Chapter Summaries

Ye brought his injured teammates back to Konoha with Flying Thunder God and agreed to attend an Uchiha clan meeting at Naka Shrine. Danzo learned that his Root squad had been wiped out but remained fixated on obtaining Ye and Obito’s Mangekyo.

• Ye used Flying Thunder God to take Obito, Kakashi, and Rin from the Seventh Supply Station to the Uchiha compound, shocking them with the technique.
• Ye sent a hawk to invite Sakumo Hatake and Rin’s parents to the compound for protection.
• Uchiha Nohibi told Ye that the clan was meeting at Naka Shrine and urged him to challenge Fugaku’s leadership; Ye agreed and dragged Obito along.
• Danzo received a report that twenty-three Root elites had been killed and ordered the surviving commander to leave the recording scroll with him.
• Ye and Obito arrived at Naka Shrine as the clan meeting was about to begin.

Ye attended the Uchiha clan meeting and provoked both factions by arguing over whether and when they should rebel against Konoha. He left the clan in uproar while privately celebrating the Emotion Points he had earned.

• Ye ignored the Elder’s greeting and resisted the elders’ attempts to intimidate him at Naka Shrine.
• The Elder urged the Uchiha to rise up against Konoha and called on Ye to speak.
• Ye initially declared that the Uchiha could not rebel, angering the Hawk faction and reassuring the Dove faction.
• Ye proposed that the clan wait until after the war, then rebel alongside other oppressed groups, winning approval from the Hawk faction and alarming the Dove faction.
• Ye suggested holding a rebellion mobilization meeting the next day, provoking the entire clan and leaving Obito bewildered about Ye’s loyalties.

At an Uchiha clan meeting, Ye provoked both factions until they demanded he be expelled, then threatened to report their planned coup to the Hokage. Fugaku intervened to placate Ye and defended his place in the clan.

• Uchiha Scarface and other Hawk faction members insulted Ye for boasting about his battlefield record.
• Ye mocked the clansmen for avoiding the front lines, angering both the Hawk and Dove factions.
• After clansmen called for Ye's expulsion, he declared himself no longer an Uchiha and threatened to report the clan's planned coup to the Hokage Building.
• The terrified clansmen begged Ye not to report them, and Uchiha Scarface fell to his knees to apologize.
• Fugaku stepped in, dismissed the clansmen's insults, and insisted that Ye was the pride of the Uchiha Clan.

At the Uchiha clan meeting, Ye provoked Fugaku into denouncing the clan as lunatics, then used Obito to demonstrate the Mangekyō Sharingan. The elders were left stunned and terrified as Obito’s powerful eyes contradicted his trembling legs.

• Fugaku silenced the angry clansmen by calling many members of the Uchiha Clan lunatics, and Obito expected the meeting to end.
• Ye accused Fugaku of insulting the clan, prompting Fugaku to snap and call the Uchiha hopeless madmen.
• Ye dragged Obito to the center of the shrine and challenged him to prove that an Uchiha could awaken powerful eyes without going insane.
• Obito removed his goggles and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, overwhelming the gathered clansmen with its pressure.
• Fugaku and the factions stared in shock and fear while Obito’s legs trembled beneath the power of his eyes.

Obito’s Mangekyo awakening sent the Uchiha clan into a frenzy, and Ye stunned them by revealing his own Mangekyo, more powerful than Obito’s. As the Hawk faction began talking about attacking Konoha, Tobi warned Ye that ANBU were approaching the village entrance.

• The Uchiha clansmen crowded around Obito, competing to recruit him after his Mangekyo awakened, while the Elder and Second Elder brawled over who would train him.
• Ye mocked the clan’s reaction to Obito’s Mangekyo, then revealed his own Mangekyo and overwhelmed everyone with its pressure.
• The Elder and much of the clan fell to their knees before Ye, while the Hawk faction grew excited and called for an assault on the Hokage Building.
• Fugaku concealed that he also had a Mangekyo, fearing that another revelation would push the clan into even greater violence.
• Tobi warned Ye that ANBU were sneaking toward the village entrance, and Ye’s expression darkened.

Ye stopped the Uchiha Hawk faction from attacking the Hokage Building and accepted a summons to a joint hearing. The hearing stemmed from Danzo's accusations against Ye, Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Rin Nohara, and Fugaku feared it was a political purge.

