Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kyu arrested civilians who insulted the Uchiha and confronted Fugaku Uchiha over his cautious leadership. He rejected Fugaku’s plan to improve the clan’s position through cooperation with Minato Namikaze and declared that he would act where Fugaku would not.

• Uchiha Kyu ordered the Security Force to arrest civilians who were cursing the Uchiha and obstructing official business.
• Uchiha Huo questioned how they would explain the arrests to Fugaku, but Uchiha Kyu said Fugaku could come speak to him himself.
• Uchiha Huo watched Uchiha Kyu leave and firmly chose to follow him.
• Fugaku Uchiha visited Uchiha Kyu and urged him to restrain himself, arguing that cooperation with Minato Namikaze was the clan’s best path forward.
• Uchiha Kyu blamed Fugaku for stifling the Uchiha’s growth and rejected his plan to rely on the village’s leaders.
• Uchiha Kyu told Fugaku that he would imagine and do what Fugaku did not dare.

Uchiha Kyu struck a secret bargain with Orochimaru, trading prepared test subjects for forbidden techniques as he advanced his plan against Konoha’s leadership. After obtaining the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Five Elements Seal, he anticipated the future deaths of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.

• Fugaku Uchiha challenged Kyu’s resolve, then left after the two failed to persuade each other.
• Uchiha Kyu met Orochimaru in secret and exchanged prepared test subjects for a scroll of forbidden techniques.
• Uchiha Kage reported that Orochimaru’s people had taken the test subjects, and Kyu ordered him to clean the slime-covered scroll.
• Uchiha Kyu read the scroll and found the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Five Elements Seal, including the method to undo the seal.
• Uchiha Kyu reflected on Minato Namikaze’s brief future and expected Minato and Kushina Uzumaki to die after Kushina became pregnant.

Uchiha Kyu continued training in the Flying Thunder God Technique while Konoha’s clans investigated the disappearance of their young members. After Fugaku Uchiha was summoned to the Hokage Building, Kyu ordered his followers to begin their long-planned operation to replace him.

• Uchiha Kyu reflected that Fugaku Uchiha’s faith in Minato Namikaze was misplaced and began learning the Flying Thunder God Technique from Orochimaru’s scroll.
• Uchiha Kanta released the imprisoned civilians from the Uchiha Police Force, while Huo Uchiha obeyed Uchiha Kyu’s order not to interfere.
• Shimura Danzō accused the Uchiha Clan of abducting young members from Konoha’s major clans, but Minato Namikaze urged the leaders not to accuse anyone before the investigation was complete.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Minato Namikaze to have Anbu summon Fugaku Uchiha to the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Kyu heard that Fugaku Uchiha had gone to the Hokage Building and told Uchiha Kage to prepare to carry out their plan.
• Uchiha clansmen gathered beneath the cherry blossom tree and looked to Uchiha Kyu with fervent admiration.

Uchiha Kyu began a coup within the Uchiha Compound, using his loyal clansmen to seize control while holding Uchiha Mikoto and Itachi as leverage over Fugaku Uchiha. His forces moved out under orders to eliminate opposition, and the chapter ended as they killed two Anbu messengers.

• Uchiha Kage and the other clansmen pledged their loyalty to Uchiha Kyu, who urged them to survive and follow his plan.
• Uchiha Kage brought in the bound Uchiha Mikoto and Itachi, and Uchiha Kyu had them taken away as leverage over Fugaku Uchiha.
• Uchiha Kyu handed Uchiha Okamoto, Uchiha Haruto, and Uchiha Kage scrolls assigning their missions for the operation.
• Uchiha Okamoto's team ambushed the compound patrol and took control of the gate, while other Uchiha clansmen scattered through the compound.
• Two Anbu guards recognized the danger and tried to report to the Third Hokage and Danzo, but Uchiha Kage's group killed them and ordered that no one be left alive.

Uchiha Kyu’s forces launched a violent uprising in Konoha while Fugaku Uchiha was accused of betraying the village. As explosions spread through the village, Kyu took control of the Uchiha compound and began instructing Uchiha Itachi.

• Uchiha Kage and his men killed the Anbu sent to the Uchiha compound and continued their mission to spread the clan’s wrath.
• Danzo demanded Fugaku Uchiha be arrested, but Minato Namikaze intervened and Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Fugaku to return to contain the unrest.
• Explosions shook Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Anbu to protect villagers and Minato Namikaze to help suppress the troublemakers.
• Uchiha Kyu watched the village burn from Hokage Rock and told Uchiha Itachi to stay by his side and learn from him.
• Uchiha Okamoto reported that Fugaku Uchiha’s forces had surrendered to protect their families and that the Uchiha compound was under martial law.
• Huo Uchiha pledged loyalty to Uchiha Kyu, who welcomed his choice.

