Chapter Summaries

Hane advised Fugaku that the village intended to make the Uchiha relocate without compensation, then began using his clones to gather points and train his Divine Sense. The day ended with a determined youth and two companions blocking Hane, Itachi, and Izumi after school.

• Hane explained that Fugaku should hold firm against the village’s relocation demand because the higher-ups planned to make the Uchiha move without paying them.
• Fugaku reconciled with Mikoto, while Itachi secretly overheard his father and brother and felt torn between his family and the village.
• Hane assigned his five clones to gather herbs, attend school, and earn Gratitude and Malice Points while he cultivated at home.
• Hane found that controlling his clones depleted his Divine Sense but expanded its range, and he gained 600 Gratitude Points and 3,000 Malice Points in half a day.
• After school, a resolute-looking youth arrived with two others and blocked Hane, Itachi, and Izumi.

Uchiha Retsuyō challenged Hane to a duel to avenge his grandfather and test Hane’s claim to the young clan leader position. Hane led Retsuyō to his family’s training ground, where he drew his Fire Sword and prepared to fight.

• Retsuyō confronted Hane and demanded a duel, revealing his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Itachi stepped in front of Hane with his sword, but Hane sent him back and agreed to choose a place for the duel.
• Hane brought Retsuyō and the others to his home, where Mikoto welcomed them and kept Izumi with her.
• Mikoto learned Izumi had been alone while her parents served at the front and invited her to stay for dinner.
• At the training ground, Retsuyō told Hane he would not hold back, and Hane summoned his crimson Fire Sword to face him.

Hane dominated his duel with Uchiha Retsuyō, first outmaneuvering him with his swordsmanship and then overwhelming his Sharingan with the Myriad Sword Technique. Retsuyō struggled to escape the many flaming swords as Hane continued to press him.

• Hane parried Uchiha Retsuyō's rapid attacks and wounded him several times, leaving Retsuyō increasingly alarmed.
• Uchiha Retsuyō declared that the duel concerned the Uchiha Clan's future, intensified his Sharingan, and prepared to show his true strength.
• Hane set his Fire Sword ablaze and summoned more than a hundred swords with the Myriad Sword Technique, shocking the spectators.
• Hane directed the swords to attack from every direction, forcing Uchiha Retsuyō to dodge and retreat whenever he tried to approach.
• Itachi watched Hane control the duel and wondered whether he could ever surpass his brother.
• Uchiha Retsuyō tried to study the swords for an opening but could not understand how they anticipated his movements and evaded his attacks.

Hane defeated Uchiha Retsuyō despite Retsuyō’s use of black dust and his newly awakened Mangekyō. Retsuyō ended the fight on his knees, unable to understand the gap between them.

• Uchiha Retsuyō shrouded the training ground in black dust, but Hane evaded his kunai with his eyes closed and struck him with a Fire Sword.
• As Uchiha Retsuyō lay injured, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyō, and he used its Flash Step ability to attack Hane from behind.
• Hane blocked Retsuyō’s katana, broke its blade, and challenged him to rely on his own skill instead of his eyes.
• Hane taught Retsuyō about swordsmanship while repeatedly defeating his attempts to attack and evade.
• Uchiha Retsuyō collapsed to his knees and asked Hane why he was so powerful.

After defeating Uchiha Retsuyō, Hane convinced him that the Uchiha Clan should build its strength and target the Konoha Elder Council rather than turn the entire village into an enemy. Retsuyō pledged his loyalty to Hane, who restored his broken katana and accepted him as his weapon.

• Hane defeated Uchiha Retsuyō and challenged his belief that fighting the village was the clan’s only path to hope.
• Hane argued that the Uchiha Clan needed to become stronger and unite instead of blaming the village for its weakness.
• Hane explained that the clan’s true enemies were the Second Hokage’s disciples and the Konoha Elder Council, not the entire village.
• Uchiha Retsuyō accepted Hane’s reasoning, knelt, and swore to follow him without question.
• Hane restored Retsuyō’s broken katana, and Retsuyō vowed to become the strongest weapon in Young Master’s hand.

Hane won Uchiha Retsuyō’s loyalty and began building support to reunite the Uchiha Clan. After dinner, he took Izumi for a flight on his Fire Sword and promised to protect her and the clan.

