Chapter Summaries

Kushina used Uchiha Chuan's Loudspeaker Technique to recruit civilian ninja for the Police Force Seventh Battalion, alarming Konoha's leaders and spurring the Uchiha Hardliners into action. Uchiha Tieyue discovered that Uchiha Tongyue had truly left him and decided to kill him, along with Uchiha Chuan and Fugaku Uchiha, to awaken his eyes.

• Kushina announced that she was recruiting thirty-six civilian ninja for the Police Force Seventh Battalion, and Uchiha Chuan explained the principle behind his Loudspeaker Technique.
• Civilian ninja rushed to Training Ground Three, while Minato prepared to find Kushina after hearing her broadcast.
• The Third Hokage and Koharu discussed Kushina's ties to the Uchiha and planned to warn Minato and Fugaku Uchiha.
• The Uchiha Hardliners, fearing they would lose influence over the Police Force, went to work there.
• Uchiha Tongyue moved out with help from the Uchiha Moderates, leaving Uchiha Tieyue with no intelligence.
• Uchiha Tieyue decided to kill Uchiha Tongyue, Uchiha Chuan, and Fugaku Uchiha to create an opportunity to awaken his eyes.

Kushina told Minato how Uchiha Chuan had materialized the Loudspeaker Technique, then persuaded Minato to join Chuan’s movie. In Konoha, Hatake Sakumo stopped Uchiha Hardliners from attacking a civilian ninja and quietly followed the provocateur while sending Shadow Clones to patrol.

• Kushina excitedly explained to Minato that Uchiha Chuan had turned the Loudspeaker Technique into a physical loudspeaker and described his theory for materializing ninjutsu.
• Kushina told Minato that they had to appear in Uchiha Chuan’s movie, and Minato reluctantly agreed despite worrying about the Third Hokage’s reaction.
• A civilian ninja mocked Uchiha Hardliners members on patrol, and they attacked him with Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu.
• Hatake Sakumo blocked the attack with Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall, but the civilian ninja and Uchiha Hardliners insulted him over his abandoned mission.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered everyone to stop, and after the others left, he followed the civilian ninja and created Shadow Clones to patrol Konoha.

White Fang repeatedly stopped the Uchiha Hardliners from attacking villagers as hostility toward them grew and support for Uchiha Chuan’s Moderates became apparent. When the Hardliners argued among themselves, White Fang intervened again, and part of the group split off from its leader.

• White Fang blocked the Uchiha Hardliners from retaliating against villagers who mocked them, forcing them to withdraw.
• The Hardliners blamed Uchiha Chuan for their troubles and said they would endure the humiliation until Captain Uchiha Tieyue awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Villagers discussed the Moderates’ Uchiha Clan Leader Mountain movie and praised Uchiha Chuan while criticizing the Hardliners for ruining the Uchiha Team.
• Some Hardliners began questioning their faction’s position, sparking an argument with their leader.
• White Fang arrived as the argument escalated, and the Hardliners’ leader ordered his followers to leave; half stayed behind briefly before departing in another direction.

A group of Uchiha Hardliners questioned their loyalty to Uchiha Tieyue and decided to pass intelligence undercover rather than return openly. Meanwhile, Uchiha Tieyue sought a meeting with Utatane Koharu, and Fugaku Uchiha left the film set after the Hokage summoned him.

• A squad of Uchiha Hardliners split from their patrol and admitted that Uchiha Chuan’s Moderates were succeeding while Uchiha Tieyue’s promises kept failing.
• The Uchiha Hardliners agreed to pass intelligence undercover, claiming they would endure humiliation for the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Tieyue arrived to meet Utatane Koharu, and the liaisons arranged for him to wait in a private room.
• Zheng Buyan Yi repeatedly stopped filming to coach Asuma and Obito Uchiha through the Ichiraku Ramen scene.
• A Konoha ninja summoned Fugaku Uchiha on the Hokage’s orders, and Fugaku left the film set to meet him.

