Chapter Summaries

The Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō discussed Uchiha Yue’s devastating battle in the Land of Water and the danger posed by his Mangekyō Sharingan. The Third Hokage prepared to confront Uchiha Fugaku while ordering Danzō to keep the Hyuga Clan quiet until Yue returned.

• Shimura Danzō told the Third Hokage that Uchiha Yue had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and warned that his power could threaten the Land of Fire.
• Shimura Danzō reported that Kirigakure had sent 120 chunin, 80 jonin, and seven Shadow Guard members to guard Uzumaki Minako in Mandarin Fish Town, and that they had all died in the battle.
• Shimura Danzō said Uchiha Yue, Uzumaki Minako, and the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, were all missing and might be recovering from serious injuries.
• Shimura Danzō warned the Third Hokage to watch Uchiha Fugaku, while the Third Hokage said he would handle the Uchiha Clan himself.
• The Third Hokage ordered Shimura Danzō to keep Hyuga Hiashi and the Hyuga Clan quiet until Uchiha Yue returned to the village.

Uchiha Fugaku received a report on Uchiha Yue’s exploits in the Land of Water and realized Yue’s Mangekyō Sharingan could help restore the Uchiha Clan’s former glory. As Fugaku began plotting how to use Yue’s power, an elite Uchiha informed him that the Third Hokage had arrived.

• A spy the Uchiha Clan had planted in Root relayed intelligence about Uchiha Yue to Uchiha Fugaku.
• After reading the report, Fugaku was shocked by Yue’s victories against Kirigakure ninja and recognized the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku recalled that he had witnessed Yue awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and had kept the secret from the clan and his wife.
• Fugaku decided Yue’s Mangekyō Sharingan could restore the Uchiha Clan’s former glory and make Fugaku remembered as a great clan head.
• An elite Uchiha entered Fugaku’s room and announced that the Third Hokage had arrived.

Uchiha Fugaku learned that the Third Hokage planned to hold a meeting about Uchiha Yue and suspected the village was threatening the Uchiha Clan. Five days later, Fugaku arrived at the meeting and provoked Hyuga Hiashi by asking about Hizashi Hyuga.

• The Third Hokage told Uchiha Fugaku that a village meeting would be held in five days to discuss Uchiha Yue’s actions in the Land of Water.
• After the Third Hokage left, Fugaku ordered a Level B alert and warned that the Uchiha Clan would destroy Konoha if the village tried to ruin its chance to reclaim its glory.
• During the five days before the meeting, news spread that Asura had killed Kirigakure forces and that Fourth Mizukage Yagura had disappeared, while Uchiha Yue remained missing.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived at the Hokage Office with two Uchiha Clan elites and found Hyuga Hiashi there.
• Fugaku answered Hiashi’s mocking greeting by asking how many Hyuga Clan patriarchs there were and mentioning Hizashi Hyuga.

Hiashi Hyuga grew furious when Uchiha Fugaku mocked the Hyuga Clan’s divisions and Hizashi arrived with branch house members. At a meeting about Uchiha Yue, Hiashi called for his capture or death, prompting Tsunade to rebuke him.

• Uchiha Fugaku provoked Hiashi Hyuga by mentioning the conflict between the Hyuga main and branch houses.
• Hizashi Hyuga arrived with branch house members, and Hiashi left Fugaku in anger.
• Hiashi began considering how to regain control of the Hyuga Clan and moved away when Hizashi tried to sit beside him.
• The Third Hokage explained Uchiha Yue’s situation to the meeting attendees.
• Hiashi urged the village to send Anbu to capture or kill Uchiha Yue, and Tsunade angrily defended her disciple.

Tsunade and Danzō argued over whether Uchiha Yue should be branded a rogue ninja, and the Third Hokage postponed judgment until Yue could return and answer for his actions. The meeting was interrupted when an Anbu announced that Uchiha Yue had returned to the village.

• Tsunade called for a light punishment for Uchiha Yue, arguing that he killed an Anbu in anger after his mother was sent to the Land of Water.
• Shimura Danzō insisted that Uchiha Yue should be classified as a rogue ninja, while the Third Hokage said judgment would depend on Yue’s willingness to repent after returning.
• The Third Hokage asked Uchiha Fugaku to have the Police Force find Yue and detain him within the Uchiha Clan pending judgment, and Fugaku agreed.
• Hyuga Hiashi challenged the possibility of forgiving Yue for killing a Konoha ninja and leaving the village, prompting Orochimaru to rebuke him.
• An Anbu reported that Uchiha Yue had returned to the village, and the Third Hokage adjourned the meeting.

