Chapter Summaries

The Uchiha’s Youth Stilt Football League won support from civilians and drew anger from the Third Hokage, Danzo, and their allies. The Third Hokage decided to enter a team, while Obito and Asuma trained for the league’s opening match.

• Civilians welcomed the league as an affordable way for children who had failed to enter the Ninja Academy to exercise and improve their chances of becoming ninja.
• Mitokado Homura, the Third Hokage, and Danzo reacted angrily to Uchiha Chuan’s plans, while civilian ninja began to favor the Uchiha and question the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage decided to enter the competition, and Utatane Koharu proposed the Hokage Team, coached by the three leaders and composed of players at least fifteen years old.
• The Third Hokage asked Asuma about Stilt Football and learned that his son was enthusiastic about the game and admired Obito’s playing.
• As Stilt Football fields appeared around the village, Obito said he had eavesdropped on Uchiha Chuan’s training, and Asuma challenged him before the Youth Stilt Football League’s opening match arrived.

The Daimyo arrived at the Uchiha Clan Territory to watch the Youth Stilt Football League, praising the Uchiha and announcing plans to organize a football league of his own. His arrival heightened the opening match’s excitement, and the Youth Uchiha Team and Youth Sarutobi Team took the field before the match began.

• The Third Hokage learned that the Daimyo had come to watch the league and took him to the Uchiha Clan Territory.
• Uchiha Chuan told Fugaku Uchiha not to worry about the Daimyo’s arrival, and Fugaku went to welcome him.
• Uchiha Chuan used his Broadcasting Technique to announce the Daimyo to the stadium, prompting a roar of cheers that pleased the Daimyo.
• The Youth Uchiha Team, led by Uchiha Mion, and the Youth Sarutobi Team, led by Asuma Sarutobi, entered the field and exchanged taunts.
• Might Duy and Hatake Sakumo commentated as the teams completed the coin toss, and the opening match began with a whistle.

Asuma’s Sarutobi Team faced the Uchiha in a ninja stilt football match, where an Uchiha goalkeeper awakened the Sharingan and Asuma answered with a clever team goal. The first half ended with the Sarutobi Team leading and both sides determined to win.

• Asuma used a Tiger-Style Shot, but the Uchiha goalkeeper awakened his Sharingan and stopped the attack.
• Uchiha Chuan clarified the rules, restricting ninjutsu to the ball and banning techniques that damaged it or affected players.
• The teams continued with clone-assisted plays, producing confusion and comic mistakes as the Daimyo watched with excitement.
• Asuma launched a Blazing Fire-Style Shot, and a Sarutobi teammate redirected the goalkeeper’s deflection into the Uchiha goal.
• Asuma celebrated the Sarutobi Team’s lead, and the first-half whistle sounded as he and Uchiha Mion exchanged defiant remarks.

The Uchiha Team mounted a desperate attack against the Sarutobi Team, and repeated Sharingan awakenings gave them a major surge of confidence. The Sarutobi Team won when the final scramble sent the ball out of bounds, but Uchiha Amane awakened his Sharingan afterward, leaving six Uchiha awakened in one match.

• An Uchiha forward awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan, broke through the Sarutobi Team’s defense, and was forced to pass when Asuma and two teammates stopped him.
• Three more Uchiha players awakened their Sharingan and surged forward together, but they ignored Uchiha Amane’s call for a pass and charged at Asuma.
• An Uchiha player used Asuma’s Tiger-Style Shot, and the ensuing contest for the rebounding ball ended with it going out of bounds as the final whistle sounded.
• The Sarutobi Team celebrated its victory while the Uchiha players lamented their loss, and Uchiha Amane urged them to win the next match.
• Uchiha Amane’s Sharingan opened, bringing the number of Uchiha who awakened their eyes during the match to six, and Fugaku Uchiha celebrated despite the defeat.

After the opening match, Uchiha Chuan demonstrated a mysterious Lip-reading Technique while Fugaku and the Third Hokage argued over the Broadcasting Technique. He then rebuked the defeated Uchiha Team for losing despite their newly awakened Sharingan, but the arrogant members rejected his criticism and Uchiha Mion was left disappointed.

• The Third Hokage announced the tournament schedule, and Fugaku instructed an Uchiha ninja to bring the defeated team to Uchiha Chuan for reprimanding.
• Uchiha Chuan spoke to Fugaku, the Third Hokage, and the daimyo from outside the stadium using the Lip-reading Technique, leaving them unable to locate or understand his method.
• Fugaku and the Third Hokage argued over whether the Broadcasting Technique was powerful enough to warrant trading for a forbidden technique before the daimyo urged them to go eat.
• Uchiha Chuan told the defeated Uchiha Team that their awakened Sharingan had made them arrogant and unable to control their emotions, which had contributed to their loss.
• The awakened Uchiha rejected Uchiha Chuan’s criticism and insulted him, while Uchiha Mion explained that his Stilt Football had helped them awaken their Sharingan.
• Uchiha Mion watched in disappointment as the awakened Uchiha dismissed her explanation and continued to look down on those without the Sharingan.

