Recaps

Shisui confronted Ren about rumors that the Uchiha were preparing an armed coup, but Ren denied orchestrating it and explained why a rebellion would destroy the clan and weaken Konoha. Shisui asked how they could stop the crisis and questioned why the Military Police Force had earned such a terrible reputation.

• Shisui found Ren in the Forest of Death and accused him of secretly encouraging the Uchiha radicals to prepare for a coup.
• Ren denied planning the rebellion and argued that the clan was divided, outmatched, and likely to face retaliation from other villages if it seized power.
• Shisui accepted that Ren was not behind the plot and asked how they could stop the radicals.
• Ren said the root of the problem lay with the Hokage's side, and Shisui asked why the Military Police Force had become so hated by villagers.

Ren persuaded Shisui to support his bid to replace Fugaku as Clan Leader, promising to resolve the Uchiha's crisis within three years. Later, Ren helped Sasuke and Itachi handle a public confrontation and urged them to uphold the clan's honor at the Ninja Academy.

• Ren blamed Konoha's leadership and Fugaku for the Uchiha's isolation, then asked Shisui to help him become Clan Leader.
• Ren promised Shisui he would step down if he failed to free the clan from its predicament within three years, and Shisui agreed to assist him on the condition that he never start a civil war.
• On Konoha's commercial street, Sasuke collided with a child, and bystanders criticized the Uchiha; Ren apologized to the child's mother and calmed the situation with a piece of candy.
• Ren told Sasuke that he had been assigned to Class A and urged him and Itachi to prove the Uchiha's strength through their conduct and performance at the academy.
• Ren promised Sasuke a custom-made chakra weapon if he took first place in the school-year exams.

Ren recalled how he had saved Uchiha clansmen during the Third Shinobi World War and defeated Ōnoki with Lightning Release: Kirin. In his secret base, he rallied his loyal force and began a plan to take the Uchiha clan-head position.

• Sasuke accepted Ren’s wager to win first place at school, while Itachi silently considered Ren’s words about proving the Uchiha Clan’s strength.
• Ren resolved to prevent the Uchiha Clan’s destruction and believed the clan needed enough power to deter Konoha’s leadership.
• During the Third Shinobi World War, Ren used medical ninjutsu to save wounded Uchiha and later struck Ōnoki with Lightning Release: Kirin, forcing Iwagakure’s forces to retreat.
• Ren entered his hidden training base and assembled his loyal force, including thirteen Elite Jonin with Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Ren condemned the leadership’s treatment of the Uchiha and Fugaku’s repeated retreats, then announced that he would begin by seizing the clan-head position.

Itachi told Fugaku that Ren had encouraged Sasuke to prove the Uchiha’s strength, leaving Fugaku worried Ren might join the radicals. The Grand Elder summoned Sharingan-wielding Uchiha to an emergency meeting at Naka Shrine, where Shisui’s unexpected arrival stunned the assembled clan.

• Itachi reported to Fugaku that Ren had helped Sasuke and urged him to prove the Uchiha’s power, making Itachi suspect Ren had radical ideas.
• Fugaku feared Ren’s influence could tip the clan toward rebellion, then learned the Grand Elder had summoned every Sharingan wielder to Naka Shrine without informing him first.
• Fugaku hurried to the shrine as Uchiha radicals and conservatives argued over whether to attack Konoha’s leadership.
• Uchiha Shisui arrived at the meeting, surprising the clan members and making them realize the matter was more serious than they had expected.

Uchiha Ren convened an emergency meeting and publicly impeached Clan Leader Fugaku Uchiha for yielding to the Konoha Leadership. As Fugaku's supporters moved to stop him, Yashiro launched a surprise attack and stabbed Ren in the chest.

• Seven elders arrived at Naka Shrine, where thirteen young fighters with Three-Tomoe Sharingan revealed themselves as Ren's trained followers.
• Ren entered the meeting and the chief elder announced that Ren had requested the emergency gathering.
• Ren accused Fugaku of failing to defend the clan and publicly called for his removal as clan leader.
• Yashiro and Inabi rushed to defend Fugaku, with Inabi drawing his Ninja Blade and Yashiro attacking Ren.
• Yashiro used the Body Flicker Technique and drove his Kunai into Ren's chest.