• Hane healed Uchiha Retsuyō, asked him to unite the clan’s younger generation, and let him keep the honor of his defeat secret.
• Uchiha Retsuyō left with Wada and Zongxuan, treating Hane with deep respect and becoming part of Hane’s power base.
• Fugaku returned and was puzzled by Retsuyō’s deference, while Hane told him to ask Mikoto and left to take Izumi home.
• Hane summoned the Fire Sword, carried Izumi into the sky, and flew with her toward the moon.
• Izumi admired the stars and moon, and Hane promised to shoulder the clan’s responsibilities and protect her and the Uchiha.

After seeing Hane’s warnings about the Elder Council, Fugaku struggled with his lingering hope for peace and his son’s criticism of his indecisive leadership. Hane upgraded his cultivation art and several techniques with his accumulated points, then settled down to cultivate.

• Kiba claimed he had seen someone riding a giant bird across the night sky, but his mother dismissed the story and sent him to bed.
• Fugaku asked Hane whether he intended to oppose the Hokage’s faction, and Hane insisted that the Elder Council threatened the Uchiha and urged his father to take a firm stance.
• Fugaku fell silent under Hane’s criticism, then said he would make a decision and admitted he should trust his son more.
• Hane checked his system panel and spent points to raise his cultivation art to Profound Rank +1 and improve Wind and Water ninjutsu to mastery.
• Hane looked forward to gathering more recruits through Retsuyō and began cultivating.

Hane confronted the village’s Anbu after Konoha canceled the Uchiha Clan’s promised relocation funds, while Itachi remained troubled by his brother’s opposition to the village. The confrontation ended with a sinister voice declaring that the Uchiha could not decide whether to move.

• Hane questioned Itachi about the distance between them, and Itachi privately admitted that he could not agree with his brother’s ideas but still considered him family.
• Hane and Itachi found Uchiha clan members enraged by a notice canceling their relocation funds because of the war.
• An Anbu ninja threatened to arrest the Uchiha for disturbing public order, but Hane challenged him and defended his clansmen.
• Itachi urged Hane to avoid further conflict, but Hane declared that the Uchiha would not move without the promised funds.
• A sinister voice interrupted Hane and said that the Uchiha Clan did not get to decide.

Hane confronted Danzo over the canceled Uchiha relocation funds and led the clan toward the Hokage Building to demand an explanation. Fugaku allowed the march to proceed, while Itachi remained worried that Hane would provoke a major clash with the village.

• Danzo ordered Root ninjas to seize Hane, but Uchiha Retsuyō and armed young clansmen arrived to defend him.
• Hane accused the higher-ups of breaking the Hokage's written agreement and demanded justice for the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo stepped aside rather than risk turning the confrontation into open conflict, and Hane led hundreds of Uchiha toward the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Yashiro and Military Police Force clansmen joined the march as the villagers watched in confusion.
• Itachi urged Fugaku to stop Hane, but Fugaku said Hane had done nothing wrong and explained that he would not let the conflict escalate beyond what his strength allowed.

Hane led the Uchiha to the Hokage Building to demand an explanation for the cancellation of their relocation funds, while Danzo turned the confrontation into a standoff with Root. The chapter ended as Danzo attacked Uchiha Yashiro with Wind Release.

• Fugaku told Itachi that he had sent Uchiha Yashiro to support Hane, then hurried to observe the situation at the Hokage Building.
• Itachi realized that Fugaku's trust in the village was changing and worried that Hane would follow a dangerous path.
• Hane led the Uchiha clan members in a peaceful gathering outside the Hokage Building, where civilians kept their distance.
• Utatane Koharu and Danzo confronted the Uchiha, and Yashiro demanded an explanation for the canceled relocation funds.
• Danzo accused the Uchiha of undermining Konoha during its standoff with Hidden Cloud and summoned Root ninja, while Hane stopped Retsuyō from unleashing his Mangekyō.
• Danzo launched Wind Release: Vacuum Wave at Uchiha Yashiro, prompting Utatane Koharu to challenge his actions.

Hane stopped Danzo from attacking Uchiha Yashiro and challenged the village leaders over the Uchiha Clan’s treatment. The Third Hokage offered the clan shops as compensation while insisting they relocate, and Hane returned home with Fugaku and Itachi.