The Third Hokage and Konoha's clan leaders discussed Uchiha Yue while the Uchiha Military Police Force monitored those searching for him. When Yue returned to Konoha carrying a crystal coffin, Quan Ying Fangxu confronted him, and Yue ordered him to get lost.

• The Third Hokage convened Konoha's upper ranks and clan heads to discuss Uchiha Yue as the Uchiha Military Police Force watched village routes and inspected departing search teams.
• Quan Ying Fangxu complained to Taidao Xingcen about the Uchiha inspections and vowed to make Uchiha Yue pay if they met.
• Quan Ying Fangxu and Taidao Xingcen spotted Uchiha Yue approaching Konoha's gate with a crystal coffin on his back, and Taidao Xingcen sent an Anbu member to alert the Third Hokage.
• Quan Ying Fangxu ignored Taidao Xingcen's attempt to stop him and went to confront Uchiha Yue, claiming he had been sent to apprehend him.
• Uchiha Yue lowered the crystal coffin, rejected Quan Ying Fangxu's claim, and told him to get lost.

Uchiha Yue confronted Quan Ying Fangxu, an Anbu sent to apprehend him, and defeated him, Taidao Xingcen, and the other Anbu with ease. He continued toward Konoha, declaring that he spared them because they were too weak to be worth killing.

• Quan Ying Fangxu confronted Uchiha Yue and threatened to take him back to Konoha, but Yue challenged him to try stopping him.
• Uchiha Yue bypassed Quan Ying Fangxu and continued toward Konoha with the crystal coffin on his back, prompting Fangxu to attack.
• Uchiha Yue dodged Fangxu's sword and struck him so quickly that Fangxu could not tell who had hit him.
• Uchiha Yue kicked Taidao Xingcen and the Anbu under their command to the ground.
• Quan Ying Fangxu accused Uchiha Yue of being afraid to kill them, and Yue said they were too weak to be worth killing.

Uchiha Yue returned to Konoha carrying the crystal coffin and reunited with Tsunade and his allies, but Shimura Danzō and Hyuga Hiashi challenged him over his actions. Yue confronted them for acting without the Third Hokage’s order and questioned whether Hiashi could capture him.

• Uchiha Yue carried the crystal coffin toward Konoha while Quan Ying Fangxu and Taidao Xingcen watched him leave.
• Tsunade rushed to greet Uchiha Yue, then restrained her anger when she saw the coffin and Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Yue greeted familiar Konoha faces before Uchiha Fugaku asked him to return to the Uchiha Clan for an internal discussion.
• Shimura Danzō accused Uchiha Yue of attacking Anbu and killing fellow village ninjas, and Hyuga Hiashi declared he would escort Yue back by force.
• Jiraiya blocked Hyuga Hiashi, while Uchiha Yue challenged the group for disregarding the Third Hokage and asked Hiashi if he thought he could capture him.

Uchiha Yue rejected Hyuga Hiashi's claim that he was qualified to escort him, prompting Hiashi to demand a witnessed spar. With Shimura Danzō backing Hiashi's ultimatum, Yue accepted the fight and faced him using the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.

• Uchiha Yue dismissed Hyuga Hiashi and prepared to leave with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Hyuga Hiashi blocked Yue's path and challenged him to a spar, threatening to demand an apology if Yue refused.
• Kushina Uzumaki protested that Hiashi was bullying an eight-year-old, but Hiashi insisted on the challenge.
• Shimura Danzō supported Hiashi and told Yue to fight or apologize.
• Uchiha Yue accepted the spar with Uchiha Fugaku's approval and entered the open space without opening his eyes.
• Uchiha Yue began fighting Hyuga Hiashi with the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.

Uchiha Yue fought Hyuga Hiashi using a Gentle Fist style he had developed himself, and observers realized Yue was gaining the advantage. The battle continued as Hiashi recognized that Yue’s Falling Moon Style Gentle Fist surpassed the Hyuga Clan’s version.

• Kushina Uzumaki worried that Yue’s closed-eyed fight and use of the Gentle Fist would leave him vulnerable, but Minato Namikaze assured her Yue was testing Hiashi before using his strongest technique.
• Tsunade told Minato and Kushina that Yue had mastered taijutsu so thoroughly he could use any style at the same level, and that he was using his own Falling Moon Style Gentle Fist.
• Uchiha Fugaku concluded that Yue’s victory with the Hyuga Clan’s signature technique could damage the clan’s pride and standing in Konoha.
• Yue used his Purple Eye to evade and counter Hiashi for ten rounds without initiating an attack, forcing Hiashi back several times.
• Hiashi realized Yue’s Gentle Fist was self-developed, fundamentally different from the Hyuga Clan’s style, and even more powerful.

