Chapter Summaries

Fugaku stepped down as Uchiha clan head and Military Police Force leader, while Shisui resigned from his village post under the new clan head’s orders. Hane led the Uchiha to a Shinobi Conference where Sarutobi would challenge his appointment, and Hane secretly searched the Hokage Building for the Book of Seals.

• Sarutobi questioned Fugaku’s decision to resign, but Fugaku insisted that Hane had the clan’s support and that the Military Police Force’s leadership was an internal Uchiha matter.
• Sarutobi objected to a seven-year-old taking charge of the Military Police Force and said he would raise the issue at the Shinobi Conference.
• Sarutobi asked Shisui to reconsider his loyalty, but Shisui followed the clan head’s order and submitted his resignation.
• The next day, Hane led the Uchiha to the Hokage Building, where he took the clan’s seat at the conference as Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura watched.
• While waiting for the conference to begin, Hane used his Divine Sense to search the Hokage Building and tried to record the Ninjutsu in the Book of Seals, but he withdrew it after scanning a secret room.

At the Konoha Shinobi Conference, Sarutobi apologized for Danzo’s human experiments and faced demands for answers about the conspiracy and the Anbu. Yamamura Tsuki challenged Sarutobi over his brother’s death, and Hane backed him by calling for the Anbu to be thoroughly reformed.

• Hane failed to use Divine Sense to breach the barrier protecting the Book of Seals, then watched as the clan representatives gathered for the conference.
• Sarutobi opened the conference, admitted that Danzo had abused his authority to conduct human experiments, and apologized for his negligence.
• Shinobi questioned Sarutobi about Danzo’s accomplices, missing people, the Shimura Clan, and the village’s possible role in funding the experiments.
• Yamamura Tsuki demanded to know whether the Anbu had been purged and why the village had not released the names of those connected to Danzo.
• Sarutobi said he had purged the Anbu shinobi linked to Danzo and promised to release a list, but Yamamura Tsuki condemned the response and demanded that the guilty be punished.
• Utatane Koharu defended the Anbu, and Hane supported Yamamura Tsuki, calling for the Anbu to be thoroughly reformed.

At a Konoha meeting, Hane used the Anbu’s involvement in the killings to challenge the Hokage leadership and demand accountability, winning support from the gathered ninja. Sarutobi demanded that Hane state what the Uchiha intended to do.

• Hane sympathized with Yamamura Tsuki and criticized the village leadership for the deaths of his younger brothers.
• Hane defended his right to speak as Uchiha clan head and Military Police Force director, and called for justice for the victims’ families.
• Hane argued that the Anbu’s confessed involvement and hidden identities had destroyed trust in the organization, shifting the meeting’s support toward his position.
• Sarutobi apologized for failing to manage the Anbu, but Hane continued condemning the organization as a threat to Konoha’s public order.
• Sarutobi cut Hane off and demanded that he explain what the Uchiha intended to do.

At a village meeting, Hane challenged Sarutobi over the Anbu’s size and purpose, forcing the Hokage to agree to reduce its numbers. Hane returned to his seat after securing the Uchiha’s main objective, leaving other clans to continue the meeting.

• Hane proposed disbanding the Anbu, provoking Sarutobi’s furious rejection.
• Hane questioned the Anbu’s duties, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura struggled to justify its overlapping functions.
• Hane argued that the Anbu had grown so large that it drained talent and resources from other departments.
• Sarutobi announced that the Anbu would be reduced to one hundred members organized into five squads and twenty-five teams.
• Hane accepted the compromise and returned to his seat as the meeting continued.

Yamanaka Inoichi challenged the Anbu’s broad authority, demanding clearer limits on its intelligence access and internal powers. Sarutobi tried to justify retaining the Anbu’s authority by pointing toward the village’s clans, and Hane forced him to address the Uchiha directly.

• Yamanaka Inoichi called for authorization before the Anbu accessed the Intelligence Department’s important intelligence and demanded that the Anbu’s duties and powers be clearly defined.
• Inoichi proposed limiting the Anbu mainly to external intelligence and emergencies, with its internal role restricted to protecting the Hokage.
• Utatane Koharu objected, and Sarutobi argued that the village needed preparations against unstable factors within Konoha.
• Hane challenged Sarutobi to speak plainly about those supposed threats, so Sarutobi asked the Uchiha clan head to explain the clan’s Mangekyō and the Sharingan seen in the Nine-Tails during its attack.

Uchiha Hane challenged the Third Hokage’s attempt to blame the Uchiha for the Nine-Tails Rebellion, turning suspicion toward Danzo and the village leadership. The Third remained in office, while Hane held back from forcing his removal until the Uchiha were strong enough to benefit.

