaxed.
• Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Jin whether he intended to bury the ordinary members of the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado Clans.
• Minato Namikaze argued that only the clans' ringleaders should be punished because their ordinary members were uninvolved and the clans had lost most of their strength.
• Uchiha Jin asked Uzumaki Kushina, Nara Shikaku, Uchiha Fugaku, Hizashi Hyuga, and the others for their views; Kushina supported Minato, while the others remained silent.

Uchiha Jin and Nara Shikaku warned Minato Namikaze that the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado clans would likely hate them and remain a threat if spared. Jin argued that the clans’ commoners had benefited from their leaders’ corruption, then proposed making them repay the stolen wealth rather than killing them.

• Uchiha Jin told Minato Namikaze that the three clans could recover quickly and would turn their grievances into hatred against the victors.
• Minato Namikaze doubted that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others would have slaughtered the Uchiha Clan, but Jin rejected his view of their mercy.
• Nara Shikaku sided with Uchiha Jin, explaining that the three clans would also hate his clan for betraying them.
• Uchiha Jin argued that the three clans’ commoners were beneficiaries of corruption and had helped sustain their clans.
• Minato Namikaze asked how Jin would deal with them, and Jin proposed choosing new clan heads and auditing the village accounts to recover the stolen wealth.

Uchiha Jin persuaded Minato Namikaze and the others to spare the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado Clans so they could serve as an example to future opponents, while still punishing them financially. The group settled on a ten-billion-ryo fine, which would force the clans to sell their businesses and much of their land.

• Uchiha Jin explained that the three clans were no threat and that sparing them would discourage future enemies from resisting to the death.
• Nara Shikaku agreed that the clans should be spared, and Minato Namikaze supported Jin’s view that killing should be limited to those who deserved it.
• Uchiha Jin said the clans would still have to return what they had taken, and Nara Shikaku estimated their diverted resources at more than ten billion ryo.
• Nara Shikaku proposed a ten-billion-ryo fine, explaining that the clans would have to sell their businesses and more than half their land to pay it.
• Minato Namikaze worried that selling the clan lands was too harsh, but Uchiha Jin insisted they could sell their central properties and move to the outskirts.

Uchiha Jin persuaded Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku that Kirigakure should be Konoha’s first target in the accelerated war plan. He argued that the White Zetsu Army’s mobility, new weapons, and intelligence network made Kirigakure’s defenses and secrecy irrelevant.

• Minato Namikaze agreed that the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado clans should relocate their compounds away from the village center.
• Uchiha Jin said the clans’ purge would let them accelerate their plans while their cooperation with Sunagakure and covert dealings with Kumogakure drew attention.
• Uchiha Jin selected Kirigakure as the first target, and Nara Shikaku warned that its isolation, preserved strength, and overseas position made an invasion dangerous.
• Uchiha Jin explained that the White Zetsu Army could travel underground, underwater, and by air, making a landing operation and its logistics manageable.
• Uchiha Jin said White Zetsu had already gathered intelligence on Kirigakure, leaving Minato Namikaze startled and resentful.

Uchiha Jin explained that Kirigakure had been devastated by the Third Mizukage’s Bloody Mist policies and the Third Shinobi World War, leaving it at its weakest point. He warned that Karatachi Yagura’s reforms could eventually unite the village, arguing that Kirigakure should be attacked before it recovered.

• Nara Shikaku accepted that he had misjudged White Zetsu because he lacked information about them.
• Nara Shikaku asked Uchiha Jin to describe the situation in the Land of Water and Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Jin said the Bloody Mist policies included forcing Ninja Academy students to kill their classmates to graduate and suppressing Ninja Clans and Kekkei Genkai users.
• Uchiha Jin explained that the Third Mizukage’s policies weakened Kirigakure, and the Third Shinobi World War further depleted its strength.
• Uchiha Jin reported that Fourth Mizukage Karatachi Yagura had begun reforms, but the clans distrusted the village’s leadership and his efforts had achieved little.
• Uchiha Jin urged the group to attack Kirigakure before Karatachi Yagura could unite the village and restore its strength.

Uchiha Jin secured support for making Kirigakure their first target and argued that they had enough manpower to attack it. He revealed that Shisui had used Kotoamatsukami on the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, but Nara Shikaku warned that the Daimyo’s sudden changes in behavior could expose the genjutsu.

