Recaps

Uchiha Setsuna tried to recruit his old friend Liehuo to a plan for seizing power, but Liehuo refused and Uchiha Retsuyō made clear that Setsuna would be killed. Setsuna then returned to a tavern where resentful former frontline Uchiha gathered, still angry about their lowered status and required Clan Guard training.

• Uchiha Setsuna urged Uchiha Liehuo to help the elders take power, revealing that revenge against the Second Hokage drove him.
• Uchiha Liehuo refused to help Setsuna, choosing to support the clan and its current leadership.
• Uchiha Retsuyō told his grandfather Liehuo that Setsuna had to die and that he would ensure the elder suffered no pain.
• Uchiha Setsuna entered a tavern where former frontline Uchiha were drinking, and he told them Liehuo had refused.
• The resentful Uchiha complained that they had to train before joining the Clan Guards, overlooking that they lacked the required Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Uchiha Setsuna and his allies plotted to exploit village rumors and provoke a conflict, while Obito and Black Zetsu secretly investigated the Uchiha. Setsuna was then cornered by Uchiha Retsuyō and Uchiha Wada, who revealed Mangekyō and declared they would kill him to unify the clan.

• Uchiha Setsuna heard that villagers suspected the Uchiha of seeking control over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and decided to use the rumors to provoke a clash with the Third Hokage.
• Setsuna and the other disaffected Uchiha plotted to lure away a three-year-old child as part of their scheme.
• Obito and Black Zetsu entered the Uchiha Clan Grounds to investigate the clan's strength after learning that six Uchiha had used Susanoo to destroy part of Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Retsuyō confronted Setsuna and revealed his Mangekyō, saying he had come to send the elder to his death for the clan.
• Setsuna tried to flee but encountered Uchiha Wada, who also revealed Mangekyō and said the elders intended to remove the clan's dissenters before Uchiha Hane returned.
• Obito and Black Zetsu watched the confrontation and were surprised that two more Uchiha had Mangekyō.

Uchiha Wada and Uchiha Retsuyō suppressed Uchiha Setsuna’s rebellion and arranged to conceal the deaths of the rebellious clansmen. Obito revealed himself as Uchiha Madara and attacked Retsuyō, ending the chapter with a powerful Fire Release aimed at him.

• Uchiha Wada declared that Setsuna and the other rebels had betrayed the clan head, then had Uchiha Yō kill Setsuna while promising him a painless death.
• Uchiha Clan Guards raided a secret tavern and killed the Uchiha gathered there, then prepared to dispose of their bodies.
• Uchiha Retsuyō and Wada agreed to have the elders cover up the deaths as losses on a secret mission and compensate the families.
• Obito appeared, claimed to be Uchiha Madara, and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan after Retsuyō challenged him.
• Retsuyō attacked Obito with his blade and Flash Step, but Obito’s body turned intangible and he countered with Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance.

Uchiha Retsuyō used his new Time Emperor ability to return from death and trap Obito in a fight against multiple versions of himself. As Obito was wounded and pressed by Retsuyō, Uchiha Wada activated his Painful Reverse Mirror technique.

• Obito used Mokuton and Kamui against Uchiha Retsuyō, eventually severing his upper body with a space distortion.
• Uchiha Wada refused to believe Retsuyō was dead and rejected Obito's offer to join his plan.
• Retsuyō emerged from a clock after turning back four seconds, revealing his Four-Tomoe Sharingan and Time Emperor ability.
• Retsuyō created four versions of himself from the same four seconds and attacked Obito, steadily wounding him as he used intangibility to survive.
• Uchiha Wada activated his Painful Reverse Mirror technique and sent an invisible ripple of spiritual energy toward Obito.

Obito was trapped in Wada’s Genjutsu, where Rin rejected him and killed herself, driving him to stab his own heart in the real world. Black Zetsu rescued the gravely wounded Obito, but Obito woke still shattered by the illusion.

• Wada’s Genjutsu made Obito relive Rin rejecting him and taking her own life, and Obito stabbed himself in the heart.
• Black Zetsu took Obito’s body underground as Uchiha Retsuyō and Wada regrouped after their fight.
• Black Zetsu used white spores to repair Obito’s heart and brought him to a cave.
• Obito woke crying out for Rin, then lay back down lifelessly despite Black Zetsu insisting that it had only been Genjutsu.

Hane explained to Shisui that oppression and war arose from unequal distribution of resources, then described his plan for a powerful unified nation led by the Uchiha to secure lasting peace. The chapter ended with Shisui listening as Hane presented the clan’s ambition as a path toward a better future.