• Utatane Koharu accused the Uchiha of hiding a Mangekyō Sharingan capable of controlling the Nine-Tails, stirring anger among the gathered ninja.
• Hane argued that the village had no proof against the Uchiha and pointed out that Danzo possessed Uchiha eyes and that the Third’s orders had stopped the clan from helping the Fourth.
• Hane questioned why the Third, rather than the Fourth, had ordered the Anbu to block the Uchiha, leading Nara Shikaku to demand an explanation.
• The Third said he had acted because the Nine-Tails had a Sharingan in its eyes, but Hane challenged the investigation into who had revealed Kushina’s location and asked whether Danzo had been investigated.
• Hane returned to his seat without demanding the Third’s removal, deciding that keeping him in office would better serve the Uchiha until they gained enough power and prestige.

Hiashi acted as an arbiter in Konoha’s political meeting while Hane challenged the elders’ authority and argued for limits on the Anbu. The meeting reached a series of compromises, and Shikaku began to suspect the Hyuga had a deeper political aim.

• Hiashi stood and urged the assembled ninja to focus on Konoha’s future, then took over as an arbiter.
• Hane challenged the elders’ ability to judge unstable elements and mocked their ties to Danzo.
• Hiashi proposed that the Anbu retain monitoring and reporting authority but lose the power to arrest, interrogate, and detain people.
• Sarutobi reluctantly accepted Hiashi’s proposal, and the meeting continued through further compromises.
• Shikaku noticed the Uchiha had fallen silent and inferred that Hane had opened the way for other clans to pursue their interests.
• Shikaku suspected the Hyuga had a hidden political goal, but he stopped Inoichi from asking about it in front of others.

Hane pushed for the Uchiha to take on village security, and Hiashi proposed a shared Military Police Force led by the Uchiha, drawing the Hyuga and Uchiha into a quiet alliance. Sarutobi struggled to control the meeting as Hane and Hiashi blocked his attempt to shift discussion to the front lines, and the chapter ended with two people interrupting him as he tried to adjourn.

• Hane offered for the Uchiha to assume village security, and Hiashi proposed a new Military Police Force staffed by the clans and led by the Uchiha.
• Hiashi and Hane exchanged signals, while Shikaku concluded that the Uchiha and Hyuga had effectively formed an alliance.
• Sarutobi told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that the Uchiha did not seek the Hokage position but aimed to weaken its authority.
• Sarutobi tried to shift the meeting to Kumogakure's movements, but Hane and Hiashi insisted that the village settle the aftermath of Danzo's actions first.
• After the meeting addressed compensation, residents, and Danzo's alleged dealings, Sarutobi attempted to end it, but two voices stopped him.

Hiashi and Hane challenged unchecked authority in Konoha and proposed creating a Hokage assistant position to oversee major decisions. Sarutobi agreed to one new position and scheduled an elder selection for the following week, while the Uchiha and Hyuga quietly aligned behind the proposal.

• Hiashi and Hane criticized the Hokage leadership for past abuses of power, including the deaths of the Fourth and Hatake Sakumo.
• Sarutobi offered to resign, but Hane urged him to remain Hokage because Konoha still needed him during the war.
• Hiashi proposed adding a Hokage assistant position, and Sarutobi agreed to create one position with his approval.
• Sarutobi scheduled a vote among the village's elite ninjas for the following week and adjourned the meeting.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga left separately, while both clans understood that the Uchiha would support a Hyuga candidate for the new position.
• Sarutobi, angered by the Hokage Faction's losses, decided to bring Tsunade back.

After the council meeting, Hane outlined plans to expand and reorganize the Military Police Force into a political base for the Uchiha Clan, while assigning new duties to Retsuyō and Fugaku. Sarutobi and his allies argued over the Uchiha Clan’s growing influence, and Danzo left the Hokage Building vowing revenge.

• Hane told the Uchiha leaders he would open Military Police Force positions to other clans to win allies and build support for the Uchiha Clan’s future bid for Hokage.
• Hane proposed new police ranks and training, declined to pursue an elder’s seat, and reserved a squad captain position for the Hyuga Clan.
• Hane appointed Retsuyō as a branch chief and ordered Fugaku to train the clan’s outstanding young members as Clan Guards.
• Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu discussed the meeting and blamed Danzo for their loss of influence.
• Danzo left the Hokage Building in disgrace and vowed to take revenge on Sarutobi and Hane.

