Chapter Summaries

Izumi Uchiha uncovered records suggesting that Naraka, a sealed demon that fed on hatred and suspicion, might be causing the Uchiha clan’s growing unrest. Itachi dismissed her attempt to warn him and left to speak with Shisui, so Izumi headed for the sealed chamber beneath Naka Shrine to inspect the seal herself; in the present, Itachi remembered that their meeting had been their last.

• Izumi Uchiha found an ancient scroll describing Naraka and learned from Teng Uchiha’s biography that the demon’s core had been sealed within the Uchiha Compound.
• Izumi Uchiha connected Naraka’s influence to the clan’s sudden hostility and rushed to tell Itachi Uchiha what she had discovered.
• Itachi Uchiha declined to look at the scroll, saying he had to speak with Shisui, and vanished using the Body Flicker Technique.
• Izumi Uchiha resolved to investigate the seal herself and went toward the underground sealed stone chamber beneath Naka Shrine.
• In the present, Itachi Uchiha watched the memory in the rain and reflected that his promise to listen next time had never been fulfilled.

Izumi Uchiha discovered that the seal beneath Naka Shrine had cracked and Naraka had escaped, then resolved to investigate in secret. Sasuke questioned the causes of the Uchiha tragedy as a meeting of four elders revealed growing pressure for Fugaku to act against Konoha.

• Izumi Uchiha found the hidden chamber beneath Naka Shrine and discovered that Naraka had escaped from the cracked seal.
• Izumi connected Naraka to the clan’s rising conflicts and rumors, but chose to investigate secretly because she lacked proof.
• Sasuke Uchiha wondered whether Naraka had influenced the clan and reconsidered who was responsible for its tragedy.
• Setsuna Uchiha and the other elders criticized Fugaku’s restraint and warned that the clan’s anger was becoming harder to control.

The Four Elders debated replacing Fugaku because they believed his indecision threatened the Uchiha clan. Morpheus of the Paradise Organization appeared and urged them to resist Konoha’s oppression, leaving them a remote control to contact him if they chose to fight.

• The Fourth Elder, First Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder agreed to give Fugaku one last chance to present a convincing plan at the next clan meeting.
• Setsuna Uchiha noticed an intruder as Morpheus appeared in the side hall as a holographic projection.
• Morpheus introduced himself as a representative of the Paradise Organization and argued that Konoha’s leadership had systematically oppressed the Uchiha.
• Morpheus accused Shimura Danzō of engineering a plan to justify the Uchiha’s destruction and urged the elders to fight for their survival and self-rule.
• Morpheus left a remote control for the elders to contact him, then vanished and left them stunned.

The Uchiha elders accepted Morpheus’s offer to meet with the mysterious Paradise Organization, seeing it as a possible last chance to save their clan. Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Fourth Raikage separately ordered investigations, each suspecting rival hidden villages of framing them.

• The First Elder persuaded the other Uchiha elders that Konoha had abandoned their clan and that they should consider the Paradise Organization’s offer.
• The Uchiha elders agreed to meet Morpheus the following day to discuss the deal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, or Sunagakure and ordered the ANBU to investigate the Paradise Organization.
• The Fourth Raikage denied that Kumogakure was behind the scheme and ordered an investigation, especially into whether Ōnoki was responsible.

Hyuga Xiu watched the villages suspect one another over the Paradise Organization while the Canopy Screen showed Shisui warning Itachi about the Uchiha coup. Morpheus offered the Uchiha temporary combat enhancements, weapons, and a secret escape route, and the elders asked what he wanted in return.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure's agents in Konoha to investigate the Paradise Organization, while the villages blamed and suspected one another.
• Hyuga Xiu watched his Belief Points rise as the villages turned against each other.
• Shisui asked Itachi whether the Uchiha would stage a coup, and Itachi said distrust between the clan and the village would only worsen.
• Shisui warned Itachi that the Military Police Force had ordered him to watch him, and Itachi remained alone by the river after Shisui left.
• Morpheus offered the Uchiha temporary physical enhancements, weapons, and a secret rendezvous point outside the Land of Fire.
• The Second Elder asked Morpheus what price the Paradise Organization demanded.