Uchiha Kyu confronted Konoha’s leaders at Hokage Rock after setting off chaos across the village, while Fugaku Uchiha tried to stop him. When Danzo sent Root shinobi to attack, Uchiha Kyu awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and unleashed Space Crushing.

• Huo Uchiha praised Uchiha Kyu’s plan to force the Uchiha Clan to fight for its future, while Uchiha Itachi listened silently.
• Uchiha Okamoto spotted approaching shinobi, but Uchiha Kyu refused to retreat and welcomed Uchiha Haruto, whose team had helped create chaos in the village.
• Fugaku Uchiha confronted Uchiha Kyu and urged him to stop, while Huo Uchiha criticized Fugaku for siding with outsiders against his clansmen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Choza Akimichi, and Shikaku Nara arrived, and Danzo ordered Root shinobi to capture Uchiha Kyu’s people.
• Uchiha Kyu stopped his allies from charging, awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, and used Space Crushing on the advancing Root shinobi.

Uchiha Kyu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to repel Danzo’s Root ninjas, then led his group away while Hiruzen and Danzo pursued them. Meanwhile, Uchiha Kage hired Konan and three other missing-nin for three hundred million ryo to attack the Sarutobi Clan Grounds, leaving Konoha’s next generation under threat.

• Uchiha Kyu killed Danzo’s Root ninjas with his Space Crushing ability, revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan to Hiruzen, Fugaku, and the others.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to eliminate Uchiha Kyu, while Fugaku refused to attack because Itachi was being held hostage; Kyu hinted that the clan had secretly agreed with him.
• Hiruzen ordered the ninjas to attack, but Uchiha Kyu used a massive Fire Release technique and the ensuing steam to lead Huo Uchiha and the others toward the forest.
• Hiruzen and Danzo split their forces to pursue Uchiha Kyu’s group as Kyu worried that Minato’s absence had increased the danger to Uchiha Kage’s squad.
• Uchiha Kage paid Konan three hundred million ryo, and Konan and three other S-rank missing-nin began slaughtering people inside the Sarutobi Clan Grounds, especially the younger generation.

Uchiha Kyu’s plan to launch an uprising in Konoha began when a firework signaled its success, and he unleashed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo against the village’s forces. He declared that power ruled the world and moved to end the Uchiha clan’s suffering as Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to retreat.

• Shikaku Nara’s shadow hands caught Huo Uchiha, but Uchiha Kyu freed him while Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces surrounded the group.
• A firework rose over Konoha, and Uchiha Kyu sent Uchiha Okamoto and the others into battle while keeping Uchiha Itachi beside him.
• Uchiha Kyu kicked Uchiha Itachi into the fighting, then summoned Susanoo and drove back the Konoha ninjas attacking him and the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Kyu told Fugaku Uchiha that strength determined who made the rules, then announced he would end the Uchiha clan’s suffering.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the others to flee, but Uchiha Kyu unleashed his Mangekyō Sharingan to its limit as blood streamed from his eyes.

Uchiha Kyu used his Mangekyō Sharingan technique, Space Crushing, to annihilate hundreds of elite ninja, but Minato Namikaze rescued Hiruzen Sarutobi and several others. As Minato prepared to confront Kyu, Uchiha Kage arrived and reported that the Akatsuki had safely left the village.

• Uchiha Okamoto rescued Uchiha Itachi as Uchiha Kyu's spatial vortices trapped the retreating ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered Earth Release users to defend against Uchiha Kyu's Space Crushing, but the technique shattered their earthen walls and killed hundreds.
• Minato Namikaze arrived with his Flying Thunder God Technique and saved Hiruzen Sarutobi and several others from the attack.
• Minato Namikaze challenged Uchiha Kyu to stop the slaughter, but Kyu refused and insisted that victory determined who ruled.
• Uchiha Kage arrived and told Uchiha Kyu that the plan had succeeded and the Akatsuki members had been escorted safely out of the village.

Uchiha Kyu revealed that he knew the Flying Thunder God Technique and declared that the Uchiha Clan would reclaim its authority over the Hidden Leaf Police Force. As Minato Namikaze and the other clans prepared to confront him, clan elders reported that their homes had been attacked and their younger generations slaughtered, leaving Uchiha Kyu facing an enraged Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Uchiha Kyu drove away Minato Namikaze's marked kunai, then revealed his own Flying Thunder God Mark and forced Minato to retreat from his attack.
• Uchiha Kyu warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha Clan would exercise all its authority over the Hidden Leaf Police Force, while Danzo and Fugaku Uchiha reacted with anger and fear.
• Minato Namikaze prepared a Sealing Jutsu as Uchiha Kage asked whether they should fight their way out, but Uchiha Kyu said their enemies would retreat on their own.
• Saruobi Sao and other clan elders arrived and reported that powerful shinobi had infiltrated their homes and killed nearly all the younger members of their clans.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, transformed him into the Adamantine Staff, and ordered the others to attack Uchiha Kyu.
• Uchiha Kyu scattered Flying Thunder God-marked kunai at Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, warning them not to move.