Ren defeated Yashiro and revealed that he commanded forty-three young Uchiha with Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then used that show of strength to challenge Fugaku’s leadership. He warned the clan that Konoha threatened their extermination, but Inabi accused him of inventing the danger to seize power.

• Ren used a crow genjutsu and overwhelming strength to pin Yashiro to the floor, then restrained Inabi and the other Military Police members with forty-three trained Uchiha.
• Tekka ordered the young fighters to activate their Sharingan, revealing that all forty-three possessed Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Ren ordered his fighters to stand down, and Fugaku told him that impeaching the clan leader required a concrete reason the clan could accept.
• Ren condemned Fugaku’s concessions to Konoha’s leadership and warned that the Uchiha faced extermination under Fugaku’s weak leadership.
• Inabi rejected Ren’s warning as a lie and accused him of seeking power by force.

Ren explained that Konoha feared the Uchiha because of their history, the Nine-Tails' Attack, and their strength, then blamed Fugaku for the clan’s isolation. He condemned Fugaku for keeping the Uchiha out of the Nine-Tails battle, until the second elder revealed the Elders Council had made that decision together.

• Ren told the Uchiha that Konoha’s suspicion came from Madara Uchiha’s betrayal, the Nine-Tails’ Sharingan, and the clan’s overwhelming strength.
• Ren declared that Uchiha strength was no crime, stirring the clan’s pride, before accusing Fugaku of enabling their persecution.
• Fugaku defended his choice to keep the clan at its grounds during the Nine-Tails’ Attack, citing the ANBU and Root blockade, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order, and suspicion of the Uchiha.
• Ren argued that Fugaku should have followed Minato Namikaze and led the Uchiha to fight, saying their absence had cost them a chance to clear their name and turned the village against them.
• Fugaku collapsed into his chair, unable to answer Ren, while the clan members realized how his decision had contributed to their isolation.
• The second elder stood and announced that the Elders Council had jointly made the decision to keep the Uchiha out of the battle.

Ren condemned Fugaku for yielding to the village’s relocation order, turning the clan against him and forcing him to declare support for a coup. Ren opposed the coup and challenged Shisui to state his position.

• Ren accused Fugaku of hiding behind the Elders Council and blamed him for relocating the Uchiha to the village outskirts, where oppression worsened.
• Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, and other clan members turned against Fugaku, building support to impeach him.
• Ren asked Fugaku whether he supported the planned armed coup, and Fugaku declared that he did.
• Uchiha Shisui and Itachi Uchiha showed disappointment, while Ren openly opposed the coup and warned that it would destroy the clan.
• Ren silenced the furious radicals with his chakra and the forty-three three tomoe elites behind him, then asked Shisui where he stood.

Ren dismantled the Uchiha radicals’ case for a coup, exposing its likely consequences and Danzo’s alleged trap, while Shisui and Itachi publicly opposed it. He then accused Fugaku of weak leadership and demanded that he step down as clan head.

• Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and threatened to stop the Uchiha if they pursued a coup.
• Itachi opposed the coup, warning that it would weaken Konoha, invite invasion, and destroy the Uchiha.
• Ren rebuked the radicals and argued that they could neither control Konoha after a coup nor withstand the other shinobi villages.
• Ren claimed Danzo had driven the Uchiha toward a coup so he could justify wiping out the clan, leaving the gathered clansmen shaken.
• Ren accused Fugaku of repeated failures and demanded that he step down as clan head.

Ren forced the Uchiha clan to choose whether to support him or Fugaku, then accepted Fugaku’s challenge to a duel for clan leadership at the Great Arena. The clan discovered Ren had been a Shadow Clone, while Fugaku headed to the arena to face him.

• Shisui, Tekka, and forty-three Three-Tomoe elites backed Ren, and Ren’s threats drove most of the clan to support him.
• Ren asked the Elders Council to recognize the clan’s support, and the clan members rallied behind his call to restore Uchiha glory.
• Fugaku rejected the vote and challenged Ren to a duel at the Great Arena, with the winner becoming clan leader.
• Ren accepted, then dispelled his Shadow Clone, shocking the clan members who learned it had subdued Yashiro.
• Fugaku used the Body Flicker Technique to leave for the Great Arena.

