Recaps

The Uchiha Clan prepared to leave Konoha rather than risk a coup, while Fugaku arranged for Mikoto and their sons to evacuate and prepared to stay behind. Itachi overheard his parents and was left shocked and confused about why the clan was leaving.

• The Uchiha Clan accepted that leaving Konoha was safer than launching a coup, and the Eight Great Elders organized the preparations.
• Fugaku returned home and told Mikoto that he intended to remain behind while she took Itachi and Sasuke to safety.
• Mikoto accepted Fugaku’s decision and promised to care for their sons.
• Itachi overheard his parents discussing the evacuation and, unaware of the conflict between the clan and the village, asked Fugaku why they were leaving.

Fugaku explained to seven-year-old Itachi that the Uchiha Clan planned to leave Konoha to avoid a devastating conflict, and Itachi accepted that he could only help his family prepare. Meanwhile, Hiruzen grew alarmed when Orochimaru failed to appear and was shocked when Danzō reported unusual Uchiha activity.

• Fugaku told Itachi that leaving Konoha was the Clan’s best chance to avoid a clash with the village and asked him to adapt to the decision.
• Itachi understood the danger of rebellion but remained confused, then offered to help Mikoto prepare for the family’s departure.
• Fugaku left to help create a smokescreen within the Military Police Force as the Clan’s preparations neared completion.
• Hiruzen, worried that Orochimaru had not arrived or sent word, ordered an Anbu operative to investigate Orochimaru’s home with two squads.
• Danzō arrived and told Hiruzen that the Uchiha Clan appeared to be behaving unusually, prompting Hiruzen to demand confirmation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Shimura Danzō’s demand to act against the Uchiha Clan without evidence, warning him not to provoke another crisis. Unaware that Orochimaru had already left Konoha, Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to monitor Root and prevent further trouble.

• Danzo told Hiruzen that Root had detected suspicious activity in the Uchiha compound and urged him to prepare to eliminate the clan.
• Hiruzen refused to strike without concrete evidence and warned Danzo that the Uchiha’s two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan could cause catastrophic losses.
• Danzo agreed to intensify surveillance and temporarily suppressed his own plans after Hiruzen warned him against unauthorized action.
• Orochimaru had already defected from Konoha without detection, leaving both Hiruzen and Danzo unaware of his departure.
• After Danzo left, Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to monitor Root and prevent another incident while he investigated the missing-person cases.

Shadow reported that Orochimaru had been conducting forbidden experiments on missing Konoha villagers and had fled the village, shattering Hiruzen’s faith in his disciple and confirming Danzo’s role in the disappearances. Hiruzen ordered Orochimaru declared an S-Class Rogue Ninja, dead or alive, while suppressing his urge to confront Danzo because of the village’s crisis.

• Shadow reported that Anbu had found human remains and evidence of forbidden experiments in Orochimaru’s underground laboratory, and that Orochimaru had fled east from the village.
• Hiruzen connected Orochimaru’s experiments to Danzo’s actions and realized the missing-person cases had been framed on the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen concluded that he could not reconcile with the Uchiha Clan’s powerful members, despite learning that Danzo had manipulated events.
• Hiruzen ordered Shadow to search the border regions for Orochimaru and classify him as an S-Class Rogue Ninja, dead or alive.
• Hiruzen considered confronting Danzo but suppressed the impulse and prioritized the village’s immediate needs.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Mitokado Homura agreed to secretly investigate Orochimaru while preparing to move against the Uchiha Clan. Meanwhile, Uchiha Shōji’s plan to give his clan time to escape began as the first group left Konoha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Mitokado Homura that Orochimaru and Danzo had been behind the disappearances and that Orochimaru had defected.
• Mitokado Homura agreed to restrain Danzo and urged Hiruzen to put Shisui on the blacklist and prepare to deal with the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen and Homura agreed to move against the Uchiha Clan after Koharu and Torifu finished their communications and Jiraiya returned.
• Uchiha Shōji planned to use the village’s growing suspicion to give the clan time to evacuate Konoha.
• On the night of December 30th, Uchiha Genran and Uchiha Chie led more than a thousand dependents out of the Uchiha compound, escorted by Shisui and over two hundred clan members.
• Shōji persuaded Shisui to lead the first group, promising to return and cover the clan’s later retreat while limiting the conflict.