• Black Zetsu suspected Obito was still trapped in genjutsu, wrapped him up, and headed for the Land of Rain to warn Nagato and the others.
• Shisui told Hane that the daimyo had welcomed Uchiha business but had begun hinting that the clan should share its profits.
• Hane asked Shisui to consider letting his eyes serve the clan, then drew his attention to the poverty of the capital’s commoners.
• Hane explained that oppression and war came from unfair distribution of benefits, and Shisui asked why the world could not live in peace.
• Hane contrasted the First Hokage’s balance of power with Madara’s vision of concentrated strength, then proposed a unified nation under Uchiha leadership to distribute resources fairly.

Hane and Shisui confronted the Land of Fire's daimyo after Hane laid out his vision of building peace through a unified nation. Hane subdued the daimyo's defenders, and Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to make the daimyo accept Hane as his master.

• Shisui pledged to pursue peace by helping establish a unified nation and agreed to use his eyes for the Uchiha clan.
• Hane and Shisui went to the daimyo's palace, where the daimyo demanded tribute for the Uchiha's Immortal Pills.
• Hane challenged the daimyo's authority and knocked out the Guardian Ninja, including Asuma Sarutobi and Chiriku.
• Sosuke reported that the palace guards had been incapacitated with Genjutsu, and Hane ordered Shisui to begin.
• Shisui activated Kotoamatsukami and implanted the command that the daimyo's master was Uchiha Hane.

Hane left the Daimyo Mansion after using Shisui’s eye to control the daimyo, then returned to Konoha as Hizashi killed a Kumogakure envoy who had abducted Hinata. The Cloud ninja demanded Hyuga and Uchiha prisoners to avert war, while Hizashi sought help from Uchiha Retsuyō.

• Hane ordered Shisui to manage the Daimyo Mansion, gave him a medicinal pill for his eye, and departed for Konoha with Sosuke and the others.
• During a night patrol, Hizashi rescued Hinata from a Cloud ninja and killed the envoy with the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Hiashi reported the incident to the Third Hokage, who warned that Kumogakure might use the envoy’s death to provoke a war.
• Cloud ninja confronted Sarutobi and Hiashi, demanding that Konoha hand over criminals from the Hyuga and Uchiha clans or face war.
• Hizashi told Uchiha Retsuyō what had happened, and Retsuyō condemned the Cloud ninja for violating Military Police Force regulations.

Uchiha Retsuyō led the Military Police Force against the Cloud ninja envoys after they abducted a Hyuga child, then publicly challenged Sarutobi over his handling of the crisis. Sarutobi collapsed after Retsuyō accused him of failing the village, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Uchiha Retsuyō ordered the Military Police Force to surround the Cloud embassy and arrest the envoys, while Sarutobi and Hiashi hurried there.
• Feilei arrived at the embassy, saw the injured Jian Yi, and attacked the Uchiha, but Retsuyō cut off Feilei's right arm and demanded that the envoys confess and surrender the mastermind.
• Sarutobi confronted Retsuyō, who accused him of shielding criminals and challenged him to explain how he would handle the abduction of the Hyuga Clan head's daughter.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu arrived as Retsuyō criticized Sarutobi's past decisions, including his conduct during the Night of the Nine-Tails and the White Fang scandal.
• Sarutobi defended his actions as necessary for the village, but Retsuyō continued accusing him of failure, and Sarutobi coughed up blood and fainted as Mitokado Homura caught him.

After Sarutobi’s public defeat, Tsunade refused to become Hokage and left the village, while Hane prepared the Uchiha to take power. An Yi infiltrated Danzo’s secret meeting and revealed that he had come to capture him on Hane’s orders.

• Tsunade treated Sarutobi after he collapsed, then refused his request to become the Fifth Hokage and announced she would leave the village.
• Sarutobi brooded over his defeat and regretted his past choices as he anticipated being forced to resign.
• Hane heard Retsuyō’s report about the attack on the clan grounds and ordered him to summon the major clan heads and have An Yi capture Danzo.
• Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura hoped Kumogakure and the daimyo would block the Uchiha’s bid for power.
• An Yi emerged from Danzo’s shadow, mocked him about his past, and announced that Hane had ordered him to take Danzo back and extract his remaining value.

An Yi killed Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura with his Mangekyō shadow technique, then vanished with Danzo. At a meeting with Konoha’s clan representatives, Hane promised that the Uchiha would share power and called on the clans to support their bid to become Hokage.