• Danzo sent a wind blade at Uchiha Yashiro, but Hane appeared in front of him and shattered it with his fingers.
• Sarutobi blamed the conflict on a misunderstanding, while Hane demanded that Danzo be judged for attacking a village ninja.
• Fugaku suggested the Uchiha Clan stay in their ancestral home, but Sarutobi, Danzo, and Utatane Koharu objected before Sarutobi offered central Konoha shops as compensation and again urged relocation.
• Fugaku sent the Uchiha clansmen away and agreed to Sarutobi’s offer, while Hane quietly arranged to meet Uchiha Retsuyō that night.
• At home, Itachi insisted on staying for Hane and Fugaku’s discussion, and Hane received 1000 Gratitude Points from him.

Hane agreed to join the Military Police Force as Fugaku’s assistant while remaining at the Ninja Academy. He rebuked Itachi for accepting the village’s Will of Fire without questioning how the Uchiha were treated, leaving Itachi shaken and Mikoto trying to comfort him.

• Fugaku discussed the Third Hokage’s motives with Hane, then asked him to join the Military Police Force; Hane agreed and was appointed Fugaku’s assistant.
• Fugaku teased Hane about his feelings for a girl and told him to report to the Military Police Force the next day.
• Itachi urged Hane to read the Will of Fire and argued that the Uchiha should sacrifice their interests for the village.
• Hane challenged Itachi’s belief, arguing that the village demanded sacrifices from Uchiha families while its leaders and their own families remained protected.
• Mikoto came downstairs and found Itachi in tears; Hane took the book away and told Itachi to reconsider his views, while Mikoto comforted him.

Mikoto helped Itachi understand why Hane was angry and how much responsibility his brother carried. Meanwhile, Hane abandoned the idea of winning Konoha through mutual understanding and began planning to build Uchiha power and loyalty so he could bring the village under his control.

• Itachi cried to Mikoto and asked whether he had been wrong to challenge Hane.
• Mikoto explained that Itachi had failed to trust Hane and that Shisui's dream was a lighter burden than Hane's responsibility to the Uchiha clan.
• Itachi realized the pressure Hane faced as the clan head and regretted that he had not understood his brother.
• After confronting the Third Hokage, Hane concluded that prejudice made peaceful Uchiha integration impossible and resolved to strengthen the entire clan.
• Hane planned to use pill refining and Formation Arts to raise young Uchiha members' spiritual energy, subject them to a Heart-Refining Formation, and imprint loyalty to himself.
• Hane also planned to employ ordinary Uchiha members cultivating herbs and sell pills through his shop while preparing to reshape Konoha by force.

Hane improved his alchemy and Formation Art knowledge and prepared to take a major step for the Uchiha. Meanwhile, Itachi confided in Shisui about his argument with Hane, and Shisui acknowledged Hane’s criticism while urging Itachi to seek the Third Hokage’s trust for the clan.

• Hane added Malice Points to alchemy and Formation Art, gaining new formations and spirit-nourishing pill formulas.
• Itachi left home feeling lonely and went to Shisui’s courtyard to talk about his argument with Hane.
• Shisui listened as Itachi recounted their disagreement and admitted he could not refute Hane’s words about the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans.
• Shisui explained that the Uchiha needed to earn the Third Hokage’s trust to overcome their exclusion from the village.
• Itachi accepted Shisui’s explanation and concluded that the Uchiha could enter Konoha’s upper ranks only by gaining the Hokage’s trust.

Uchiha Hane gathered young clansmen to discuss uniting the Uchiha against Konoha’s leadership and demanded that they follow his authority. Many walked out, leaving twelve loyal youths to hear his plans.

• Uchiha Retsuyō welcomed Hane to a villa he had bought for the gathering and explained that the clansmen admired Hane’s recent strength.
• Hane warned the youths that the Uchiha had to resist Konoha’s leadership and called on them to unite behind a single voice—his own.
• One Uchiha youth challenged Hane’s demand for control and left the gathering.
• More than ten hesitant youths followed, while Hane watched them go, having expected the departures as a way to screen for loyal followers.
• With twelve clansmen remaining, Hane reassured Uchiha Retsuyō and prepared to explain their next steps.

