Chapter Summaries

Danzō pressured Hiruzen to take harsher measures against the Uchiha, citing signs of growing rebellion and Itachi’s ties to Shisui. Hiruzen began drafting an order, while Danzō dispatched Root shinobi to tighten surveillance around the clan.

• Danzō confronted Hiruzen with reports of Itachi’s mission, Shisui’s movements, and the Uchiha radicals’ preparations.
• Danzō demanded that Itachi be removed from Anbu, that the Uchiha district be restricted, and that Root intensify surveillance and use unconventional methods if needed.
• Hiruzen rejected isolating Itachi but struggled to dismiss Danzō’s warnings about a possible uprising.
• Danzō left the Hokage’s Office and sent Root shinobi to begin tightening the net around the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen picked up his pen and began writing an order, marking the start of his compromise.

After Itachi’s estrangement deepened Shisui’s loneliness amid the Uchiha clan’s growing unrest, Shisui chose to use Kotoamatsukami to avert rebellion and sought approval from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō. His revelation left Hiruzen conflicted while Danzō secretly began forming a plan to seize the power.

• Itachi left Shisui alone in the cellar without explanation, and the two avoided each other over the following days.
• Tensions escalated within the Uchiha clan as clashes with Konoha security forces increased, radicals challenged Fugaku, and young ninja organized self-defense training.
• Beside the Naka River, Shisui resolved to use Kotoamatsukami on the clan’s most extreme leaders to buy time for peace, despite the danger and personal cost.
• Shisui requested an audience with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, then revealed that he possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami.
• Shisui proposed changing the wills of radical Uchiha leaders such as Uchiha Yashiro, leaving Hiruzen morally conflicted and Danzō coveting the technique.

Hiruzen rejected Shisui’s proposal to use Kotoamatsukami to prevent an Uchiha rebellion, insisting that Konoha must protect free will and pursue diplomacy. Danzō obeyed Hiruzen’s orders outwardly, but left intent on seizing Shisui’s eyes and using their power himself.

• Hiruzen refused to let Shisui use Kotoamatsukami, warning that manipulating people’s will would betray Konoha’s ideals and risk corrupting the village.
• Danzō argued that the Uchiha were on the verge of rebellion and that Shisui’s power could prevent bloodshed and buy time for dialogue.
• Hiruzen ordered Shisui not to use his Mangekyō Sharingan to alter anyone’s will and forbade Danzō’s Root from taking unauthorized action against the Uchiha.
• Danzō accepted the Hokage’s order but secretly resolved to take Shisui’s eyes and claim Kotoamatsukami for himself.

After Hiruzen refused to let Uchiha Shisui use Kotoamatsukami, Shimura Danzō planned to manipulate the Uchiha crisis so he could seize Shisui’s eyes. Shisui remained unaware that Danzō had made him the target of a carefully laid trap.

• Shimura Danzō left the Hokage Building and brooded over Hiruzen’s refusal to use Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami.
• Danzō recalled his failed attempts to obtain Kagami Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and later exploit Kagami’s son, Xiyue.
• Danzō decided to use the Uchiha clan’s growing conflict and Shisui’s desire for peace to make Shisui surrender his power willingly.
• Danzō considered using Itachi Uchiha and arranging an incident that would expose Shisui, letting Danzō pose as his rescuer or take custody of his eyes.
• Danzō returned to Root to gather his elite subordinates and begin plotting against Shisui and the Uchiha clan.
• Uchiha Shisui walked home after meeting the Third Hokage, still conflicted and unaware that Danzō had targeted him.

Uchiha Sou prepared a covert operation to extract the source of Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami while disrupting Danzo’s planned attack. Shisui unknowingly headed toward Broken Waterfall Cliff, where several forces were closing in on him.

• Kagami, Jiri, and Sakumo reported that Danzo’s Root forces were gathering near Broken Waterfall Cliff as Shisui moved toward the area in distress.
• Sou ordered Jiri to conceal the area and sent Kagami and Sakumo with Shadow Shuttle squads to intervene discreetly if Shisui came under attack.
• Sou gave Kagami a Nightmare Crystal to seal Kotoamatsukami’s source power without harming Shisui’s eyes, and assigned Sakumo to watch for Zetsu and cover the operation.
• Sou ordered Jiri to monitor Itachi Uchiha’s reactions while Angkor Fortress mobilized its forces and concealment systems.
• Shisui continued upstream toward Broken Waterfall Cliff, unaware that Danzo, Zetsu, and Sou’s operatives were converging on him.

