Chapter Summaries

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• Obito told Rin and Kakashi that Uchiha Chuan had withdrawn and the clan planned to withdraw all its students.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.

At the Konoha Jonin Meeting, Fugaku Uchiha revealed that the Uchiha had withdrawn their students from the Ninja Academy to apply for a second Konoha academy. Danzo called the proposal a move to split the village and demanded Fugaku’s arrest, leaving the meeting in a tense standoff.

• Danzo accused Fugaku Uchiha of using the conflict over Uchiha Chuan to split the village, while Fugaku calmly challenged Danzo’s account of what had happened.
• Danzo cited the Uchiha students’ withdrawal from the Ninja Academy as proof of disloyalty, and Fugaku distributed documents explaining the decision.
• The documents revealed the Uchiha’s application to establish Konoha Second Ninja Academy, which Fugaku said would offer better teaching.
• Danzo denounced the application and ordered Fugaku seized, prompting Uchiha elders and jonin to activate their Sharingan and stand between them.
• The Third Hokage silenced the room, and the Uchiha elders argued that submitting an application was proper before Fugaku accused Konoha’s leaders of favoring their own clans.

Fugaku challenged Hiruzen and Konoha’s leadership over restrictions on Uchiha training and the Ninja Academy curriculum. Hiruzen removed Danzō as Hokage Advisor and confined him to his home for a year, but the meeting ended with Fugaku’s curriculum proposal defeated and the conflict unresolved.

• Fugaku confronted Hiruzen over the rejected Uchiha Ninja Academy and argued that the Uchiha could establish an after-school training school like other clans trained their young.
• After Danzō objected to the Uchiha’s proposed training, Hiruzen stripped him of his advisor post, ordered Root restructured, and confined him to his home for one year.
• Fugaku dropped the academy proposal but demanded that Konoha expand its Ninja Academy curriculum, while Koharu and other leaders resisted.
• Hiruzen called for a vote on expanding the curriculum, but only the Uchiha Jonin and Hatake Sakumo raised their hands.
• Fugaku accepted the vote’s outcome, and the meeting resumed while the underlying conflict remained unsettled.

Uchiha Chuan sent Obito Uchiha and the other children to build a field for his game-based training while he went fishing. At the Jonin Meeting, Hatake Sakumo resigned as ANBU director and returned the Hokage Half-Sleeve, leaving his request to lead a team of genin undecided.

• Uchiha Chuan gave Obito Uchiha and the other children a blueprint and told them to build a field with gates and find a ball.
• Uchiha Chuan sent the children to work while he headed to the river to fish.
• Hatake Sakumo announced that he would resign as ANBU director and return the Hokage Half-Sleeve because he felt unsuited to become Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Hatake Sakumo's resignation and his return of the half-sleeve.
• Hatake Sakumo asked to become a team-leading jonin, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said they would discuss it later.

Hatake Sakumo resigned from ANBU and withdrew from consideration for Hokage after openly supporting the Uchiha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to stop targeting the clan and planned to counter Uchiha influence through the Will of Fire. Meanwhile, Uchiha Chuan had Obito and the other children build stilts for an undisclosed purpose, and Fugaku and the elders arrived celebrating their success at the Jonin meeting.

• Shikaku Nara questioned Hatake Sakumo's resignation and blunt support for the Uchiha, and Sakumo said he had to make his position clear to the Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Sakumo was unsuited to become Hokage, then ordered Danzo to stop targeting the Uchiha and use his attention beyond the village after confinement.
• Hiruzen and his advisers decided to strengthen education in the Will of Fire to counter Uchiha ideology and win over a future generation of the clan.
• Uchiha Chuan showed Obito and the children how to use stilts and instructed them to build pairs for themselves without explaining his plans.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the three elders arrived to celebrate the Uchiha's victory at the Jonin meeting, where Danzo had lost his adviser position and been confined.

Uchiha Chuan proposed using a stilt-football tournament to keep Konoha’s leadership occupied while bringing income and training to the Uchiha Clan. He taught Obito and the other children the game, then left them arguing over teams and positions.

• Uchiha Chuan advised Fugaku Uchiha and the elders to keep pressure on the village leadership and save their Ninjutsu-selling plan for a later confrontation.
• Uchiha Chuan proposed a stilt-football competition at the Ninja Academy, with C-rank Ninjutsu prizes and revenue from tickets, snacks, and vendor spaces.
• After Fugaku and the elders left, Obito and the other children returned with their homemade stilts and followed Uchiha Chuan to the training field.
• Uchiha Chuan demonstrated stilt football, scored a goal, and explained the rules to Obito and the children.
• Uchiha Chuan encouraged Obito to master the game and stand out, while the children argued over teams and positions as he watched.

