Chapter Summaries

Itachi began his mission to wipe out the Uchiha Clan, but Uchiha Inabi’s stolen Sharingan and a series of explosions brought the clan into open battle. Fugaku Uchiha accepted that the coup could no longer be stopped and ordered the Uchiha to proceed with their plan.

• Itachi agreed to bear the blame for destroying the clan to protect Sasuke and the village, then headed into the Uchiha Clan Grounds with the masked man.
• Uchiha Inabi controlled two young clan members, stole their Sharingan, and killed the ANBU sent to report on him.
• Itachi confronted Inabi, revealed his plan to stop the coup, and fought him, but Inabi’s many Sharingan resisted Itachi’s Genjutsu.
• Inabi triggered explosions across the clan grounds, waking the Uchiha and prompting them to believe the village had attacked.
• Fugaku Uchiha heard the clan members fighting and ordered them to wager Uchiha’s honor and launch the coup.

The Uchiha Clan launched its coup, and battles erupted between Uchiha fighters and ANBU across the clan grounds. Itachi headed to confront Fugaku while the masked man, claiming to be Madara Uchiha, faced Uchiha Inabi over the title of Uchiha God.

• Fugaku led the Uchiha into their coup, and Uchiha squads attacked the ANBU teams watching the clan grounds.
• Uchiha Ohno’s squad killed three ANBU members, but Ohno, Chongyi, and another Uchiha were caught in traps and killed by ANBU counterattacks.
• Itachi realized that the coup had already begun and agreed to leave Uchiha Inabi to the masked man while he went to confront Fugaku.
• Uchiha Inabi revealed the twenty-two Sharingans on his body and used Divine Terror against the masked man.
• The masked man revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and identified himself as Madara Uchiha, prompting Inabi to attack him.

As the Uchiha rebellion spread into Konoha, Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo held off Shikaku’s forces. Itachi then sided with Konoha and challenged his father, leaving the two Mangekyō wielders poised to fight.

• Hiruzen accepted that the Uchiha coup had begun, and Danzo led Root toward the battlefield to deal with the clan.
• Fugaku’s squad encountered Shibi Aburame, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akimichi, whose coordinated attack trapped two Uchiha until Fugaku’s Susanoo protected them.
• Fugaku used Susanoo to repel Choza and withstand Konoha’s attacks, while Eagle Uchiha and the other Uchiha elites counterattacked with a combined fire technique.
• Itachi arrived in ANBU uniform, attacked Fugaku’s Susanoo, and urged his father to surrender, declaring that the clan’s rebellion would lead to destruction.
• Itachi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and sided with Konoha, while Fugaku stopped the enraged Uchiha and claimed Itachi as his opponent.

Fugaku and Itachi fought as the Uchiha clan and Konoha forces battled around them, while Simu monitored the conflict and moved against the ANBU guarding Naruto. The fight between father and son remained unresolved, and Kimura trapped two ANBU in a Genjutsu.

• Elder Eagle Uchiha ordered the Uchiha ninja to attack Shikaku Nara's squad while Itachi and Fugaku faced each other.
• Fugaku used Susanoo to overpower Itachi's attacks, but Itachi evaded and tried to wear him down until Fugaku's eyes began bleeding from Mangekyō strain.
• Simu monitored the battle and noticed Shimura Danzō waiting to seize the Mangekyō Sharingan of Fugaku and Itachi.
• Simu appeared as Kimura at the apartment building where ANBU guarded Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Two ANBU tried to stop Kimura and cast Genjutsu, but Kimura trapped them in an illusion of filthy blood that suffocated them.

Simu incapacitated the ANBU guarding Naruto, entered Naruto’s spiritual world, and tried to release the Nine-Tails so it could help destroy Konoha. Minato Namikaze appeared to stop him, and Simu revealed the Uchiha coup and Naruto’s mistreatment, leaving Minato shocked by what had happened to the village and his son.

• Simu defeated the six ANBU guards with a clone, Sharingan genjutsu, and chakra-draining tentacles before entering Naruto’s apartment.
• Simu activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and entered Naruto’s spiritual world, where he told the Nine-Tails that the Uchiha Clan had launched a coup.
• Simu offered to undo Naruto’s seal in exchange for the Nine-Tails helping him destroy Konoha, and the Nine-Tails accepted.
• As Simu reached for the sealing talisman, Minato Namikaze appeared and stopped him from removing it.
• Simu told Minato that the Uchiha Clan had turned to a coup after years of oppression and that Naruto had been ostracized and neglected by the villagers.
• Minato reacted with shock and anger as he learned about Naruto’s treatment and the Uchiha Clan’s conflict with Konoha.

Simu fought Minato Namikaze in Naruto’s spiritual world, overcoming the Fourth Hokage’s Flying Thunder God and Rasengan with his unusual abilities. Minato’s chakra ran out before he could reinforce Naruto’s seal, while Simu survived the Rasengan and remained standing.