Shisui met Danzō in the Forest of Death, where Danzō claimed the Uchiha planned to attack Konoha in three days and urged Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami to stop them. Shisui’s resolve began to falter just as a sudden change occurred.

• Shisui went to the Forest of Death after receiving Danzō’s encrypted summons about a final plan to avoid conflict.
• Danzō told Shisui that Uchiha radicals planned to seize key facilities and assassinate the Hokage during a clan meeting three days later.
• Danzō urged Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami to change the minds of the rebellion’s instigators, promising to take responsibility despite the Hokage’s prohibition.
• Shisui struggled with the decision as Danzō’s appeals to save Konoha and the Uchiha weakened his convictions.
• A sudden change occurred as Shisui’s attention remained fixed on Danzō.

Danzo betrayed Shisui, stole his left eye, and revealed that he had prepared to suppress Shisui’s Mangekyō. Surrounded by Root shinobi and badly wounded, Shisui noticed what might have been a crow’s feather in the branches.

• Danzo ambushed Shisui and tore out his left eye to seize Kotoamatsukami.
• Danzo admitted he had used the rebellion intelligence to lower Shisui’s guard and claimed the eye would serve Konoha under Root.
• Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in rage, but Danzo’s prepared interference formula disrupted his attempt to use it.
• Danzo ordered Root shinobi to capture Shisui alive while preserving his remaining eye.
• As Root surrounded him, Shisui spotted what seemed to be a crow’s feather moving in the branches.

After Danzo stole his left eye and ordered Root to capture him, Shisui awakened a one-eyed Mangekyou and manifested an unstable Susanoo. He broke through the encirclement and fled toward Broken Waterfall Cliff, while Danzo sent Root after him and a crow feather vanished from the treetops.

• Shisui saw a crow feather and, despite his injuries, forced his remaining right eye to awaken a Mangekyou.
• Shisui's Mangekyou power manifested as a dark green skeletal Susanoo, halting Root's attack.
• Danzo and Root attacked the Susanoo, but its bones blocked their blows while Shisui endured the backlash.
• Shisui struck with the Susanoo, blasting a path through the encirclement and scattering several Root ninjas.
• Shisui fled toward Broken Waterfall Cliff as Danzo ordered Root to pursue and wear him down.
• The crow feather disappeared from the treetops.

Shisui reached Itachi at the waterfall after escaping Danzo, but his injuries and the cost of using Susanoo left him dying. Before he died, he entrusted Itachi with his remaining eye and urged him to protect both Konoha and the Uchiha without letting hatred guide him; Itachi remained kneeling beside his body.

• Shisui's Susanoo collapsed, and he fell unconscious after fleeing Danzo with severe injuries.
• Shisui sensed Itachi near the waterfall, and Itachi approached and confirmed that Danzo had taken Shisui's left eye for Kotoamatsukami.
• Shisui told Itachi not to avenge him because revenge could deepen the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha.
• Shisui asked Itachi to take his remaining eye, but warned him not to use it to create hatred or fear.
• Shisui urged Itachi to protect Konoha, the Uchiha, and innocent people, then died as Itachi knelt beside him.

After Shisui’s death, Itachi struggled with his grief and hatred before deciding to honor his brother’s hope of protecting Sasuke and preventing greater bloodshed. He took Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and began reaching for his own left eye, beginning his lonely path.

• Itachi remembered Shisui’s final request not to seek revenge and to protect the Uchiha, Konoha, and Sasuke.
• Itachi considered how hatred and conflict could endanger Sasuke, his mother, and the innocent Uchiha.
• Itachi resolved to carry Shisui’s hope forward and calmly removed Shisui’s right Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Itachi covered Shisui’s empty eyelid and then reached toward his own left eye.

After Shisui’s death, Itachi overcame his grief by accepting Shisui’s final request and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. As he tried to protect Shisui’s eye and carry out his wishes, an unknown attacker ambushed him.

• Itachi remembered his bond with Shisui and struggled with regret over failing to intervene before Shisui’s death.
• Shisui’s final request steadied Itachi, who resolved to protect Konoha, the Uchiha, and Sasuke without seeking revenge.
• Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan amid intense pain and emotional turmoil.
• Itachi tried to summon a suitable crow, but only a few ordinary crows appeared.
• A dark green attacker suddenly lunged for the hand holding Shisui’s eye while Itachi was distracted.

