Chapter Summaries

Xuanyu warned Owuya Bai not to report Shimura Danzō, then arranged support and protection for the Orphanage. He persuaded Uchiha Hanjō to build a hospital with hidden underground chambers, while Uchiha Fugaku struggled with the Military Police Force’s endless complaints and penalties.

• Xuanyu warned Owuya Bai that the Third Hokage might know about Danzō’s experiments and that reporting him could put Owuya Bai in danger.
• Xuanyu asked Owuya Bai to watch the Orphanage’s children and promised supplies, a register of orphans, and regular visits.
• Owuya Bai agreed to keep their discussion secret and left with his disciple, while he noticed two watchers outside the ward.
• Xuanyu convinced Uchiha Hanjō to begin building a hospital near the Merchant Guild and to include underground chambers.
• Xuanyu brought Senju Hashirama and Senju Hanayu to stay with his family, and his mother welcomed them.
• Uchiha Fugaku received another complaint demanding 20,000 ryo in compensation and asked what Sarutobi Hiruzen had said.

Uchiha Fugaku struggled to keep the Military Police Force afloat after Konoha imposed fines and withheld wages, then became furious when Uchiha Xuan Yu contributed only 5,000 Ryo from his pocket money. Fugaku set out with the exhausted force to confront Uchiha Hanjō at his Merchant Guild as Itachi arrived.

• A Dark Circles ninja told Uchiha Fugaku that Konoha had ordered the Uchiha Clan to pay 10,000 Ryo and that wage deductions had left the Military Police Force in debt and short of funds.
• Uchiha Fugaku sent Dark Circles to ask Uchiha Hanjō for two million Ryo to support the clan.
• Dark Circles returned with only 5,000 Ryo from Uchiha Xuan Yu's pocket money, and Uchiha Fugaku took the amount as an insult.
• Dark Circles defended accepting the money, explaining that the Military Police Force needed it and had lost hope in Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to confront Uchiha Hanjō at his Merchant Guild and left with the force as Itachi arrived and asked where he was going.

Uchiha Fugaku went to Uchiha Hanjō’s Merchant Guild to demand money for the cash-strapped Military Police Force, but Hanjō refused to give him anything. Fugaku and his exhausted followers were left furious, while Itachi watched the confrontation.

• Itachi offered Fugaku his monthly wages, but Fugaku said the Military Police Force needed 1,500,000 ryo to survive the crisis.
• Xuanyu told Uchiha Hanjō that the Third Hokage’s deductions had left the Police Force unable to pay wages, and advised him not to give Fugaku any money.
• Fugaku arrived at the Merchant Guild with Itachi and several clansmen, where they saw former colleagues who had joined Hanjō’s business looking much healthier.
• Fugaku asked Hanjō for 1,000,000 ryo, then lowered his request to 500,000 ryo, but Hanjō refused both times and said he could not spare a single ryo.

Xuanyu defended Uchiha Hanjō against Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku’s accusations, and the confrontation nearly turned violent. Fugaku ultimately negotiated to use Hanjō’s available clansmen in the Military Police Force, provided the clan paid their wages.

• Uchiha Itachi accused Uchiha Hanjō of refusing to support the clan, and Xuanyu defended his father’s contributions and challenged the clan’s demands for money.
• Itachi blamed Hanjō for recruiting Uchiha Police Force members into the Merchant Guild, and Xuanyu countered that his father had hired them when the force stopped paying wages.
• Xuanyu criticized Fugaku for giving up half of the Military Police Force, and Fugaku tried to strike him before Hanjō and the Merchant Guild’s ninjas intervened.
• Itachi stepped forward to confront the dozens of ninjas, while Xuanyu considered whether he could cripple Itachi but decided it was not the right time.
• Fugaku called Itachi back and asked Hanjō to send available clansmen to the Military Police Force, and Hanjō agreed if they received wages, noting their base salary was 12,000 taels.

Uchiha Fugaku tried to recruit Merchant Guild ninjas back into the Uchiha Police Force, and Uchiha Hanjō nearly agreed after Fugaku appealed to clan pride. Xuanyu negotiated a monthly payment of 300,000 taels, but Uchiha Xia made their return conditional on the Police Force getting a new leader.

• Uchiha Fugaku offered the Merchant Guild ninjas Police Force work, but they refused to return for less than their former salary.
• Uchiha Xia and the other ninjas rejected Fugaku's appeal, saying they no longer wanted to work in the Police Force as it had changed.
• Uchiha Hanjō wavered when Fugaku called the Police Force the Uchiha clan's last foundation in Konoha.
• Xuanyu proposed sending the free ninjas to help in exchange for 300,000 taels per month, and Fugaku agreed to begin payments next month.
• Uchiha Xia agreed to bring fifty ninjas back only if the Police Force got a new leader.

