Recaps

After learning that Fugaku Uchiha and the Uchiha elders had stormed out of a clan meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers suspected the Uchiha had split again. When the hardliners mocked Uchiha Chuan over a billion-ryo plan, the Hokage’s advisers saw a chance to exploit the rift and approach the hardliners.

• A Root ninja delivered a report that Fugaku Uchiha and three Uchiha elders had left their meeting in anger, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to suspect another clan split.
• The next day, Uchiha children mocked Uchiha Chuan outside the clan territory, and Fugaku Uchiha rushed to Chuan’s residence fearing the provocation would make him resent the clan or awaken his Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura concluded that the Uchiha hardliners had exposed a failed billion-ryo plan led by Uchiha Chuan.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura proposed exploiting the hardliners’ conflict with Chuan and Fugaku, especially by appealing to their interest in controlling Stilt Football.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi tasked Utatane Koharu with contacting the Uchiha hardliners and uncovering the details of their billion-ryo plan.

Uchiha Chuan remained calm after awakened children mocked him and the clan failed to back his plans. Fugaku Uchiha and the three elders agreed to support his project with their branches, while Chuan left to go fishing and Obito and Mion dealt with their own problems.

• Obito Uchiha and Uchiha Mion arrived as several awakened children mocked Uchiha Chuan, but the children fled when Fugaku Uchiha appeared.
• Fugaku apologized that the clan meeting had failed to secure support, and Chuan said he would proceed only if Fugaku and the three elders trusted him with their investment.
• Obito asked Chuan for a strategy against the Third Hokage's team, while Mion explained that Byakugan awakenings had caused conflict within her team; Chuan told them to handle their own problems.
• Fugaku told the three elders that Chuan was willing to start the project, and they agreed their branches would fully support him.

Utatane Koharu lured Uchiha Tieyue into a trap in Kabukicho and caught him visiting a pleasure house in disguise. She used the evidence to corner him politically, leaving Tieyue humiliated and asking what she wanted.

• Uchiha Tieyue accepted an invitation supposedly sent by his former classmate Yantian Sibo, but found Utatane Koharu waiting for him in Kabukicho.
• Uchiha Tieyue left the meeting, transformed into an old man, and entered another private room, while Utatane Koharu sent ANBU ninjas after him.
• ANBU ninjas raided the room, trapped Uchiha Tieyue with the Four Violet Flames Formation, and exposed his disguise after he claimed to be Sarutobi Tieyue.
• Utatane Koharu confronted Uchiha Tieyue with the recording and threatened to expose his visit, undermining his standing among the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Tieyue realized he had no way out and asked Utatane Koharu what she wanted.

Utatane Koharu questioned Uchiha Tieyue about the Hardliners’ opposition to funding Uchiha Chuan, uncovering their belief that Uchiha Chuan was not a super-genius because he had not awakened his eyes. Tieyue rejected Koharu’s offer of support and left, unaware that she considered his revelations valuable.

• Utatane Koharu offered to cooperate with Uchiha Tieyue and help him become Uchiha Clan Head, but he distrusted her and demanded that she destroy the recording in exchange for information.
• Uchiha Tieyue explained that the Hardliners opposed giving Uchiha Chuan one billion ryo because Fugaku Uchiha had said the money could cultivate another super-genius like Chuan.
• Uchiha Tieyue said six Uchiha, including the younger Uchiha Mion, awakened their eyes during the Stilt Football League’s opening match, while Chuan did not.
• Uchiha Tieyue revealed that most Uchiha who had awakened their eyes considered those without awakened eyes inferior and undeserving of the same treatment.
• Uchiha Tieyue rejected Koharu’s proposal, argued that the clan could not remove its Clan Head without a major mistake, and left as Koharu let him go.

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha hardliners had turned away from Uchiha Chuan because he had not awakened his Sharingan, while Hiruzen considered recruiting him. Fugaku Uchiha and four elders then pledged personal support to Chuan, who asked them to find funding, producers, and recording equipment for his plans and warned them to watch for Danzo.

