Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kazuhiko used his psychological clinic and the Deep Blue trait system to build trust with Uchiha Shota, a 15-year-old Chunin who had not awakened his Sharingan. After promising to help Shota awaken it, Kazuhiko earned enough trait-draw chances for a ten-pull and prepared to draw from Shisui.

• Uchiha Shota told Kazuhiko he felt inferior for lacking a Sharingan and feared he was not a true Uchiha.
• Kazuhiko evaluated Shota’s anger, loyalties, regrets, and ambitions, then diagnosed severe insecurity and strong potential for awakening his Sharingan.
• Kazuhiko gave Shota the negative trait Genjutsu Susceptibility and used genjutsu and reassurance to make him trust the treatment.
• Shota’s favorability rose to Entrusted, earning Kazuhiko enough Chunin Trait Draw Chances for a guaranteed-reward ten-pull.
• After Shota left, Kazuhiko recovered from exhausting himself with genjutsu and prepared to draw a trait from Shisui.

Uchiha Kazuhiko drew and equipped Shisui’s exclusive purple trait, which improved his eyesight and chakra but required a Three-Tomoe Sharingan to reach its full potential. After planning to build strength and change the Uchiha’s fate, he reopened his psychology clinic and received Uchiha Itachi for a consultation.

• Kazuhiko reviewed his new traits, set aside the Will of Fire and other options, and chose Shisui’s exclusive eye-power trait.
• Kazuhiko equipped the trait, replacing Chakra Thickening, and gained sharper vision and a small increase in chakra.
• Kazuhiko reflected on Konoha’s dangers and resolved to protect the Uchiha and change his family’s fate by strengthening himself and influencing Shisui and Itachi.
• Kazuhiko planned to draw a Sharingan trait because he could not awaken the Sharingan through emotional trauma and needed it to benefit from Shisui’s power.
• Kazuhiko reopened his psychology clinic, and Uchiha Itachi arrived for his scheduled consultation.

Uchiha Kazuhiko used Genjutsu during Itachi's counseling session to steer him toward recognizing his desire for peace, but Itachi discovered the deception and left disgusted. Kazuhiko then faced three possible paths for dealing with Itachi and surviving the Uchiha Clan massacre.

• Uchiha Kazuhiko hypnotized Uchiha Itachi and questioned him about the disturbing mission that had left him unhappy.
• Uchiha Kazuhiko used amplified Genjutsu to argue that greed drove war, and Itachi realized he wanted peace between nations and between the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Uchiha Itachi broke free of the Genjutsu, thanked Kazuhiko for helping him find an answer, and condemned his deceptive treatment method.
• Uchiha Itachi rejected Kazuhiko's psychological assessment and left, while his favorability toward Kazuhiko fell to disgust.
• Kazuhiko received three world-line choices: never see Itachi again, apologize and ask him to stay, or raise Itachi's favorability to neutral or higher for a chance to gain Robust Physique.

Uchiha Kazuhiko’s psychological assessment led Shisui to explain to Itachi how distrust between the Uchiha and Konoha had left both the clan and Itachi struggling with divided loyalties. Shisui began outlining Kazuhiko’s approach to healing that divide, while Kazuhiko remained determined to change the Uchiha’s fate.

• Kazuhiko laughed at Itachi’s refusal to accept his diagnosis and challenged him to a bet, but Itachi left without responding.
• Itachi found Shisui waiting at the clinic and relaxed beside him, while Shisui remarked that the psychological assessment seemed effective.
• Shisui explained that Uchiha patients avoided Konoha Hospital because they distrusted outsiders and felt isolated and discriminated against.
• Shisui connected the clan’s distrust to Itachi’s conflict between loyalty to Konoha and love for the Uchiha, helping Itachi recognize his own distress.
• Itachi asked how to heal the clan, and Shisui began explaining Kazuhiko’s advice to stand tall, unite, demand equality, and uphold justice.

Uchiha Kazuhiko returned home, reaffirmed his resolve to protect his family and strengthen the Uchiha, then refined his chakra until his reserves reached the peak Genin limit. The chapter ended with him permanently fixing the Chakra Thickening trait and savoring his newfound strength.

• Kazuhiko returned to Eri and Hideki's courtyard, where Eri suspected his compliments meant he wanted money, and Hideki sent him away from the cherry tree to eat.
• Kazuhiko enjoyed Hideki's cooking and resolved to protect his family, build strength, and guard against Danzo, the Konoha High Command, and Uchiha Obito.
• Kazuhiko planned to help Shota awaken his Sharingan safely so he could prove his Psychological Medicine worked and earn Uchiha Fugaku's attention.
• Kazuhiko refined his chakra with the Chakra Thickening trait until his reserves reached 0.5 cards and the trait was permanently fixed.
• Kazuhiko reached the peak Genin chakra limit and felt the power of his strengthened body.