Morpheus told the Uchiha elders that the Paradise Organization would help them without payment, framing its aid as an experiment in whether variables could reverse fate. After the Canopy Screen revealed the organization’s powers, leaders across the shinobi world feared its effect on the balance of power, while Pain ordered Zetsu to investigate it as a possible means of changing Amegakure’s fate.

• Morpheus told the Four Elders that the Uchiha did not need to pay for the aid and urged them to use it to test whether they could reverse their fate.
• The First Elder called the Paradise Organization’s support the Uchiha’s last chance and ordered preparations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fourth Raikage A, Ōnoki, Mei Terumi, and Rasa reacted with alarm to the organization’s ability to create fighters and supplies.
• Konan warned Deva Path Pain that the Paradise Organization’s power and motives were dangerous.
• Deva Path Pain decided to investigate the organization, ordered Zetsu to learn its origins and weaknesses, and considered using its power to change Amegakure’s fate.

Shisui Uchiha prepared to use Kotoamatsukami to prevent the Uchiha coup, while Naraka and Shimura Danzō plotted to stop him before he reached the gathering. Danzō confronted Shisui near Naka Shrine and challenged his faith that changing Fugaku’s mind would make Konoha accept the Uchiha.

• Fugaku Uchiha told Itachi Uchiha to attend the clan gathering, and Itachi confirmed he had a mission the next day.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Shimura Danzō that Shisui Uchiha would attend the gathering and use Kotoamatsukami if Fugaku planned a coup.
• Naraka told Danzō that changing Fugaku’s will would not stop the Uchiha from rebelling and ordered him to keep Shisui from reaching the gathering.
• Naraka promised to create an opening to freeze Shisui, and Danzō vowed to take Shisui’s eyes himself.
• Danzō met Shisui near Naka Shrine and questioned whether stopping the coup would change Konoha’s prejudice against the Uchiha.

Shisui argued that the Uchiha could rebuild trust in Konoha, but Danzō exploited his hesitation to steal his right eye and ordered Root to capture him. Shisui escaped with Itachi’s help, though Root pursued them into the forest.

• Shisui told Danzō that Hiruzen had promised reforms and that the Uchiha could earn the village’s trust over time.
• Danzō questioned whether Shisui would use Kotoamatsukami on people who opposed the Uchiha, then used Naraka to disrupt Shisui’s concentration.
• Danzō seized Shisui’s right Sharingan and surrounded the wounded Uchiha with Root operatives.
• Shisui awakened Susanoo, knocked back the attackers, and fled into the forest as Danzō sent Root after him.
• Itachi met Shisui, helped him escape, and used shuriken and Fire Release to cover their retreat from Root.

Sasuke watched the Canopy Screen reveal how Danzo drove Shisui to his death and how Shisui entrusted his last eye to Itachi. Sasuke abandoned his hatred of Itachi and vowed to grow strong enough to take revenge on Konoha.

• The Canopy Screen showed Shisui giving his remaining eye to Itachi before falling into the chasm, and Itachi awakened his eyes as he mourned him.
• Sasuke realized Danzo and Konoha's leadership were responsible for Shisui's death and the Uchiha clan's destruction.
• Sasuke's Sharingan changed from one tomoe to two as his hatred shifted from Itachi to Konoha.
• Sasuke restrained his urge to attack, decided to grow stronger, and vowed to destroy what Konoha held dear.

Hiruzen Sarutobi grieved over Shisui’s death and confronted his own failures, while the Uchiha clan’s elders used a mysterious device to inflame support for a coup. Fugaku Uchiha realized he could no longer stop his clansmen, though he prepared to make one last attempt.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi mourned Shisui and blamed himself for failing to protect him from Konoha’s darkness and Danzo.
• Mei Terumi watched Shisui’s death on the Canopy Screen and blamed Shimura Danzō for killing another Uchiha.
• At a meeting in Naka Shrine, Fugaku Uchiha urged the clan to wait for Shisui’s negotiations, but Setsuna Uchiha and the Second Elder demanded immediate action.
• Setsuna Uchiha used Morpheus’s remote to empower a radical Uchiha Chunin, who hurled a kunai through a massive stone pillar.
• Fugaku Uchiha saw the elders’ display rally the clan toward a coup and realized he could no longer stop them, but tried once more as clan head.