Xuanyu pushed for control of the Uchiha Military Police Force, and Fugaku agreed to let Xuanyu lead a Merchant Guild unit responsible for two-thirds of its territory. Xuanyu planned to use the position to secure the force for himself, while Hanjō agreed to help him manage it.

• Uchiha Xia refused Fugaku’s invitation unless Hanjō became head of the Military Police Force, and the other clansmen backed him.
• Hanjō said he would not force his subordinates to join and criticized the fines imposed on the force.
• At Xuanyu’s instruction, Xia demanded that Xuanyu become head of the Merchant Guild’s Military Police unit, with its members obeying only him.
• Fugaku agreed to Xuanyu’s command of two-thirds of the force’s territory, with fines deducted from the 300,000 ryō allocated to the unit.
• Hanjō and Xia discussed the details of the takeover, and Fugaku left with Itachi and the remaining clansmen.
• Hanjō questioned Xuanyu’s ambition, and Xuanyu said he needed the force under his control and would rely on his father and the other uncles for advice.

Uchiha Hanjō and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to split management of the Police Force, with Uchiha Xuan Yu leading the Merchant Guild faction. Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to exploit the division by sending Sarutobi Asuma to cause trouble in the district.

• Uchiha Hanjō praised his son and told Uchiha Xuan Yu to organize rotating patrols for the Merchant Guild’s Police Force.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Itachi he viewed Xuan Yu’s leadership as temporary and planned to remove him when he was no longer needed.
• Uchiha Itachi reported the agreement between Fugaku and Hanjō to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who encouraged him to report any unusual Uchiha activity.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Sarutobi Asuma that Itachi and Shisui were close to accepting the Will of Fire and could become weapons against their clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Asuma to send someone to the Merchant Guild district and arrange a few incidents, and Asuma agreed.

Xuanyu began his first patrol as the head of the Uchiha Police Force, while Might Guy tried to recruit Hanayu as his taijutsu disciple. The patrol reached the marketplace, where a staged dispute challenged Xuanyu to intervene.

• Might Guy asked Hanayu to become his disciple, and she agreed to train with him after Xuanyu told Guy to ask her directly.
• Xuanyu left training early to lead the Uchiha Police Force on its first patrol, with Uchiha Xia explaining the areas under their responsibility.
• Xuanyu noticed people secretly watching the patrol and continued through the civilian district and marketplace.
• At the marketplace, Xuanyu recognized Yamanaka Sandan, who was arguing with a shop owner, but chose not to interfere until they asked for help.
• The shop owner called out to Xuanyu as he tried to leave, insisting that the Police Force address the dine-and-dash dispute.

Xuan Yu responded to Yamanaka Sandan’s attack on a restaurant by documenting the owner’s testimony and demanding compensation. After Sandan refused to pay and grabbed Xuan Yu’s collar, Xuan Yu issued a third warning and prepared to forcibly stop him.

• The shop owner called on the Police Force for help, and Uchiha Xia directed him to write and sign a statement about the incident.
• Xuan Yu entered the wrecked restaurant and had the owner record that Yamanaka Sandan had eaten without paying and smashed the place.
• Sandan admitted breaking things but rejected Xuan Yu’s demand for 23,000 taels in compensation and tore up the bill.
• Sandan insulted Xuan Yu and provoked the Police Force; Xuan Yu issued warnings and suggested deducting the debt from Clan Head Fugaku’s payment to Sandan.
• Sandan grabbed Xuan Yu by the collar, and Xuan Yu gave him a third warning before threatening to forcibly stop his resistance to the law.

Xuan Yu subdued Yamanaka Sandan after the thug provoked and attacked him, then prepared to defend the Uchiha Police Force’s actions before an angry crowd. The chapter ended as Xuan Yu began explaining that the patrol had come at the shop owner’s request and presented the owner’s signed statement.

• Yamanaka Sandan provoked Xuan Yu, who twisted his wrist, struck him, and recorded the incident as an attack on Military Police Force personnel.
• Xuan Yu pressed Yamanaka Sandan’s bloody fingerprint onto the written record, while the shop owner confirmed his statement was true.
• Yamanaka Sandan ran into the street and accused the Uchiha Police Force of violent enforcement, drawing a crowd and stirring up public anger.
• Uchiha Xia kept order as Xuan Yu identified people inciting the crowd and told Uchiha Xia to remember them.
• Xuan Yu addressed the crowd and said the patrol had come because the shop owner requested help, then presented the owner’s signed and fingerprinted statement.