Ren and Fugaku fought in the Great Arena to decide who would lead the Uchiha Clan. After Ren outmatched Fugaku with shuriken and layered genjutsu, he demanded that Fugaku reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan members arrived at the Great Arena, where the elders cleared the field for Ren and Fugaku's leadership duel.
• Fugaku attacked Ren with ricocheting shuriken, but Ren caught one and hurled it back hard enough to force Fugaku backward and injure his hand.
• Fugaku engulfed Ren in a Great Fireball and stabbed what appeared to be Ren from behind, but the impaled figure vanished as a genjutsu.
• Fugaku realized Ren had trapped him in layers of genjutsu and escaped the illusion by substituting a Shadow Clone for his real body.
• Ren ended the warm-up and told Fugaku to show his true strength and reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Ren challenged Fugaku to reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan, then overwhelmed him in close combat and cut through his fire technique. Fugaku summoned Susanoo to block Ren’s final strike, leaving the duel unresolved as the clan rallied behind him.

• Ren demanded that Fugaku reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Fugaku awakened it before the stunned Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku claimed his Mangekyō made Ren’s strength useless, but Ren charged and forced him backward with a powerful blade strike.
• Ren pressed Fugaku with a rapid series of attacks, damaging his Kunai and leaving him unable to form Hand Seals.
• Fugaku used Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Ren split the sea of fire with a single slash and emerged unharmed.
• Ren leaped at Fugaku with a lightning-charged blade, and Fugaku summoned Susanoo, whose skeletal arm blocked the strike.
• The Uchiha Clan marveled at Susanoo and renewed their faith in Fugaku as the duel continued.

Ren broke Fugaku’s Tsukuyomi with Conqueror’s Haki and declared himself immune to genjutsu. Fugaku then awakened Complete Body Susanoo and raised his chakra sword to attack Ren, who remained calm in the ruined arena.

• Fugaku trapped Ren in Tsukuyomi and repeatedly stabbed him, but Ren showed no pain.
• Ren unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, shattered Tsukuyomi, and sent Fugaku crashing into the arena floor with a backlash that made him bleed.
• Ren announced that genjutsu could not affect him, while Uchiha Shisui and the clan members reacted in shock.
• Fugaku rejected defeat, poured his remaining chakra into Susanoo, and transformed it into Complete Body Susanoo.
• Fugaku’s giant Susanoo drew its chakra sword and prepared to strike Ren, who stood his ground as the arena crumbled.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered ANBU to investigate the terrifying Mangekyō Chakra around the Uchiha District without provoking a conflict. At the Great Arena, Ren split and destroyed Fugaku’s Complete Body Susanoo with Glazed Karmic Fire, leaving the Uchiha stunned as Nanami explained the new Kekkei Genkai.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi identified Shisui as the likely source of the Mangekyō power and ordered elite ANBU to investigate the Uchiha District discreetly.
• Fugaku attacked Ren with Susanoo’s enormous Chakra greatsword, but Ren faced the strike without moving.
• Ren used Glazed Hellfire: Severing to cleave through Susanoo’s greatsword, armor, and body, while the Glazed Karmic Fire consumed the construct and grew stronger on its Chakra.
• Fugaku suffered ocular backlash, called Ren a monster, and fled the arena as the Uchiha watched in shock.
• Nanami Uchiha explained that Ren had independently developed Glazed Karmic Fire by combining Yin Release spiritual power with Fire Release Chakra, and described its ability to devour ninjutsu, genjutsu, and tangible Chakra.

Ren defeated Fugaku and became the new Uchiha Clan Leader, then the newly activated Super God Family System optimized his body and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. With the clan united behind him and a powerful training reward, Ren vowed to lead the Uchiha back to the summit of the Shinobi World.

• The Grand Elder declared Ren's Glazed Karmic Fire comparable to Hashirama's Wood Release, and the Uchiha clan celebrated its new source of strength.
• Ren confronted the exhausted Fugaku, who admitted defeat and entrusted him with leadership of the Uchiha Clan.
• The Super God Family System activated after Ren gained the clan's approval, and its novice reward transformed his body and awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Uchiha clan members, including Shisui and the elders, knelt and recognized Ren as their Clan Leader.
• The system raised the clan to LV1 and awarded Ren the Secret Art Temple Formation, which boosted training and Sharingan evolution.
• Ren vowed to end the Uchiha's humiliation and lead the clan back to the summit of the Shinobi World.