Uchiha Kazuhiko equipped Shisui's Uchiha Style Taijutsu trait and trained to make it permanent, then treated Uchiha Shota at the Psychology Clinic and heard about his rivalry with Hyuga Yizu. The chapter left Kazuhiko guiding Shota's conversation toward his father as both Shota's and Uchiha Itachi's favorability toward him increased.

• Kazuhiko worried about his low chakra reserves and decided to equip Shisui's Uchiha Style Taijutsu trait while continuing to work on permanently fixing other traits.
• Kazuhiko absorbed Shisui's taijutsu memories and experience, trained until his stamina failed, and estimated he could permanently fix the trait in less than three days.
• At the Psychology Clinic, Uchiha Shota told Kazuhiko that Hyuga Yizu had surpassed him at the Ninja Academy and quickly joined the Anbu.
• Kazuhiko considered why the village treated Hyuga Yizu's Anbu service differently from Uchiha service and noted that Shisui had been a special exception.
• Kazuhiko asked Shota about his father, and the favorability of both Shota and Uchiha Itachi toward him increased.

Shisui told Itachi how Kazuhiko’s “What If” genjutsu had shown him a path toward peace between the Uchiha and Konoha. As Shisui urged Itachi to pursue that future, Itachi began to see the clan-village conflict in a new light.

• Shisui recalled confronting Kazuhiko about his clinic, and Kazuhiko explained that emotion could help awaken the Sharingan and that the Uchiha needed to protect the people they loved.
• Kazuhiko praised Uchiha Shota’s parents, raising Shota’s favorability to Bond while Itachi’s favorability toward Kazuhiko shifted from Disdain to Neutral.
• Shisui told Itachi that Kazuhiko’s dream showed the Uchiha living as equals within Konoha, while another vision had shown a future without the Uchiha.
• Shisui urged Itachi to speak openly and fight for fairness, unity, and peace, and Itachi began to reconsider the conflict between the clan and the village.

Kazuhiko prepared to build favorability among the Uchiha by helping Shota awaken his Sharingan, then searched for other people he could approach. Meanwhile, Shisui and Itachi embraced Kazuhiko’s peaceful strategy and backed Shisui as a future Hokage.

• Kazuhiko arranged to visit Shota’s home the next day to plan his Sharingan awakening, and Shota began calling him Big Brother Kazuhiko.
• Kazuhiko searched his graduation album for promising acquaintances and noticed he had graduated with Obito and Shizune before deciding to seek out Kurenai Yuhi.
• Shisui urged the Uchiha to pursue equality through unity with villagers and like-minded ninjas rather than extremism or rebellion.
• Shisui declared that the Uchiha needed a Hokage, and Itachi agreed that they should heal the divide with Konoha and supported Shisui becoming Hokage.

Danzo tried to persuade the Third Hokage to assign Uchiha Shisui to Root, but the Hokage refused. Danzo then ordered Root to secretly recruit Shisui and investigate Uchiha Eri’s clinic.

• Danzo demanded that the Third Hokage transfer Shisui from Anbu to Root, claiming the Uchiha threatened Konoha.
• The Third Hokage refused, insisting Konoha needed the Uchiha’s strength to finish the war with Cloud Village.
• Danzo reviewed a report describing Shisui’s abilities and uncertain loyalties, then ordered Root to persuade him to join.
• Danzo told Root to warn Shisui that Konoha’s leaders planned to weaken the Uchiha’s influence in Anbu.
• Danzo ordered Root to keep watch on the Uchiha Clinic and find out what Uchiha Eri was planning.

After gaining the Robust Physique trait and boosting his chakra, Uchiha Kazuhiko decided to hire Kurenai Yuhi to improve his genjutsu before Shota awakened his Sharingan. He asked his mother, Eri, for money and permission to exchange an Uchiha technique, then stunned Hideki by requesting 150,000 ryo.

• Kazuhiko received the permanent Robust Physique trait, which strengthened his body and increased his chakra.
• Kazuhiko decided to seek genjutsu training from Kurenai Yuhi and planned to trade the Uchiha's Exclusive Genjutsu Seal for her clan's technique, pending Eri's approval.
• Kazuhiko returned home and asked Eri for mission funds and permission to share the secret technique.
• Kazuhiko requested 150,000 ryo, and Hideki shouted in shock from the kitchen.

