Recaps

Uchiha Tenchi used genjutsu to teach the children reading, chakra extraction, and the Three-Body Technique, but Uchiha Chuan learned and practiced them while trapped in the illusion. After Chuan broke free, Tenchi praised him as a prodigy and revealed that he had observed Chuan’s progress.

• Uchiha Tenchi cast a genjutsu over the classroom to teach the children basic lessons and Uchiha techniques.
• Uchiha Chuan realized he was learning inside the illusion, extracted chakra, and practiced the Transformation, Clone, and Substitution Techniques.
• Uchiha Chuan spotted the Genjutsu Release seal and used it to escape the illusion.
• Uchiha Tenchi told Uchiha Chuan that he had extracted an unusually large amount of chakra and mastered the Three-Body Technique, then praised him as a new-generation Uchiha genius.

Uchiha Chuan’s supposed genjutsu lesson revealed his hidden talent to the Uchiha children, and his boast that hard work could overcome genius caught Fugaku Uchiha’s attention. Fugaku granted Chuan access to Uchiha techniques and promised personal instruction, leaving Chuan resigned to acting hardworking while secretly relying on his Lying Flat System.

• Uchiha Chuan learned that Uchiha Tenchi’s Elementary Learning Technique had shown the class what Chuan did inside the genjutsu.
• Uchiha Chuan claimed he had trained from age three and declared that hard work could overcome genius, prompting Obito Uchiha and the other children to admire and challenge him.
• Fugaku Uchiha praised Chuan as a super genius and explained that past Uchiha prodigies had fallen behind the Legendary Sannin through pride and lack of effort.
• Fugaku Uchiha opened Uchiha ninjutsu and secret technique materials to Chuan and offered to teach him, while Uchiha Tenchi volunteered to guide his elementary training.
• Uchiha Chuan accepted the attention and resolved to appear diligent while secretly lying flat and using his system.

Uchiha Chuan rapidly learned nearly every technique in the Uchiha resource library and asked Elder Uchiha Tenchi for access to the forbidden techniques. After returning home, he awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

• With Fugaku Uchiha's approval, Elder Uchiha Tenchi took Uchiha Chuan to the resource library and granted him access to its scrolls.
• Uchiha Chuan read and mastered a vast range of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu in a single day.
• Elder Uchiha Tenchi discovered the mountain of scrolls Uchiha Chuan had read and learned that he remembered and mastered them all.
• Uchiha Chuan asked where the forbidden techniques were, and Elder Uchiha Tenchi said he would consult Fugaku Uchiha before allowing him to read them.
• After returning home, Uchiha Chuan awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Uchiha Tenchi began training Uchiha Chuan in clan techniques, but Chuan's attempts to hide his abilities repeatedly turned into astonishing displays of talent. Tenchi rushed to inform the clan head, leaving Chuan worried that Danzo would notice him and determined to keep guarding his treasure chests.

• Uchiha Tenchi woke Uchiha Chuan before dawn and insisted on training him before the Ninja Academy began.
• Uchiha Chuan accidentally performed a Fireball Jutsu more powerfully than Tenchi's demonstration, then showed exceptional skill with other ninjutsu, genjutsu, and swordsmanship.
• Uchiha Tenchi praised Chuan as a once-in-a-generation genius and ran off to tell the clan head despite Chuan asking him to keep things low-profile.
• Uchiha Chuan worried that Danzo would target him and resolved to work only a little harder before returning to lying low and guarding treasure chests.

Uchiha Chuan’s demonstrations convinced the clan elders that he was a prodigy, but their ruthless expectations and the attention of other shinobi made him regret standing out. As Shimura Danzō tried to recruit him and Obito Uchiha dragged him off to train, Chuan began looking for a way to escape the pressure.

• Fugaku Uchiha and the three elders inspected Uchiha Chuan, who demonstrated powerful ninjutsu, genjutsu, and swordsmanship.
• When Chuan asked what would happen if he failed to become strong, Fugaku Uchiha, Uchiha En, and Uchiha Gen said he would be worthless or eliminated, prompting him to decide to stay away from them.
• Uchiha Chuan endured repeated tests from clan members and shinobi, who praised his potential while accepting deliberately modest performances.
• Shimura Danzō asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to hand Uchiha Chuan over to him, but Hiruzen refused and Danzō left angrily.
• Uchiha Chuan resolved to find a way to avoid the attention, but Obito Uchiha arrived and dragged him to the training ground to practice.

