Chapter Summaries

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.

The Third and Konoha F4 prepared a public welcome for Hatake Sakumo while quietly laying plans against him. Fugaku and the Great Elder trusted Uchiha Chuan’s plan to let the scheme unfold, and Sakumo returned to Konoha to a cheering crowd.

• A Root ninja told the Third that Hatake Sakumo’s squad would return around noon the next day, and the Third asked Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to make arrangements.
• Messengers announced Sakumo’s return across Konoha as people spread rumors about the importance of his mission, just as the Third and Konoha F4 intended.
• Fugaku told the Great Elder that Uchiha Chuan had allowed the conspiracy against the Uchiha to proceed, and they agreed to wait for the right time to act.
• Rin, Asuma, Kakashi, and Obito discussed Sakumo’s return, while Uchiha Chuan continued revising Zheng Buyan Yi’s filming plans.
• Hatake Sakumo and his squad returned to Konoha at noon, where a large crowd greeted them with cheers.

Hatake Sakumo returned to a hero’s welcome, but Uchiha Tieyue exposed that he had abandoned the mission to protect his comrades. The villagers turned on Sakumo and pelted him with stones, while the Third Hokage stopped them.

• The Third Hokage and the advisors welcomed Hatake Sakumo, Nara Jiaozhi, and Hyuga Hidaka as heroes while the villagers cheered.
• A note from the Kumogakure liaison threatened Uchiha Tieyue over selling intelligence and urged him to reveal the truth about Sakumo.
• Uchiha Tieyue accused Hatake Sakumo of abandoning the mission, and Sakumo admitted he had withdrawn to protect his comrades from an ambush.
• The villagers condemned Sakumo, calling him a disgrace and demanding he should have died rather than abandon the mission.
• A villager struck Sakumo with a stone, and the crowd began throwing more until the Third Hokage ordered them to stop.

The villagers turned their anger over the failed mission toward Uchiha Tieyue, while the Third Hokage ordered him to await punishment. Uchiha Chuan showed Fugaku Uchiha and the elders the confrontation, and they planned to use the backlash against the Uchiha hardliners as a chance to unite the clan.

• The Third Hokage tried to calm the villagers by praising Hatake Sakumo, but a villager blamed Uchiha Tieyue and the others for Sakumo abandoning the mission.
• Uchiha Tieyue activated his Sharingan and threatened the crowd, prompting the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to rebuke him and order him home to await punishment.
• Uchiha Chuan approved Zheng Buyan Yi's plan to film "Uchiha Naruto Chronicle," with filming set to start the next day.
• Fugaku Uchiha and the elders asked Uchiha Chuan to use his water-sphere Telescope Technique to reveal what was happening at the village entrance.
• Uchiha Chuan showed them the villagers' confrontation with Uchiha Tieyue, and Fugaku Uchiha proposed using the hostility to defeat the Uchiha hardliners and unite the clan.

Kakashi and Obito faced public insults about White Fang of the Leaf, while the Uchiha Police Force's response worsened tensions with villagers. After the Uchiha Hardliners withdrew from their posts in protest, the Police Force stopped patrolling, leaving the village without anyone to keep order.

• A Genin insulted Kakashi and White Fang of the Leaf, and Kakashi knocked him down as Obito backed him up.
• Police Force members tried to arrest the Genin, but angry villagers accused them of abusing their authority and surrounded them.
• Yashiro Uchiha told the Hardliners' vice-captain that Uchiha Tieyue had blamed White Fang of the Leaf and clashed with villagers and Lord Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Ganyue and the other Hardliners found Tieyue asleep and left without speaking to him.
• The Hardliners decided not to patrol if the Moderates were not patrolling, and every member of the Police Force withdrew from their post.
• A villager blew a police whistle over a line-cutting dispute, but the Police Force never arrived, and the line-cutter taunted him.

Villagers blamed the Uchiha after the clan withdrew from managing the Police Force, and the Third Hokage approved Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s plan to use the backlash to gain influence over it. Meanwhile, Kakashi feared the Uchiha would reject him over his father’s mission, but Hatake Sakumo and his friends persuaded him to go with them to the Uchiha Clan Territory.

• Villagers filed complaints against the Uchiha, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged the Third Hokage to pressure Fugaku Uchiha into opening the Police Force to other ninja.
• Danzo mocked the Uchiha for giving up control of the Police Force and wondered whether Uchiha Chuan would respond.
• Kakashi told Obito and Rin Nohara that he would not go to the Uchiha because he believed they would reject him.
• Obito learned that Kakashi blamed the Uchiha for revealing Hatake Sakumo’s mission failure, and Hatake Sakumo explained that the teammate had only told the truth.
• Hatake Sakumo, Obito, and Asuma reassured Kakashi that the Uchiha did not all share the same view, and Kakashi agreed to go with the group to the Uchiha Clan Territory.