• Ye silenced the Hawk faction and argued that rebelling while the Third Shinobi World War was still underway would get them killed.
• An ANBU team delivered the Hokage's order for Ye, Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Rin Nohara to attend a joint hearing at dawn.
• Ye stopped Uchiha Scarface from attacking the ANBU and agreed that the four would attend.
• Danzo presented Hiruzen Sarutobi with a recording scroll and accused the four shinobi of ambushing twenty-three Konoha elites and committing other dangerous acts.
• After arguing for nearly two hours, Hiruzen refused to hand the four over to Root and arranged a public hearing with senior officials for the next morning.
• Danzo left pleased with the planned hearing, confident that allies among the elders and the Interrogation Department would help condemn the four.

Ye told Fugaku that Danzo had ambushed his team with Root Jonin and planned to use the deaths and Rin’s transformation into the One-Tail against them at the hearing. Fugaku prepared to take the Uchiha to war if the hearing threatened Ye, while Madara learned Konoha planned to kill his grandson and raced toward the village.

• Ye told Fugaku that Danzo had sent twenty-four Root Jonin to ambush his team for his Mangekyo, and that Rin had transformed into the One-Tail during the fight.
• Ye explained that twenty-three Root Jonin had died and that a surviving commander could use a recording to condemn the team at the hearing.
• Fugaku learned Minato was away and told Ye to summon the Ninja Hawk if the hearing went wrong, even if it meant war with Konoha.
• Madara took Nagato’s Rinnegan, then grabbed Konan when she attacked him.
• White Zetsu told Madara that Konoha planned to kill Ye, and Madara rushed toward the village in a fury.

Ye and the others were escorted from the Uchiha compound to a Council Chamber hearing, where Danzo publicly accused them of killing comrades and destroying evidence. Ye rejected the accusation and demanded that Danzo play his recording.

• A fox-masked ANBU tried to restrain Ye with sealing cuffs, but Ye struck him and exposed his attempt to act on Danzo’s behalf; the cat-masked captain ordered the escort to continue without cuffs.
• As villagers repeated rumors accusing the four youths, Ye challenged their judgment and helped Obito regain his composure.
• At the Council Chamber, Danzo accused Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin of slaughtering comrades and destroying evidence.
• Ye sat in the center of the chamber, challenged Danzo’s authority to lead the hearing, and demanded that he play his recording.

Uchiha Ye challenged Danzo’s edited evidence and pressed Hiruzen to account for Root’s ambush, but Hiruzen avoided answering and Danzo demanded that the team be sent to the Interrogation Department. Ye remained calm as Kakashi, Rin, and Obito braced for the confrontation.

• Danzo ordered ANBU to arrest Ye and execute the team, but Hiruzen stopped them and insisted the joint hearing continue.
• Ye cited the team’s battlefield accomplishments and demanded that Danzo show the complete recording of the incident.
• Danzo played footage showing the team killing Root shinobi, while Obito protested that it omitted Root’s ambush and attack.
• Ye asked whether Hiruzen had approved Root’s operation, but Hiruzen deflected the question and said the matter could be investigated later.
• Danzo demanded that the team be sent to the Interrogation Department for memory examinations, prompting Kakashi and Obito to ready themselves while Ye stayed composed.

Ye and the others faced detention after Danzo and the elders accused them of causing a massacre, but Fugaku arrived with armed Uchiha clan members to defend them. As the Council Chamber teetered on the edge of violence, Madara burst through its western wall and challenged the Uchiha's hesitation.

• Danzo argued that the recording justified restraining Ye, Obito, and the others, while Hiruzen barred memory inspections and Root custody during their questioning.
• An ANBU reported Fugaku's arrival, but Fugaku entered the chamber with Nohibi and five armed clansmen despite being told to wait.
• Fugaku confronted Danzo over Root's ambush and defended the Uchiha's right to speak for their clansmen.
• ANBU and Uchiha ninja drew their weapons, and Hiruzen's demand that they stand down failed to ease the standoff.
• Madara smashed through the western wall, surveyed Ye and the others, and rebuked Fugaku for wasting time talking instead of fighting.

Madara Uchiha arrived at the Council Chamber and exposed Danzo's stolen Sharingan and Hashirama Cells, then hurled him through the Hokage Building. As Root forces gathered outside, Madara summoned dozens of powerful Wood Clones and surrounded them.