Shōji and Shisui agreed to prioritize protecting the Uchiha Clan’s vulnerable members as the clan began secretly withdrawing from Konoha. The first group escaped through a gap in the village’s sensory barrier, while the rest remained behind to conceal the retreat.

• Shisui accepted Shōji’s plan to protect the first evacuation group and left to carry out guard duty.
• Shōji arranged for the remaining Uchiha to stay in the compound and maintain their usual patrols, disguising the clan’s movements.
• Shōji considered how a conflict with Konoha might affect the Uchiha Clan’s chances of gaining acceptance in Iwagakure or Kumogakure.
• Shōji and his clansmen opened a small gap in Konoha’s sensory barrier so the elderly, weak, women, and children could pass through.
• Elder Genran and Elder Chie led Uchiha clansmen out of Konoha with essential supplies, beginning the clan’s great retreat without alerting Root or Anbu.

The Uchiha Clan’s first group escaped Konohagakure undetected and headed for the northwestern border of the Land of Fire. Fugaku began preparing the much larger second group, knowing their departure would probably expose the evacuation.

• The Uchiha Clan used Konoha’s surveillance focused on the compound’s eastern side to move its first group out under cover.
• Shōji watched Mikoto lead Itachi and Sasuke away, then relaxed when Itachi showed no signs of becoming a traitor.
• By dawn on December 31, more than a thousand vulnerable clan members and over two hundred guards had left Konohagakure undiscovered.
• Fugaku and Shōji prepared to send the second group of young and middle-aged clan members with the clan’s supplies, expecting Anbu and Root to notice.
• Fugaku told Shōji and Elder Uchiha Sōgen that the remaining two thousand clan members would begin moving and entrusted the next stage to them.

Uchiha Fugaku oversaw the second wave of his clan’s evacuation while Elder Sōgen and Shōji prepared to escort it. After the group left Konoha, Anbu and Root surveillance detected suspicious activity and sent word to the Third and Shimura Danzō.

• Elder Sōgen promised Fugaku that he would get the clansmen in the second wave safely out of Konoha.
• Shōji voiced concern that Fugaku might make a reckless choice, and Fugaku assured him he would act with Itachi and Sasuke in mind.
• Sōgen told Fugaku that he would support any choice befitting the clan head, and Fugaku solemnly accepted his words.
• Sōgen and Shōji departed with the second group of evacuating clansmen while Fugaku returned to the clan compound.
• Anbu and Root surveillance personnel noticed signs of the evacuation less than three hours after the group passed beyond Konoha’s walls and reported them to the Third and Shimura Danzō.

Sarutobi Hiruzen mistook the Uchiha Clan’s preparations to leave Konoha for a coup and mobilized Anbu and allied clans to confront them. As Hiruzen’s force arrived, Fugaku began to explain the Uchiha Clan’s intentions, leaving the assembled leaders stunned.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen received reports of large-scale Uchiha movements and ordered Anbu squads and allied clans to mobilize.
• Hiruzen arranged protection for the infant Uzumaki Naruto, changed into combat gear, and led Anbu toward the Uchiha compound.
• Torifu Akimichi, Mitokado Homura, and the Ino–Shika–Chō leaders joined Hiruzen, while other clans sent their elites.
• Shimura Danzō noticed that the Uchiha seemed to be heading toward the village’s western edge and questioned Uchiha Fugaku about their plans.
• Hiruzen and the clan leaders arrived to confront the battle-ready Uchiha, and Fugaku’s next words stunned them.

Uchiha Fugaku declared that the Uchiha Clan would leave Konohagakure rather than remain in a village that rejected and suspected them. Uchiha Shōji returned to join the clan and told Sarutobi Hiruzen that they would not attack first, leaving the village leaders to decide whether to let them depart peacefully.

• Uchiha Fugaku denied that the clan had ever planned a coup and accused the village leaders of forgetting the Uchiha Clan’s contributions to Konoha.
• Shimura Danzō interrupted Fugaku and called the Uchiha Clan Konoha’s greatest menace, angering the Uchiha clansmen.
• Uchiha Fugaku declared that the clan would leave the village, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other clan leaders to reconsider their assumptions about a coup.
• Uchiha Fugaku formally announced that the Uchiha Clan was withdrawing from Konohagakure.
• Uchiha Shōji returned and told Fugaku that the second group was nearly out of the village and that Mikoto, Itachi, Sasuke, and the other clansmen were waiting.
• Uchiha Shōji told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Uchiha Clan wanted to leave without becoming enemies, but would resist if forced into a corner.