Kushina began selecting members for her Police Force Seventh Battalion by challenging civilian ninjas to defeat one of her thirty-six Shadow Clones. After Brass was quickly defeated, the crowd embraced the strength-based selection and rushed to compete, while ninjas arranged by the Third Hokage prepared to act.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura left to meet Uchiha Tieyue after Hiruzen Sarutobi told Koharu he would warn Fugaku not to get too close to Kushina.
• Kushina created thirty-six Shadow Clones to defend arenas and another thirty-six clones of Uchiha Chuan to referee the selection.
• A civilian ninja was quickly knocked from an arena by Kushina's Shadow Clone, and Minato stopped him from trying again.
• Brass greeted Kushina and Minato, challenged Kushina's Shadow Clone, and was defeated by its Earth-Style Wall and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kushina told Brass to train harder, and he left after admitting he had hoped to qualify through connections.
• Civilian ninjas rushed to challenge the Shadow Clones, while the Third Hokage's arranged participants prepared to make their move.

Fugaku Uchiha defied Hiruzen Sarutobi’s demand to keep the Uchiha Clan away from Kushina, leaving Hiruzen furious and convinced the clan was beyond his control. Meanwhile, Uchiha Tieyue agreed to provide the Konoha Leadership with Mangekyō Sharingan secrets in exchange for help awakening his own, and planned to kill his younger brother.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Hiruzen Sarutobi he would not distance the Uchiha Clan from Kushina unless Hiruzen expelled them from Konoha.
• Fugaku Uchiha mocked Hiruzen’s appeals to Konoha’s safety, then left to return to filming a movie.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered someone to bring Minato and Kushina to him and worried that Uchiha Chuan and Fugaku Uchiha had put the clan beyond his control.
• Uchiha Tieyue explained to Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that he needed their help awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan before he could obtain the clan’s secrets.
• Uchiha Tieyue signed an agreement to give the Konoha Leadership the Mangekyō Sharingan’s weaknesses and asked them to arrange a mission so he could kill Uchiha Tongyue.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed to investigate Uchiha Tongyue and arrange the plan, while Uchiha Tieyue resolved to kill his younger brother.

Fugaku returned to Uchiha Chuan for help after confronting the Third Hokage, while Kushina and Minato were summoned after Kushina formed her new Police Force division. Danzō’s Root lured Uchiha Shanhuo away with a promise to reveal the secret of Tieyue’s Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Shanhuo to face them alone.

• Uchiha Hardliner Reflective Faction ninja followed Fugaku back to the clan grounds, suspecting he would seek Uchiha Chuan’s help.
• Kushina announced that her thirty-six recruits were members of the Seventh Division and named Minato as vice-captain.
• A messenger summoned Kushina and Minato to the Hokage, and Kushina dismissed her new subordinates until the next morning.
• Root ninja used fire and water techniques to conceal their approach, then told Shanhuo they would reveal the secret behind Tieyue awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan if he came alone.
• Shanhuo sent his subordinates back and headed to meet Root, while they worried about his safety.

Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Chuan that he had confronted the Third Hokage over the Uchiha staying away from Kushina, surprising the eavesdropping Hardliners. The Third Hokage then placed Kushina under ANBU surveillance and restricted her contact with the Uchiha, while Kushina left furious and unable to keep her promise to act in Uchiha Chuan's movie.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Uchiha Chuan that he and the Third Hokage had threatened each other over the Uchiha Clan's contact with Kushina.
• Uchiha Reflective Hardliners overheard the conversation and began questioning whether Uchiha Chuan and Fugaku Uchiha were truly Moderates.
• The Hardliners decided to return to the Police Force Building, seek others who doubted Uchiha Tieyue, and inform the Moderates that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Kushina and Minato, ordered Kushina to avoid the Uchiha, and assigned eight ANBU to restrict her movements and contacts.
• Kushina insisted that she had promised Uchiha Chuan she would act in his movie, but Hiruzen Sarutobi said Minato could use Transformation and Shadow Clone techniques to play both roles.
• Minato agreed to help with the movie, and Kushina left the Hokage Building angrily alongside him and the ANBU.