• An Yi revealed his Mangekyō and used the Myriad Shadow Control Technique to immobilize Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• An Yi ordered Koharu and Homura’s shadows to kill them, then sank into the darkness with Danzo.
• Hane welcomed representatives from Konoha’s clans to a meeting at the Uchiha compound and criticized Sarutobi’s rule.
• Hane declared that the Uchiha would seek the Hokage position and offered to co-govern Konoha, opening most village departments to fair competition.
• Hane asked the clan representatives to support the Uchiha and help rebuild Konoha.

Hane laid out plans for new Konoha departments and won the clan heads’ support to become Hokage. He exposed Danzo alive as an Anbu member and called for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s impeachment and arrest.

• Hane described plans for Education, Supervision, Justice, and Commerce and Agriculture departments, inviting ninjas from any clan to participate.
• Hiashi and the other clan heads pledged to support Hane as the next Hokage, and Hane announced an impeachment assembly against the Third Hokage.
• Hane accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of sheltering Danzo and betraying the village, then had An Yi unmask Danzo before the clan representatives.
• The clan heads condemned Hiruzen, and the Aburame clan head urged the Military Police Force to arrest him.
• Hane ordered Danzo taken away and promised to hand him over after Hiruzen was captured, leaving Danzo terrified of An Yi.

Tsunade learned that Sarutobi had been accused of protecting Danzo, and the Military Police Force arrested the former Hokage. The Uchiha also placed the Sarutobi and Shimura clans under supervision, stripped Hokage Faction members of their posts, and ordered the recovery of illicit wealth.

• Tsunade tried to leave the Hokage Building but was confronted by Retsuyō and clan representatives, who told her Sarutobi was suspected of betraying the village.
• Torifu Akimichi explained that Sarutobi had sheltered Danzo and used his authority to place him in the Anbu, leaving Tsunade devastated.
• Uchiha Retsuyō presented Sarutobi with an arrest warrant for concealing the primary criminal in Case 414, and Sarutobi was taken into custody.
• Uchiha Sosuke and Wada placed the Sarutobi and Shimura clans under supervision and told Shinnosuke Sarutobi that associated clans had been removed from village posts.
• Sosuke announced a three-year ban on Hokage Faction administrators and clans holding core positions and ordered the recovery of privileges and illicit money granted by Sarutobi.

Wada used Genjutsu to provoke the Shimura Clan into fighting the Military Police Force, then killed the Shimura clan head as the clan was destroyed. In Konoha, Uchiha Retsuyō stripped Hiruzen Sarutobi of his Hokage robes and had him arrested, while Hane began discussing his succession as the village's new Hokage.

• Wada's Genjutsu drove the Shimura clan head to order an attack, and the Military Police Force fought back as Shimura clansmen were killed.
• Wada released the Illusion, stabbed the Shimura clan head, and declared that the Shimura Clan would be destroyed.
• Uchiha Retsuyō declared Hiruzen Sarutobi an accomplice, removed his Hokage Ceremonial Robe, and escorted him through the crowd to prison.
• Sarutobi saw the tortured Danzo in the prison, and the two old friends exchanged only hatred and blame.
• Hane sat in the Hokage's seat and asked the clan representatives when to hold the succession ceremony; Hiashi and others urged him to act quickly.

Tsunade challenged Hane over his treatment of Hiruzen, but Hane defended his actions as necessary to cleanse Konoha of its crimes and restore justice. He then presented information about Kumogakure that rallied the gathered ninjas behind him as the likely Fifth Hokage, leaving the civilians outside uneasy about what his rule would bring.

• Tsunade confronted Hane and pleaded with him to spare Hiruzen, but he refused, citing the atrocities at the 414 Massacre and the need to restore justice in Konoha.
• Hane's speech moved the gathered ninjas, and Tsunade set aside her prejudice against the Uchiha and asked how they would handle the Raikage.
• Hane gave an envelope to Hiashi, who read its contents and then passed the information around the room.
• After reading the information, Hiashi and the other ninjas expressed confidence in Hane's leadership, and the crowd roared its support for the Hokage and the Uchiha.
• The civilians outside the Hokage Building heard the cheers and worried that Hane's rise would bring a major change to the village.

After Hane’s selection as Fifth Hokage sparked a civilian protest, Chika Uchiha’s Military Police Force arrested and beat elderly opponents while Uchiha Retsuyō blocked Tsunade from intervening. Tsunade left angry and considered contacting Jiraiya as Hane watched from the Hokage Building.