Uchiha Chuan’s plan to lie flat ended when Fugaku Uchiha and the elders brought him to the Ninja Academy for early enrollment. There, he met Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō took notice of him, leaving Chuan determined to keep a low profile.

• Uchiha Chuan used a homemade False Shadow Clone to fool Obito Uchiha into thinking he was training, and he enjoyed three months of lying flat.
• Fugaku Uchiha delivered Chuan’s early admission notice, and the elders insisted that he attend the Ninja Academy as Uchiha’s hope.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the elders escorted Chuan to the academy, where other students whispered about his reputation as a genius.
• Hatake Sakumo introduced his son Kakashi to Chuan, and Kakashi dismissed Chuan’s declaration about upholding Uchiha’s glory as boring.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Chuan had been influenced by Uchiha’s obsession, while Shimura Danzō privately judged him a threat to eliminate.
• Chuan resolved to keep a low profile, unaware that Uchiha’s glory had already drawn him into danger.

During Hiruzen Sarutobi’s speech, Uchiha Chuan pretended he had slept because he trained at four in the morning, then deflected a question about choosing between Konoha and Uchiha by asking whether the clan was part of the village’s future. He left determined to keep a low profile, unaware that his reputation had risen and that certain people were watching him more closely.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi spotted Uchiha Chuan sleeping during his Will of Fire speech and called him onto the platform.
• Uchiha Chuan claimed he had trained since four in the morning, impressing the children and earning Hiruzen’s praise.
• Hiruzen asked whether Chuan would defend Konoha’s future or Uchiha’s glory, and Chuan challenged the divisive premise by asking whether the Uchiha were part of the village’s future.
• Hiruzen laughed off Chuan’s pointed response, while Fugaku Uchiha scolded him for insulting the Hokage.
• Chuan returned to the crowd and vowed to keep a low profile, but his reputation rose and certain people began paying closer attention to him.

Uchiha Chuan rejected the Uchiha elders’ expectations that he pursue the Hokage position and went to the Ninja Academy, where he provoked Asuma Sarutobi into challenging Kakashi Hatake. After Might Guy defeated Asuma and took up the challenge himself, Chuan followed Guy into their shared classroom.

• Uchiha Chuan told Fugaku Uchiha and the elders that he would follow his own path and had no interest in becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Chuan arrived at the Ninja Academy, where Asuma Sarutobi challenged him to a spar.
• Uchiha Chuan refused Asuma’s challenge and suggested he defeat the village’s recognized genius, Kakashi Hatake, first.
• Might Guy challenged Asuma and knocked him down with a roundhouse kick after they fought.
• Uchiha Chuan told Guy he could challenge him after defeating Kakashi, and Guy immediately challenged Kakashi, who refused.
• Uchiha Chuan followed Might Guy into their shared classroom.

Uchiha Chuan challenged Sarutobi Gang during the class introductions, exposing the teacher’s double standard and criticizing the Sarutobi and Shimura clans’ conduct. Sarutobi Gang ended the argument and resumed class while Uchiha Chuan settled back in to slack off.

• Sarutobi Gang introduced himself as the class’s homeroom teacher and asked the students to share their dreams.
• Obito Uchiha declared that he wanted to become Hokage and defeat Uchiha Chuan, then the other students introduced themselves.
• Uchiha Chuan said he wanted to fulfill people’s dreams and sell them back, prompting Sarutobi Gang to accuse him of being mercenary and potentially betraying Konoha.
• Uchiha Chuan challenged Sarutobi Gang with a hypothetical about selling information that led to his sacrifice, then accused members of the Sarutobi and Shimura clans of twisting logic and mistreating people.
• Asuma Sarutobi defended his clan, but Uchiha Chuan questioned whether he could investigate its conduct and uncover the truth.
• Sarutobi Gang ordered everyone to stop arguing and continue the introductions, and Uchiha Chuan returned to his seat and looked out the window.

Danzo demanded that Hiruzen let him take Uchiha Chuan, but Hiruzen refused to use his authority against the Uchiha Clan. After Danzo left, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen to suppress the clan, leaving him silently considering whether he should act.

• Danzo watched Uchiha Chuan through the Telescope Technique and accused the Uchiha of disregarding the village.
• Hiruzen told Danzo to approach the Uchiha Clan himself and warned him against acting recklessly.
• Danzo argued with Hiruzen, blamed his leniency for the Uchiha's growing arrogance, and stormed out of the office.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura discussed Chuan's skill at arguing and urged Hiruzen to pressure the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen defended the Uchiha as part of Konoha, but Koharu and Homura insisted the clan needed suppression.
• Hiruzen fell silent and wondered whether he should take action against the Uchiha.