Danzo lured Uchiha Shanhuo to his confinement and challenged his plan to awaken Uchiha Tieyue’s Mangekyō Sharingan. He revealed that he possessed a Sharingan, then concealed it again after Shanhuo suppressed his anger, leaving Shanhuo demanding an explanation.

• Uchiha Shanhuo followed a Root ninja to Danzo, who was waiting in a pavilion and offered him tea.
• Danzo taunted Shanhuo about relying on Uchiha Tieyue’s Mangekyō Sharingan to regain power in the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo warned that Uchiha Chuan could anticipate their plan and claimed the clan’s division was meant to push Tieyue toward awakening the Mangekyō.
• Danzo asserted that he understood the Mangekyō better than the Uchiha Hardliners and unwound the bandages over his right eye, revealing a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Shanhuo erupted in anger over Danzo’s Sharingan, but sat back down after Danzo threatened to dismiss him as an unhinged slanderer.
• Danzo re-covered his eye, and Uchiha Shanhuo demanded to know what he was trying to say.

Danzo told Uchiha Shanhuo that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan required killing someone close and that its use gradually caused blindness. He claimed Uchiha Chuan wanted Uchiha Tieyue’s newly awakened eyes to address that flaw, leaving Shanhuo to consider Danzo’s explanation.

• Danzo revealed that he had taken Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan after Kagami died protecting him.
• Danzo said Uchiha Tieyue had colluded with the Hokage advisors, who had given him the Mangekyō awakening method.
• Danzo explained that the method required killing someone close, and Shanhuo realized Tieyue had intended to kill Uchiha Tongyue.
• Danzo said Uchiha Chuan wanted Tieyue to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan despite the Uchiha clan’s stockpile of eyes.
• Danzo explained that Mangekyō users gradually went blind, and Shanhuo inferred that Danzo wanted a newly awakened eye to restore his vision.

Danzo tried to recruit Uchiha Shanhuo by claiming Uchiha Chuan had a precognitive Mangekyō Sharingan and offering a safer way to awaken one. Meanwhile, Kushina grew furious over the Third Hokage’s surveillance and ordered Minato to ask Uchiha Chuan how she could become Hokage, prompting ANBU to report her plans.

• Danzo convinced Uchiha Shanhuo that Uchiha Chuan’s apparent foresight and inactivity pointed to a Mangekyō Sharingan whose vision was failing, then urged Shanhuo to join Root.
• Danzo promised Shanhuo a more reliable way to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shanhuo left to consider the offer as Danzo summoned Orochimaru.
• Kushina erupted at the female ANBU ninja for following her even into the bathroom and vowed to take the Hokage position so she could surveil the Third Hokage in return.
• Kushina told Minato to ask Uchiha Chuan how she could become Hokage, and Minato agreed after an ANBU ninja mocked her chances.
• An ANBU ninja created a Shadow Clone and sent it to inform the Third Hokage of Kushina’s plans.

Uchiha Hardliners secretly reported that Uchiha Tieyue might awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Chuan discussed the faction’s possible return. At the film set, the Third Hokage received a report about monitoring Kushina, prompting questions from Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.

• Two Uchiha Hardliners sent an unsigned note to Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Chuan warning that Uchiha Tieyue might awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Hardliners explained that they had withheld their names to avoid being used as pledges of allegiance, then returned to the Police Force.
• Obito performed the Sexy Technique on the film set, and Zheng Buyan Yi ended the morning’s filming.
• Fugaku Uchiha received the note and reassured the messengers before discussing the Hardliners’ possible return with Uchiha Chuan.
• An ANBU Shadow Clone vanished when Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura arrived at the Hokage’s Office, where the Third Hokage said the report concerned monitoring Kushina.