Kagami Uchiha ambushed Itachi to take Shisui’s remaining eye, but Itachi resisted and insisted he was honoring Shisui’s will. As a Root search party approached, the two faced off with little time left.

• Kagami Uchiha used a disruptive energy field to pull Shisui’s eye from Itachi, but Itachi countered with his Mangekyou power and escaped the attack.
• Kagami ordered Itachi to hand over the eye and revealed his determination to retrieve Kotoamatsukami and keep it out of Konoha’s control.
• Kagami grieved over Shisui’s death and reflected on his failures to protect his grandson and Shisui’s father, Xiyue.
• Itachi refused to surrender the eye, saying Shisui had entrusted it to him.
• A Root search party descended toward the cliff, leaving Kagami and Itachi little time to resolve their standoff.

Kagami defeated Itachi, took Shisui's eye, and altered Itachi's memories to conceal the eye's fate and steer his understanding of events. He treated Itachi's wounds and vanished as Root's search party approached, while Xiyue was expected to have completed her task.

• Itachi attacked Kagami with Amaterasu, but Kagami evaded the flames and countered with Genjutsu: Mirror Flower, Water Moon.
• Kagami overwhelmed Itachi with chained attacks, then turned Itachi's Tsukuyomi back against him and seized Shisui's eye.
• Kagami used Eye Illusion Art: Illusory Binding Divine Brand to implant altered memories and suggestions in the unconscious Itachi.
• Kagami treated Itachi's injuries, left him among the fallen leaves, and disappeared into the forest mist with Shisui's eye.

Uchiha Xiyue rescued Shisui after he fell from the cliff, treated his injuries, and removed the corrosive curse chakra, while learning that both of Shisui’s eyes had been taken. Kagami explained that their plan had saved Shisui but left him and Itachi carrying painful false histories, then sent Xiyue to take Shisui to Lord Cang as Kagami stayed behind to watch Konoha.

• Xiyue used Void Pull to soften Shisui’s fall, rescued him from the pool, and used medical chakra and a life-protecting talisman to stabilize him.
• Xiyue discovered that Shisui’s eyes had been forcibly removed and treated his injuries before carrying him to a concealed cave.
• Kagami treated the unconscious Itachi, kept Shisui’s right eye containing Kotoamatsukami, and expected White Fang to retrieve the left eye from Danzo.
• Xiyue extracted the corrosive force from Shisui’s body, and Kagami arrived and confirmed that Shisui’s life was no longer in danger.
• Kagami told Xiyue to take Shisui to the fortress for Lord Cang to treat, while he stayed near Konoha to monitor Itachi, Sasuke, Obito, and Danzo.
• Xiyue left with Shisui, and Kagami wondered whether Kotoamatsukami could change people’s hearts and the world.

Itachi Uchiha survived the battle with a masked attacker and escaped with Shisui’s right eye in a crow, while Danzo prepared to transplant Shisui’s left eye and hasten the conflict with the Uchiha. Hatake Sakumo uncovered Danzo’s plans and sent a warning as Itachi hid near Konoha.

• Itachi awoke injured, found Shisui’s right Sharingan in the crow, and fled as Root shinobi approached.
• Aburame Ryoma investigated the battlefield, found no bodies, and reported a powerful third person and Itachi’s disappearance to Danzo.
• Danzo revealed that he had Shisui’s left eye and ordered Ryoma to prepare a Hashirama Cells transplant within two days.
• Danzo chose to let the Uchiha coup advance while increasing surveillance of the clan compound.
• Hatake Sakumo overheard Danzo’s plans and sent a warning that the eye was in Root and the transplant was imminent.
• Itachi treated the crow’s wound at an abandoned shrine and vowed to protect its remaining eye.

Hatake Sakumo infiltrated Root’s laboratory during Danzo’s planned transplant surgery, tested Danzo’s defenses, and confirmed the condition of Shisui’s eye without taking it. Sakumo escaped safely, while Danzo ordered an investigation and postponed the surgery.