• Utatane Koharu reported that the Uchiha hardliners still followed Fugaku Uchiha but no longer trusted Uchiha Chuan because he had not awakened his eyes.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed bringing Uchiha Chuan into the Hokage faction, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura doubted he needed their help and discussed how he might awaken his Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha, the First Elder, the Second Elder, the Third Elder, and Elder Mengxue pledged to support Uchiha Chuan personally, though the clan would not back him.
• Uchiha Chuan asked Fugaku Uchiha to arrange up to one billion ryo as needed and find producers and recording equipment for film or television.
• Fugaku Uchiha asked about the daimyo's football league, and Uchiha Chuan told him to attend but stay alert in case Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly released Danzo.

After another defeat in the Uchiha Cup Youth Stilt Football League, Uchiha Shota and the other players who had awakened their eyes blamed and insulted their teammates who had not, causing several players and Uchiha Mion to quit. Uchiha Tieyue and Uchiha Steel Fire refused to intervene, leaving the Uchiha Team divided as spectators and rival teams reacted.

• After the Uchiha Team lost, Uchiha Shota blamed a teammate who had not awakened his eyes, and Uchiha Mion defended him.
• Uchiha Shota and the other players who had awakened their eyes mocked their teammates and accused them of dragging the team down.
• Five players who had not awakened their eyes quit the team, and Uchiha Mion left after condemning Uchiha Shota and the others.
• Uchiha Tieyue and Uchiha Steel Fire watched the players leave without intervening, while Might Duy, Obito Uchiha, Asuma, Kakashi, Genma Shiranui, and Ebisu reacted to the split.

Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha discussed the Uchiha Team’s infighting, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisors investigated what had caused it. Utatane Koharu concluded that the Sharingan might cause a Bloodline Disease marked by arrogance, leaving the Hokage’s longstanding strategy toward the Uchiha in doubt.

• Mikoto Uchiha told Fugaku Uchiha that Uchiha Meiyin and others had withdrawn from the team after Sharingan-wielding players refused to cooperate and blamed their teammates for losing.
• Fugaku Uchiha decided to let the conflict continue so he could distinguish which Uchiha could be put to use.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura questioned whether the Uchiha Team’s infighting was staged and asked an ANBU ninja how the players had cooperated.
• After hearing that Sharingan-wielding players demanded cooperation without cooperating themselves, Utatane Koharu proposed that the Sharingan caused a Bloodline Disease.
• Mitokado Homura wondered whether the village should encourage more Uchiha to awaken their Sharingan, and Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned why Senju Tobirama had arranged things as he had.

Uchiha Chuan confronted the Uchiha brats who blamed him for their failure to awaken their Sharingan, while Uchiha Mion defended him and quit their dysfunctional football team. Mion asked how to make the others cooperate, and Chuan told her that only overwhelming strength would make them listen.

• A group of Uchiha brats confronted Uchiha Chuan, accusing him of preventing them from awakening their eyes after three consecutive losses.
• Uchiha Mion stepped between Uchiha Chuan and the challengers, then Uchiha Shota mocked Chuan and blamed his teammates for their losses.
• Uchiha Chuan taunted Uchiha Shota about losing, and Uchiha Mion stopped Shota from attacking before he left with the other awakened Uchiha.
• Uchiha Mion told Uchiha Chuan she had quit the Uchiha Stilt Football team because its members refused to cooperate and blamed one another.
• Uchiha Chuan said Mion could change them only by becoming strong enough to beat them and their relatives, and Mion vowed to beat them once she grew up.

Uchiha Tieyue’s attempt to make Uchiha Shota and the other awakened Uchiha apologize to Uchiha Chuan turned into a confrontation. Chuan exposed Tieyue’s motives and criticized his priorities, then returned to bed as Tieyue left with the others.

• Uchiha Shota made Uchiha brats who had not awakened their eyes line up and apologize to Uchiha Chuan for blaming him.
• Uchiha Chuan told the brats to leave and challenged Uchiha Shota and the awakened Uchiha when they demanded respect.
• An awakened Uchiha moved to attack Uchiha Chuan, but Uchiha Tieyue arrived and reprimanded the group for mishandling his instructions.
• Uchiha Chuan called Uchiha Tieyue hypocritical and pointed out that Uchiha Shota had previously mocked him and that Tieyue was neglecting Uchiha Lianbai.
• Uchiha Tieyue insisted that awakening their eyes defined a true Uchiha, then left with Uchiha Shota and the others while Uchiha Chuan went back to bed.