Uchiha Chuan used his Smart Clone Technique to avoid extra training while his phrase, “setting the facts aside,” spread through Konoha and became a weapon against the village’s authorities. The Third Hokage banned the phrase, while Sarutobi Gang resigned under public pressure.

• Uchiha Chuan invented the Smart Clone Technique to handle questions and tasks while he relaxed at home.
• Uchiha Clan members adopted Uchiha Chuan’s phrase as a slogan and used it against villagers and rival clans.
• Fugaku Uchiha challenged the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, with the phrase during a meeting at the Hokage’s Office.
• The Third Hokage and his advisors banned everyone from saying “setting the facts aside,” prompting uproar across Konoha.
• Villagers and classmates began avoiding Uchiha Chuan, while Sarutobi Gang resigned and disappeared from public view.

Shimura Danzō sent Root ninja to bring Uchiha Chuan to him, but Chuan exposed the abduction attempt with a loud ninjutsu and drew the village’s attention. The Root ninja were captured as Danzo and the Third Hokage hurried to the scene, where tensions between the Uchiha and Danzo were escalating.

• Shimura Danzō decided to handle Uchiha Chuan himself after Root failed to suppress the Uchiha’s growing public support.
• Two Root ninja posing as ANBU confronted Uchiha Chuan and ordered him to meet their leader, but Chuan shouted that spies were trying to kidnap him.
• Uchiha Chuan’s loud broadcasting ninjutsu alerted Shimura Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fugaku Uchiha, Hatake Sakumo, and others across Konoha.
• Danzō ordered Root to retreat, but Root ninja AK attacked Chuan and Hatake Sakumo subdued him while Chuan stopped 47 from escaping.
• Uchiha ninja captured 47, and Danzō and Hiruzen rushed toward the scene as the confrontation threatened to spiral out of control.

Uchiha Chuan used public accusations against Shimura Danzō to keep the Uchiha Police Force from backing down and demanded an explanation from the Third Hokage. The Hokage and Konoha’s leaders arrived as the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Uchiha Chuan told the Police Force to wait for the Hokage and dismissed Hatake Sakumo’s defense of the Hokage by calling Root a rogue part of ANBU.
• Shimura Danzō arrived and threatened Uchiha Chuan, who loudly branded him the head of a spy ring and urged the Police Force to kill him if he attacked.
• The Uchiha Police Force shielded Uchiha Chuan and activated their Sharingan, while Fugaku Uchiha and the three elders decided they did not need to intervene.
• Shimura Danzō called on Hatake Sakumo to stop the Uchiha, but Sakumo said they only wanted an explanation.
• The Third Hokage arrived with Konoha clan leaders and other officials, and Uchiha Chuan demanded an explanation from him.

Uchiha Chuan confronted the Third Hokage over Shimura Danzō’s private approach and rejected the Hokage’s explanation and apology. He left after condemning the Hokage’s loyalty tests, while the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō remained behind in a tense silence.

• Uchiha Chuan challenged the Third Hokage to explain why Shimura Danzō had met him privately, questioning whether Danzō was recruiting a faction or testing the Uchiha.
• The Third Hokage admitted that he had sent Danzō to recruit Uchiha Chuan into Root and apologized for the misunderstanding.
• Uchiha Chuan rejected the apology and accused the Third Hokage of harming the village by testing people’s loyalty.
• Uchiha Chuan called on the Uchiha Police Force to release the two Root shinobi, then urged the Hokage to stop testing human nature and apologize to the village.
• Uchiha Chuan left with the Uchiha Police Force, and Orochimaru and the other clan heads departed afterward, leaving the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō alone.

Hiruzen, Danzo, Koharu, and Homura decided to wait until Uchiha Chuan graduated before trying to influence him, while Chuan returned home with admiring Uchiha Police Force members. His attempts to teach them the Broadcasting Technique produced unexpected ninjutsu, drawing Orochimaru’s interest and leaving him planning to speak with Chuan.

• Danzo proposed using other villages to kill Uchiha Chuan, but Hiruzen warned that Chuan’s technique could expose them, and Koharu suggested waiting until he graduated.
• Hiruzen and Homura agreed that teaching Chuan the Will of Fire and placing him on a mission squad could help bring him into the village.
• Uchiha Police Force members praised Chuan for confronting Hiruzen and making Danzo look like a spy, then asked him to teach them the Broadcasting Technique.
• One Uchiha accidentally breathed fire while trying Chuan’s instructions, and another spat out water that pierced a tree; the Uchiha decided to develop ninjutsu from their chakra natures.
• Orochimaru watched from a distant tree, then vanished after deciding to find a chance to talk with Chuan.