Uchiha Shōji and Fugaku argued that the Uchiha Clan wanted to leave Konoha rather than launch a coup, causing the gathered clans to reconsider fighting them. As Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitated, Shimura Danzō ordered Root to exterminate the Uchiha, plunging the standoff into chaos.

• Shōji explained that the Uchiha Clan intended to leave the village, and the other clans grew less willing to fight them.
• Shōji challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen to let the Uchiha leave, while Fugaku confirmed that the clan had reached that decision together.
• Danzō declared that leaving Konoha made the Uchiha traitors and ordered Root to exterminate them.
• More than a hundred Root operatives charged, throwing the gathered shinobi into chaos.

Shimura Danzō launched Root’s attack to prevent the Uchiha Clan from reaching a peaceful separation, and Shōji answered with overwhelming force. As Sarutobi Hiruzen moved to confront him, Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo, turning the battle into an even greater threat.

• Shimura Danzō ordered more than a hundred Root elites to attack the Uchiha Clan, forcing the waiting leaders into battle.
• Shōji awakened his Four-Pointed Windmill Sharingan and unleashed Susanoo, cutting down the Root members at the front with a sweeping strike.
• The Uchiha clansmen fought back against Root and Anbu while Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to face Shōji.
• Shōji urged Fugaku to commit fully to the clan’s future, and Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and crimson Susanoo.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accused the Uchiha Clan of causing the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox’s attack and vowed to destroy them.

Shōji and Fugaku’s Susanoo gave the Uchiha control of the battlefield, but Sarutobi Hiruzen blocked Fugaku and restored some hope among Konoha’s fighters. Shōji continued driving back the enemy as the Uchiha covered their clansmen’s retreat.

• Shōji and Fugaku summoned their Susanoo, confirming Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo’s suspicions and killing the opponents in their path.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma, who transformed into the Adamantine Staff, and Hiruzen used it to block Fugaku’s Susanoo blade.
• The Hyuga and other Ninja Clans stayed mostly at the battlefield’s edges, while the Uchiha retained control despite Konoha’s numerical advantage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen used Earth Release: Mudflow River Technique to halt Fugaku and help Konoha’s forces push back.
• Shōji advanced with Susanoo attacks and Lightning Release: False Darkness Technique, overwhelming the fighters opposing him.
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Shōji launched an assault on Shimura Danzō, hoping to capture him and use his life to secure the Uchiha Clan’s withdrawal. He leaves Danzo’s summoned Baku pinned in Susanoo’s grip and paralyzed by lightning.

• Shōji charged Danzo with Susanoo, intent on capturing him as leverage for the Uchiha Clan’s safe departure.
• Danzo summoned Baku and coordinated wind attacks that cracked the outer edge of Shōji’s Susanoo.
• Shōji pressed his attack, seized Baku with Susanoo, and struck it with Lightning Release.
• Danzo leapt from Baku as the summoned beast convulsed under the spreading electricity.

Shōji killed Danzo’s summoned Baku and pressed his attack against Danzo, who used Root members as shields and struck indiscriminately to escape. Danzo defended the Uchiha extermination as the village’s greater good, and Shōji resolved to kill him.

• Shōji cleaved the Baku in two with his Susanoo Blade, while Danzo coveted Shōji’s power and ordered Root members to surround him without meeting his eyes.
• Shōji attacked Danzo in midair, but Root members blocked the Susanoo’s slash and unleashed ninjutsu, injuring Shōji and giving Danzo time to retreat.
• Shōji’s next slash killed several Root members, and Danzo used his Great Net Technique to sweep away the battlefield as he withdrew.
• Shōji mocked Danzo for sacrificing his subordinates and called his claim of serving the Will of Fire laughable.
• Danzo insisted that exterminating the Uchiha was worth any cost, strengthening the other clans’ resolve to hold back from the battle.
• Shōji recognized that reconciliation was impossible and surged forward with killing intent, declaring that Danzo would die there.

With the Uchiha surrounded and their retreat closing, Shōji unleashed his Mangekyō Sharingan’s personal technique, Takemikazuchi, trapping Danzō and Konoha forces inside a lethal storm of lightning. The attack killed dozens, while the battle remained underway.