Uchiha Tieyue convinced his son and the other awakened Uchiha that the team’s losses were caused by their unawakened teammates. In confinement, Danzo warned the Third Hokage and his advisers not to underestimate the Uchiha and proposed an idea involving a cheap shipment of Explosive Tags.

• Uchiha Tieyue told Uchiha Shota that he had visited Uchiha Chuan to blame the Stilt Football losses on Uchiha who had not awakened their eyes.
• Danzo summoned the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, then showed them an Explosive Tag offered in a large, low-cost shipment through a Bounty Station in the Land of Rain.
• The Third Hokage said Konoha needed to secure the Explosive Tags before the offer reached other nations.
• Danzo challenged the leaders’ confidence that Bloodline Disease made the Uchiha less threatening, pointing to the Uchiha’s history and their potential to become arrogant and uncontrollable.
• The Third Hokage asked Danzo what he intended to do about the Uchiha and the Explosive Tag shipment.

Danzo proposed a scheme to damage the Uchiha’s reputation by manipulating Uchiha Tieyue into leaking intelligence and making the White Fang of the Leaf abandon a mission. The Third Hokage reluctantly agreed, leaving the plan ready to be put into motion.

• Danzo asked how likely Fugaku Uchiha was to assign Uchiha Tieyue to a dangerous mission, and Utatane Koharu suggested drawing Fugaku and the Uchiha elders to the capital so Tieyue would be left to guard the clan.
• Danzo proposed selling Kumogakure information about one hundred thousand Explosive Tags, then arranging an S-rank mission for the White Fang of the Leaf, Uchiha Tieyue, and Elite Jonin from the Hyuga and Nara.
• Danzo planned to trick Uchiha Tieyue into believing Fugaku meant to eliminate him, then lead him to Kumogakure spies so he would let them escape and leak the mission intelligence.
• Danzo expected Kumogakure to ambush the mission and the White Fang of the Leaf to abandon it, allowing Konoha to turn public opinion against him and blame Tieyue for betrayal.
• The Third Hokage hesitated over losing the Explosive Tags, but Danzo demanded his cooperation, and the Third Hokage finally agreed.

After the Third Hokage’s team won the stilt football championship, the Hokage and his advisers prepared to move against Uchiha Chuan. Meanwhile, angry Uchiha confronted Chuan over their children’s losses and failed eye awakenings, and he declared that he would make Obito Uchiha a Three-Tomoe Sharingan genius.

• The Third Hokage’s team won the Uchiha Cup Youth Stilt Football League finals, and the Third Hokage and his advisers discussed Chuan’s apparent retreat and Danzo’s impending plan.
• A group of Uchiha clansmen surrounded Chuan’s home, demanding to know why their children had not awakened their eyes after twelve straight losses.
• Chuan denied that losing games awakened eyes and explained that Shota and the others awakened theirs because they loved stilt football and refused to accept defeat.
• The clansmen accused Chuan of hiding the truth to punish them for rejecting his funding request, while Fugaku ordered them to let Chuan speak.
• Chuan blamed the clansmen’s belief in Tieyue’s claims for their children’s failures and said he would reveal more when he trained a new genius.
• Chuan named Obito Uchiha as the boy he would train to awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, leaving the gathered clansmen stunned.

Uchiha Chuan promised to make Obito Uchiha a Three-Tomoe Sharingan genius before graduation, while secretly aiming to awaken his Mangekyō. As the Third Hokage prepared an urgent mission tied to Danzo, Chuan revealed a water-based technique that showed footage of the Hokage and advisers visiting Danzo in confinement.