After witnessing Uchiha Chuan’s confrontation with the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō, Konoha’s clan leaders reassessed his influence and potential. Hatake Sakumo decided to leave his ANBU commander post and return to missions so he could understand the village for himself.

• Hyuga Hiashi, Aburame Shibi, and Inuzuka Tsume admired Uchiha Chuan’s composure, and Hiashi resolved to seek his friendship.
• Shikaku Nara predicted that Uchiha Chuan could transform the Uchiha Clan and possibly become Hokage, then ordered the Ino–Shika–Cho Three Clans to treat Uchiha ninja respectfully and avoid framing them.
• Kakashi admitted that Uchiha Chuan was stronger than him, and Hatake Sakumo agreed that Chuan was stronger than himself as well.
• Hatake Sakumo said the Hokage’s conduct had made the village feel unfamiliar and decided to resign as ANBU commander to lead mission teams and understand the village.
• Hatake Sakumo tore off his Hokage half-sleeve, and he and Kakashi walked home together.

After Uchiha Chuan impressed Fugaku and the elders, he advised the clan on how to challenge the Hokage by appealing to civilian ninja. He left after proposing an Uchiha Ninja Academy and a plan to sell ninjutsu to fund the Police Force.

• Fugaku praised Uchiha Chuan's performance and granted him access to the clan's forbidden and secret techniques.
• The Second Elder asked how the Uchiha should respond to the Hokage and Danzo's efforts to suppress them.
• Uchiha Chuan argued that the Ninja Academy was the Hokage's foundation because it offered civilian ninja a path to advancement.
• Uchiha Chuan proposed that Fugaku submit a plan for an Uchiha Ninja Academy that taught more ninjutsu than Konoha's academy.
• Uchiha Chuan suggested publicizing the proposal if it was rejected, so civilian ninja would blame the Hokage, and recommended selling ninjutsu to fund the Police Force.
• Fugaku and the elders approved of Uchiha Chuan's strategies, and Chuan left.

Uchiha Chuan asked Fugaku Uchiha to withdraw him from the Ninja Academy, explaining how it would protect him and support the Uchiha Clan. After Fugaku agreed, Chuan reassured the Police Force members that the clan would stop passively accepting pressure from the Hokage and village leaders, then headed home.

• Uchiha Chuan gave Fugaku Uchiha four reasons to withdraw from the Ninja Academy, and Fugaku agreed to handle it the next morning.
• Uchiha Chuan left the reception hall and found Police Force members waiting outside because they had feared the clan leaders would mistreat him.
• Uchiha Chuan told the Police Force members that he had ways to respond to the village and would no longer let the Uchiha Clan be forced to back down.
• Uchiha Chuan hinted that the clan would make the Hokage and village leaders take the initiative against them, then went home as the Police Force members arranged the night watch.

Umino Ikkaku and Shitaka Sarutobi learned that Uchiha Chuan was withdrawing from the Ninja Academy, while Fugaku Uchiha insisted the clan had decided and refused to reconsider. Shitaka sent an assistant to report the matter to Lord Hokage, leaving the withdrawal awaiting approval.

• Umino Ikkaku noticed Uchiha Chuan was absent and learned from Fugaku Uchiha that Chuan would no longer attend the Ninja Academy.
• Umino Ikkaku tried to persuade Fugaku Uchiha to keep Chuan enrolled, but Fugaku refused and went to process the withdrawal.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Shitaka Sarutobi that Chuan had requested the withdrawal, and Shitaka said he needed Lord Hokage's instructions.
• Fugaku Uchiha mocked Shitaka Sarutobi for delaying and agreed to return for an answer the next day.
• Shitaka Sarutobi ordered his assistant to report Chuan's withdrawal to Lord Hokage immediately.

Fugaku Uchiha celebrated Uchiha Chuan’s withdrawal from the Ninja Academy as the first step in the Uchiha Clan’s plan against the Hokage and Danzo. Umino Ikkaku feared the decision had made reconciliation between the clan and the village nearly impossible, but wondered whether he should speak with Chuan.