Uchiha Chuan’s soccer team broke apart after newly awakened players demanded authority over their teammates, prompting the First Elder to explain that early Sharingan awakenings could make young Uchiha arrogant. The First Elder concluded that the Police Force had once served to restrain the clan, and Uchiha Chuan realized his recent actions had weakened that restraint.

• The awakened Uchiha players blamed their loss on teammates who had not passed them the ball and demanded that the unawakened obey them.
• Uchiha Chuan left, and Uchiha Mion argued with the awakened players before the Uchiha Youth Soccer Team split up.
• Uchiha Mion told the First, Second, and Third Elders what had happened, and the First Elder sent her away before seeking Uchiha Chuan.
• The First Elder told Uchiha Chuan that early eye awakenings could produce arrogance and recalled that the Second Hokage had used this concern to persuade his grandfather to place the Uchiha in charge of the Konoha Military Police Force.
• The First Elder explained that the Police Force restrained the Uchiha, but Uchiha Chuan’s recent actions had weakened that check and stirred the old arrogance in young clan members.

Uchiha Chuan proposed a way to suppress the Uchiha Kekkei Genkai’s harmful effects by repeatedly cultivating geniuses to humble the clan’s arrogant members. Meanwhile, the Daimyo commissioned Konoha to provide security and Uchiha referees for a football tournament in the capital.

• Uchiha Chuan told the elders that the Uchiha Kekkei Genkai’s flaws could not be cured at their root, but its effects could be suppressed by making inflated clan members face reality.
• Uchiha Chuan proposed cultivating a super genius to defeat and humble them, and offered to create one if the clan gave him full support.
• The elders agreed to seek Fugaku’s cooperation and discuss a proposed one-billion-ryo budget with the clan.
• At the Daimyo’s reception banquet, the Daimyo asked the Third Hokage to arrange Jonin security for a football tournament in the capital.
• The Daimyo asked Fugaku to provide Uchiha Jonin as referees, and Fugaku agreed while the Third Hokage could not object.

The Third and his advisors feared that the daimyo was trying to win the Uchiha over, while Fugaku Uchiha learned that the Sharingan could foster dangerous arrogance and considered Little Chuan’s costly training plan. After Fugaku called a clan assembly, the Third ordered Root to monitor the Uchiha and deferred further action until Danzo’s confinement ended.

• The Third, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed the daimyo’s effort to recruit the Uchiha and considered how to preserve Konoha’s influence.
• The First Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder told Fugaku Uchiha that the Sharingan could encourage arrogance and that Little Chuan had proposed a training plan requiring one billion ryo.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the elders decided to convene a clan assembly to seek support for Little Chuan’s plan without revealing the Kekkei Genkai’s flaws.
• Fugaku Uchiha announced that the Uchiha Clan would hold an assembly the following day, and the news quickly reached the Third.
• The Third ordered Root to monitor the Uchiha and said they would wait for Danzo’s confinement to end before letting him handle the matter.

Sarutobi Guaguazhan tried to extort a tavern owner, but the Uchiha Police Force exposed his scheme and arrested him. The Third Hokage watched villagers praise the Uchiha and realized they had grown more popular than the Sarutobi Clan.

• Sarutobi Guaguazhan demanded compensation from a tavern owner after a waiter spilled wine on his clothes, then struck the owner and threatened them.
• Uchiha Police Force members arrived and used a hypnosis technique to make Sarutobi Guaguazhan confess that he had staged the incident to extort money.
• The Uchiha Police Force arrested Sarutobi Guaguazhan and beat him as he protested, while the tavern patrons cheered and the owner thanked them with sake.
• Sarutobi Guaguazhan was led away in disgrace as villagers praised the Uchiha Police Force and said they had once misunderstood the clan.
• The Third Hokage watched from a dark corner and realized the Uchiha had become more popular than the Sarutobi Clan.

Fugaku Uchiha and the three elders proposed spending one billion ryo and mobilizing the Uchiha Clan to help Uchiha Chuan cultivate super geniuses, but clan members rejected the plan over doubts about Chuan and the cost. The vote left the Uchiha Hardliners triumphant and Fugaku and the elders walking out.

• Fugaku Uchiha announced that the clan would invest one billion ryo and work with Uchiha Chuan to cultivate super geniuses.
• Uchiha clansmen opposed the spending, arguing that Chuan was too young and had not awakened his Sharingan, while his supporters defended his contributions.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the First Elder rebuked the critics and challenged the Uchiha Hardliners over their claims that they could have handled Konoha themselves.
• The Second Elder called for a vote, and the majority opposed spending the one billion ryo.
• The Uchiha Hardliners celebrated the result, while Fugaku Uchiha and the three elders left the assembly hall.

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.