• Shōji realized the Uchiha were in grave danger as Sarutobi Hiruzen held Fugaku back and Konoha forces killed their clansmen.
• Shōji abandoned his hesitation and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan technique, Takemikazuchi, empowering his Susanoo.
• Shōji’s Susanoo formed more than ten lightning pillars around Danzō, Root members, Torifu Akimichi, and ninja from several clans, sealing their escape routes.
• Shōji unleashed the lightning pillars, killing dozens of Root and clan ninja caught in the attack.

Shōji’s Takemikazuchi devastated the battlefield and forced both sides to retreat, while Torifu Akimichi risked his life to open an escape route for Danzō and the younger clan members. The chapter left Danzō alive but severely wounded after he cut off his lightning-struck left arm.

• Torifu Akimichi swallowed a Red Pill, endured Takemikazuchi, and used his body to open a passage for Danzō and the younger clan members to escape.
• Akimichi Chōza, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi retreated through the opening while Torifu Akimichi held back the lightning.
• Fugaku, Hiyama Elder, and the surviving Uchiha unleashed their strongest techniques to cover their retreat, and Shōji struck again with Takemikazuchi to divide the battlefield.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Konoha Ninja to scatter, but the lightning killed and badly wounded many who were caught within its range.
• Danzō escaped after lightning grazed his left arm, then severed it to stop the technique from spreading through his body.

Shōji and Fugaku led the Uchiha Clan’s escape after Shōji’s Takemikazuchi devastated the Konoha forces and killed Torifu Akimichi. Sarutobi Hiruzen declared the Uchiha S-Rank Missing-nin and ordered their pursuit, drawing the other clan leaders into the conflict.

• Shōji’s Takemikazuchi overwhelmed the Konoha forces, and Torifu Akimichi died after holding it back for only a few seconds.
• Shōji vowed that the Uchiha Clan would return and destroy Konoha, then used a final burst of power while Fugaku’s Susanoo brought down boulders to block pursuit.
• Shōji and Fugaku retreated with the surviving Uchiha as the lightning field kept Konoha’s Root and Anbu forces from following.
• Danzo demanded the Uchiha Clan’s complete eradication, citing Torifu and the more than two hundred comrades killed in the battle.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered every Uchiha listed as an S-Rank Missing-nin and sent pursuit squads to intercept them before they reached the border.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen’s gaze pressed the major clan leaders to agree to join the hunt for the Uchiha.

After the Uchiha Clan’s bloody escape from Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the ninja clans to pursue and cripple them. Shōji warned Fugaku that the escape route and their traps would not hold the pursuers for long, leaving the Uchiha to change course and prepare for the worst.

• The major Konoha clan heads agreed to pursue the Uchiha, while Chōza mourned Torifu Akimichi, who had died in battle.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen resolved to destroy as much of the Uchiha Clan’s fighting strength as possible and instructed Danzo and Mitokado Homura to act.
• Fugaku, Shōji, and the surviving Uchiha activated traps and destroyed passages to delay Konoha’s pursuit.
• After the Uchiha escaped Konohagakure’s boundaries, Shōji nearly collapsed from depleted Chakra and overused Dōjutsu Power, and Fugaku caught him.
• Shōji urged Fugaku to notify the group ahead, change direction, and prepare for the worst because their delaying measures would not hold Konoha for long.

Shōji persuaded Uchiha Fugaku to prioritize preserving the clan’s strength as they withdrew from Konoha. They led the surviving rearguard northwest to reunite with Shisui and the others, while news of the Uchiha’s departure and battle spread across the ninja world.

• Shōji warned Fugaku that the clan needed to preserve its people and Sharingan to survive possible persecution after leaving the Land of Fire.
• Fugaku agreed with Shōji and felt reassured that the clan still had a chance to survive.
• Shōji reflected that leaving Konoha had been the safest choice because the Uchiha lacked the strength to fight the village directly.
• Fugaku and Shōji led the remaining clansmen northwest to meet Shisui, Elder Sōgen, and the others.
• News of the Uchiha Clan’s departure from Konoha and its battle spread through the ninja world.

The Uchiha Clan’s departure from Konohagakure spread across the Shinobi World, prompting the major villages to send elite forces to investigate and consider recruiting the clan. As the year turned, Kirigakure’s leaders remained still, unaware that Uchiha Obito controlled their Mizukage.