Ren established the Uchiha Shrine, reorganized the clan’s fighting forces, and appointed Itachi, Shisui, and Fugaku to important roles. After returning home, he found his sister Runa had befriended Naruto and brought him to share dinner with the Uchiha family.

• Ren announced the creation of the Uchiha Shrine and appointed thirteen Elite Jonin, led by Tekka Uchiha and Nanami Uchiha, as its squad captains.
• Ren named Itachi Uchiha captain of the Shrine’s Zero Squad, which would serve as his personal guard.
• Ren ordered Uchiha members to leave the Konoha Anbu and announced plans for the Shrine to build its own intelligence and assassination network.
• Ren established the Hall of Glory and named Uchiha Shisui and Fugaku Uchiha as its members.
• Ren returned home and found that Uchiha Runa had brought Naruto home after defending him from bullies at the Ninja Academy.
• Ren’s mother welcomed Naruto to dinner, where he ate gratefully as Runa told the family about his mistreatment at school.

After Naruto thanked Ren for welcoming him into the Uchiha home, Ren escorted him safely back to his apartment. Root ninjas then tried to force Ren to meet Shimura Danzō, but Ren defeated them and made the survivor lead him to Danzo.

• Naruto thanked Ren for inviting him to dinner, and Ren told him he was grateful that Naruto befriended Luna.
• Ren walked Naruto home and left him beneath the rundown apartment building where he lived.
• Ren noticed Root ninjas following him and confronted the three men in a dark alley.
• The Root ninjas attacked Ren, but his genjutsu made them strike an illusion, and he killed two with a single attack.
• Ren used Conqueror's Haki to force the last Root ninja to kneel and ordered him to lead the way to Shimura Danzō.

Ren confronted Danzo in Root headquarters, mocked Root, and overwhelmed its elites with his Conqueror’s Haki. Danzo revealed why he had summoned Ren and offered him a place in Root, but Ren ended the chapter laughing at the recruitment.

• A Root ninja led Ren through Konoha’s underground passages to Root headquarters, where Ren insulted the dark, damp hideout.
• Danzo praised Ren’s wartime record before belittling his abilities and accusing him of approaching Naruto to scheme against Konoha.
• Ren threatened Danzo and released his Conqueror’s Haki, forcing Root’s elites to their knees and leaving Danzo struggling under the pressure.
• Danzo admitted he had summoned Ren over Naruto, a suspected Mangekyō awakening in the Uchiha clan, and Shisui’s allegiance to Hiruzen.
• Danzo offered Ren authority, resources, and status if he joined Root, and Ren burst into wild laughter.

Ren revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and used the Secret Technique: Idaten to defeat Danzo’s Root elites. He disarmed Danzo and left the cane symbolizing Root’s authority on the floor.

• Ren mocked Danzo and evaded the Root elites’ attacks with Mirror Flower, Water Moon.
• Ren revealed that he knew about the Hashirama Cells transplanted into Danzo’s arm, prompting Danzo to order an all-out attack.
• Ren awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Secret Technique: Idaten to move through the attackers in frozen time and kill them.
• Ren repelled Danzo’s guards, struck Danzo’s wrist, and knocked the cane from his hand.

Ren used his Mangekyō ability, Idaten, to overwhelm Danzo in Root Base and revealed that he had brought a force of forty-three Uchiha elites. The chapter ended with Ren introducing them as members of the newly established Uchiha Shrine.

• Ren revealed that his Mangekyō ability, Idaten, gave him extreme movement, attack, and thinking speed after cutting Danzo’s wrist.
• Ren accused Danzo of coveting the Sharingan and Hashirama’s remains for his ambition to become Hokage.
• Ren unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and Mangekyō power, incapacitating Root ninjas and forcing Danzo to his knees.
• Danzo threatened Ren’s mother and younger sister Luna while Torune Aburame and Fū Yamanaka prepared to attack.
• Ren revealed that he had not come alone as forty-three Uchiha elites entered Root Base through a hole in the ceiling.
• Ren introduced the elites, including Tekka Uchiha and Nanami Uchiha, as members of the Uchiha Shrine he had established.