• Fugaku Uchiha left the Ninja Academy delighted that its administrators had been forced to treat him respectfully while he processed Uchiha Chuan’s withdrawal.
• Umino Ikkaku and the Hokage’s assistant separately reported Chuan’s withdrawal, and the Hokage allowed the Uchiha to proceed.
• The assistant left to report the Hokage’s decision to Director Sarutobi, while Ikkaku worried that the Uchiha-village conflict had escalated.
• Ikkaku recalled Chuan’s public accusation against the Hokage and the growing doubts in Konoha about blaming the Uchiha alone.
• Ikkaku wondered whether he should visit Chuan and try to persuade him, but doubted Chuan would listen.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha F4 debated Uchiha Chuan’s school withdrawal and Danzo’s proposal to restart Hashirama Cell experiments. At the Uchiha Clan Territory, Shitaka Sarutobi delivered the approved withdrawal documents, while Fugaku Uchiha stayed calm and hinted that Chuan’s plan had only begun.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned what the Uchiha Clan intended by Uchiha Chuan’s withdrawal, while Danzo called Chuan a threat.
• Danzo proposed restarting human experiments with Hashirama Cells, but Hiruzen rejected the idea and asserted his authority as Hokage.
• Hiruzen asked whether anyone had witnessed Chuan’s talent, and Danzo confirmed that Chuan’s shuriken had disrupted 47’s Body Flicker rhythm.
• Shitaka Sarutobi visited Fugaku Uchiha and announced that Chuan’s withdrawal had been approved, offering to approve withdrawals for other Uchiha students as well.
• Fugaku Uchiha accepted the documents calmly and said he would return if other Uchiha students needed to withdraw.

After Uchiha Chuan chose to leave the Ninja Academy, the Uchiha Clan rallied behind him, though Fugaku Uchiha insisted that no one should be forced to withdraw. Obito Uchiha struggled to decide whether to stay at the academy for Rin Nohara or follow his clan, and the chapter ended with him still uncertain.

• Uchiha clansmen gathered at Fugaku Uchiha's home after learning Uchiha Chuan planned to withdraw, and many wanted to withdraw their children too.
• Fugaku Uchiha told the clan to respect each child's wishes and forbid anyone from forcing a withdrawal.
• Obito's grandmother explained that Obito could stay at the Ninja Academy if he could not bear to leave Rin Nohara.
• Obito questioned why the Uchiha Clan and the village could not get along, and his grandmother said they stood on different sides despite wanting peace.
• Obito lay awake torn between supporting Uchiha Chuan and remaining near Rin Nohara, unable to decide whether to withdraw.

Obito learned that the Uchiha Clan had decided to withdraw all its students from the Ninja Academy, and he chose to leave with them despite his feelings for Rin. Shitaka Sarutobi approved the withdrawals, and every Uchiha student left the academy.

• Obito told Rin and Kakashi that Uchiha Chuan had withdrawn and the clan planned to withdraw all its students.
• Asuma insulted the Uchiha, and Obito asked Rin if he could still visit her before leaving the classroom.
• Kakashi dispersed the gathering students and refused to take either Asuma's or Obito's side.
• Uchiha Clan members brought withdrawal forms to Shitaka Sarutobi, who approved them with open disdain.
• Obito and every other Uchiha student withdrew from the Konoha Ninja Academy.

After every Uchiha student withdrew from the Konoha Ninja Academy, Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered that Shitaka Sarutobi had approved all their applications by mistake. Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura abandoned their rumor campaign and were left to devise a new plan.

• News of the Uchiha Clan's mass withdrawal spread through Konoha, and frightened villagers gathered at the Hokage Building to question Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Shitaka Sarutobi, who explained that he had approved every Uchiha withdrawal because he misunderstood the Hokage's instructions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Shitaka Sarutobi to leave after learning the applications had already been approved.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura halted their plan to spread rumors about Uchiha Chuan, fearing it would make them look guilty.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura speculated that Uchiha Chuan had anticipated their scheme, then agreed to make new plans.

Uchiha Chuan found that the Uchiha children had left the Academy to follow his training, so he put off their first session while planning to upgrade his Smart Clone Technique. Meanwhile, Hiruzen and his advisers debated how to respond to the Uchiha clan, and Danzo urged them to use the clan’s mass withdrawal from school against it at the upcoming Jonin Meeting.

• Uchiha Chuan learned that the Uchiha children had dropped out of the Academy to support him and train alongside him.
• Uchiha Chuan told the children to return at nine the next morning, then decided he needed to upgrade his Smart Clone Technique.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura returned from Root and discussed the Uchiha clan’s next move with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen said Konoha should apologize to and accept the Uchiha, while Koharu and Homura suspected the gesture could conceal a political strategy.
• Danzo argued that the Uchiha’s mass withdrawal could be portrayed as sedition and proposed using the Jonin Meeting to pressure its leaders.