• Madara Uchiha smashed through the Council Chamber wall, shocking Ye, Fugaku, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo accused the Uchiha Clan of rebellion, but Madara used Banshō Ten'in to seize him and chop off his right arm.
• Danzo's severed arm transformed into a wooden limb covered in Sharingan, and Madara condemned Konoha's leaders for stealing Uchiha eyes and Hashirama Senju's cells.
• Danzo called Madara an outsider, so Madara used Shinra Tensei to blast him through the Hokage Building's outer wall and shatter his bones.
• Ye invited Fugaku to watch the fight as Root forces gathered around Danzo outside the building.
• Madara grew a massive tree and produced dozens of Wood Clones, surrounding the Root forces and overwhelming the gathered ANBU.

Madara crushed Danzo’s Root forces and left Danzo near death, forcing Hiruzen to beg for his life. Madara rejected Hiruzen’s attempt to blame the conflict on the Uchiha Clan, then looked toward Uchiha Ye, whose smile suggested he was the one Madara had come for.

• Madara’s Wood Clone Techniques subdued more than ten Root elites, including ANBU wearing Hokage-issued masks, while Hiruzen arrived and recognized Madara’s Rinnegan.
• Madara appeared before the wounded Danzo and stomped him into the stone, leaving him barely alive.
• Hiruzen stopped his ANBU from intervening and bowed to Madara, pleading for Danzo’s life.
• Fugaku and the other Uchiha watched Hiruzen beg, and Fugaku reflected bitterly on how the clan had endured years of suspicion without protection.
• Madara dismissed the Uchiha Clan as too weak to deserve his help, and Hiruzen offered to punish Danzo if Madara gave Konoha a chance.
• Madara looked past Hiruzen and Fugaku toward Uchiha Ye, who leaned against a broken beam and smiled at him.

Ye called Madara his grandfather, shocking the assembled Konoha forces and turning Madara’s protective attention toward him. Madara killed Danzo and blamed Konoha’s leaders for framing Ye, while Ye began accusing the advisers of targeting him and Obito.

• Ye called Madara “Grandpa,” leaving Madara, Hiruzen, Fugaku, Obito, Kakashi, Rin, and the Uchiha clan stunned.
• Madara checked Ye for injuries, reassured him, and learned Konoha’s leaders had tried to use rules against him.
• Madara crushed Danzo’s chest and heart beneath his foot, killing him as Hiruzen failed to intervene.
• Madara accused Konoha’s higher-ups of framing Ye, and Hiruzen blamed Danzo’s personal decision while promising an investigation.
• Ye told Madara that Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had supported detaining him and that Danzo wanted to take his and Obito’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

Madara forced Konoha’s leaders to declare Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin innocent and revoke their detention orders after killing Danzo. As the group tried to leave, Hiruzen insisted that Rin remain under surveillance as the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara challenged him by asking whether Konoha treated its Nine-Tails Jinchuriki the same way.

• Madara crushed Danzo and threatened to destroy Konoha if anyone harmed Ye or his companions.
• Madara asked Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura whether Ye and the others still faced charges, and Hiruzen declared all four innocent and revoked their detention orders.
• Ye, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin began leaving with Madara, while Konoha’s clansmen and ANBU reacted to the verdict.
• Hiruzen stopped them and demanded that Rin stay in the village under surveillance because she was the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Madara confronted Hiruzen, asking whether Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was treated as a prisoner too.

Madara forced Hiruzen to release Rin Nohara and condemned Konoha for imprisoning its Jinchuriki under the guise of protection. After leaving the ruined hearing, Madara asked Ye to show him around the village, and Ye led everyone off to find breakfast.

• Madara challenged Hiruzen's treatment of Rin and the village's fear of its own power, leaving Hiruzen unable to answer.
• Hiruzen allowed Rin Nohara to leave, and Madara led Ye, Obito, Rin, and Kakashi out of the ruins.
• Hiruzen ordered the scene sealed and Danzo's body recovered, while Fugaku told Nohibi to follow Madara alone and show the Uchiha's sincerity.
• Madara stopped beneath an eave to look at Hokage Rock and asked Ye to show him what the village had become.
• Ye complained that the leadership had not provided breakfast, and Madara's killing intent began to return before Ye hurried everyone toward food.