The Third Hokage and his advisers planned to provoke Uchiha Tongyue into awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and use that secret to incite the Uchiha against Uchiha Chuan. Back at the Police Force, Uchiha Shanhuo found the Uchiha divided over whether Uchiha Tie Yue could awaken the Mangekyō, and ended their argument with a shout.

• The Third Hokage told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that Kushina had defied his surveillance and sent Minato to ask Uchiha Chuan how she could become Hokage.
• The Third Hokage arranged to summon Jiraiya, while Utatane Koharu revealed a plan to have Uchiha Tieyue attack Uchiha Tongyue and awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Utatane Koharu planned to disclose the awakening method to the Uchiha afterward, hoping to drive them into conflict with Uchiha Chuan.
• Uchiha Shanhuo returned to the Police Force, where members questioned him about the Mangekyō Sharingan and the visitors who had summoned him.
• Uchiha Reflective Hardliners and Uchiha Extreme Hardliners argued over Uchiha Tie Yue's prospects and Uchiha Chuan's past victories.
• Uchiha Shanhuo shouted at the disputing Uchiha, silencing everyone in the hall.

Uchiha Shanhuo revealed that using the Mangekyō Sharingan caused blindness and that Uchiha Chuan might have awakened it with the power of precognition. With the hardliners divided over whether to trust Chuan, Shanhuo offered them a choice between returning to the clan and joining Root.

• Uchiha Shanhuo told the hardliners that Mangekyō Sharingan use could lead to blindness and that another Mangekyō's ocular power could restore it.
• Uchiha Shanhuo said Uchiha Chuan might possess the Mangekyō Sharingan and precognition, prompting the hardliners to argue over whether Chuan had manipulated them.
• Uchiha Shanhuo declared that Captain Tie Yue was no match for Chuan and said the hardliners could return to the clan or follow him.
• Uchiha Shanhuo revealed that Danzo had approached him about joining Root, while the hardliners argued over how Danzo learned about the Mangekyō.
• Uchiha Shanhuo cut the Ultra-Hardliners' bonds with kunai and told everyone to choose whether to return or join Root.

Uchiha Huoyu persuaded most of the remaining Hardliners to return to the main clan, leaving Uchiha Shanhuo and fewer than ten Ultra-Hardliners behind. Huoyu’s group decided to hide what they knew about the Mangekyō Sharingan and go apologize to the Clan Head and Uchiha Chuan.

• Uchiha Huoyu argued that the Hardliners’ mockery had fueled the clan’s division, and many members chose to return to the main clan.
• Uchiha Shanhuo and fewer than ten Ultra-Hardliners left the Police Force hall after Huoyu pointed out that nearly everyone else opposed them.
• Uchiha Huoyu told the returning Hardliners to keep the Mangekyō Sharingan’s weakness and Uchiha Chuan’s possible precognitive ability secret.
• Uchiha Huoyu led the group toward the Uchiha Clan Territory to bring their families and apologize to the Clan Head and Lord Chuan.

Minato went to Uchiha Chuan for help freeing Kushina from ANBU surveillance and admitted that she wanted to become Hokage. Chuan gave Minato a plan to openly challenge the Hokage, leaving Minato committed to risking everything for Kushina’s freedom.

• Fugaku told Minato that Kushina was under ANBU surveillance because the Hokage opposed her joining the Uchiha film shoot.
• Minato asked Uchiha Chuan to help end the surveillance, and Chuan explained that even a Hokage would have to compromise with the Third and his allies.
• Minato confessed that Kushina wanted advice on becoming Hokage, then admitted he supported her gaining freedom.
• Uchiha Chuan gave Minato a speech scroll that would reveal its contents after absorbing Kushina’s aura for twelve hours, along with the Loudspeaker Technique device.
• Chuan and Fugaku pledged Uchiha support as Minato agreed to use the plan to openly challenge the Hokage.