Ren confronted Danzo in Root’s base as Fū’s Mind Body Switch Technique rebounded and gravely wounded him. Hiruzen arrived with ANBU to stop the standoff, while Fugaku revealed that Ren had already become the new Uchiha Clan Leader.

• Ren threatened Danzo and Root, declaring that the Uchiha would remain in Konoha and oppose Root’s corruption.
• Fū attacked Ren with the Mind Body Switch Technique, but Ren’s mental power crushed Fū’s spirit and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Danzo prepared to unwrap the bandages on his left arm, but Hiruzen arrived with a force of ANBU and ordered everyone to stop.
• Earlier, Hiruzen learned that the Uchiha were heading to Root’s base because Danzo had sent Root elites to seize Ren.
• Fugaku refused to order the Uchiha to stand down and announced that he had stepped down, naming Ren the new Uchiha Clan Leader.

Fugaku revealed to Hiruzen and the Hokage Advisors that Ren had become Uchiha Clan Leader and that the Uchiha Shrine had mobilized to Root. After Fugaku displayed his Mangekyō Sharingan and admitted Ren had defeated him, Hiruzen feared a war with the Uchiha and rushed to Root to stop the crisis.

• Fugaku confirmed Ren's succession as Clan Leader and explained that the Uchiha Shrine, a new personal guard answering only to Ren, had gone to Root.
• Utatane Koharu mocked the Shrine and predicted that Ren would be overwhelmed inside Root headquarters.
• Fugaku activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and revealed that Ren had defeated him and entered Root of his own accord.
• Hiruzen realized the Uchiha had three Mangekyō wielders and feared that Danzo's actions could trigger war, especially if Shisui joined Ren and Fugaku.
• Hiruzen gathered elite ANBU and hurried to Root, while Fugaku recognized that Ren's strength had forced Konoha's leadership to take the Uchiha seriously.

Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the ruined Root Base and saw Ren’s Mangekyō Sharingan and forty-three young Uchiha with Three Tomoe, then publicly rebuked Danzo and recognized Ren as clan leader and Military Police Force head. Ren rejected Hiruzen’s claim that the attack was a misunderstanding and challenged Root’s right to abduct or kill him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with ANBU and was shocked to see Ren’s Mangekyō Sharingan and forty-three Uchiha youths with Three Tomoe.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to join Root in killing Ren and his people, but Hiruzen sharply ordered him to shut up and called the Uchiha valued Konoha comrades.
• Hiruzen announced that Fugaku Uchiha had stepped down and Ren had become Uchiha Clan Leader and head of the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Hiruzen apologized to Ren on behalf of the village and called Root’s attack a misunderstanding.
• Ren dismissed Hiruzen’s excuse and asked whether Root had the right to abduct or try to kill even an ordinary Uchiha.

Ren forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to accept Uchiha oversight of Root, then led the Uchiha Shrine elites away. Later, Hiruzen warned Danzo not to provoke the Uchiha and revealed that Fugaku Uchiha had also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Ren condemned Root’s methods and declared that the Military Police Force and Uchiha Shrine would monitor Danzo and Root.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to rectify Root, and Ren withdrew with the forty-three Uchiha Shrine elites.
• Danzo demanded that Hiruzen use ANBU and Root to eliminate Ren and the Uchiha, but Hiruzen warned him against provoking them.
• Hiruzen told Danzo that Fugaku Uchiha had reported Ren’s appointment as clan head and had demonstrated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi forced Danzo to halt Root’s operations against the Uchiha after learning the clan was prepared for war and had three Mangekyo wielders. Shisui then told Hiruzen that Ren had taken a hard line and planned to secure the Uchiha’s rights through strength.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Danzo that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyo and that the Uchiha Clan had threatened all-out war if Ren was harmed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Danzo that the Uchiha’s strength could overwhelm Konoha and ordered Root to end its surveillance and suppression of the clan.
• After the others left, Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Uchiha Shisui and asked what Ren was planning.
• Shisui explained that Ren had publicly denounced Fugaku’s weakness, begun sweeping reforms, and vowed that the Uchiha would use their strength to claim their rights.