• Tsunade decided to remain in Konoha with Shizune and see how well the Uchiha could govern.
• When villagers gathered to oppose Hane’s selection as Fifth Hokage, the Military Police Force surrounded them and ordered them to disperse.
• Chika Uchiha ordered the arrest of elderly civilians who continued protesting, and the officers beat several unconscious before dragging them to prison.
• Uchiha Retsuyō and two other Uchiha with Mangekyō stopped Tsunade from intervening and warned that no one could interrupt the Hokage succession.
• Tsunade left in anger, thought she needed to contact Jiraiya, and saw Hane smiling at her from the Hokage Building.

Konoha’s villagers were pressured into attending Uchiha Hane’s inauguration as the Fifth Hokage, while Tsunade recoiled at his coercive rule. The ceremony began with the Daimyo publicly backing Hane and the Uchiha, leaving the assembled ninja reassured of their new political power.

• Hane’s forces threatened to expel villagers who refused to attend the inauguration, and the frightened citizens changed their tune and prepared to celebrate him.
• Tsunade observed the villagers’ sudden compliance and privately disapproved of Hane’s use of power.
• Hane dressed for the ceremony with Mikoto and Izumi’s help, while Fugaku, Itachi, and Sasuke watched proudly.
• Uchiha Retsuyō summoned Hane to the ceremony, where clan representatives and elite ninja bowed to him.
• The Daimyo publicly congratulated Uchiha Hane on becoming Hokage and declared the Land of Fire’s support for the Uchiha taking office.

Uchiha Hane declared himself Konoha's Fifth Hokage and persuaded the villagers to accept Uchiha rule. As the ceremony continued, Nagato, Konan, and the Human Path launched a surprise attack on Konoha with a rain of Explosive Tags.

• Hane gave a speech blaming Konoha's decline on its weakness and insisting the village needed the Uchiha Clan's protection.
• The villagers joined the Uchiha in chanting, "Long live the Hokage!"
• Nagato watched the ceremony with Konan and the Human Path, intending to exploit Konoha's weakened defenses and seize the Nine-Tails or Two-Tails.
• Nagato ordered Konan to begin the attack, and she sent countless sheets of paper toward Konoha.
• Hane sensed a hostile presence as Konoha's shinobi spotted Explosive Tags covering nearly half the village.

Hane used weather and earth-manipulating techniques to stop Pain’s assault on Konoha during his inauguration, then defeated Deva Path Pain with a lightning construct. Pain escaped, and Hane sent a Konoha ninja toward the Land of Rain with a talisman as the villagers celebrated their new Hokage.

• Uchiha Retsuyō ordered civilians to disperse as Explosive Tags descended over Konoha, but Hane swept them away with Wind Call.
• Hane summoned dark clouds and freezing rain over Deva Path Pain, while Nagato sent Human Path toward the ground to reach safety.
• Nagato’s summoned beasts burrowed beneath Konoha, but Hane used Touch of Gold Technique to turn the earth golden and crush them.
• Deva Path Pain attacked Hane with Shinra Tensei, but Hane trapped him in the Myriad Thunder Great Hand Seal and forced Nagato to summon him away.
• Hane gave an Elite Jonin a talisman to take near the Land of Rain, then told the villagers to go home as they shouted their support for him.

Nagato’s assault on Konoha failed, leaving Human Path frozen and Deva Path badly damaged as Black Zetsu reconsidered their plans. Meanwhile, Hane used his new authority as Hokage to begin reshaping Konoha’s administration and education, leaving Hiashi to organize the reforms.

• Nagato tried to repair Deva Path after returning to the Land of Rain, while Konan worried over Yahiko’s damaged body and Human Path remained frozen.
• Black Zetsu learned that the Fifth Hokage was the Uchiha clan head and agreed with Nagato to take a long-term approach toward Konoha.
• Hane studied the Book of Seals and gained several new techniques, including Spatial Great Shift, Soul Projection, and Soul Seizure.
• Hane summoned Uchiha Wada and Hiashi, then proposed civil service examinations and separate civil and military branches for Konoha’s administration.
• Hane told Hiashi to organize the new administrative system with the major clans and to advance the village’s education plan, seeking funding from the daimyo if needed.

Hane reorganized Konoha’s government and military, expanding civil service recruitment, education, immigration, and the Hokage’s forces. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and Tsunade argued over the Uchiha’s rule, and Jiraiya was arrested after Tsunade mistook his explanation for spying for an admission of peeping.