• Minato refused to let Naruto undo the Nine-Tails’ seal until he learned the truth about Naruto’s suffering.
• Simu attacked Minato with steel feathers and scarlet tentacles, while Minato used Flying Thunder God to evade and counterattack.
• Minato caught Simu in a Rasengan, but Simu survived the chest wound because of his unusual body and the spiritual world’s effects.
• With his remaining chakra depleted, Minato tried to reinforce Naruto’s seal, but Simu’s tentacle caught him before he could reach the Nine-Tails.
• Simu acknowledged Minato’s strength after defeating the remnant of chakra, while the Nine-Tails remained imprisoned.

Simu loosened Naruto’s seal, triggering the Nine-Tails’ transformation, while Danzo and Hiruzen arrived to contain the crisis. Danzo’s new Wood Release could not stop Naruto, Hiruzen struck him back, and Simu engaged Danzo as Naruto grew a fifth tail.

• Simu removed the talisman restraining the Nine-Tails, whose Chakra surged as Naruto began transforming.
• Root and ANBU ninja attacked Naruto, while Simu put on a spiral-patterned mask and stayed out of the fight.
• Danzo used Wood Release to strike and suppress Naruto, but Four-Tails Naruto broke the tree and overwhelmed Danzo’s defenses.
• Hiruzen arrived and knocked Naruto away with his staff, then took responsibility for sealing the Nine-Tails while Danzo confronted Simu.
• Simu dodged Danzo’s Vacuum Sphere and taunted him as Naruto rose from the ruins with five tails.

Hiruzen Sarutobi fought Naruto as the Nine-Tails’ power grew, while Kakashi and Guy redirected their efforts toward the Uchiha rebellion and the Jashin Cult. Itachi exhausted Fugaku’s Chakra and trapped him in a field of explosive tags, leaving the father-son battle engulfed in flames.

• Naruto’s Five-Tails form attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi, who used Shadow Clones and two composite techniques to strike back, but Naruto’s power grew and he reached a six-tailed form.
• Simu dodged Danzo’s Wind Release attacks after challenging him about why Hiruzen had become Hokage.
• Hiruzen ordered the shinobi to withdraw so he could use a Sealing Technique against the Nine-Tails, while Kakashi urged Guy to trust him and pursue the Uchiha rebels and Jashin Cult members.
• Itachi confronted Fugaku over the Nine-Tails’ unsealing, then drew out Fugaku’s Chakra while fighting his Susanoo.
• Itachi used Genjutsu to conceal Kibaku Fuda across the ruins, detonating them and engulfing Fugaku and his Susanoo in flames.

Itachi’s fight with Fugaku escalated as Fugaku revealed two Mangekyō abilities: a devastating lightning attack and a time-loop technique that restored his condition. After Itachi was left exhausted and Fugaku regained his strength, Fugaku chose not to kill his son and instead let Itachi stab him, leaving Itachi to carry the Uchiha Clan’s pain and protect Sasuke.

• Itachi’s explosive-tag trap weakened Fugaku’s Susanoo, but Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō technique, Lightning: Thunder God, and unleashed a lightning strike that carved a vast ravine through Konoha.
• Itachi survived the strike by awakening his own Susanoo, but his Chakra ran dry as Fugaku’s Susanoo also disappeared.
• Fugaku revealed that his other Mangekyō ability, the Time Ring, had restored his Chakra and healed his injuries by returning his body to its earlier state.
• Fugaku overwhelmed the exhausted Itachi, but stopped his blade short of Itachi’s neck, allowing Itachi’s Ninja Blade to pierce his abdomen.
• Fugaku told Itachi to take his eyes and protect Sasuke, then transferred his Chakra to his son as he died.

After killing Fugaku, Itachi chose to protect Sasuke and the village, leaving Akatsuki to recover his father's body as he fought through the Uchiha coup. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi struck Naruto's Six-Tails form with a five-nature composite technique and prepared to continue the battle with Enma.

• Fugaku died after asking Itachi to take care of Sasuke, but a white worm swallowed his body before Itachi could retrieve his eyes.
• Black and White Zetsu offered to recover Fugaku's body, and Itachi left them to pursue the worm while he returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• Itachi fought through the coup, killing Uchiha clansmen who believed he had come to help their rebellion and ordering Konoha ninja to leave the battlefield.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi diverted Naruto's Six-Tails attack into the Forest of Death, then trapped Naruto and struck him with a five-nature composite technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Enma if he was ready, and Enma answered, "Go, Sarutobi."

Hiruzen Sarutobi used Enma and several sealing techniques to force the Nine-Tails back into Naruto, though both he and Naruto were badly injured. As Konoha celebrated, Simu left Danzo to choose between pursuing him and exploiting Hiruzen’s weakened condition, then vanished.