Uchiha Kyu used the Flying Thunder God Technique to attack Konoha’s leaders while Fugaku Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan to protect the Uchiha. The fight continued as Fugaku’s Susanoo withstood Minato Namikaze’s sealing jutsu and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Adamantine Staff.

• Uchiha Kyu used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill Saruobi Sao and a Nara Clan elder, then continued targeting Konoha’s fighters.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the clan leaders to attack the remaining Uchiha while Uchiha Kage urged Huo Uchiha and the others to retreat.
• Fugaku Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo to block the attacks, declaring that he would not let anyone hurt his son.
• Fugaku Uchiha’s Susanoo caught Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Adamantine Staff, but Minato Namikaze struck it with a Rasengan and then tried to seal Fugaku.
• Fugaku Uchiha used Amaterasu to burn Minato Namikaze’s sealing scroll, and his Susanoo blocked another strike from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Adamantine Staff.

Uchiha Kyu overwhelmed Hiruzen Sarutobi and ended the battle before the other clan heads could decide whether to keep fighting. He took Fugaku Uchiha away, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were left to deal with the Uchiha clan gathering at Naka Shrine.

• Uchiha Kyu and the other Uchiha set the battlefield ablaze, forcing Minato Namikaze to seal the flames and rescue Shikaku Nara and the others.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered Uchiha Kage to take Uchiha Itachi to the clan grounds and gather every Sharingan-wielding clansman at Naka Shrine.
• Uchiha Kyu manifested a powerful Susanoo and struck Hiruzen Sarutobi with one punch, sending him crashing through several trees.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered using his trump card, but Minato Namikaze arrived and transferred him to safety before he could act.
• Shikaku Nara and the other clan heads urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to stop the battle and return to their clans, while Danzo accused them of rebellion.
• Uchiha Kyu declared the battle over, grabbed Fugaku Uchiha, and vanished with him.

Uchiha Kyu took over as Clan Head at Naka Shrine, used his Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue the elders, and abolished the elder system. He left the clan insisting that members obey the Clan Head’s orders, even when they believed those orders were wrong.

• Uchiha Kyu reassured Fugaku Uchiha about Mikoto and Itachi, then told him to bring them to a gathering at Naka Shrine.
• Uchiha Kage reported that clan members with awakened Sharingan had assembled, while Uchiha Shisui remained away on a mission arranged by Kyu.
• Fugaku Uchiha resigned as Clan Head and formally acknowledged Uchiha Kyu as his successor.
• Uchiha Kyu revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, knocked Yata Uchiha unconscious, and trapped Uchiha Niura and Hirota Uchiha in genjutsu.
• Uchiha Kyu abolished the elder system and declared that the clan must obey the Clan Head, while defending that principle against protesting members.

Uchiha Kyu took control of the Uchiha Clan, imposed a lockdown, and left Konoha’s leaders struggling to contain the aftermath of his attacks. Fugaku Uchiha accepted a new role as Kyu’s assistant, while Kyu left him to handle clan affairs.

• Uchiha Kyu rebuked the clan members for their complicity and warned that future traitors would be punished, then received their pledges of allegiance as the new clan head.
• Uchiha Kyu ordered the Uchiha Clan to remain inside the compound, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze struggled to appease the clans seeking revenge and prevent a larger conflict.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Anbu to search for Jiraiya-sensei and Lady Tsunade as Konoha faced funeral preparations and the consequences of the attacks.
• Fugaku Uchiha admitted he had come to believe Uchiha Kyu was right and agreed to help him run the clan.
• Uchiha Kyu appointed Fugaku Uchiha clan head's assistant and left him in charge of clan affairs before disappearing.

Uchiha Kyu confronted Konoha’s leadership to reclaim the Uchiha’s power and demand compensation for the clan. He left the negotiations unresolved after calling on Minato Namikaze to answer for Fugaku Uchiha’s past support.

• Uchiha Kyu planned to reclaim the Police Department’s authority after succeeding Fugaku Uchiha as clan head.
• More than twenty Anbu surrounded Uchiha Kyu outside the compound, but he ordered them aside and defeated them within a minute.
• Uchiha Kyu appeared in the Hokage Office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded to know why Danzo had mobilized the Anbu.
• Uchiha Kyu demanded three hundred defense-line guard positions, all withheld Uchiha resources and funds, and three streets near the Uchiha Compound.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Konoha could not provide everything during its recovery, so Uchiha Kyu asked Minato Namikaze to resolve the dispute and reminded him that Fugaku Uchiha had supported his appointment as Fourth Hokage.

