Chapter Summaries

A month after Hizashi Hyuga's death, Chiyu helped Hyuga Neji understand that his doubts about returning to the Hyuga Clan Compound came from wanting to free Branch Family children from the clan's oppressive ideology. Neji resolved to build a Hyuga Clan without Main and Branch Families and mastered Water Breathing: Fourth Form: Strike of the Tide.

• Kushina Uzumaki and Chiyu discussed Neji's grief and criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi for covering up Hizashi's death to protect his interests.
• During training, Neji failed to execute Water Breathing: Fourth Form: Strike of the Tide, and Chiyu explained that his troubled heart was disrupting his breathing.
• Neji told Chiyu he was unsure whether to return to the Hyuga Clan Compound and persuade young Branch Family members to reject the clan's ideology.
• Chiyu encouraged Neji to give his clansmen the choice to shape their own futures and supported his plan to rebuild the Hyuga Clan.
• Neji committed to creating a clan without Main and Branch Families and successfully performed Water Breathing: Fourth Form: Strike of the Tide.

After delivering Miyuki Uzumaki’s scarf to Naruto Uzumaki, Chiyu visited him and brought food and supplies. The next day, Naruto went to play in the snow, tried to protect Hinata Hyuga from bullies, and was beaten while they damaged his scarf.

• Chiyu returned to the Hyuga Clan Compound after staying with Chiyu for seven days and began observing clan members he might persuade to change.
• Chiyu gave Naruto the red scarf Miyuki had knitted, stocked his refrigerator, and cooked him pork cutlet rice.
• At dinner, Sōshi asked why his parents did not invite Naruto over, but Kushina told him to eat.
• Naruto went to the woods after the snowfall and found three boys bullying Hinata.
• Naruto tried the Clone Technique to defend Hinata, but his clones failed and the boys beat him, trampling and tearing his scarf.
• Hinata returned Naruto’s damaged scarf and apologized as Naruto felt angry and sorrowful.

After witnessing Naruto Uzumaki cry over his ruined scarf and the village’s rejection, Naruto began questioning Hiruzen Sarutobi’s motives and the Will of Fire. He sought answers from Chiyu, who realized Naruto was being watched and warned him to stay quiet.

• Naruto Uzumaki questioned Hinata Hyuga about whether the villagers who bullied him were family, then cried over how unfairly he had been treated.
• Two Hyuga ninja arrived to take Hinata Hyuga home, and Naruto ran away after noticing their disgust toward him.
• At home, Naruto decided Hiruzen Sarutobi must have a reason for approaching him and went to find Chiyu in the woods.
• Naruto asked Chiyu why Hiruzen spoke about the Will of Fire and why the village hated him, while Chiyu sensed Hiruzen was monitoring them.
• Chiyu sent Hyuga Neji and Sōshi Uzumaki away, then warned Naruto that someone was watching and told him to follow along without speaking.

Chiyu escorted Naruto Uzumaki home after he was bullied and explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi was secretly monitoring them. He urged Naruto to hide his suspicions, accommodate Konoha’s expectations until he grew stronger, and promised to reveal the truth and teach him a powerful Nintaijutsu when he was ready.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Telescope Technique to watch Chiyu and Naruto Uzumaki after the Anbu reported that Naruto had been bullied.
• Chiyu asked Naruto whether he had won his fight, then blamed his weakness on his picky eating and told him to listen without interrupting.
• Chiyu revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi monitored Naruto and was wary of Chiyu telling him the truth about Konoha.
• Chiyu warned Naruto that he was too weak and impulsive to learn the truth safely, but praised his growing awareness and promised to teach him a powerful Nintaijutsu when he was ready.
• Naruto realized he should pretend to accept the Will of Fire and accommodate others to gain help while he became stronger.
• Chiyu left Naruto at his home after urging him to control his emotions and think carefully.

Naruto tried to use Chiyu’s advice to convince Hiruzen Sarutobi that he understood the Will of Fire and was ready to train, but Hiruzen suspected Chiyu had influenced him and left without agreeing. Chiyu secretly listened through a snake and realized Naruto’s overly drastic change had exposed their plan.

• Hiruzen visited Naruto and advised him to tolerate the people who had beaten him.
• Naruto controlled his anger and told Hiruzen that he would not blame them because everyone in Konoha was his family.
• Naruto said he had understood the Will of Fire and wanted to train to protect Konoha, prompting Hiruzen to suspect Chiyu had coached him.
• Hiruzen praised Naruto but left without granting his unspoken request to train, then decided Chiyu should no longer contact him.
• Chiyu listened to the conversation through a snake and criticized Naruto for saying too much and revealing that his attitude had changed too quickly.