• The Nine-Tails survived Hiruzen Sarutobi’s five-nature bombardment, grew more powerful, and attacked the battlefield.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma trapped the Nine-Tails with the Three-Way Seal and the Gate of the Great God, then Hiruzen used the Five Elements Seal to return its chakra to Naruto.
• The Nine-Tails was sealed inside Naruto again, leaving Naruto burned and Hiruzen’s arm nearly ruined; Konoha’s ninja cheered Hiruzen’s victory.
• Simu warned Danzo that Hiruzen’s injuries created an opportunity, forcing Danzo to weigh capturing Simu against moving against Hiruzen.
• Simu wished Danzo success and vanished before Danzo could act.

Itachi slaughtered the Uchiha Clan, told Arima he would take the blame and leave Konoha, then killed his parents and used Tsukuyomi to awaken Sasuke’s Sharingan. Elsewhere, Obito defeated Uchiha Inabi’s repeated Izanagi escapes, but Inabi transformed with a surge of Natural Energy.

• Itachi killed a woman and two children hiding in the Uchiha Clan Grounds, then continued killing the remaining residents.
• Arima told Itachi he was worried about his choice, and Itachi said he would leave Konoha as a rogue ninja and entrusted Sasuke to him.
• Itachi found Mikoto waiting with a meal; she revealed that she and Fugaku had chosen to support him, then died from a dagger wound.
• Itachi told Sasuke that their parents were dead and used Tsukuyomi to make him relive their deaths, awakening Sasuke’s One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Obito killed Uchiha Inabi repeatedly as Inabi used up eleven Sharingan with Izanagi, then Inabi transformed and released an aura Obito recognized as Natural Energy.

Obito and Itachi fought Uchiha Inabi, whose Senjutsu and Izanagi let him repeatedly recover from fatal injuries until Itachi exhausted his Sharingan and killed him. As Obito and Itachi prepared to leave, a young boy confronted Itachi and demanded to know why he had betrayed the Uchiha.

• Obito recognized Inabi’s mutation as likely connected to Kamizuki Simu and the Jashin Cult, then used explosives to blast Inabi away.
• Itachi arrived and joined Obito, identifying Inabi as a likely Jashin Cult member and declaring that he would protect the village.
• Inabi attacked Itachi, but Itachi’s Susanoo endured his Senjutsu-enhanced flames and repeatedly killed him as he used Izanagi to revive himself.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that White Zetsu had pursued the creature that stole Fugaku Uchiha’s Mangekyō, and that Hiruzen Sarutobi had sealed the Nine-Tails but was severely injured.
• After Inabi’s final Sharingan went blank, Itachi killed him with Susanoo; a young boy then threw a shuriken at Itachi and demanded to know why he had betrayed the Uchiha.

Simu interrupted Itachi’s attempt to break Sasuke with Tsukuyomi and offered Sasuke power through the Jashin Cult in exchange for becoming its God Child. As Itachi fought Simu, Simu began transferring Uchiha Inabi’s curse power to Sasuke and used a three-headed snake to blast Itachi’s Susanoo backward.

• Itachi explained that he had killed the Uchiha Clan to protect the village, and Sasuke demanded to know whether Itachi would abandon him too.
• Itachi confirmed that he could abandon Sasuke and cast Tsukuyomi on him again, but Simu arrived and drove Itachi’s Eye Power out of Sasuke.
• Simu announced that he planned to make Sasuke the Jashin Cult’s God Child, and Sasuke agreed to join if Simu gave him the power to kill Itachi.
• Itachi attacked Simu with the Great Fire Dragon Technique and shuriken, but Simu blocked the flames with a water wall and repelled the shuriken with a hurricane.
• Simu made Sasuke close his eyes, drew Uchiha Inabi’s curse markings into a Cursed Seal, and directed the resulting energy toward Sasuke.
• Itachi rushed to stop Simu, but a three-headed Evil-Faced Ghost Snake struck his Susanoo with a combined lightning, flame, and wind attack, sending him flying backward.

Simu forced Sasuke into a Jashin ritual that turned him into a black cocoon and demanded that Itachi choose between killing his brother or letting Konoha face destruction. As Itachi hesitated and Obito held back from intervening, another Jashin Cult member arrived over the Nine-Tails battlefield with the Apostle of Desire.

• Simu branded Sasuke with Jashin’s mark while Itachi fought to stop the ritual, and Sasuke accepted the power despite the cost.
• Itachi escaped Simu’s chakra-draining tentacles and returned to Susanoo, but the Cursed Seals spread until Sasuke became a black cocoon.
• Simu revealed that Sasuke would become Jashin’s vessel and challenged Itachi to kill him or betray Konoha to protect him.
• Obito objected to Simu’s treatment of Itachi, but he refused to attack and risk Akatsuki’s plans.
• A masked Jashin Cult member descended over the Nine-Tails battlefield and summoned the Apostle of Desire.