Uchiha Chuan refereed a stilt soccer match between two Uchiha teams, enforcing fair-play rules as the players learned to cooperate. Team Two won three to two, and Fugaku Uchiha gathered the children afterward to give them a mysterious mission.

• Uchiha Chuan chose to referee, and the teams’ captains called the toss; Team One won and chose to attack Obito’s goal.
• Uchiha Chuan started the match and called fouls when players touched the ball after falling or deliberately tripped and charged into others.
• One Uchiha quit after arguing with Uchiha Chuan, but the remaining players continued the match.
• Team One scored an own goal against Obito’s side, then Obito organized his teammates and led them to score an equalizer.
• Team Two organized its players and won the match three to two.
• Uchiha Chuan ended the match and left, while Fugaku Uchiha gathered the players and gave them instructions for a mission.

The Uchiha students returned to the Ninja Academy without Uchiha Chuan, and their confidence in him helped them brush aside the hostility surrounding their clan. The Third Hokage grew more wary of the Uchiha’s growing unity as class began with Chuan’s seat still empty.

• The Uchiha students returned to the Ninja Academy, where other students spread rumors and voiced distrust of them.
• Obito calmly challenged Asuma’s mockery by asking why the Uchiha should trust him over Uchiha Chuan, leaving Asuma speechless.
• Rin Nohara and the other students praised Obito, while other Uchiha students defended their trust in Chuan in similar ways.
• The Third Hokage watched the Uchiha students overcome the hostility and worried that Chuan was uniting the clan.
• Kakashi asked Obito why Chuan had not returned, and Obito explained that Chuan had never wanted to attend the Academy and had nothing left to learn there.
• Umino Ikkaku began class, relieved to see Obito back but helpless about Chuan’s empty seat.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers worried about Uchiha Chuan’s growing influence after the Uchiha students returned to the Ninja Academy without him. At school, Obito led Rin Nohara and the other students to watch the Uchiha children build a ball field, leaving everyone curious about what they were making.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed Uchiha Chuan’s absence from the academy and feared his influence would keep the Uchiha united and rational.
• Obito grabbed Rin Nohara after class and led her outside to show her something fun.
• Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi followed Obito, while the other students, including Kakashi, joined them out of curiosity.
• More than twenty Uchiha students brought tools to a corner of the field and began digging and preparing the ground.
• Obito told Asuma that the Uchiha students were building a ball field designed by Uchiha Chuan, then continued directing their work.

The Uchiha introduced Stilt Football at the academy and challenged Asuma’s Sarutobi team to a match. The Uchiha sides traded daring plays as the crowd rallied behind them, and the game remained underway after the upper-year goalkeeper blocked a spectacular shot.

• The Uchiha children built goals and explained that Stilt Football was soccer played on stilts, while Kakashi studied the rules and agreed to referee.
• Obito challenged Asuma’s Sarutobi team to a match, and Kakashi started the game after both sides took their positions.
• The upper-year Uchiha advanced with the ball, leaped to catch it between his stilts, and avoided Obito’s sliding tackle.
• Uchiha Mion blocked the ball carrier, allowing the lower-year Uchiha to recover possession and launch a coordinated attack.
• A lower-year Uchiha spun in midair and kicked toward the goal, but the upper-year Uchiha goalkeeper leaped up and knocked the ball away as the crowd cheered.

The Uchiha Clan’s stilt football match captivated the Ninja Academy, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers worried over the clan’s growing influence. Asuma joined the game and lost with the Sarutobi Team, but vowed to win next time.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura watched the Uchiha Clan’s stilt football match and debated whether it could be stopped.
• The Uchiha Senior Team defeated Obito’s team, and Asuma entered the next match with a Sarutobi Clan team.
• Asuma struggled to control the stilts as the Uchiha Senior Team scored twice and defended against the Sarutobi Team’s attacks.
• Hiruzen praised Asuma’s refusal to give up and decided the Uchiha Clan might as well integrate into the village.
• The Uchiha Senior Team defeated Asuma’s team, and Asuma vowed to win next time.