• Uchiha Chuan challenged the Uchiha clansmen to let him train Obito Uchiha into a super genius before graduation, and they agreed to trust him if he succeeded.
• Uchiha Chuan told Fugaku Uchiha that Obito had hidden potential, while privately intending to awaken Obito's Mangekyō without drawing the village's attention.
• The Third Hokage received word from a Root shinobi that the prey had reached the designated location and summoned the Hatake, Uchiha, Hyuga, and Nara clan heads for an urgent mission.
• An Uchiha shinobi told Fugaku Uchiha to report to the Hokage's Office, but Uchiha Chuan showed him and Fugaku footage of the Third Hokage and advisers visiting Danzo in confinement a week earlier.
• Uchiha Chuan asked Fugaku Uchiha and the messenger to keep his water-image technique secret, astonishing them with the jutsu.

Fugaku Uchiha learned that the Hokage had ordered a clan mission to intercept Kumogakure’s shipment of one hundred thousand Explosive Tags, and he nominated Uchiha Tieyue for the team led by Hatake Sakumo. After the meeting, Tieyue followed Fugaku and Sakumo, sensing that something was wrong.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Chuan he suspected the emergency summons was a trap connected to Danzo.
• The Third Hokage revealed that Kumogakure’s shipment of one hundred thousand Explosive Tags was crossing the Land of Fire and ordered an S-rank interception mission led by Hatake Sakumo.
• Fugaku Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, and Shikaku Nara each nominated an Elite Jonin from their clan, and the Third Hokage approved the candidates.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura privately celebrated the first stage of their plan and waited to see how Danzo would act.
• Uchiha Tieyue flirted with a married woman after helping recover her wallet, then noticed Fugaku chasing Hatake Sakumo and followed them.

Uchiha Tieyue overheard Fugaku Uchiha asking Hatake Sakumo to kill him during an S-rank mission, but Hatake Sakumo refused. Tieyue found a Kumogakure spy drop and planted false intelligence about Sakumo’s mission, planning to use the resulting ambush to force the mission’s cancellation and later settle his score with Fugaku Uchiha.

• Fugaku Uchiha privately asked Hatake Sakumo to kill Uchiha Tieyue during the mission, but Hatake Sakumo refused to sacrifice a comrade.
• After Fugaku Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo left, Uchiha Tieyue discovered a hidden Kumogakure spy drop containing information about Uchiha Chuan and Stilt Football.
• Uchiha Tieyue planted a note claiming Hatake Sakumo would lead a team to Kumogakure on an S-rank mission.
• Uchiha Tieyue planned to expose the mission information so Kumogakure would prepare an ambush, hoping Hatake Sakumo would cancel the mission and return safely.
• A black shadow inspected the scene after Uchiha Tieyue left, while a white cloud drifted away unseen.

Uchiha Chuan exposed a plot by the Third Hokage and his advisors to frame Uchiha Tieyue, but Hatake Sakumo chose to accept the mission and take responsibility for its failure. As the mission team departed, Fugaku Uchiha learned of the scheme and planned to use his alibi to discredit Tieyue afterward.

• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura celebrated after a Root ninja reported that their plan was proceeding smoothly.
• Uchiha Chuan used the White Cloud Surveillance Technique to show Hatake Sakumo that impostors had staged a scene to frame Uchiha Tieyue and the Uchiha clan.
• Hatake Sakumo recognized the black-clad plotter, decided to conceal what he had learned, and accepted the mission while resolving to bear the consequences of its failure.
• Hatake Sakumo joined Uchiha Tieyue, Hyuga Hidaka, and Nara Jiaozhi at the gathering point and led them out on the mission as a watcher reported their departure to the Hokage's Office.
• Uchiha Chuan showed Fugaku Uchiha the recorded scheme, and Fugaku planned to use his alibi to expose Tieyue's incompetence if he challenged him after returning.
• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Chuan that the Great Elder had found the requested people and equipment, and Uchiha Chuan asked him to bring them back.

Uchiha Chuan recruited director Zheng Buyan Yi and gave him a script for a film he believed could create Uchiha super geniuses. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage learned the Uchiha had brought civilians into Konoha and worried over both their plans and Hatake Sakumo’s dangerous mission.