Simu and the Apostle of Desire devastated Konoha’s battlefield, forcing Shikaku, Danzo, and Hiruzen to coordinate a defense. After Might Guy’s attack failed against Simu’s Susanoo, Hiruzen began considering how to draw the enemy outside the village.

• The Apostle of Desire crashed into the battlefield, creating a massive crater and trapping Hiruzen Sarutobi and Naruto beneath it.
• Shikaku organized Konoha’s response, sending Earth Release ninjas to rescue Hiruzen while urging Danzo to act.
• Danzo used Wood Release to lift the Apostle of Desire, allowing Hiruzen to escape with Naruto, but Simu attacked again and Earth Release ninjas shielded Hiruzen.
• Simu made the Apostle’s thousands of faces chant for Jashin, driving Konoha ninjas into a frenzy and prompting Shikaku to recognize a large-scale Genjutsu.
• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate and struck with Daytime Tiger, but Simu’s Susanoo protected the Apostle of Desire from serious damage.
• Hiruzen warned that the fight had to move outside Konoha and began thinking of a method he had used during Nine-Tails Night.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo joined forces to fight Simu’s Apostle of Desire outside Konoha after Danzo invoked the Will of Fire to keep Kakashi and Guy in the village. The battle escalated as Simu unleashed powerful attacks, and the chapter ended with Danzo severing the Apostle’s legs and bringing its huge body crashing down toward him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used Enma’s Adamantine Wish-Fulfilling Staff to shove the Apostle of Desire out of the village, then set out with Danzo to confront it.
• Danzo invoked their teacher’s Will of Fire and persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to leave Kakashi and Might Guy behind to protect Konoha.
• Simu attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo with hundreds of chakra-coated palms, but Danzo’s Wood Release and Hiruzen’s counterattack disrupted the assault.
• Simu used the Apostle’s genjutsu-filled voice, wind blades, and a vast sea of fire, while Hiruzen and Danzo fought back with ninjutsu.
• Simu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Jashin Cult had attacked Konoha in retaliation for Konoha’s assault in Yugakure.
• Danzo used Wind Release: Blade of Wind to sever the Apostle of Desire’s legs, causing its massive body to crash toward him.

Simu lured Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo into a battle before escaping by reverse summoning the Apostle of Desire, which exploded over Konoha and unleashed a devastating blood-red pillar of evil. After Itachi attacked Simu with Amaterasu, Simu shed the burning body and emerged unharmed.

• Simu killed Danzo with Chakra arrows, but Danzo survived by using Izanagi and exposed the Sharingan implanted in his arm to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Simu together, but Simu used a prepared Reverse Summoning Technique to escape from the Apostle of Desire.
• The Apostle of Desire expanded and exploded, sending a blood-red pillar into the sky and spreading terror throughout Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara rallied the frightened ninja to support Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Itachi watched the destruction and grew furious at the Jashin Cult.
• Simu provoked Itachi, who struck him with Amaterasu, but Simu escaped the black flames by crawling out of his burning body.

Simu forced Itachi to choose between stopping Sasuke and attacking his own brother, then used the Uchiha dead to transform Sasuke into the Hatred Apostle. Sasuke awakened with the clan’s collective hatred and trapped the battlefield in a powerful genjutsu.

• Itachi repeatedly attacked Simu with Amaterasu, but Simu escaped each time, while Obito and Black Zetsu chose not to help.
• Simu taunted Itachi for sparing Sasuke, and the Uchiha corpses released resentful bone worms that flew toward Sasuke.
• Itachi tried to stop the worms, but Simu blocked his crows with iron sand and trapped his Susanoo as the worms merged into Sasuke.
• Sasuke emerged from the cocoon transformed, with four wings covered in Sharingan eyes, and told Itachi to atone for his actions.
• Sasuke’s genjutsu engulfed the clan grounds and ensnared Itachi, while Obito broke free and carried Black Zetsu away.

After Sasuke’s awakening sent an ominous aura across Konoha, Danzo used Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to seize control of the gravely injured Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen then named Danzo as his successor before appearing to die.

• Obito and Black Zetsu worried about Kamizuki Simu’s power and decided they should find out where he stood.
• Shikaku Nara sensed trouble at the Uchiha Clan Grounds, deduced that Itachi might be fighting the Jashin Cult, and led Konoha’s ninja toward the Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi survived the Apostle of Desire’s explosion because Enma shielded him, but the blast left him badly injured.
• Danzo approached Hiruzen alone and used Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami to alter his memories and perceptions.
• When Shikaku’s group arrived, Danzo concealed the genjutsu, and Hiruzen told them to make Danzo the Fifth Hokage before coughing up blood.