Uchiha Yue used his Falling Moon Style: Gentle Fist and improved Shatter Step to gain the advantage over Hyuga Hiashi. As the fight continued, Yue revealed new techniques that formed his trump card, the Falling Moon Style: Scattering Hand.

• Hyuga Hiashi recognized that Uchiha Yue's Gentle Fist was a distinct style he had developed from the Hyuga Clan's techniques.
• Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye and footwork to evade Hiashi's attacks and counter with the Falling Moon Style: Gentle Fist.
• Uchiha Yue's Shatter Step combined the Yagami Clan's Basic Shatter Step with Time Ninjutsu, letting him evade attacks more effectively.
• After suppressing Hiashi, Uchiha Yue shifted to new moves he had prepared as his trump card, the Falling Moon Style: Scattering Hand.

Uchiha Yue used his newly perfected Falling Moon Style: Scattering Hand to counter Hyuga Hiashi’s Gentle Fist and gain the upper hand. Tsunade recognized the technique as a potential threat to the Hyuga Clan, while Hiashi realized Yue’s secret technique was Gentle Fist’s nemesis.

• Uchiha Yue developed Falling Moon Style: Scattering Hand by combining the Gentle Fist, Tsunade’s Monster Strength, his own taijutsu, and Wind Style Chakra.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Shatter Step to interrupt Hyuga Hiashi’s Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and strike him with Strong Fist Scattering Hand.
• Tsunade explained to Jiraiya and Orochimaru that Yue’s technique combined Monster Strength’s power with flexibility and could preserve force for follow-up changes.
• Uchiha Yue kept countering Hyuga Hiashi, leaving him no chance to recover, and lightly tapped him with a finger.
• Tsunade warned that Yue’s technique could undermine the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist, and that Hyuga Hiashi would be even more determined to kill Yue.

Uchiha Yue defeated Hyuga Hiashi with the Falling Moon Style: Scattering Hand and returned home carrying the crystal coffin. He revealed to Uchiha Fugaku, Tsunade, and the others that he could no longer use the Mangekyō Sharingan, showing them his deathly pale pupils.

• Uchiha Yue overwhelmed Hyuga Hiashi, sealed his meridians with sixty-four strikes, and knocked him down while demanding the Hyuga Clan keep its distance.
• Uchiha Yue and Uchiha Fugaku left as Hyuga Hiashi vowed to repay the humiliation and cast a cold glance at the defeated Anbu.
• Uchiha Yue returned to the Uchiha Clan compound with the crystal coffin as elite Uchiha ninjas lined the road to welcome him.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked why Uchiha Yue had not used the Mangekyō Sharingan against Hyuga Hiashi.
• Uchiha Yue told Fugaku, Tsunade, Minato Namikaze, and the others that he could no longer use the Mangekyō Sharingan, then showed them his deathly pale pupils.

Uchiha Yue revealed that his Mangekyō Sharingan had left him blind after his battle with Yagura, though he remained confident he could regain his sight. He told his friends that he had severed all four of Yagura’s limbs, leaving Kirigakure in chaos, while the true events of the battle remained known only to Yue.

• Tsunade and Yue’s friends reacted with grief when they saw that he had gone blind.
• Yue explained that the Mangekyō Sharingan’s use gradually damaged its vision, and he promised to search for a cure.
• Tsunade vowed to work with Yue to restore his sight, while Fugaku considered supporting her efforts.
• Inoichi asked why Yue had gone blind so quickly, and Yue agreed to explain if everyone kept the Mangekyō’s drawback confidential.
• Yue said he had killed many Kirigakure ninja while trying to save his mother, then fought Yagura and severed all four of his limbs.
• Those present were stunned by Yue’s account, while only Yue knew what had truly happened after the complete-body Susanoo restrained him.

Uchiha Yue recalled his battle with Yagura, in which he nearly killed the Fourth Mizukage before Uchiha Madara released the Three-Tails Isobu and forced him to retreat. After the Ino-Shika-Cho trio reported that Kirigakure might soon fall into chaos, the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō heard their warning.

• Uchiha Yue remembered how he fought Yagura while the full-body Susanoo controlled him, and how White Zetsu and the Three-Tails Isobu saved Yagura from being killed.
• Uchiha Yue killed two White Zetsu and repelled the Three-Tails Isobu, but overusing his Mangekyō Sharingan left it blind and he escaped without killing Yagura.
• Tsunade, Uchiha Fugaku, and the others left Uchiha Yue to rest, but he stayed beside the crystal coffin.
• Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, and Choza Akimichi went to the Third Hokage's office to report what Uchiha Yue had told them, where they found Shimura Danzō.
• Shikaku Nara warned the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō that Kirigakure might soon descend into great chaos.