• The Great Elder returned to the Uchiha Clan with Zheng Buyan Yi and several dozen civilians, and Uchiha Chuan questioned the director about film technology.
• Fugaku Uchiha asked the Great Elder about Uchiha Chuan’s plans, while the Third Hokage received word that the Third Raikage had begun setting a trap for Hatake Sakumo.
• A gate guard reported that the Great Elder had brought civilians into Konoha, prompting the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to speculate about Uchiha Chuan’s billion-ryo plan.
• Uchiha Chuan gave Zheng Buyan Yi the script titled “Uchiha Naruto Chronicle” and confirmed to Fugaku Uchiha and the Great Elder that making the film could help Uchiha awaken their eyes.

Uchiha Chuan arranged for Zheng Buyan Yi to film the Uchiha Naruto Chronicle while keeping its plot secret from the actors, then used Genjutsu to implant the script into the director’s and assistant directors’ minds. Fugaku Uchiha and the Great Elder were left astonished by Chuan’s ability to cast Sharingan Genjutsu without opening his eyes.

• Zheng Buyan Yi praised Uchiha Chuan’s script, and Chuan stopped Fugaku Uchiha and the Great Elder from reading it, telling them to build a cinema instead.
• Uchiha Chuan instructed Zheng Buyan Yi to keep the actors ignorant of the plot and named Obito, Meiyin, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara as the leads.
• Uchiha Chuan used Genjutsu to implant the script into Zheng Buyan Yi and his three assistant directors, then burned the paper copy.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the Great Elder questioned how Chuan could cast Sharingan Genjutsu without opening his eyes, and Chuan replied that hand seals could be used for Genjutsu.
• Uchiha Chuan dismissed everyone so he could nap, while the narration revealed he had adapted Sharingan Genjutsu to work with hand seals and without them.

Uchiha Chuan faced an angry crowd of clansmen who demanded that he train their children instead of Obito. He used Tsukuyomi to incapacitate them, leaving Fugaku Uchiha and the elders stunned by his ability to affect everyone at once.

• Uchiha clansmen and children learned that Chuan planned to train Obito with resources worth one billion ryo, then rushed to Chuan's home to demand the same for their own children.
• An Uchiha ninja told Obito and Uchiha Mion to bring Kakashi and Rin Nohara to Chuan's place the next day; Asuma decided to come along and question Chuan too.
• When clansmen shouted at Chuan for choosing Obito, he accused them of breaking their word and threatened to side with the Third Hokage if they kept provoking him.
• A clansman threatened to kill Chuan, so Chuan cast Tsukuyomi on the crowd, knocking the children unconscious and leaving the adults drained and in pain.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the elders arrived and found no one standing; Chuan said his Genjutsu was not area-of-effect, but he could cast it on everyone present.

Uchiha Chuan explained how he used Illusion Clones to cast Genjutsu on groups and subdued Uchiha clansmen who challenged him. Meanwhile, White Fang of the Leaf abandoned the mission to retrieve one hundred thousand Explosive Tags after his team discovered a large ambush, leaving the others to follow while blaming him.

• Uchiha Chuan explained to Fugaku Uchiha that Illusion Clones let him deceive multiple targets and that his Genjutsu could suppress the Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chuan sent the defeated Uchiha clansmen to Konoha Hospital and returned to sleep while Fugaku Uchiha left.
• Uchiha Tieyue spotted an ambush ahead, and Hyuga Hidaka detected more than a hundred enemies and a pursuing sensory ninja.
• White Fang of the Leaf ordered his team to abandon the mission and retreat despite Nara Jiaozhi's and Uchiha Tieyue's objections.
• Nara Jiaozhi and Hyuga Hidaka followed White Fang of the Leaf while shifting blame to him, and Uchiha Tieyue reluctantly followed as Kumogakure's sensory ninja mocked their retreat.

After dozens of Uchiha were hospitalized, the Third Hokage and his advisors investigated rumors that Uchiha Chuan had used powerful Sharingan Genjutsu. The monitoring ANBU admitted he had fallen asleep and fabricated his report, while the Uchiha speculated that Fugaku Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• The Third Hokage learned that dozens of Uchiha had collapsed after confronting Uchiha Chuan, and an ANBU falsely claimed Chuan had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Utatane Koharu questioned the report, and the Third Hokage wondered whether Uchiha Chuan had awakened the Mangekyō instead.
• Mitokado Homura confronted the monitoring ANBU, who admitted he had dozed off and made up what he reported.
• The Third Hokage ordered the ANBU to leave and waited for Konoha Hospital's examination report to learn why the Uchiha had fainted.
• Uchiha clan members debated how the group had been knocked unconscious and speculated that Fugaku Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Fugaku Uchiha and the elders tried to conceal Uchiha Chuan’s ability to use Mangekyō-level group Genjutsu, while the Third Hokage reconsidered the plan against the Uchiha Clan. Danzo refused to abandon the plan, arguing that the possible Mangekyō ninja made suppressing the clan more urgent.