Uchiha Kyu forced Konoha to concede compensation, control of three streets, and protection from discrimination, then returned to the clan and explained his plans to Uchiha Shisui. He prepared a clan meeting to set a long-term direction for the Uchiha and address discrimination against members without the Sharingan.

• Minato Namikaze agreed to installment payments for the Uchiha Clan’s debts, the use of one street, and delayed rewards, but Uchiha Kyu demanded all three streets and full compensation by the next day.
• Uchiha Kyu warned that Konoha would lose people for every shortfall and demanded that Uchiha clansmen face no discrimination before leaving the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Kyu met Uchiha Shisui on the street and brought him back to the clan to explain what had happened and reveal his plan.
• Uchiha Shisui warned that Kyu’s actions could destabilize Konoha and trigger war, but fell silent after hearing the plan and Kyu’s argument that the clan had won.
• Uchiha Kyu summoned a clan meeting, intending to set a long-term direction and change the Uchiha Clan’s discrimination against members who lacked the Sharingan.

Uchiha Kyu rallied the clan by confronting its pride and anger over Konoha’s treatment, then announced the Nirvana Plan to revitalize the Uchiha. The chapter ended as he revealed that selected clansmen would be sent to dangerous front lines to awaken their Sharingan.

• Fugaku Uchiha arrived at the clan meeting and took the assistant position Uchiha Kyu had arranged for him as the elder system was abolished.
• Uchiha Shisui joined the meeting, and Uchiha Kyu asked the clan whether it was truly strong despite its decline.
• Uchiha Kyu challenged the clansmen to reject their nostalgia for past glory and asked whether they would refuse to bow to Konoha.
• Uchiha Shisui, Fugaku Uchiha, and the other clansmen declared they were willing to risk their lives to change the clan’s fortunes.
• Uchiha Kyu named the revival effort the Nirvana Plan and explained that selected clansmen would be sent to one of three front lines to awaken their Sharingan through life-and-death trials.

Uchiha Kyu sent clan members to the front lines, took Uchiha Itachi under his wing, and promised to share the clan’s future glory. Meanwhile, Konoha’s leaders grew wary of the Uchiha and Danzo pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi over a suspected mole.

• Uchiha Kyu praised the clan members’ readiness for battle and named those who would go to the front lines.
• Uchiha Kyu told Uchiha Itachi to stay by his side and learn from him, while Fugaku Uchiha hoped he would become Itachi’s mentor.
• Uchiha Kyu promised the clan that Konoha would one day submit to them and that he would share their glory, prompting the members to swear loyalty.
• Fugaku Uchiha accepted that Uchiha Kyu was stronger than he was and went home with Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Itachi.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to find the Sealing Scroll mole, while Hiruzen Sarutobi resolved to handle Orochimaru privately.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Minato Namikaze to keep the Uchiha under distant surveillance as tensions rose along Konoha’s borders.

Uchiha Kyu sent the clan’s former elders to lead teams to the front lines and planned to establish Uchiha businesses on three streets. He began training Uchiha Itachi and brought him and Uchiha Shisui to meet Orochimaru, whom he intended to keep funding after warning him that Danzo had exposed his Wood Release research.

• Uchiha Kyu released Uchiha Shita, Uchiha Niura, and Hirota Uchiha and assigned each of them a team to lead to the front lines.
• Uchiha Kyu marked three streets around the Uchiha Compound and told Uchiha Fugaku to arrange for clan members to open shops there.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Kyu he did not want to attend the Ninja Academy, and Uchiha Kyu offered to help him become stronger.
• Uchiha Kyu summoned Uchiha Shisui and took him and Uchiha Itachi to a river, where Orochimaru emerged from a water snake.
• Uchiha Kyu warned Orochimaru that Danzo had exposed his secret Wood Release research to Hiruzen Sarutobi and revealed that he planned to continue funding him.

Uchiha Kyu recruited Orochimaru by offering him resources and a hidden laboratory, while promising a chance to eliminate Danzo. After their alliance formed, Kyu challenged Itachi and Shisui to reconsider their idealized view of Konoha.

• Uchiha Kyu confronted Orochimaru about leaving Konoha and offered to support his research into immortality and other experiments.
• Orochimaru accepted Kyu's offer, and Kyu arranged for his laboratory to be moved underground beneath the Uchiha Police Force Building.
• Uchiha Kyu proposed involving Danzo in their plan and possibly eliminating him, while Itachi and Shisui listened anxiously.
• Uchiha Shisui asked whether Orochimaru was studying Hashirama's cells, and Kyu confirmed that reality could be darker than they imagined.
• Uchiha Kyu explained that Danzo represented Konoha's darkness and urged Itachi and Shisui to use their minds and understand that people acted according to their positions.