Kazuhiko asked Eri for 150,000 ryō, claiming he wanted to hire Kurenai Yuhi for genjutsu lessons and trade the Uchiha Genjutsu Seal for her clan’s techniques. Eri agreed to pay, viewing Kurenai as a suitable future wife and a potential benefit to the Uchiha Clan.

• Hideki protested Kazuhiko’s request for 150,000 ryō and accused him of wasting money and embarrassing the family.
• Kazuhiko told Eri he wanted to court Kurenai Yuhi and use the money to hire her for genjutsu training.
• Kazuhiko proposed trading the Uchiha Genjutsu Seal for the Yūhi Clan’s genjutsu techniques.
• Eri teased Kazuhiko about his preference for older women and his admiration for Tsunade.
• Eri approved Kurenai as a suitable match and agreed to pay, citing the benefits to Kazuhiko and the Uchiha Clan.

Kazuhiko agreed to find a wife within a year in exchange for his mother Eri’s support, and Eri posted a costly genjutsu-training mission specifically for Kurenai Yuhi. Danzo misread the arrangement as an Uchiha political scheme, while Black Charcoal visited Kurenai to assess her as a potential daughter-in-law.

• Eri praised Kazuhiko’s recent work, then required him to bring home a wife within a year or repay 150,000 ryō with interest and accept a blind date.
• Hideki posted an A-rank mission offering 150,000 ryō for a week of genjutsu instruction by Kurenai Yuhi, prompting gossip in the mission hall.
• Uchiha Yuto grew angry at the insults about his clan and challenged the bystanders, while his younger brother Yuji reluctantly stayed to keep him from trouble.
• Danzo received reports about the mission and Black Charcoal’s visit, then concluded that Eri was using Kazuhiko to court Kurenai and dismissed the supposed scheme.
• Black Charcoal reached Kurenai’s home, charmed her into stroking her head, and judged her as a possible daughter-in-law.

Kazuhiko visited Shota’s family and found that Yuta praised his psychological analysis and urged him to join the Uchiha Military Police Force. As Yuta condemned Konoha’s leaders in front of a surveillance camera, Kazuhiko tried to protect himself by voicing loyalty to the Hokage and the Will of Fire.

• Kazuhiko arrived at Shota’s home, where Yuta praised his diagnosis of Shota and invited him to join the Police Force.
• Kazuhiko declined the invitation, preferring to keep working at his Psychology Clinic.
• Yuta denounced Tobirama Senju, Danzo, and Hiruzen Sarutobi while the Uchiha compound’s surveillance camera recorded them.
• Kazuhiko criticized Uchiha traitors and praised the Hokages, causing Yuta’s favorability toward him to drop.
• Kazuhiko spoke of the Uchiha inheriting the Will of Fire and one day producing a Hokage, prompting Yuta’s favorability to rise and fall again.

Kazuhiko defended the Will of Fire and tried to leave Yuta’s home before their argument put him at risk, but a Police Force emergency interrupted Yuta. Kazuhiko secured Uchiha Mako’s trust and arranged Shota’s eye-opening session, then met Moe and Izumi and promised to bring them dango.

• Kazuhiko praised the Will of Fire, while Yuta dismissed his beliefs as brainwashing and argued that Uchiha could not become Hokage without others’ approval.
• Yuta invited Kazuhiko to join the Police Force, but a report of a fire-style brawl in the Mission Hall forced him to rush away.
• Kazuhiko gave Mako Director Eri’s guarantee and his physical assistance plan, and scheduled Shota’s eye-opening session for after the clan meeting.
• Mako’s favorability toward Kazuhiko increased, and he learned that she was a Jonin.
• Shota introduced Kazuhiko to his sister Moe and her classmate Izumi, and Kazuhiko promised to bring them Three-Color Dango.

Kazuhiko drew and awakened a single-tomoe Sharingan, which improved his perception, chakra control, and combat abilities. As he celebrated his new power at the Psychology Clinic, Kurenai Yuhi arrived and began asking about his family.

• Kazuhiko used a Genin ten-pull and drew a green Single-Tomoe Sharingan trait among nine white traits.
• Kazuhiko awakened the Sharingan and discovered that it sharpened his vision, improved his chakra flow, and permanently fixed a blue hypnotic illusion trait.
• Kazuhiko tested his enhanced abilities and found that even his Phoenix Sage Fire Technique had become faster and stronger.
• Kurenai Yuhi visited Kazuhiko at the clinic and offered to teach him about genjutsu.
• Kurenai complimented Kazuhiko's tea set and asked about his father, making him suspect she was investigating his family.