Xuanyu used signed statements and eyewitness testimony to defend the Uchiha Police Force’s handling of Yamanaka Sandan. He announced reforms requiring every case to be documented and kept in an open Archive Room for public inspection.

• Uchiha Xia showed the crowd the shop owner's signed and fingerprinted account, and the shop owner confirmed that Yamanaka Sandan had entered without paying and damaged his belongings.
• Yamanaka Sandan’s supporters shifted to accusing the Uchiha Police Force of violent enforcement, but Xuanyu defended his actions and presented Yamanaka Sandan’s fingerprinted statement.
• Xuanyu asked early witnesses to sign and fingerprint records confirming how the incident had unfolded, and they testified that Yamanaka Sandan had provoked him and tried to attack.
• Xuanyu announced that the Uchiha Merchant Guild would take over the Military Police Force and record every case and incident.
• Xuanyu said the records would be kept in an open Archive Room for public review, with dissatisfied people able to appeal to Hokage-sama or come to him.

Xuanyu improved the Uchiha Police Force’s standing by opening its Archive Room, publicly punishing Yamanaka Sandan, and recruiting extra-roster personnel for a City Patrol. At the Hokage Office, Sarutobi Hiruzen waited with Uchiha Shisui for news that would supposedly demonstrate the Uchiha Police Force’s arrogance, just as someone hurried in.

• Xuanyu ordered Yamanaka Sandan detained for half a month, required him to compensate the shop owner, and fined him 5000 Ryo for attacking Military Police personnel.
• Xuanyu told Yamanaka Sandan he could appeal to the Third Hokage, while assuring the civilians that the Military Police Force would correct itself when needed.
• Xuanyu and Uchiha Xia continued the patrol, then placed Sandan’s file and punishment record in the open Archive Room for civilians to read.
• Xuanyu announced recruitment for extra-roster Military Police personnel to help form a City Patrol, and invited interested civilians to submit application forms.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked and reviewed documents while Uchiha Shisui waited nearby; Hiruzen hoped the incident would distance Shisui from the Uchiha Clan, when someone hurried into the office.

Sarutobi Hiruzen heard how Uchiha Xuan Yu handled Yamanaka Sandan and realized the Uchiha Police Force had documented the incident and opened its records to public inspection. As Hiruzen struggled to find grounds to punish Xuanyu, a bandaged young man arrived to report Uchiha Clan Leader Fugaku.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen reprimanded a messenger for rushing into the Hokage Office, then listened as he reported trouble involving the Uchiha Police Force.
• Hiruzen assumed Uchiha Xuan Yu had used violent force and planned to punish him, while Uchiha Shisui asked Hiruzen to consider the clan.
• The messenger explained that Yamanaka Sandan had attacked Xuanyu and damaged a restaurant before Xuanyu warned him repeatedly and detained him for fifteen days.
• The messenger said the Uchiha Police Force kept written enforcement records and had opened its Archive Room to the public, prompting Shisui's approval and Hiruzen's concern.
• The messenger reported Xuanyu's offer to apologize publicly if Hiruzen ruled Sandan was right, leaving Hiruzen reluctant to risk his reputation.
• A bandaged young man entered to report violent law enforcement by Uchiha Clan Leader Fugaku, not Xuanyu.

Uchiha Fugaku was pressured into compensating civilians who accused his police force of excessive violence, despite his claim that they had framed him. Returning to the force, he saw Uchiha Xia bring in the badly injured Yamanaka Sandan, leaving Fugaku to suspect the Uchiha Hanjō Merchant Guild Police Force was in trouble.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned Fugaku after injured civilians accused the Uchiha Police Force of beating them.
• A woman claimed Fugaku’s men had attacked her husband, though Fugaku insisted she had called for help and then changed her story.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen blamed Fugaku for excessive force and ordered him to apologize, treat the injured, and pay them 50,000 ryo each.
• Fugaku paid the civilians and warned his men to keep a lower profile and ensure witnesses were present during patrols.
• Fugaku returned to the Military Police Force and saw Uchiha Xia escorting a bloodied Yamanaka Sandan inside.

Uchiha Xia brought Yamanaka Sandan to the Military Police Force, where Sandan accepted half a month in prison and refused to seek treatment or appeal to the Hokage. Uchiha Fugaku investigated how Xuanyu had persuaded him, while Uchiha Itachi suspected someone was targeting the police and planned to speak with the Hokage.

• Uchiha Xia told Uchiha Fugaku that Xuanyu had beaten Yamanaka Sandan after Sandan ate without paying and damaged a shop, so he was being imprisoned for half a month.
• Yamanaka Sandan admitted his wrongdoing, said he would not complain to the Hokage, and asked for porridge because he had lost his teeth.
• Uchiha Fugaku had Uchiha Xia take Sandan to a cell, then ordered Da Ming to investigate how Xuanyu had secured Sandan's cooperation.
• Uchiha Itachi visited the Military Police Force, heard that someone had complained against them, and suspected they were being deliberately targeted.
• Uchiha Itachi said he would explain the situation to the Hokage the next day and wondered whether the force at the Merchant Guild was also under attack.