Sarutobi planned to weaken the Uchiha by recalling Tsunade and sending Uchiha Hane back to the front lines, while the Uchiha expanded their influence through Military Police recruitment and opened Hundred Generations Medical Hall. The chapter ended with Konoha’s ninja clamoring for the new medicines and Yuna and Nonako hoping Tsunade could help the Medical Institute compete.

• Sarutobi decided to recall Tsunade, promote Uchiha Hane to Special Jonin, and send him with Uchiha reinforcements to the front after the New Year.
• The Uchiha announced six Military Police captain openings, prompting major clans to send promising young ninja to apply.
• Hundred Generations Medical Hall opened in central Konoha and demonstrated that its Hemostatic Pills could rapidly heal wounds.
• Ninja bought up Hemostatic Pills, Detoxifying Heart-Clearing Pills, and Chakra-Recovery Oral Liquid, while the million-ryo Beauty-Preserving Pills stunned Yuna and Nonako.
• Uchiha Tomoya credited the medicines to the clan head, and Yuna reassured Nonako that Tsunade’s return could help the Konoha Medical Institute keep pace.

Sarutobi learned that the Uchiha had developed powerful pills and summoned Uchiha Hane for a meeting. Meanwhile, Hane bound the Uchiha clan to his upgraded system, gained Fortune Value, and used it to improve his cultivation.

• Utatane Koharu showed Sarutobi pills developed by the Uchiha and explained their tested effects.
• Sarutobi sent Utatane Koharu to fetch Mitokado Homura and dispatched Kakashi to invite Uchiha Hane to the Hokage Building.
• Hane learned that the upgraded system offered Family Mode and bound the Uchiha clan, making clan Fortune the basis of his rewards.
• The system awarded Hane 30,000 Fortune Value and three Destiny Coins for changing the clan’s fate through the Danzo incident.
• Hane saw that the Uchiha clan had only had 3,000 Fortune before the incident and spent his three points on cultivation, raising his technique to Heaven Rank +2.

Hane confronted Kakashi for entering his residence unannounced, then rejected the Third Hokage and the elders’ demand for the Uchiha’s pill formula. He offered discounted supplies instead and left the village leaders considering how to undermine the Uchiha while Sarutobi suspected Hane knew Danzo was alive.

• Hane caught Kakashi sneaking into his residence and threatened him before leaving with him to meet the Third Hokage.
• Hane reassured Izumi, then went to the Hokage Building with Kakashi.
• Sarutobi asked Hane to give the village the formula for the Uchiha’s healing pills and Chakra-restoring oral liquid, but Hane refused.
• Hane rebuked Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura for demanding Uchiha sacrifices while withholding their own clans’ techniques.
• Hane offered to sell the pills and oral liquid to the village at a thirty percent discount and left without revealing the formula.
• Sarutobi suspected the Uchiha knew Danzo was alive and privately blamed Danzo for appearing in his office.

Hane asked Shisui to lead the Uchiha merchant caravan to the Capital of the Land of Fire and seek a place among the Twelve Guardian Ninja, giving the clan influence beyond Konoha. Shisui accepted, while Hane insisted he would keep Itachi from taking the wrong path.

• Hane told Shisui he wanted the Uchiha to expand their business into the Capital of the Land of Fire and asked him to pass the Twelve Guardian Ninja trials.
• Hane explained that the Uchiha could use the daimyo’s authority to protect their trade and loosen their dependence on Konoha.
• Shisui agreed to lead the caravan and said he understood Hane’s decision to stand with the clan.
• Shisui worried that Itachi’s faith in the Will of Fire could lead him astray, and Hane said he would watch over his younger brother.
• Shisui praised Hane’s leadership, and the two parted to handle their respective duties.

Shisui led Uchiha members to expand their business in the capital, while Hane defied Sarutobi’s objections and the Military Police Force prepared a public execution for criminals involved in Case 414. As the execution gathered Konoha’s leaders and residents, the Uchiha-led force displayed its growing influence and reforms.

• Shisui led more than a dozen Three-Tomoe Uchiha and other clan members out of the village to develop business in the capital.
• Hane rejected Sarutobi’s objections to the Uchiha’s expansion, and Sarutobi learned that Tsunade would return before the New Year.
• The Military Police Force announced that the surviving criminals in Case 414 had been caught and would be publicly executed after refusing to confess.
• The Military Police Force’s benefits and reforms attracted officers from across Konoha, while the Uchiha Clan Grounds grew busier with clans seeking Qi-Gathering Pills.
• Konoha residents and leaders gathered at the execution ground, where Hyuga Hiashi approved of cooperation with the Uchiha and Sarutobi looked uncomfortable seeing his former subordinates face execution.