The Third Hokage inferred that Uchiha Yue might have killed the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, while Shimura Danzō remained suspicious of Yue. At home, Yue and his father, Uchiha Nara, grieved Uzumaki Minako’s death, and Yue secretly vowed to take revenge on Kirigakure.

• Inoichi Yamanaka told the Third Hokage that major events might be unfolding in Kirigakure, but the intelligence was unverified, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio left without sharing more.
• Shimura Danzō urged the Third Hokage to investigate the trio, but the Third Hokage said they distrusted Danzō and guessed their information concerned Yagura’s possible death at Yue’s hands.
• Uchiha Nara returned home, saw Uzumaki Minako’s body in the crystal coffin, and broke down in tears.
• Seeing his father cry, Uchiha Yue also wept, and Uchiha Nara embraced him and comforted him.
• Uchiha Yue apologized for failing to save his mother, while Uchiha Nara urged him to endure their grief and keep living.
• Uchiha Yue hid his clenched fists and vowed to avenge his mother, naming Kirigakure as his first target.

After Uzumaki Minako’s death, Uchiha Nara retired and settled into a quiet life, while Uchiha Yue continued training and secretly pursuing revenge. The Third Hokage promoted Yue to jonin and assigned him to the Ninja Hospital, where he could hide in Konoha until he was ready to act again.

• Uchiha Nara retired from being a ninja after Uzumaki Minako was laid to rest, while Uchiha Yue left home to continue training in Doomsday Forest.
• Uchiha Yue spent ten days appearing to recover and reconnecting with his friends, though his grief remained unresolved.
• Uchiha Yue discovered that absorbing the ocular power of beasts in Doomsday Forest gradually eased his blindness, and he continued hunting them.
• The Third Hokage offered Uchiha Yue a teaching post at the Ninja Academy and promotion to jonin, but Yue requested work at the Ninja Hospital instead.
• The Third Hokage promoted Uchiha Yue to jonin and assigned him to the Ninja Hospital, where he began working while concealing his plans in Konoha.

Uchiha Yue settled into a demanding routine at Konoha's Ninja Hospital while training to grow stronger and restore his blind Mangekyō Sharingan. Hatake Kakashi delivered an invitation to a reunion celebrating Obito and Rin's graduation, reminding Yue that a year had passed.

• Uchiha Yue began working under Tsunade at Konoha's Ninja Hospital and focused on training and building his strength.
• Uchiha Yue followed a daily routine of morning training, hospital duties, and nighttime training in Doomsday Forest.
• Uchiha Yue's friends had to arrange appointments through Tsunade or Uchiha Nara to visit him.
• Uchiha Yue returned home early and found Hatake Kakashi waiting in the courtyard.
• Hatake Kakashi gave Uchiha Yue an invitation to a reunion for Obito, Rin, and their classmates after their Ninja Academy graduation.

Uchiha Yue reflected on Asura’s past actions and deduced that Uchiha Madara had kept the crippled Yagura alive to control Kirigakure. After accepting Kakashi’s invitation to meet with Obito and the others, Yue realized the Third Shinobi World War was approaching and decided to speak with Uchiha Fugaku.

• Uchiha Yue considered how Uchiha Madara might have restored Yagura’s limbs with White Zetsu cells and resolved to kill the weakened Fourth Mizukage.
• Hatake Kakashi invited Uchiha Yue to the gathering Obito, Rin, and the others were holding the next day, and Yue agreed to attend.
• After Kakashi left, Uchiha Yue remembered that Obito and Rin had graduated and concluded that the Third Shinobi World War was near.
• Uchiha Yue decided to discuss his plans with Uchiha Fugaku.

Uchiha Yue attended a gathering with Uchiha Obito and his former classmates, intending to keep a low profile before meeting Uchiha Fugaku to discuss gaining the Uchiha Clan’s support against Kirigakure. The gathering left Yue hearing about Momochi Zabuza, a newly famous Kirigakure genin known as the Demon of the Hidden Mist.

• Uchiha Yue dressed plainly and went to the barbecue restaurant where Uchiha Obito and Rin were hosting a gathering.
• Uchiha Obito welcomed Yue, who asked him not to introduce him to everyone because he had other matters to attend to.
• Uchiha Yue shared some genin experiences with his former classmates, then let Hatake Kakashi take the spotlight and moved to a quiet corner.
• Hatake Kakashi told Uchiha Yue that Momochi Zabuza had killed every other genin in his class and earned the name Demon of the Hidden Mist.