• Danzo prepared to transplant Shisui’s left eye as Snake warned him of the risks and the Root laboratory’s defenses activated.
• Hatake Sakumo used a Shadow Clone to distract the guards, then entered the laboratory and attacked Danzo.
• Sakumo disrupted the laboratory’s defenses, forced Danzo to reveal his Sharingan and Wood Style abilities, and interrupted Danzo’s Izanagi with sealing talismans.
• Sakumo confirmed that Shisui’s eye was intact and escaped in smoke without taking it, following Lord Cang’s order.
• Danzo suspected the attacker might be Hatake Sakumo, ordered Root to investigate, and postponed the transplant by three days.
• Sakumo changed clothes outside the Root base and returned to Konoha, trusting Lord Cang’s plan.

Danzo tightened Root’s security, hid Shisui’s eye, and manipulated the Uchiha Hawks toward a confrontation while ordering Itachi’s capture. As Fugaku struggled between a coup and surrender, Root tracked down Itachi, who fled into the forest.

• Danzo moved Shisui’s eye to Safehouse Zero, postponed its transplant, and ordered increased surveillance of the Uchiha and a search for Itachi.
• Danzo ordered Aburame Ryoma to leak a false purge plan to the Uchiha Hawks so they would make the first move against Konoha.
• Uchiha Hawks elders received the purge intelligence and resolved to force Fugaku to choose a course of action.
• Fugaku remained torn over the clan’s future, and Sasuke asked when Itachi and Shisui would return.
• Itachi sensed Root’s tracking technique, then transformed into crows and fled as a blood-red moon rose.

Obito and Danzo formed an alliance to destroy the Uchiha clan in seven days, with Itachi positioned as the apparent murderer. Hatake Sakumo overheard their plan and hurried to inform Lord Cang, while Itachi prepared to choose between the clan and the village.

• Obito revealed his plan to Danzo: pressure the Uchiha into a coup, use Itachi to eliminate the clan, and seize most of their Sharingan while claiming Fugaku's Mangekyō for himself.
• Danzo agreed to cooperate after Obito demonstrated his spatial power, and demanded that Root take Itachi and Shisui's right eye after the massacre.
• Obito and Danzo set the operation for the full moon in seven days, when the Uchiha would gather at Naka Shrine and decide whether to launch a coup.
• Hatake Sakumo overheard the meeting and left to deliver the intelligence to Lord Cang.
• Danzo ordered Aburame Ryoma to provoke the Uchiha, spread news of their impending relocation and removal from the Police Force, and report when Itachi returned.
• Itachi received word that the clan's fate would be decided in seven days and struggled to choose between protecting the Uchiha and the village.

Fugaku learned that the Uchiha elders planned to remove him on the night of the full moon, while Itachi returned to Konoha after resisting a Root ambush and receiving a cryptic message about the clan’s fate. Danzo and Obito prepared their plan, as Sou sent Sakumo and Xiyue to protect Sasuke during the coming violence; Itachi entered the Uchiha compound to face his final choice.

• A covert guard told Fugaku that the elders and allied jonin planned to force him out on the night of the full moon if he refused to sign the coup order.
• Itachi defeated three Root operatives who tried to take him to Danzo, then found a coded scroll urging him to choose the Uchiha’s end or rebirth at Naka Shrine.
• Danzo told Aburame Ryoma that Itachi had passed his test and ordered him to notify Madara that the plan would proceed in seven days.
• White Zetsu reported Itachi’s return and unusual activity around the Uchiha compound to Obito, who ordered continued surveillance.
• Sou ordered Uchiha Xiyue and Hatake Sakumo to infiltrate Konoha on the night of the full moon and ensure Sasuke survived and witnessed what he needed to remember.
• Itachi returned to Konoha and passed through the barrier into the Uchiha compound.

Itachi returned to the Uchiha compound and learned that Konoha’s leadership had prepared an extermination plan for the clan if it staged a coup. He raised the possibility of a third path to Fugaku, but the chapter ended before he explained what it would entail.

• Itachi returned home and told Fugaku that Root agents had tried to take him, but he had refused.
• Fugaku told Itachi that Shisui had tried to change the Uchiha’s fate and that his death had been disguised as suicide.
• Fugaku showed Itachi a list detailing Konoha’s planned extermination of the Uchiha if the clan rebelled.
• Itachi asked about the odds of a coup and learned it had a thirty percent chance of success, with annihilation as the consequence of failure.
• Itachi presented a counterfeit eye container and said Shisui had entrusted him with a way to create a less terrible ending.
• Itachi pointed out Sasuke practicing in the courtyard and asked Fugaku to consider a third path that could preserve the boy’s future and avert civil war.