• Spies from the major ninja villages witnessed the Uchiha Clan’s departure and relayed the news to their villages.
• The Land of Fire dispatched a minister and delegation to Konohagakure, while the other nations sent investigators soon afterward.
• Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure considered whether they could bring the Uchiha Clan into their villages.
• The major villages sent elite forces, including Baki, Kitsuchi, and Dodai, toward the northwestern Land of Fire as Konoha’s fiftieth year began.
• Kirigakure held back from acting because its Fourth Mizukage issued no orders, unaware that Uchiha Obito controlled him.

Uchiha Obito learned that Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Shōji had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and that the Uchiha Clan had left Konoha, but he chose to continue preparing his revenge against Kirigakure. He ordered White Zetsu to investigate Shōji and monitor a person whose whereabouts Obito had asked about.

• The chapter described how Kirigakure’s island location had protected it from invasion and allowed Karatachi Yagura to withdraw from the Third Shinobi World War with little cost.
• Obito recalled controlling Karatachi Yagura after the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack and preparing to unleash a bloody storm in Kirigakure.
• White Zetsu reported that the Uchiha Clan had separated from Konoha after a major battle, and that Fugaku and Shōji had wielded Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.
• Obito told White Zetsu to set the Uchiha news aside for now, gather information about Shōji, and report as soon as he confirmed the whereabouts of the person Obito had ordered him to watch.
• Obito remained confident that his abilities could overcome other Mangekyō users and ordered White Zetsu to call him Madara.

Obito ordered White Zetsu to spread his command while focusing on destabilizing Kirigakure and dismissing the threat posed by Shōji and Fugaku. As other villages mobilized and Konoha faced mounting military weakness, Sarutobi Hiruzen refused to pursue the Uchiha Clan while Iwagakure and Kumogakure massed troops at the borders.

• Obito sent White Zetsu to deliver his orders and decided to watch Shōji without treating him as a serious threat.
• Obito kept Kirigakure from acting on the Uchiha Clan's departure, while Karatachi Yagura maintained authority and Genji stayed out of sight.
• After several days, major and smaller ninja villages dispatched forces to investigate, and Iwagakure and Kumogakure moved troops toward their borders.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reviewed Konoha's losses, including the Uchiha Clan's departure, the deaths of nearly two hundred elite shinobi, Torifu Akimichi's death, and Orochimaru's defection.
• Shimura Danzō rejected Hiruzen's warning and opposed delaying the pursuit, but Hiruzen halted a large-scale pursuit because Konoha could not risk war with Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

Sarutobi Hiruzen recalled most of the pursuit force, restricted Root, and publicly described the Uchiha Clan’s departure as a “peaceful separation.” After reaching a forest near the Land of Fire’s northwestern border, the Uchiha leaders discussed their precarious safety and condemned Hiruzen’s conduct.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the pursuit force to return and restricted Root’s operations, while Shimura Danzō left in anger and vowed Hiruzen would regret it.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told the Daimyo’s envoy and the public that the Uchiha Clan had left Konoha through a peaceful separation.
• Shōji, Fugaku, Shisui, and the remaining elders learned of the announcement and the retreat of Konoha’s pursuers, and judged the clan relatively safe for the moment.
• The Uchiha Clan reached a forest near the Land of Fire’s northwestern border after several days of travel, having lost more than a third of its ninja in two clashes.
• Sōgen and Genran denounced Sarutobi Hiruzen as deceitful, while Shisui felt disappointed and Shōji remained comparatively calm.

The Uchiha elders and Fugaku weighed the clan’s future after breaking away from Konoha, with Iwagakure emerging as their preferred potential ally. Shōji’s strength and the clan’s three Mangekyō Sharingan had helped end Konoha’s pursuit, while news of their power was poised to affect how other villages viewed them.

• Chie argued that the Uchiha should prioritize the clan’s survival over revenge and decide on their next direction.
• Fugaku said Iwagakure was the best option for the clan, citing Sunagakure’s weakness and the risks of joining Kumogakure.
• Shōji’s costly use of Susanoo and Takemikazuchi, along with Fugaku’s and Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan, had helped inflict heavy losses on Konoha’s forces and stop the pursuit.
• Hiruzen regretted that the Uchiha’s three Mangekyō Sharingan would no longer serve Konoha, but felt their departure might be for the best.
• The chapter noted that the other villages, especially older leaders such as the Third Tsuchikage, would be shaken by the Uchiha’s newly revealed power.