Uchiha Chuan explained his support for Minato and Kushina to Fugaku and revealed that Uchiha Tieyue and Uchiha Shanhuo were cooperating with the village leadership. After Chuan devised a way to protect Uchiha Tongyue, the Uchiha Reflective Hardliners begged to rejoin the clan, leaving their fate in Chuan’s hands.

• Uchiha Chuan told Fugaku Uchiha that supporting Minato and Kushina posed little risk to the Uchiha Clan, then showed him Uchiha Tieyue meeting Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura and Shimura Danzō inviting Uchiha Shanhuo.
• Uchiha Chuan suspected Uchiha Tieyue planned to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan by killing Uchiha Tongyue, so he instructed Fugaku to find Tongyue and a pig of similar weight for his Blood Clone Technique.
• Fugaku Uchiha left to find them, but Uchiha Huoyu and the Uchiha Reflective Hardliners blocked his way and asked to return to the clan.
• An elderly Uchiha woman ordered the Hardliners to kneel, and Fugaku said Uchiha Chuan would decide whether they could return.
• Uchiha Chuan arrived, and Uchiha Huoyu and the other Hardliners pleaded with him to let them back into the clan.

Uchiha Chuan accepted the Hardliner Revisionists back into the clan and learned that Uchiha Tieyue and Uchiha Shanhuo had joined forces with village leaders and Root. As Chuan prepared his next move, Tieyue received mission documents for a plan to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan by betraying Tong Yue.

• Uchiha Chuan let the Hardliner Revisionists return to the clan, and Fugaku Uchiha agreed to transfer their four Police Force divisions to Kushina for gradual payment.
• Uchiha Huoyu slipped Chuan and Fugaku notes revealing Uchiha Tieyue’s dealings with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, and Uchiha Shanhuo’s alliance with Shimura Danzō and Root.
• Uchiha Chuan stayed calm and decided to let Tieyue and Root act so he could assess Root’s strength, while Fugaku burned the note.
• Uchiha Tieyue met an ANBU ninja and received mission documents and a plan for the next day.
• Uchiha Tieyue read the plan, anticipated awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, and resolved to betray Tong Yue before burning the documents and heading to the Uchiha Clan Territory.

Uchiha Shanhuo and eight Uchiha hardliners joined Root, while Danzo arranged for Orochimaru to help Shanhuo awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. At Uchiha Chuan’s home, Fugaku and Chuan prepared to protect Tongyue from Tieyue by creating a flesh clone, which appeared at the chapter’s end.

• Uchiha Tieyue returned home and went to rest, focused on awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Shanhuo led eight hardliners to Danzo and pledged their support in exchange for his promise to help them regain standing in the clan.
• Danzo kept Shanhuo behind and said Orochimaru could help him awaken the Mangekyō without killing his biological brother.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Chuan warned Uchiha Tongyue that Tieyue intended to kill him to awaken his Mangekyō, so Tongyue needed to hide.
• Uchiha Tongyue gave Chuan blood, and Chuan used it with a pig of equal weight to create a flesh clone of Tongyue.

Uchiha Chuan used a pig to create an independent flesh clone of Uchiha Tongyue, then arranged for it to take over Tongyue’s identity. Meanwhile, Danzo and Orochimaru agreed to cooperate on Hashirama Cell research and ways to control the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Tongyue’s flesh clone discovered that it had a body, blood, and the ability to produce chakra independently, then panicked when Uchiha Chuan joked about its pig origins.
• Uchiha Chuan ordered the flesh clone to impersonate Uchiha Tongyue because Uchiha Tieyue wanted to kill him, and Fugaku took them away to carry out the substitution.
• Orochimaru visited Danzo and learned that Uchiha Shanhuo had joined Root and wanted Uchiha Chuan removed from the clan’s way.
• Danzo offered to make Orochimaru’s ambitions possible if Orochimaru helped him become Hokage and Shanhuo become Uchiha clan head.
• Danzo asked Orochimaru to resume Hashirama Cell research to promote Mangekyō Sharingan evolution and to devise a method to control the Uchiha’s Kekkei Genkai.