Kazuhiko used his strongest Sharingan genjutsu to test Kurenai Yuhi after she challenged him to demonstrate his skills. The genjutsu trapped her in a vivid memory of her father, and she realized she had not escaped it as she believed.

• Kurenai Yuhi questioned Kazuhiko about his parents and praised his medical skills before beginning his genjutsu lesson.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked Kazuhiko to use his strongest genjutsu on her, confident she could handle it.
• Kazuhiko cast Genjutsu: Hypnosis, sending Kurenai Yuhi into a realistic cherry grove from her childhood.
• Yuhi Shinku appeared in the illusion and bound Kurenai Yuhi with Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death.
• Kurenai Yuhi attempted to release the genjutsu, but Yuhi Shinku remained before her and praised her, revealing that she was still trapped.
• Kurenai Yuhi formed Hand Seals and used Genjutsu: True Release.

Kazuhiko impressed Kurenai Yuhi with his Hypnotic Illusion and then discussed genjutsu with her, gaining new ideas for refining his VR Reality Illusion. Kurenai Yuhi’s favorability toward him rose as she recognized his talent, while his Jonin trait draw chances reached ten.

• Kazuhiko’s illusion made Kurenai Yuhi relive a memory of her father, and she dispelled it, shaken by his skill.
• Kurenai Yuhi hid her anger behind a gentle act, while Kazuhiko’s system revealed that her favorability had fallen and unlocked her independent trait card pool.
• Kazuhiko began his genjutsu lesson with Kurenai Yuhi, and their discussion gave him new ideas for combining his Hypnotic Illusion with the Sharingan.
• Kurenai Yuhi realized Kazuhiko was genuinely interested in genjutsu and praised his talent, increasing her favorability toward him.

Kazuhiko gave Kurenai Yuhi an Uchiha Genjutsu Seal secret technique while trying to recruit her, then left after Shisui urgently called him to the training ground. Black Charcoal recorded his gift as reckless spending and considered reporting it to Eri for more dried fish.

• Black Charcoal secretly recorded Kurenai Yuhi criticizing Kazuhiko and complained that she had not given the cat dried fish.
• Kazuhiko and Kurenai Yuhi discussed genjutsu, and Kazuhiko offered her the Uchiha Clan's Genjutsu Seal secret technique as compensation for teaching him Tree Binding Death.
• Kurenai Yuhi accepted the valuable scroll after Kazuhiko reassured her that he would handle any trouble with the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui appeared at the office window and told Kazuhiko to meet him at the training ground after work.
• Kazuhiko gave Kurenai Yuhi the scroll and hurried after Shisui, while Black Charcoal recorded the gift and considered reporting his spending to Eri.

Kazuhiko warned Shisui against joining Root after Danzo invited him, explaining Root’s coercive methods and declaring Danzo the Uchiha’s greatest enemy. He told Shisui and Itachi that Danzo had caused the future he had shown Itachi.

• Shisui told Kazuhiko that Danzo had invited him to join Root and that he hoped to use the position to protect both Konoha and the Uchiha.
• Shisui said Itachi was more qualified to become Hokage and proposed joining Root, while Kazuhiko internally doubted Shisui could outmaneuver Danzo.
• Kazuhiko tried to bestow traits on Shisui, but the attempt failed because Shisui already possessed them.
• Shisui revealed that he wanted to become Root’s next leader, believing Danzo had invited him for that purpose.
• Kazuhiko warned Shisui about Root’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal and other methods of control, and Itachi confirmed Root’s ninja were fiercely loyal to Danzo.
• Kazuhiko told Shisui to refuse Danzo and watch out for him, then revealed to Itachi that Danzo was responsible for the future he had shown him.

Kazuhiko returned home, ate dinner, and used Deep Blue for his first ten-pull aimed at Jonin-level entries. He drew Shisui’s powerful Phantom Body Flicker and several useful techniques, but ended the chapter unsure which entry to equip and make permanent first.

• Kazuhiko watched the evening news report a fight between ninjas in the mission hall and checked whether the reporter, Uchiha Bunpa, was his brother.
• Kazuhiko hurried to his bedroom and made a ten-pull with Deep Blue.
• Kazuhiko discovered the purple Phantom Body Flicker—Shisui Exclusive entry and recognized it as Shisui’s signature speed technique.
• Kazuhiko examined his other new entries, including Two-Tomoe Sharingan, Shadow Clone Technique, and several green abilities.
• Kazuhiko struggled to decide which entry to equip and make permanent first.