Fugaku Uchiha used his Mangekyō Sharingan to force the Uchiha clan to abandon its coup plans and flee Konoha in three days. When a Jonin questioned whether the clan could escape the village’s defenses, First Elder proposed a lethal Forbidden Technique, and Fugaku was left too stunned to object.

• Fugaku Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered the Uchiha to flee Konoha in three days instead of launching a coup.
• A Jonin warned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s allied clans could block the Uchiha’s escape.
• First Elder proposed using a Forbidden Technique that would kill its users and risk harming Uchiha clansmen.
• Second Elder, Third Elder, and Fourth Elder objected to the technique’s deadly and uncontrolled effects.
• First Elder argued that the elders should sacrifice themselves to preserve the Uchiha bloodline, and the other elders reluctantly agreed.
• Fugaku Uchiha was shocked by their plan but could not bring himself to object.

Izumi Uchiha tried to expose Naraka’s influence over the Uchiha clan, but the clan dismissed her warning and detained her. Fugaku Uchiha sensed something abnormal but stayed silent, and Izumi was taken to the Detention Room until the clan fled the village.

• Izumi Uchiha sensed purple-black energy over nearly every clan member and concluded Naraka was inflaming their emotions.
• Izumi Uchiha used a pink tomoe-shaped stone to warn the gathering that Naraka was manipulating them, but the clan members could not see the energy and rejected her claims.
• The First Elder and other clan members accused Izumi Uchiha of madness and spying, then ordered her taken into custody.
• Fugaku Uchiha faintly sensed an abnormal presence but chose not to defend Izumi Uchiha, fearing the clan would split apart.
• Clan members dragged Izumi Uchiha to the Detention Room, and the Four Elders arranged for her release when the clan fled the village.

Naraka’s Clone revealed that it had recovered a fragment of the Four Souls Jewel and planned to let Izumi Uchiha witness her clan’s ruin before killing them. In the Hokage’s Office, Danzo admitted to killing Shisui and taking his right eye, insisting it had been necessary to protect Konoha.

• Naraka’s Clone mocked the Uchiha, recognized Izumi’s ability to sense it, and decided to let her live for a few days so she could watch her family descend into despair.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Danzo whether Naraka, the Four Souls Jewel, and the Uchiha’s unrest were connected, but Danzo denied knowing anything about them.
• Mitokado Homura questioned Danzo about Shisui Uchiha’s death, and Hiruzen demanded to know whether Danzo had killed Shisui and taken his right eye.
• Danzo admitted that he had killed Shisui and that Root held his right eye.
• Danzo argued that Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami was too dangerous to leave unchecked and claimed that killing him had protected Konoha.
• Hiruzen realized that Danzo viewed the murder and theft as achievements rather than crimes.

Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that he would step down as Hokage and named Tsunade as his successor after Jiraiya declined the position. Danzo tried to undermine Tsunade by exposing her gambling debts, but Hiruzen paid them himself, and Tsunade accepted the responsibility and vowed never to gamble again.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that he would resign and asked Jiraiya and Tsunade to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Jiraiya declined the position and recommended Tsunade, who accepted after recognizing Danzo's ambition to take power.
• Shimura Danzō revealed Tsunade's gambling debts and argued that they would damage Konoha if she became Hokage.
• Hiruzen offered to pay Tsunade's debts from his personal savings and told her to give up gambling.
• Tsunade swore she would never gamble again, and Hiruzen said she would take the Hokage Hat after he hosted the next Chunin Ninja Exams.

Fugaku told Itachi that the Uchiha clan would desert Konoha in three days after Shisui’s death and the elders forced a change from coup to escape. Itachi reported the plan to Konoha’s leaders, and Hiruzen chose to seek dialogue while Danzō urged an immediate strike.

• Fugaku returned home and learned from Itachi that Shisui had been killed by Danzō.
• Fugaku told Itachi that the clan had agreed to leave Konoha at midnight in three days and ordered him to take part.
• Fugaku withheld from Itachi that Izumi had been locked away, then left his grieving son alone.
• Itachi confirmed Shisui’s death to Hiruzen, Homura, Danzō, and the other leader, and reported the Uchiha clan’s departure plan.
• Danzō urged Hiruzen to strike first, but Hiruzen said he would try to resolve the crisis through dialogue.

