Chapter Summaries

After Minato Namikaze’s criticism of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans sparked widespread opposition, Shimura Danzō saw an opening to pursue the Fourth Hokage position. Sarutobi Hiruzen reprimanded Minato and urged him to avoid further controversy while Hiruzen tried to repair his relations with the clans.

• News spread across Konoha that Minato Namikaze planned to interfere in clan affairs, prompting fierce opposition from the Uchiha and Hyuga clans.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Terai to gather information on the village’s clans and arrange meetings with Hyuga Hiashi and Orochimaru, hoping to recruit them as political allies.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Minato Namikaze and argued that the village needed stability more than intervention in the Hyuga Main House and Branch Family conflict.
• Minato Namikaze challenged Hiruzen’s claim that the Branch Family accepted its treatment, then fell silent when Hiruzen explained the village’s political priorities.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Minato to avoid further mistakes, assigned him public duties, and said he would work to ease tensions with the Uchiha and Hyuga clans.

The Uchiha Clan held a daylong sacrifice for its fallen ninja as Konoha’s leaders prepared for the clan assembly that evening. Uchiha Shisui told Uchiha Jin that the Daimyo had agreed to their request but demanded a marriage alliance with the Uchiha Clan Head, leaving Jin to realize the condition would apply to him if he became Clan Head.

• Uchiha Fugaku led several thousand clan members to the Naka River Shrine for a sacrifice honoring the dead and their ancestors.
• Konoha’s leaders prepared elite forces for an emergency as they awaited the outcome of the Uchiha Clan Assembly.
• Uchiha Shisui reported that the Daimyo had agreed to the Uchiha Clan’s request on the condition of a marriage alliance with its Clan Head or the Clan Head’s son.
• Uchiha Jin realized the condition would fall on him because Shisui expected him to become Clan Head after the assembly.

Uchiha Jin weighed the Land of Fire daimyo’s proposed Marriage Alliance, which would complicate his relationship with Yakushi Nonō and his future plans. When he learned the chosen candidate was Tsunade, he agreed to the proposal, confident she would refuse it and give him grounds to reject the alliance.

• Uchiha Shisui told Uchiha Jin that the daimyo dismissed Jin’s existing feelings for Yakushi Nonō and still wanted a Marriage Alliance.
• Uchiha Shisui explained that the daimyo had chosen Tsunade, his niece, as the marriage candidate because his only unmarried daughter was too young.
• Uchiha Jin reacted with surprise, then agreed to the daimyo’s terms because he expected Tsunade to reject the arrangement.
• Uchiha Jin decided he would use the daimyo’s failed scheme as a reason to refuse the alliance and reaffirmed that Yakushi Nonō was his first choice.

Uchiha Jin explained the forces Sarutobi Hiruzen could mobilize if the Uchiha clan’s standoff with Konoha turned into armed conflict. As the rain intensified, Jin remained calm and said the crisis offered a chance to assess the village, while hinting that he had a trump card.

• Uchiha Shisui warned Uchiha Jin that at least a thousand ninja were lying in ambush across the Naka River, and Jin said Minato was leading them.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Minato only needed to delay the ambush forces, while the clans inside Konoha posed the greater threat.
• Uchiha Jin named the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, Mitokado, Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clans as forces Sarutobi Hiruzen could mobilize.
• Uchiha Jin said many smaller clans would likely support whoever held the Hokage position, while the Hyuga, Kurama, and weakened clans would stay inactive.
• Uchiha Shisui questioned why Uchiha Jin was still fishing, and Jin replied that the crisis could reveal the village’s situation and that he had a trump card.

Jin reassured Uchiha Fugaku that the clan meeting was protected by Tobi, a Mangekyō Sharingan user, and the hidden Three-Tails. With Fugaku trusting Jin to lead the Uchiha Clan’s future, hundreds of Uchiha gathered in the shrine’s secret room as the meeting began.

• Uchiha Fugaku worried that gathering the clan’s fighters in one place left them vulnerable, but Jin said Tobi and the White Zetsus were watching Konoha.
• When Fugaku suggested sending Yashiro and others to patrol, Jin revealed that a Mangekyō Sharingan user and a Perfect Jinchuriki guarded the Ancestral Land.
• Jin told Fugaku that he had secretly hidden and controlled the Three-Tails, which Fugaku realized gave the Uchiha overwhelming strength.
• Uchiha Fugaku accepted Jin’s leadership and declared that the Uchiha Clan’s future was in his hands.
• More than four hundred Uchiha assembled in the secret room, and Uchiha Fugaku announced the start of the clan meeting.

Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ya argued over how the clan should respond to pressure from the village, with Setsuna urging resistance and Ya advocating restraint. The Uchiha in the secret room grew increasingly enraged as Setsuna insisted that the village had compromised because it feared their unity.

• Uchiha Fugaku called a meeting to hear the clan's opinions on its future.
• Uchiha Setsuna described the village's actions as oppression and urged the Uchiha to resist.
• Uchiha Ya countered that the village's measures targeted certain people and promised to restore payments if the clan resolved its internal issues.
• Uchiha Setsuna admitted that his actions contributed to the conflict but blamed the village for starting the suppression and withholding rewards.
• Uchiha Setsuna argued that the village had made concessions because it feared Uchiha resistance, and most gathered clan members became visibly enraged.

Uchiha Setsuna urged the clan to resist Konoha’s demands and build a new village, while Uchiha Ya warned that they lacked the strength to fight. The Uchiha clansmen were left divided as Setsuna called for a New Konoha with a Hokage of their own.

• Uchiha Setsuna argued that Konoha’s compensation merely returned what the Uchiha had already been owed, and the clansmen echoed his demand for an explanation.
• Uchiha Setsuna warned that Minato Namikaze planned to take back the Uchiha Clan’s authority over the Konoha Military Police Force, prompting the gathered Uchiha to reject surrendering it.
• Uchiha Ya silenced the secret room and listed Konoha’s powerful shinobi, warning that the Uchiha could not protect their families in a fight.
• Uchiha Fugaku privately thought the clan’s high-end combat strength might match the village leadership’s.
• Uchiha Setsuna proposed that the Uchiha leave Konoha and build a new village, rallying them with the call, “New Konoha! New Hokage!”

Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ya clashed over whether the Uchiha Clan should fight Konoha or endure its oppression, while the clan waited for Uchiha Fugaku to choose a side. Fugaku rejected both elders and declared that he was no longer suited to lead the clan.

• Uchiha Ya argued that the clan could neither defeat Konoha nor safely leave, and urged the Uchiha to endure until Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other elders died.
• Uchiha Setsuna insisted that continued retreat would leave the clan powerless and called for the Uchiha to stake everything on a fight.
• The Uchiha in the secret room split between Setsuna's and Ya's positions, while Uchiha Yashiro and Fugaku's direct lineage waited for Fugaku to speak.
• Uchiha Setsuna demanded that Uchiha Fugaku declare whether he supported him or Uchiha Ya.
• Uchiha Fugaku said he supported neither elder, then announced that he was no longer suited to be the Uchiha Clan's Clan Head, shocking the room.

Uchiha Jin seized leadership of the Uchiha Clan, using his Mangekyō Sharingan and overwhelming strength to demand obedience. After Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku revealed their own Mangekyō and Susanoo, the clan accepted Jin as its new Clan Head and cheered for Uchiha.

• Uchiha Fugaku announced that the Uchiha Clan was about to change, and Uchiha Jin stepped onto the platform with Uchiha Shisui and Fugaku.
• Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ya objected to Jin claiming the Clan Head position, but Jin declared that strength made the rules and unleashed his Sharingan Conqueror's Haki.
• Uchiha Jin revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and denounced the clan's three factions, declaring that he would lead the Uchiha as their new Clan Head.
• Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku manifested their Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo beside Jin, stunning the clan with three pairs of Mangekyō.
• Uchiha Yashiro led the clan in cheering for Jin, and the Uchiha joined in acclaiming him and Uchiha.

Jin demanded that the Uchiha unite behind a single voice and explained that their central demand was fairness from Konoha. He left the clan considering how it had been pushed to the margins and what its goals should be.

• Jin withdrew his Susanoo and asked Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ya to state their position, while they demanded to know what he intended to do.
• Jin asked the Uchiha to identify their demands, stance, and enemies, criticizing them for failing to unite around a shared direction.
• Jin argued that the Uchiha had helped found Konoha and deserved a role in governing it, but had been confined to the declining Konoha Military Police Force.
• Jin accused Konoha's leaders of marginalizing the Uchiha and declared that the clan's demand was fairness in its treatment, opportunities, and standing.

Uchiha Jin persuaded the clan to seek fair treatment and remain in Konoha rather than establish a New Konoha. He began clarifying that the village and the Third Hokage were not the same, leaving the question of who the Uchiha’s enemies were still open.