• Konoha established seven civil service departments, announced free compulsory education for children, and opened the village to immigration under a five-year expansion plan.
• Hane withdrew most troops from the borders, replaced the Anbu with the Hokage’s Twelve Direct Squads, and organized the remaining forces into four military regions overseen by six departments.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade discussed Konoha’s new leadership, and Jiraiya said the village was no longer a place to stay because of the Uchiha’s power.
• Tsunade assumed Jiraiya had been peeping on women, punched him through the tavern wall, and left him injured in the street.
• The Military Police Force recognized Jiraiya and took him into custody for violating Konoha’s law against peeping on women bathing.

Tsunade healed Jiraiya before the Military Police Force took him away, then resolved to leave Konoha. Hane broke through to the Dao-Integration Stage, learned he had fused 1% with the world’s Deva Path, and considered the path toward becoming a Heavenly Immortal.

• Tsunade healed Jiraiya and told him she planned to leave Konoha, while Jiraiya accepted that the Military Police Force would imprison him.
• Tsunade ordered the Military Police Force to take Jiraiya away, leaving the Sannin separated.
• Hane used his accumulated Fortune Points to advance his cultivation, causing a strange celestial phenomenon over Konoha.
• Uchiha Retsuyō blocked Hiashi and the other villagers from approaching the Hokage Building while Hane made his breakthrough.
• Tsunade realized Hane wielded the mysterious power she had studied and concluded that the Uchiha’s power came from him.
• Hane reached the Dao-Integration Stage with 1% fusion with the world’s Deva Path and learned that reaching 100% would require 10,000 Destiny Coins.

Hizashi asked Hane to protect his son Neji from being assigned to the Hyuga Branch Family and receiving the Caged Bird Seal. Hane brought Neji to the Hokage Building and summoned Hiashi and the Hyuga elders, leaving them to face his intervention.

• Hizashi knelt before Hane and begged him to save Neji from the Caged Bird Seal, which was to be placed on him the next day.
• Hane agreed to intervene and had Hizashi bring Neji to the Hokage Building, where he kept the boy with him.
• At the Hyuga Clan, Hiashi told the elders that Hane was sheltering Hizashi, and an Uchiha from the 12th Division summoned Hiashi and the elders.
• The Hyuga elders arrived at the Hokage Building and found Hizashi and Neji with Hane, who said he knew why they had come.
• Hyuga Seigan objected that the matter was an internal affair of the Hyuga Clan.

Hane persuaded the Hyuga elders to consider replacing the Caged Bird Seal with his Bloodline Extraction Seal, which he claimed could preserve and strengthen the Byakugan. He removed Hizashi’s seal and awakened new powers in his eyes, leaving the elders to decide whether to accept his proposed path.

• Hane offered to make Neji his first disciple, then argued that the Caged Bird Seal prevented the Hyuga Branch Family from reaching its potential.
• Hane revealed the Bloodline Extraction Seal, which he said could preserve a deceased Hyuga’s Byakugan power for a direct relative and help the eyes evolve.
• Hane told the elders he would remove Hizashi’s Caged Bird Seal because Hizashi held public office, and the elders did not dare object.
• Hane used his golden Nine-Tomoe Sharingan to remove Hizashi’s seal and left a golden mark on his forehead.
• Hizashi’s Byakugan awakened with pale blue irises, increased vision, a beam attack, and limited control over gravity.
• Hane showed the elders Hizashi’s new abilities and asked them to decide whether to adopt the Bloodline Extraction Seal method.

Hiashi and the Hyuga elders agreed to lift the Caged Bird Seal after Hane offered the clan a new seal and a way to enhance the Byakugan. As Hane prepared to punish the Land of Rain, Obito proposed using the Three-Tails and One-Tail while provoking a conflict between Kirigakure and Konoha, but Nagato sensed a powerful force disrupting his Rain Tiger at Will Technique.

• Qingyan Hyuga urged Hiashi to accept Hane’s offer, and the Hyuga clan announced that it would lift the Caged Bird Seal.
• A Branch Family elder volunteered to pass the Pupil Power Orb to his son, whose enhanced Byakugan pierced a massive tree with a beam of light.
• Hane learned that he could not improve his perfected skills further until he achieved complete Dao Integration, so he planned to focus his remaining Destiny Coins on cultivation.
• Obito joined Nagato and Konan in the Land of Rain and proposed capturing the Three-Tails and One-Tail while using the Fourth Mizukage to provoke conflict between Kirigakure and Konoha.
• Nagato sensed an immense force dividing his Rain Tiger at Will Technique and warned that something was wrong.