• Nara Shikaku, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hizashi Hyuga supported attacking Kirigakure, while Minato Namikaze asked whether they had enough ninjas to command the White Zetsu Army.
• Uchiha Jin and Hizashi Hyuga explained that the Hyuga Clan could contribute three hundred ninjas, helping them assemble enough forces for the operation.
• Uchiha Jin said he would lead the attack and that ten thousand White Zetsu would be enough to take Kirigakure, though Nara Shikaku stressed the need for ninjas to occupy and administer it.
• Minato Namikaze asked how Uchiha Jin planned to handle the Daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire, and Uchiha Jin revealed that Shisui had used Kotoamatsukami to control the Daimyo.
• Nara Shikaku warned that the Daimyo’s altered decisions and behavior could alert the people around him to the genjutsu.

Uchiha Jin reassured Nara Shikaku that Tsunade’s blood ties to the Land of Fire Daimyo would keep the nobles from suspecting their control for now, while they focused on taking the Land of Water. He proposed placing the region under temporary military rule and training civilian administrators, leaving the group to discuss how to staff the effort.

• Nara Shikaku warned that the Land of Fire nobles might notice the Daimyo’s altered behavior, but Uchiha Jin said Tsunade’s family connection offered a plausible explanation.
• Nara Shikaku agreed the connection could buy time, while Uchiha Jin said they would deal with the nobles after taking the Land of Water.
• Minato Namikaze asked how they would govern the Land of Water, and Uchiha Jin proposed cleansing it and placing it under military control as a temporary measure.
• Uchiha Jin said they lacked enough administrators and needed to train their own personnel to develop the Land of Water beyond basic order.
• Minato Namikaze suggested recruiting capable civilians for special administrative training, and the group began discussing the plan.

Fourth Raikage A arrived at the Konoha camp in the Land of Hot Water to meet Uchiha Jin. Jin’s Sharingan unsettled A, and the meeting began with Jin placing him in a deliberately subordinate position.

• A led Darui and a group of Kumogakure ninja toward the Konoha camp and ordered four squads to guard the surrounding area.
• A and Darui entered the camp’s central tent after Uchiha ninja required the rest of their group to wait outside.
• Uchiha Jin’s Sharingan caught A off guard, and Darui prompted him to approach the seated Konoha leader.
• A saw Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Shisui, and Hizashi Hyuga standing beside Jin, then frowned when Jin had low tables and chairs placed before them.

Uchiha Jin negotiated with A and Darui over Kumogakure’s cooperation with Konoha, rejecting A’s attempt to trade future profits for Konoha’s Flying Technique. He insisted that Kumogakure repay its debt first and ended by asserting Konoha’s authority over the deal.

• A began to lose his temper over the poor meeting arrangements, but Darui quietly restrained him.
• A accused Uchiha Jin of showing no sincerity, and Jin replied that Konoha was offering Kumogakure a chance to repay its debt.
• Darui argued that A’s personal arrival showed Kumogakure’s sincerity, while Jin questioned A’s motives.
• A asked Jin to share the Sky Ninja Village’s Flying Technique in exchange for Kumogakure taking thirty percent less of the operation’s future benefits.
• Jin rejected A’s offer, saying Kumogakure’s share had to repay its existing debt to Konoha first.
• When A objected, Jin declared that Konoha set the terms and transformed his Sharingan into Mangekyō Sharingan as he stared A down.

Uchiha Jin negotiated with A over a joint raid scheme, using Konoha’s Flying Technique and Kumogakure’s fighting force to rob nobles while blaming the Sky Ninja Village. A accepted Konoha’s terms and chose the Land of Hot Water as their first target.

• Uchiha Jin used his Sharingan to unsettle A, who stopped objecting and agreed to discuss the operation.
• Uchiha Jin proposed that Konoha handle transport, relocation, and looting while Kumogakure provided the fighters.
• Darui reminded A that the plan depended on disguising Kumogakure’s actions as the work of the Sky Ninja Village, and Uchiha Jin stressed Konoha’s greater role in making the scheme possible.
• A apologized and agreed that Kumogakure would follow Konoha’s instructions, though Uchiha Jin recognized that A still intended to pursue his own advantage.
• A selected the nearby Land of Hot Water as the first target, and Uchiha Jin approved.