Chiyu met with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who asked him to stop seeing Naruto Uzumaki until Naruto entered the Ninja Academy. The chapter ended with Hiruzen explaining that he wanted Naruto to become Hokage and feared Chiyu would influence him.

• Chiyu heard Naruto Uzumaki speaking with Hiruzen Sarutobi and thought Naruto had handled the conversation well.
• The next morning, Chiyu took Sōshi Uzumaki to meet Hyuga Neji before going to the Hokage Office at Hiruzen Sarutobi's request.
• Chiyu and Hiruzen exchanged false pleasantries and barbed remarks about the Hokage position.
• Chiyu confronted Hiruzen about Naruto being bullied and reminded him that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son and Konoha's hero.
• Hiruzen told Chiyu not to have further contact with Naruto before he entered the Ninja Academy, saying he wanted to cultivate Naruto as a future Hokage.

Chiyu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi after being forbidden to contact Naruto Uzumaki, then secretly visited Naruto at night to explain they would no longer meet. Naruto was left to grow on his own while Hiruzen planned his next moves against the Uchiha Clan and Chiyu.

• Chiyu mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi over Konoha’s losses and past decisions, then agreed not to contact Naruto Uzumaki and left the Hokage Office.
• Chiyu considered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order and decided that Naruto could continue developing without his direct help.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi calmed down after Chiyu left and planned to eliminate the Uchiha Clan before dealing with Chiyu.
• Chiyu visited Naruto Uzumaki in the form of a snake and told him to pretend to sleep so the Anbu monitoring him would not notice.
• Chiyu explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had forbidden further contact, reminded Naruto of his promise to reveal the truth when Naruto could control his emotions, and then left.

Naruto Uzumaki regretted driving Chiyu away and resolved to mature so he could learn who was waiting for him. As Chiyu’s organization expanded and the Uchiha Clan faced growing pressure in Konoha, Itachi Uchiha joined the Anbu and was ordered by Uchiha Fugaku to spy on the Third Hokage.

• Naruto Uzumaki lay awake through the night, regretting what he had said to Chiyu and deciding to control his emotions and grow up.
• Chiyu recruited Zabuza Momochi and Haku into the Owl Organization while its members helped Orochimaru build the Hidden Sound Village in the Land of Rice Fields.
• Hyuga Neji continued training and made contact with two Branch Family members, while Sōshi Uzumaki awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan and developed into a powerful rival.
• Kakashi became an Anbu captain, and Itachi Uchiha joined the Anbu as the Uchiha Clan grew increasingly alienated from Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku warned Itachi Uchiha to remain loyal to the Uchiha Clan and ordered him to report any plans the Third Hokage made against them.

Chiyu watched tensions between Konoha villagers and the Uchiha Clan Police Force grow, while Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed controlling the Uchiha with the other elders. Four months later, Chiyu and Kushina brought Sōshi to enroll in the Ninja Academy, where Sōshi remained unconcerned about making friends.

• Chiyu watched villagers condemn Uchiha police officers after they arrested two drunk men, and he thought the time was almost right.
• Hiruzen, Danzo, Koharu, and Homura discussed rising complaints against the Police Force and the growing rift between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen said he wanted the Uchiha Clan to remain Konoha's partner but considered restraining them with a seal like the Hyuga Clan's Caged Bird Seal.
• Four months later, Chiyu and Kushina took six-year-old Sōshi to enroll in the Ninja Academy as villagers kept their distance from them.
• Kushina worried that Sōshi would lack friends, but Sōshi did not mind and already counted Hyuga Neji as an older brother and friend.

Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki brought Sōshi Uzumaki to the Ninja Academy, where he and Naruto Uzumaki became brothers. Meanwhile, Shisui Uchiha asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for authority to rebuild trust between the Uchiha Clan and the village, and Hiruzen gave him the mission.

• Chiyu encouraged Sōshi Uzumaki to approach Naruto Uzumaki, and the boys agreed to be brothers as they entered the Ninja Academy together.
• Chiyu saw Itachi Uchiha bring Sasuke Uchiha to the academy and reflected that only one year remained before events began.
• Shisui Uchiha returned from a long-term mission and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him work on restoring trust between the Uchiha Clan and the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi granted Shisui Uchiha authority, publicly described his assignment as a secret investigative mission, and promised to take responsibility for it.
• Shisui Uchiha accepted the mission and vowed to rebuild trust between the clan and the village.