• The Uchiha gathered in a secret room and agreed that they had suffered discrimination and deserved fair treatment.
• Uchiha Ya supported Uchiha Jin’s demand, while Uchiha Setsuna remained dissatisfied and still wanted revenge against Konoha’s leaders.
• Uchiha Jin argued that the Uchiha had helped build and defend Konoha, and that leaving would dishonor their ancestors and fallen clansmen.
• The gathered Uchiha abandoned the plan to leave Konoha and establish a New Konoha, though Uchiha Setsuna questioned whether the village regarded them as its own.
• Uchiha Jin said the Uchiha needed to distinguish the Hokage from Konoha and began addressing who their enemies were.

Uchiha Jin explained that the Uchiha’s enemy was Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Konoha leadership, not the village itself, and argued that the clan needed public support to gain the Hokage position. He rejected a violent coup as a path to power and concluded that the Uchiha had to change how the villagers saw them.

• Uchiha Jin distinguished the village from the Hokage and blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura for abusing authority against the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Jin presented taking the Hokage position as the Uchiha’s first possible path, prompting Uchiha Ya to warn that a coup would be difficult and Mangekyō Sharingan use carried a risk of blindness.
• Uchiha Jin explained that the Uchiha lacked allies and could not suppress the other clans after a violent coup, even if they defeated the Konoha leadership.
• Uchiha Jin said the Uchiha had to earn the villagers’ recognition by putting the village first and changing their reputation.

Uchiha Jin argued that the Uchiha Clan had to reform itself before it could safely pursue the Hokage position. He proposed changing the Military Police Force and building ties with villagers and other clans, leaving the clan with a path to compete for Hokage.

• Uchiha Jin explained that the Uchiha's own conduct and longstanding control of the Konoha Military Police Force had helped create villagers' resentment toward the clan.
• Uchiha Ya asked where the Uchiha should begin changing, and Uchiha Jin proposed reforming the Military Police Force to improve the clan's reputation.
• Uchiha Jin called for new laws, separation of law enforcement and judicial powers, and recruitment of non-Uchiha and civilians to handle neighborhood disputes.
• Uchiha Jin said the clan should use Military Police Force positions to build alliances with other clans and exchange benefits.
• Uchiha Jin concluded that improved relations with villagers and other clans would give the Uchiha a foundation to compete for the Hokage position.

Uchiha Jin proposed a radical plan to seize power by backing a candidate in the Fourth Hokage election, revealing that Minato Namikaze was an ally. He clarified that Minato would become Hokage with Uchiha support, not as their puppet.

• Uchiha Setsuna questioned how the clan could act while Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other elders opposed them, and Uchiha Jin argued that the Uchiha had to change regardless.
• Uchiha Jin proposed building support and alliances but warned that the gradual approach could take years before declaring, “Seize power. Coup.”
• Uchiha Ya challenged Uchiha Jin’s apparent contradiction, and Jin explained that seizing power was the main goal while a coup was secondary.
• Uchiha Setsuna realized Jin intended to use the Fourth Hokage election, but Uchiha Ya argued that neither Orochimaru nor Minato Namikaze could be won over.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that Orochimaru had agreed not to run and that Minato Namikaze was an ally who had coordinated his public remarks with Jin.
• Uchiha Jin told the clan that Minato would become the Fourth Hokage with Uchiha support, not as their puppet.

Uchiha Jin persuaded the clan that Minato Namikaze was their ally, while warning them to keep that alliance private until he secured the position of Fourth Hokage. He explained that Minato needed the Uchiha as close aides to avoid becoming a puppet of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Uchiha Ya asked whether Uchiha Jin and Minato Namikaze were partners, and Uchiha Jin said they were like-minded companions.
• Uchiha Setsuna doubted Minato Namikaze's loyalty, but Uchiha Fugaku vouched for him, citing their friendship and the closeness between Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina.
• Uchiha Jin told the clan not to openly claim Minato Namikaze as one of their own until he had secured the Fourth Hokage position, and the Uchiha agreed.
• Uchiha Setsuna questioned why Minato Namikaze would risk befriending the Uchiha when he was already likely to become Hokage.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Sarutobi Hiruzen favored Minato Namikaze over Orochimaru because Minato lacked his own network of aides and would keep Sarutobi Hiruzen's people in office.
• Uchiha Ya realized that Minato Namikaze needed the Uchiha as close aides to avoid becoming Sarutobi Hiruzen's puppet, and Uchiha Jin confirmed it.