Shimura Danzō forced Itachi Uchiha to choose between dying with his clan or killing them to save Sasuke, and Itachi accepted the mission. Afterward, Danzō told Naraka that he had used Kotoamatsukami to make Itachi believe the Uchiha’s destruction was inevitable, not to directly control his will.

• Shimura Danzō told Itachi Uchiha that refusing Konoha’s request would lead to his death alongside the Uchiha clan.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Itachi to eliminate the entire Uchiha clan before their uprising began.
• Shimura Danzō promised that Sasuke Uchiha would be spared if Itachi accepted the mission.
• Itachi Uchiha reluctantly accepted and vanished into the night.
• Naraka questioned whether Danzō had used Kotoamatsukami to influence Itachi.
• Shimura Danzō denied forcibly changing Itachi’s will and said he had convinced him that the Uchiha’s destruction was unavoidable.

Naraka questioned Shimura Danzō about the Uchiha massacre, and Danzō explained why he planned to spare Sasuke and then decided to confront the clan elders himself. Naraka watched him leave, wary of a hidden quality in Danzō and curious to see what he would reveal.

• Naraka mocked Danzō’s plan to massacre the Uchiha and questioned why he would spare Sasuke.
• Shimura Danzō said Sasuke would motivate Itachi, provide a subject for Sharingan research, and potentially become a weapon for Konoha.
• Naraka warned that the four Uchiha elders might use forbidden techniques and urged Danzō to face them personally.
• Shimura Danzō decided to enter the Uchiha Compound and kill the elders himself before the massacre began.
• After the Canopy Screen’s image ended, Naraka sensed an unexplained aversion to Danzō and hoped the elders would expose what he was hiding.

After learning that Danzo had manipulated Itachi into massacring the Uchiha and regarded Sasuke as a tool, Sasuke redirected his hatred toward Danzo and Konoha’s leadership. Itachi realized Sasuke was in danger and hurried back to Konoha to protect him.

• Sasuke heard Danzo describe him as a specimen, vessel, and useful blade, and his hatred for Danzo eclipsed his confusion about Itachi.
• Sasuke vowed to gain enough power to make Danzo and Konoha pay for what they had done to him and the Uchiha.
• Itachi learned that Danzo and Naraka had sabotaged negotiations and manipulated him into carrying out the Uchiha massacre.
• Itachi feared Danzo would target Sasuke as a specimen and decided Konoha had become dangerous for his brother.
• Itachi transformed into a flock of crows and flew toward Konoha to protect Sasuke.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s plan to place Sasuke Uchiha in Root and told him to address village matters with Tsunade after she took office. After reflecting on their long history and Danzo’s choices, Hiruzen left the Hokage’s Office to visit Konohamaru at the Ninja Academy.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen to put Sasuke Uchiha under Root’s supervision, citing Sasuke’s Uchiha blood and Itachi Uchiha’s Sharingan.
• Hiruzen suggested that he and Danzo retire, then told Danzo to discuss Sasuke and other village matters with Tsunade once she became the Fifth Hokage.
• Danzo angrily slammed the Hokage’s Office door after realizing Hiruzen had already decided to leave the remaining decisions to Tsunade.
• Hiruzen mourned Danzo’s likely fate but accepted that Danzo would bear the consequences of his own choices.
• Hiruzen left the office and headed to the Ninja Academy, looking forward to seeing Konohamaru.

Shimura Danzō persuaded Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to form a covert alliance to limit Tsunade's power as the next Hokage. The Canopy Screen then showed Fugaku Uchiha preparing his clan to break out of Konoha after Setsuna Uchiha announced Shisui's death and blamed Danzō.

• Shimura Danzō confronted Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu and warned them that Tsunade would threaten their influence if she became Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu tacitly agreed to Danzō's proposal to remain in key positions and check Tsunade's power.
• The Canopy Screen showed Setsuna Uchiha telling the gathered Uchiha that Shisui Uchiha was dead and that Shimura Danzō had killed him.
• Fugaku Uchiha urged his clan to escape Konoha to survive, and the Uchiha used the Enhancement Button to power up their Chunin fighters.
• The Uchiha counted five Elite Jonin, ten regular Jonin, and thirty-seven Special Jonin with awakened Sharingan, while sixty-three Genin remained at home.
• Fugaku Uchiha rallied the clan to carve a path out of Konoha and preserve the Uchiha legacy.