The Uchiha executed the surviving criminals in the 414 Human Trafficking Case, deepening public resentment toward the Third and strengthening the Military Police Force’s authority. Hane accepted a rotation to the front lines and prepared to leave after arranging the clan’s new year ancestral worship ceremony.

• The Uchiha judge announced the executions, and the villagers watched as the Anbu criminals were beheaded while Hane mocked the Third.
• Grieving villagers attacked the dead Anbu, while Danzo hid nearby and feared what the crowd would do to him.
• The Third’s faction lost influence after the executions, and Sarutobi left without giving his usual speech.
• Hane received the Hokage’s order to lead Uchiha reinforcements to the front lines and decided to go, planning to end the war and expand his clan’s influence.
• Hane ordered Uchiha Retsuyō and twelve Mangekyō clan members to divide their duties, then instructed Retsuyō to organize ancestral worship and new year benefits for the clan.

Tsunade returned to Konoha and found the Uchiha-led Military Police Force exercising authority across the village. After watching Captain Hizashi’s team rescue a kidnapped child and arrest a trafficker, she began to understand why villagers feared the force’s strict enforcement.

• Tsunade and Shizune walked through Konoha, where Uchiha clan members spent lavishly and villagers treated them with unusual enthusiasm.
• Tsunade saw a Hyuga ninja leading clan and civilian ninja wearing the Uchiha crest, and wondered whether the Uchiha had already taken control of Konoha.
• Captain Hizashi confronted a woman carrying a child, and his team identified her as a trafficker by the child’s disrupted chakra flow.
• A Military Police Force member treated the child with a Clear-Mind Pill, and the child woke and called the woman bad, confirming the accusation.
• The woman confessed that she planned to sell the girl to a brothel, and Captain Hizashi’s team arrested her and returned the child’s safety to the villagers’ attention.
• Tsunade watched the child’s relieved mother reunite with her and learned that villagers feared the Military Police Force’s strictness more than they feared being harmed by it.

Tsunade returned to Konoha and questioned Sarutobi about the village’s troubles, refusing to help suppress the Uchiha. After seeing the Uchiha’s pills increase chakra and treat injuries and poison, she hurried to the Konoha Medical Institute to study them, while Sarutobi hoped their secrets would restore his faction’s standing.

• Tsunade brought Shizune to the Hokage Office and asked Sarutobi whether the village had reached the crisis he described.
• Sarutobi blamed Danzo for the village’s troubles and urged Tsunade to help restrain the Uchiha, but she refused to take part in their suppression.
• Sarutobi showed Tsunade the Uchiha’s pills and medicinal liquids, and she was shocked when a Qi-Gathering Pill increased her chakra.
• Tsunade heard about the pills’ other effects, then took the bottles and rushed off to research them at the Konoha Medical Institute.
• Sarutobi planned to send Tsunade his research materials and hoped she could uncover the pills’ secrets.

Tsunade investigated the Uchiha pills and went to their Clan Grounds, hoping to learn how they were made. There she found the clan celebrating at Naka Shrine as Hane urged everyone to have more children, leaving Tsunade stunned.

• Tsunade studied the Qi-Gathering Pill but could not identify the unusual plant-based energy in it.
• Yuna told Tsunade that the Uchiha grew their own herbs and that Anbu agents who tried to enter the gardens were caught in a lasting Genjutsu.
• Tsunade learned about the Uchiha's expensive Beauty-Preserving Pills and decided to visit the Clan Grounds.
• Tsunade found the Uchiha Clan Grounds empty and followed the clan's cheers to Naka Shrine.
• Hane urged the Uchiha clansmen to have more children and promised clan support for their families.
• Tsunade, Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke stared in disbelief at Hane's announcement.

At the Uchiha ancestral worship gathering, Hane announced a Birth Support Plan to grow the clan and secure its future. Tsunade learned of the plan and waited for Hane, increasingly troubled by the Uchiha’s rising influence and the Senju Clan’s decline.

• Hane called out Uchiha Retsuyō as an example of a sole heir and urged Uchiha families to have more children.
• Hane announced subsidies for childbirth, free schooling and training, and job placement for Uchiha children when they became adults.
• Tsunade listened from the foot of the mountain and feared the plan would rapidly expand the Uchiha and threaten Konoha’s balance of power.
• Hane sensed Tsunade nearby, and Uchiha Wada told her to wait until the gathering ended before meeting the clan head.
• Tsunade waited for an hour, growing resentful as she reflected on the Senju Clan’s disappearance and her grandfather’s decision to disperse it.