Ye took Madara to a barbecue restaurant, where Madara doted on him and unnerved Obito, Kakashi, and Rin. After they left, Hiruzen confronted Koharu and Homura over Danzo’s forbidden experiments and the resources secretly supplied to him, demanding to know who Konoha’s real parasite was.

• Ye brought Madara and the others to an expensive barbecue restaurant and treated Madara to the best food.
• Madara showed affection for Ye and encouraged Obito to eat, while Obito, Kakashi, and Rin sat too intimidated to ask questions.
• After Ye and his group left, Hiruzen covered Danzo’s eyes and watched ANBU clear the ruins.
• Koharu and Homura blamed Hiruzen for Madara’s attack and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki’s escape, demanding an explanation.
• Hiruzen accused the consultants of enabling Danzo’s experiments by secretly providing supplies and funding, then asked who Konoha’s parasite was.

Hiruzen resigned as Hokage after Danzo’s experiments and the destruction of the Hokage Building exposed the failures of Konoha’s leadership. He named Minato Namikaze as his successor and ordered him recalled from the front, leaving Konoha’s future dependent on his return and his connection to Madara Uchiha.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura denied responsibility for Danzo’s experiments and funding, but Hiruzen confronted them over the approval forms bearing their seals.
• Hiruzen formally resigned as Hokage, and Koharu and Homura pleaded with him to stay while blaming Danzo for the village’s abuses.
• Hiruzen declared that Minato Namikaze should become the Fourth Hokage because he could lead Konoha and might reach Madara Uchiha through Uchiha Ye.
• Hiruzen rebuked Koharu and Homura for questioning Minato’s suitability and ordered a liaison ANBU to recall him from the front using the highest-level secret order.

Hiruzen mourned Danzo while Minato held the war front and learned Kirigakure was retreating. A top-priority order from Hiruzen then commanded Minato to return to Konoha immediately, leaving the reason unknown.

• Hiruzen ordered the ANBU to secure the Root evidence, then personally recovered Danzo's body and arranged to see him off.
• Minato learned that Kirigakure was retreating, but kept the news secret while he assessed the threats from Iwagakure and Hidden Cloud.
• Minato hoped to become Hokage so he could free Kushina from her restrictions and thought fondly of his four students, unaware they were eating with Madara Uchiha.
• A ninja hawk delivered Hiruzen's sealed emergency order, and Minato read the command to return to Konoha immediately using the Flying Thunder God.

Minato rushed back to Konoha expecting a disaster, only to find the village leaders injured and the Hokage’s Office hastily rebuilt. Hiruzen and the advisors offered him the Fourth Hokage position, and Minato was left stunned as they insisted Konoha needed him.

• Minato handed command of the northern front to Hatake Sakumo and used Flying Thunder God to return to Konoha.
• Minato arrived in the damaged Hokage’s Office and found Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura injured and disheveled.
• Minato feared that Konoha had been attacked or that Kushina and his students had died, but Hiruzen assured him there was no foreign invasion.
• Hiruzen asked Minato to become the Fourth Hokage, and Koharu and Homura praised his suitability for the role.
• Minato declined and suggested Hatake Sakumo or Orochimaru, but the advisors rejected both and urged him to accept.

Minato accepted Hiruzen’s decision to name him the next Hokage, then learned that Hidden Cloud had attacked and rushed back to the front lines before he could go home. Meanwhile, Ye and Madara shared a barbecue with Obito, Kakashi, and Rin until Uchiha Yehuo arrived and addressed Ye as “My Lord.”

• Hiruzen told Minato that he had resigned as Hokage and that Minato would succeed him after the war, and Minato agreed to take the responsibility.
• Minato signed the succession proposal and learned that Madara was alive, had killed Danzo, and had demolished the Hokage Building.
• An ANBU reported that Hidden Cloud’s A and Killer B had broken through Konoha’s first defense line, and Minato left immediately to aid Hatake Sakumo at the front.
• Minato used the Flying Thunder God technique to depart without visiting Kushina at home.
• Ye ate barbecue with Madara, Obito, Kakashi, and Rin as Uchiha Yehuo entered and performed a formal clan-head greeting.
• Uchiha Yehuo bowed to Ye and loudly requested to report to him in private, startling Obito into spilling tea onto the grill.