Uchiha Jin urged the clan to oppose Sarutobi Hiruzen and help Minato Namikaze take power, arguing that the village and the Uchiha would keep declining under the current leadership. Uchiha Ya accepted Jin's lead, and the clan pledged loyalty to both the Uchiha and Konoha.

• Uchiha Jin warned that Minato Namikaze's succession would bring a life-or-death struggle against Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other elders.
• Uchiha Jin argued that Senju Tobirama and Sarutobi Hiruzen had weakened Konoha by suppressing its factions, and that Sarutobi Hiruzen's rule threatened the Uchiha's survival.
• Uchiha Jin rallied the clan to seize power from Sarutobi Hiruzen, remove Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, and restore Konoha.
• Uchiha Setsuna asked Uchiha Ya what the clan should do, and Uchiha Ya agreed to leave the Uchiha Clan in Uchiha Jin's hands.
• Uchiha Jin asked the clan to set aside its prejudice toward the village and preserve Minato Namikaze's trust, and the Uchiha pledged loyalty to the Uchiha and Konoha.

After the clan meeting, Jin explained that he had orchestrated the rumors about Sarutobi Hiruzen to help Minato Namikaze take office and laid out preparations for a meeting with the Hokage. The Uchiha elders and Shisui agreed to secure the clan grounds while Jin and Fugaku went to the Hokage Tower at daybreak.

• Uchiha Ya told Jin that Sarutobi Hiruzen had demanded the clan punish the Radicals and expected an explanation after the meeting.
• Uchiha Setsuna denied spreading rumors about Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Jin revealed that he had arranged them and used Uchiha Tekka's appearance to implicate the clan and divert suspicion.
• Uchiha Ya discovered that Uchiha Fugaku had known about Jin's plan and scolded him for keeping quiet.
• Jin instructed Uchiha Fugaku to accompany him to the Hokage Tower after daybreak while Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ya returned the clansmen to the clan grounds and strengthened security.
• Jin asked Uchiha Yashiro to prepare records and personnel for reforms to the Konoha Military Police Force, and assigned Uchiha Shisui to guard the clan grounds.

Sarutobi Hiruzen waited through the night for news of the Uchiha Clan meeting and lifted Konoha’s restrictions once morning came. He clashed with Orochimaru over his cooperation with Shimura Danzō, ending with Orochimaru asking whether he still had a chance and Hiruzen warning that he would not protect him unless he ended the cooperation.

• Konoha kept its streets deserted after the Hokage Tower told civilians to stay indoors during a purge of supposed spies.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Orochimaru visited Sarutobi Hiruzen, who said there was still no news from the Uchiha Clan and ordered the restrictions lifted with a warning to remain ready for danger.
• Orochimaru asked to return to his Laboratory, but Sarutobi Hiruzen rebuked him for his secret dealings with Shimura Danzō.
• Orochimaru asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether he still had a chance, and Hiruzen demanded that he end his cooperation with Danzō or lose Hiruzen’s protection.

Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to disperse Minato Namikaze's thousand shinobi across Konoha after Orochimaru proposed a way to keep them combat-ready without provoking other villages. He then learned that Uchiha Fugaku was coming to the Hokage Tower to discuss transferring authority over the Konoha Military Police Force.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen resolved to rein in Shimura Danzō, whom he feared would use Orochimaru's secrets to gain power over Konoha.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned that openly gathering Minato Namikaze's shinobi could alarm the village and other nations.
• Orochimaru proposed splitting the shinobi into smaller units across Konoha so they could be quickly assembled if needed, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke reported that Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Ya had led Uchiha Clan members back to their clan land together.
• Sarutobi Shinnosuke announced that Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha were heading to the Hokage Tower to discuss transferring authority over the Konoha Military Police Force before Konoha's department heads and elders.

Sarutobi Hiruzen called Konoha’s department heads together after learning that power in the Military Police Force was changing hands. Uchiha Jin announced that the Uchiha Clan had removed Uchiha Fugaku as clan head and minister for dereliction of duty.

• Utatane Koharu urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to summon the department heads and investigate the Uchiha Clan’s intentions.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Sarutobi Shinnosuke to call a meeting and include Shimura Danzō and Minato Namikaze.
• Uchiha Jin surveyed the assembled leaders and recognized how the Konoha F4 controlled Konoha’s major departments and resources.
• Minato Namikaze arrived after settling the thousand-plus ninjas under his command and joined the meeting.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Uchiha Fugaku had called the meeting to witness the transfer of power in the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Jin declared that the Uchiha Clan had unanimously removed Uchiha Fugaku from his positions as clan head and minister for dereliction of duty.