Uchiha Da Ming reported that Xuanyu had lawfully punished Yamanaka Sandan and introduced transparent records at the Military Police Force, prompting Fugaku to adopt the same system. As Konoha’s clans reacted to the changes, Xuanyu noticed a Chunin following him and awakened a second tomoe as he slipped into an alley to test it.

• Uchiha Da Ming told Fugaku and Itachi that Xuanyu’s open Archive Room documented Yamanaka Sandan’s repeated provocations, and Fugaku agreed to establish a similar archive.
• Sarutobi Asuma decided to delay further schemes against the Uchiha Clan and weaken them gradually instead.
• Hyuga Clan elders mocked the Uchiha while Branch House members listened grimly, and the Nara and Yamanaka Clans discussed the upheaval and Sandan’s detention.
• Xuanyu spotted a Chunin following him as he walked home and vanished into a dim alley.
• Xuanyu’s second tomoe appeared as he prepared to test its ability.

Xuanyu used his newly awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan to hypnotize Kishibe Chunin, making the spy report that Xuanyu was weak and fail to notice he was being followed. Days later, Xuanyu learned that Kumogakure had arrived in Konoha for negotiations.

• Xuanyu controlled Kishibe Chunin with genjutsu and learned that the Third Hokage had ordered him to monitor Xuanyu and assess his strength.
• Xuanyu implanted false memories and instructions so Kishibe would report that Xuanyu was weak and would continue to underestimate him.
• Kishibe returned to normal when Xuanyu entered the lamplight, then followed him openly while believing Xuanyu could not see him.
• Xuanyu realized his hypnosis had worked and returned home as Kishibe eventually fell asleep while keeping watch.
• After several days passed, Xuanyu learned that Kumogakure had come to Konoha to negotiate peace.

Xuanyu trained with Might Guy and Senju Hanayu, then waited for Uchiha Hanjō so they could walk home together. On their usual route, Xuanyu sensed two masked shinobi lying in wait to kidnap his father.

• Xuanyu heard that Kumogakure had come to negotiate and worried that the Hyuga Clan might be in danger, but he decided not to interfere.
• Xuanyu sparred with Might Guy, then left after telling him to keep Senju Hanayu from overtraining before her medical ninjutsu lesson with Owuya Bai.
• Senju Hanayu continued training, determined not to fall behind Xuanyu, while green light quietly strengthened her bones and muscles.
• Xuanyu spent the day training at the Merchant Guild and waited for Uchiha Hanjō to finish work so they could return home together.
• Two masked shinobi watched Uchiha Hanjō's usual route and planned to kidnap him for his wealth, while Xuanyu sensed them lying in wait.

Xuanyu and Uchiha Hanjō were ambushed by two Kumogakure shinobi seeking to kidnap Hanjō and take his eyes. As Kishibe Chunin struggled to hold them off, Xuanyu removed his training weights and prepared to fight.

• Two Kumogakure shinobi planned to abduct Uchiha Hanjō before Konoha tightened security.
• Xuanyu spotted the hidden attackers and confirmed that the secret basement at the hospital was ready if they needed it.
• The Kumogakure shinobi attacked Xuanyu and Hanjō, but Xuanyu pulled his father away and led them toward Kishibe Chunin.
• Xuanyu called for help, and Kishibe Chunin engaged the two attackers while Xuanyu and Hanjō took cover.
• The Kumogakure shinobi used lightning to wound Kishibe Chunin, and Xuanyu removed his weights to show his father the results of his training.

Xuanyu stepped in to protect the unconscious Kishibe Chunin and fought two Kumogakure Chunin. He revealed his Two Tomoe Sharingan and matched their Lightning Ball before using genjutsu on their leader, leaving the other enemy stabbed from behind.

• Xuanyu refused to let the Kumogakure ninja kill Kishibe Chunin, and Uchiha Hanjō urged his son to run.
• Xuanyu dodged the attackers and used his speed and Two Tomoe Sharingan to overpower one Kumogakure Chunin while fighting both enemies.
• The leading Kumogakure ninja used Lightning Release: Lightning Ball, but Xuanyu formed and launched an equal Lightning Ball that canceled it out.
• Xuanyu showed the leader his Sharingan and trapped him in genjutsu as the other Kumogakure ninja attacked.
• A kunai pierced the second Kumogakure ninja from behind, and he recognized the attacker as his boss.