Chiyu confronted Itachi Uchiha after overhearing his conversation with Shisui Uchiha about the Uchiha Clan's possible coup. Chiyu recounted the clan's troubled history in Konoha, leaving Itachi Uchiha puzzled about why he was being told it.

• Itachi Uchiha met Shisui Uchiha at Naka River, where Shisui asked whether Fugaku Uchiha was serious about a coup.
• Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha agreed that distrust between the Uchiha Clan and the village was worsening, and Shisui said he wanted to stop the coup.
• Shisui Uchiha warned Itachi Uchiha that members of the Police Force suspected him because he had joined the Anbu.
• After Shisui Uchiha left, Chiyu appeared behind Itachi Uchiha and called him either a traitor of the Uchiha Clan or Konoha's savior.
• Chiyu described the history of the Uchiha Clan's conflict and uneasy position in Konoha while Itachi Uchiha listened without understanding his purpose.

Chiyu explained to Itachi Uchiha how Konoha’s leaders had used him to suppress the Uchiha Clan and argued that the clan and village could not peacefully coexist. He left Itachi to decide whether to trust Shisui Uchiha’s efforts, warning that if they failed, Itachi would face a painful choice.

• Chiyu told Itachi how the Uchiha Clan’s arrogance and isolation after the Second Great Ninja War left it vulnerable to Konoha’s leaders.
• Chiyu revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others had used him as a proxy to target the Uchiha Clan during the Third Great Ninja War.
• Chiyu told Itachi that Shisui could not stop the coup alone and that the Uchiha Clan and Konoha were on course for an unavoidable conflict.
• Chiyu argued that neither a coup nor peaceful submission could resolve the conflict, and that one side would have to disappear.
• Chiyu told Itachi to trust Shisui for now and choose for himself if Shisui failed, leaving Itachi bleak at the prospect.

Chiyu challenged Itachi Uchiha to choose between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan, arguing that the village had oppressed his clan and that Shisui Uchiha’s reconciliation efforts were bound to fail. Itachi returned home troubled but continued to hope that Shisui could prevent the conflict and spare him from choosing sides.

• Chiyu criticized Itachi for siding with Konoha against his clan and offered to help him whether he chose Konoha or the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi asked what Chiyu stood to gain, and Chiyu said he wanted to get involved in Uchiha affairs and warned that Shisui’s failure was inevitable.
• Chiyu used the Body Flicker Technique and disappeared, leaving Itachi shaken by what he had said.
• Itachi returned to the clan compound and declined Sasuke’s request to train, then shut himself in his room.
• Itachi reflected on Konoha’s contradictions and hoped Shisui would succeed so he would not have to choose between the village and his clan.

Chiyu explained why he had tried to influence Itachi Uchiha’s view of the Uchiha Clan’s conflict with Konoha, hoping to change the massacre and earn enough Witness Points for the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. At the Academy, Naruto Uzumaki endured bullying without reacting while Sōshi Uzumaki defended him; a month later, Itachi faced pressure from Uchiha Fugaku as he struggled to choose between the village and his clan.

• Chiyu planned to alter the Uchiha Clan massacre to earn more Witness Points, and wondered whether Itachi might choose differently after hearing about the clan’s history.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Sōshi Uzumaki that he did not care when classmates bullied him, while Sōshi promised to keep beating up anyone who targeted him.
• Naruto had grown used to the discrimination at the Ninja Academy, and Iruka treated him like an ordinary student without offering special guidance.
• One month later, Uchiha Fugaku demanded that Itachi attend the clan gathering the next day and remember his role as a link between the clan and Konoha’s leadership.
• Itachi said he had a classified mission and continued agonizing over whether to side with the village or the clan if Shisui failed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Shisui Uchiha about the Uchiha Clan’s growing support for a coup and rejected Shisui’s plan to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku as insufficient to restore trust. Hiruzen proposed restraining the Uchiha Clan with Cursed Seals, and Shisui agreed to help carry out the plan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Shisui Uchiha, who reported that Uchiha Clan members were pressuring Fugaku to lead a coup, though Fugaku had not committed either way.
• Shisui offered to use Kotoamatsukami to change Fugaku’s will if he agreed to the coup, but Hiruzen warned that this would not resolve the wider distrust or prevent other Uchiha from acting.
• Hiruzen described how the Hyuga Clan’s Cursed Seals restrained its Branch Family and argued that similar restraints could rebuild Konoha’s trust in the Uchiha Clan.
• Shisui accepted Hiruzen’s proposal to use Cursed Seals on the Uchiha Clan, and Hiruzen thanked him for helping seek peaceful coexistence.

Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to use Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami to persuade the Uchiha Clan to accept Cursed Seals, while Chiyu realized Danzo intended to steal Shisui’s eye. As the Uchiha gathering began, Danzo intercepted Shisui, intent on using the stolen power to control Chiyu.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to eliminate the Uchiha Clan, but Hiruzen chose to give them another chance using Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami and Cursed Seals.
• Chiyu listened through a snake’s shared senses and predicted Danzo would target Shisui’s Sharingan to gain control over him.
• Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki he would miss dinner and left home.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha waited for Itachi Uchiha at Naka Shrine, while Itachi waited in the surrounding forest as Shisui’s Anbu support.
• Danzo intercepted Shisui Uchiha on his way to Naka Shrine and decided to take Kotoamatsukami so he could make Chiyu serve him.

Danzo ambushed Shisui Uchiha and took his right eye, but Shisui fought off Root with Susanoo and escaped. Danzo ordered his surviving Root ninjas to pursue him, while Chiyu watched without intervening.

• Danzo questioned Shisui Uchiha’s plan to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku and then lunged to take Shisui’s Sharingan.
• Shisui Uchiha subdued Danzo with genjutsu, but Danzo used Izanagi to ambush him and gouged out his right eye.
• Danzo revealed his own Sharingan, which went blind from Izanagi, and demanded Shisui Uchiha’s remaining eye as Root surrounded him.
• Shisui Uchiha summoned Susanoo and used Susanoo: Ninety-Nine to inflict heavy casualties on the Root ninjas.
• Shisui Uchiha escaped while Danzo and the surviving Root ninjas hesitated, and Chiyu received 2,000 Witness Points for watching.
• Danzo ordered the remaining Root ninjas to pursue Shisui Uchiha.

Chiyu tricked Danzo into using Shisui Uchiha’s Kotoamatsukami, then defeated him and destroyed the Mangekyō Sharingan Danzo had taken. Chiyu dragged Danzo through Konoha as Hiruzen Sarutobi assembled Anbu and rushed to confront him.

• Danzo ordered the surviving Root shinobi to pursue Shisui Uchiha, but Chiyu appeared and taunted Danzo about his newly acquired Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Danzo implanted Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and used Kotoamatsukami on Chiyu, believing he had made Chiyu his slave.
• Chiyu revealed that his Myriad Rejection made Kotoamatsukami useless against him and explained that he had baited Danzo into using the dojutsu.
• Chiyu caught Danzo as he tried to flee, broke his right arm, and slammed him into the ground before digging out and crushing Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chiyu dragged the injured Danzo through Konoha’s streets, alarming villagers and shinobi, while someone notified Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed the report and led a squad of Anbu shinobi toward Chiyu.

Chiyu dragged the defeated Danzo before Hiruzen Sarutobi and demanded that the Third Hokage punish him for attempting to use Kotoamatsukami. Hiruzen promised an explanation and had Anbu take Danzo away, while Chiyu publicly humiliated both men.

• Chiyu dragged the badly injured Danzo through Konoha and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi, accusing Danzo of ambushing him.
• Chiyu revealed that Danzo had tried to use Kotoamatsukami to control him, and Hiruzen realized Danzo had taken Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hiruzen weighed his loyalty to Danzo against the failed plan to control Uchiha Fugaku and promised to punish Danzo.
• Chiyu mocked Hiruzen for making Danzo a Hokage Advisor and reminded him that he had agreed to remove Danzo from the position.
• Hiruzen ordered Anbu to take Danzo away and left without speaking further to Chiyu.

Shisui Uchiha gave Itachi his remaining eye and committed suicide, hoping his death would change the Uchiha crisis. Two days later, suspicion fell on Itachi, while Hiruzen confronted Danzo over his role in Shisui's death and the destroyed eye.

• Shisui told Itachi that Danzo had taken his right eye and described the plan to restrain the Uchiha with Cursed Seals.
• Shisui gave his left eye to Itachi, then jumped from Naka River Cliff and died as Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Two days later, Uchiha clansmen accused Itachi of killing Shisui, but he denied it and left, claiming he had been on a confidential mission.
• Hiruzen reprimanded the injured Danzo for ruining the plan and told him Shisui had committed suicide.
• Danzo admitted that he had taken Shisui's right eye and that Chiyu had destroyed it.