The Uchiha Team and Ino–Shika–Cho Squad played a stilt soccer match that ended in a draw as the crowd rallied around both teams. The Hokage’s advisers worried that Uchiha Chuan was pursuing a hidden plan, while Fugaku Uchiha and the elders trusted his strategy and had already shared the clan’s forbidden techniques with him.

• Obito accepted the Ino–Shika–Cho Squad’s challenge, and the Uchiha Team pressed them across the field as they struggled to master the stilts.
• Asuma and the spectators cheered for Ino–Shika–Cho, while Uchiha supporters answered with louder chants and the match drew attention from villagers.
• The stilt soccer match ended in a draw because the Uchiha Team ran out of stamina and Ino–Shika–Cho remained unfamiliar with the game.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the Third Hokage debated Uchiha Chuan’s motives, then decided to watch rather than intervene.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the elders praised Uchiha Chuan’s scheme and confirmed that the clan’s forbidden techniques had been passed on to him.

Obito distributed manuals for making stilts and playing Stilt Football, and the sport quickly spread through Konoha. As villagers and ninja recognized its training benefits, the Third Hokage worried that Uchiha Chuan’s growing influence would make the Uchiha Clan harder to restrain.

• Obito handed out stilt construction and Stilt Football manuals after his team’s defeat, and he and Asuma challenged each other to future matches.
• Children took the manuals home, and their parents became interested after learning that Uchiha Chuan had designed the sport for both training and recreation.
• Hatake Sakumo praised Stilt Football’s chakra-control benefits, advised Kakashi to practice on stilts, and demonstrated moving without using the handrails.
• Ninja and families across Konoha tried Stilt Football and praised its combination of training, teamwork, and entertainment.
• The Third Hokage tried the stilts Asuma had made and worried that Uchiha Chuan’s creativity would strengthen the Uchiha Clan’s influence.

Stilt Football improved the villagers’ attitude toward the Uchiha, alarming the Third Hokage and Utatane Koharu, who worried that the clan would become harder to suppress. Uchiha Chuan and Fugaku Uchiha prepared the next stage of their plan, while Chuan headed off to fish.

• The villagers grew more accepting of the Uchiha after seeing the Police Force’s dedication and friendliness, and the Uchiha began treating villagers more warmly in return.
• Utatane Koharu warned the Third Hokage that the Uchiha’s improving reputation would make them harder to target, and he suggested consulting Danzo.
• Uchiha Chuan told Fugaku Uchiha and the three Elders that it was time for the next step, and they praised his role in changing the clan’s standing.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the three Elders left to arrange the next stage of the plan, while Uchiha Chuan took his fishing rod and went to the riverbank.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura confronted Danzo about how to restrain the Uchiha. Danzo revealed that he had learned the secret of the Mangekyō Sharingan by reading Kagami’s memories, leaving Hiruzen furious at his treatment of their former comrade.

• Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura visited Danzo in confinement and argued over whether suppressing the Uchiha would endanger Konoha.
• Danzo argued that the Ninja Academy was Konoha’s advantage and proposed using its importance against the Uchiha.
• Danzo claimed Uchiha could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan by personally killing relatives, and said that this had caused the Uchiha Civil War after Madara Uchiha left.
• Hiruzen realized Danzo had learned the secret by reading Kagami’s memories and angrily accused him of desecrating their companion.
• Danzo defended his actions as service to Konoha, while Hiruzen stood speechless with rage.

Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura persuaded the Third Hokage to spread Uchiha secrets through revised history textbooks and provoke conflict within the clan. The Uchiha then announced a youth stilt football tournament with valuable prizes, drawing teams from across Konoha and shocking the returning Konoha F3.

• Danzo proposed adding Uchiha civil-war history to schoolbooks so the Uchiha youths would learn their clan’s secrets and fight among themselves, while avoiding Uchiha Chuan’s notice.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura approved Danzo’s plan, and the Third Hokage reluctantly accepted it after considering the risks.
• The Uchiha announced a youth stilt football league for players under sixteen, offering C-rank Ninjutsu to the top three teams and money to teams placing fourth through tenth.
• Genin and Ninja Academy students rushed to form teams, while Asuma challenged Obito and Obito recruited Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and their classmates after being kicked off the Uchiha team.
• Kakashi reluctantly agreed to captain the group, and Genin over sixteen complained that they could not enter.
• The returning members of Konoha F3 were stunned when they heard the tournament’s rules and prizes.