Hane convinced twelve Uchiha youths that he could help the entire clan attain the Mangekyō and assigned them tasks to advance his plan. He left them expecting a brighter future for the Uchiha, with Uchiha Retsuyō escorting him home.

• Hane promised the Uchiha youths that Formation Arts and pills could help the clan reach the Mangekyō, and urged them to work together.
• Hane placed secret-keeping runes in the minds of the twelve youths, which also gave them powerful mental attacks and brought him Gratitude Points.
• Hane gave Uchiha Retsuyō a list of Cinnabar and Yellow Talismans to obtain for a meeting in three days.
• Hane asked the youths to gather or grow medicinal herbs so he could make pills to sell and provide income for ordinary Uchiha.
• Hane dismissed the youths, then agreed to let Uchiha Retsuyō escort him home after Retsuyō warned that children were going missing in Konoha.

Hane and Uchiha Retsuyō discussed the missing children in Konoha and Retsuyō’s powerful Mangekyō ability as they returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds. There, Hane reunited with Itachi and challenged Shisui over the Uchiha Clan’s treatment by Konoha, then invited Shisui to talk privately.

• Uchiha Retsuyō told Hane that clues in the missing-children cases kept going cold, and Hane planned to review the files at the Military Police Force.
• Retsuyō revealed that his second Mangekyō technique was Time Reset, which could cost him his eyesight, and said he would use it to protect Hane.
• Hane found Itachi with Shisui, scolded Itachi for being out late, and reminded him that his actions had hurt the clansmen who trusted him.
• Hane argued with Shisui that Konoha’s leaders were rejecting the Uchiha Clan, then invited him to discuss the matter on a nearby rooftop.

Hane challenged Shisui’s belief that the Uchiha Clan could win acceptance by changing its attitude, arguing that Konoha’s leaders’ prejudice left the clan no safe path. He invited Shisui to join him in pursuing peace beyond the clan and the village, leaving Shisui shaken by the broader vision.

• Hane asked Shisui to explain how he had supposedly denied the village, and Shisui argued that the Uchiha Clan should change its behavior to gain Konoha’s acceptance.
• Hane countered that the clan had not earned its hostile reputation through wrongdoing and blamed prejudice among Konoha’s upper ranks, including the Third Hokage and Danzo.
• Hane warned Shisui that the Uchiha Clan was being driven toward a deadly confrontation at the banks of the Naka River.
• Hane invited Shisui to join him, claiming that the clan-village conflict was insignificant beside the wider suffering across the Ninja World.
• Shisui recalled the suffering he had witnessed in the Land of Rain and asked Hane whether this broader outlook was his vision.

Hane persuaded Shisui to consider joining him in challenging Konoha’s leadership, then took Shisui, Itachi, and Uchiha Retsuyō by flying sword to a remote forest. Shisui agreed to test Hane’s strength before trusting his vision for the future, and the two prepared to fight.

• Hane argued that the Uchiha’s conflict with Konoha’s leaders was unavoidable and that the Will of Fire required a new generation to break the cycle of destroyed hopes.
• Shisui said he wanted to try breaking through the darkness but also wanted to test Hane’s strength.
• Hane summoned the Wind Sword, enlarged it, and flew with Shisui, Itachi, and Uchiha Retsuyō to Itachi’s secluded training forest.
• Shisui watched Konoha from the sky and grew less confident about the coming match as he realized how little he knew about Hane.
• Shisui asked Hane to show his strength, and Hane agreed to go all out.

Hane defeated Shisui in a training-ground battle, overpowering his attacks and countering his ninjutsu. Shisui acknowledged that Hane had surpassed him and agreed to follow his lead.

• Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, but Hane's spiritual pressure initially kept him from drawing his twin swords.
• Shisui broke through the pressure and attacked with his swords, but Hane evaded him using Earth Release and warned him against using Genjutsu.
• Shisui continued attacking with swordsmanship and Body Flicker, but Hane repeatedly anticipated and avoided his strikes.
• Shisui combined Fire Release and Water Release into Twin Flood Dragons Playing with the Pearl, but Hane scattered the attack with Samadhi Divine Wind and caught Shisui with a sword at his throat.
• Shisui admitted Hane had surpassed him and asked to follow him, and Hane welcomed him aboard as they clasped hands.