• Fugaku Uchiha and the elders realized Uchiha Chuan had used Mangekyō-level Genjutsu without opening his eyes and resolved to protect him and keep the secret.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the elders went to Konoha Hospital to make Uchiha Gangshui and the other witnesses forget what they had seen.
• The Third Hokage and his advisers learned that the unconscious Uchiha clansmen had suffered mental injuries and decided to call off their plan against the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku Uchiha used his Sharingan on Uchiha Gangshui, while the elders entered other rooms to erase the witnesses’ memories.
• Danzo rejected the decision to withdraw the plan and argued that the Uchiha Clan’s possible Mangekyō ninja made suppression more necessary.

Danzo, the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura argued over whether to continue their plan against the Uchiha, while new intelligence deepened their uncertainty about Uchiha Chuan. The Third Hokage went to investigate the injured Uchiha, leaving Danzo worried that Chuan had uncovered their scheme.

• Danzo dismissed the threat posed by Uchiha Mangekyō users and berated the Third Hokage for fearing Uchiha Chuan.
• The Third Hokage suggested that Chuan might have noticed their plan, but Danzo and Utatane Koharu rejected the idea.
• An ANBU ninja reported that Fugaku Uchiha had used Genjutsu on Uchiha Gangshui and other recently awakened patients, leaving them unconscious again.
• The Third Hokage speculated that Chuan had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and might possess precognition or mass Genjutsu, but Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu refused to believe it.
• Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura urged the Third Hokage to continue the plan and uncover the Uchiha's hidden power.
• The Third Hokage left to visit the injured Uchiha, while Danzo remained behind, fearing that Uchiha Chuan had discovered their plan.

Obito brought his friends to Uchiha Chuan’s house, where Asuma challenged the idea that Obito could become a super genius. Chuan said Kakashi and Rin were there to serve as green leaves, angering Asuma and leaving the group in conflict.

• Obito invited Kakashi, Rin, Asuma, Kurenai, Might Guy, Genma, Ebisu, and Meiyin to Uchiha Chuan’s house.
• An ANBU reported Asuma’s visit to the Third Hokage, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged him to have Asuma gather intelligence about Chuan’s training plans.
• Asuma provoked Chuan and mocked Obito’s potential, while Obito insisted Chuan was developing his hidden talent.
• Meiyin asked Chuan to train her instead, but Chuan and Might Guy argued that a difficult path would make success more meaningful.
• Kakashi asked why he and Rin had been invited, and Chuan called them green leaves meant to set Obito off.
• Asuma accused Chuan of insulting Kakashi by making him Obito’s foil.

Uchiha Chuan recruited Obito and his companions for a film project, assigning them roles based on characters from the script. He advised Director Zheng Buyan Yi on shaping the actors’ emotions and offered Uchiha hypnosis and Genjutsu techniques to help them perform.

• Kakashi, Rin Nohara, Kurenai Yuhi, Genma Shiranui, Ebisu, Might Guy, and Asuma agreed to join Uchiha Chuan’s mission.
• Uchiha Chuan introduced Obito as Uchiha Naruto, Kakashi as Hatake Sasuke, Rin Nohara as Sakura Nohara, and Uchiha Mion as Uchiha Haku.
• Obito left with the others after Uchiha Chuan assured him he would not be replaced, while Zheng Buyan Yi and his assistants stayed to discuss the production.
• Uchiha Chuan explained how Naruto’s desire for attention and Naruto’s furious despair should guide Obito’s performance.
• Uchiha Chuan offered to have Elder Uchiha Amane teach the production team hypnosis and Genjutsu, and Zheng Buyan Yi left to revise the filming plan.