Chapter Summaries

Shinji Uchiha returned to Konoha and visited the Uchiha family, where he met Sasuke and learned that Nobihi was away. After heading to Ichiraku Ramen, he met Naruto Uzumaki and treated him kindly, leaving Naruto surprised that Shinji was not afraid of him.

• Shinji returned to Konoha and visited Mikoto, giving her a Scroll of fish from the Land of Water.
• Shinji deflected Sasuke's thrown Kunai, then told Mikoto he planned to stay in the village.
• Mikoto told Sasuke that Shinji and Nobihi's parents had saved their family and that he must treat them like older brothers.
• Shinji left for Ichiraku Ramen and collided with Naruto, who apologized in fear of being mistreated.
• Shinji reassured Naruto and gently placed a hand on his head, leaving Naruto amazed that Shinji was not afraid of him.

Shinji Uchiha comforted Naruto Uzumaki and spent time with Shisui while reflecting on his quest system, his strength, and his inability to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. The chapter ended with Shinji setting aside his worry and entering the Ramen Shop.

• Shinji reassured Naruto that he did not have to accept others' judgment and encouraged him to believe in himself.
• Naruto thanked Shinji, declared that he would become Hokage, and hurried home.
• Shisui warned Shinji that associating with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was sensitive, but Shinji dismissed his concern and sent him to order ramen.
• Shinji reflected on his otherworldly origins, his quests, and his long efforts to change Shisui.
• Shinji opened his panel, reviewed his abilities and the Uchiha clan's prosperity quest, and worried that he still could not awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shinji put on his gentle smile and walked into the Ramen Shop.

After returning to Konoha, Shinji reunites with Shisui and learns that Shisui has awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan with the new dōjutsu Heavenly Rock Cave and Kotoamatsukami. The two part ways after agreeing to visit Fugaku the next day, while Shinji notices someone nearby.

• Shinji and Shisui ate ramen at Teuchi's shop, where they met Ayame and joked together.
• Shinji noticed Shisui had something on his mind and took him to the Uchiha Clan's training ground.
• Shisui revealed his four-point Mangekyō Sharingan and asked Shinji what he knew about it.
• Shinji explained the Mangekyō Sharingan's power, then learned Shisui's left eye was called Heavenly Rock Cave and his right eye Kotoamatsukami.
• Shinji and Shisui agreed to visit Fugaku the next day, and Shisui left for home.
• Alone in the chilly night, Shinji sensed someone nearby and asked what they wanted.

Shinji met Kakashi on his way to answer Hiruzen's summons, then discussed his wartime record and future with the Third Hokage. When Hiruzen offered him work, Shinji said he wanted to become clan leader, leaving the old man stunned.

• Kakashi and two ANBU intercepted Shinji in Uchiha territory and ordered him to see the Hokage, but Shinji taunted Kakashi about Konoha's treatment of its heroes before accompanying them.
• Kakashi briefly flared with chakra at Shinji's remarks, then let the moment pass and waited outside the Hokage's office.
• Hiruzen praised Shinji's record against Kumogakure and apologized for how the village had handled the Hyuga affair; Shinji said he believed him.
• Hiruzen asked what work Shinji wanted to do, and Shinji replied that he wanted to become clan leader, startling Hiruzen.

Shinji Uchiha persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to support his bid to reform the Uchiha Clan, while Danzo warned that Shinji could not be trusted. Hiruzen dismissed Danzo’s suspicions and reassigned Kakashi from protecting Naruto.

• Shinji told Hiruzen Sarutobi he planned to become clan head within three years and restore the Uchiha Clan’s former glory.
• Shinji appealed to Hiruzen to prevent bloodshed between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, and Hiruzen promised to support him at the village council.
• Danzo emerged from hiding and warned Hiruzen that Shinji was cunning and dangerous.
• Danzo revealed that Shinji had approached Naruto, but Hiruzen insisted on calling him Minato’s son and rejected Danzo’s proposal to move against Shinji.
• Kakashi reported that Naruto and Shinji had seemed to meet by chance, and Hiruzen told Kakashi to take a day off while someone else protected Naruto.

Shinji Uchiha was ambushed by Root ninjas in a forest and fought them with his Sharingan, ninjutsu, and sword techniques. As the surviving attackers bombarded his position, Shinji began unleashing a massive Fire Style technique.

• Danzo ordered Root to prepare another experiment and bring him Aburame Torune.
• Shinji noticed hidden attackers in the forest and deflected their shuriken with his short sword.
• Shinji killed Root ninjas with a Rasengan, the Manipulated Shuriken Technique, Genjutsu, and Lightning Blade.
• Shinji used sword techniques and a combination of wind and fire to defeat another attacker.
• The remaining Root ninjas launched a barrage at Shinji, who formed a hand sign and began the Majestic Destroyer Flame.

Shinji annihilated a group of attackers with an enormous Fire Release technique, then faced questions from the Uchiha, Danzo, and Hiruzen Sarutobi as they arrived at the scene. The officials identified the attackers as Kumogakure spies and took the surviving captive away, while Shinji revealed that his Genjutsu may have left him brain-dead.

• Shinji unleashed a vast sea of fire that melted the attackers and burned much of the forest.
• Shisui and the Uchiha arrived, and Shinji greeted Fugaku and reunited with his young Uchiha friends, including Uchiha Izumi.
• Danzo appeared with Root, and Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with ANBU and confronted him about failing to help fight the fire.
• Hiruzen and the other officials claimed the attackers were Kumogakure spies, and Danzo ordered Torune to take the surviving captive for interrogation.
• Shinji said he had used Genjutsu on Mu and that Mu might already be brain-dead; Hiruzen thanked Shinji and ordered Fugaku to submit a report about the patrol failure.

Shinji joined Shisui and the others for a barbecue, then returned home and learned more about Nobihi’s mission and rivalry with Itachi. At the Hokage Building, Danzo accused Shinji of hiding sinister ambitions and warned Hiruzen that Shinji might discover their responsibility for his parents’ deaths.

• At a reunion barbecue, Shinji told Shisui that Danzo had targeted him because of his eyes and urged him to keep their secret.
• Shisui said he wished the Uchiha Clan could always be as happy as the group, and Shinji promised that such a time would come soon.
• Shinji learned that Nobihi had awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan and could not match Itachi in sparring.
• Shinji questioned Nobihi’s belief that Itachi was holding back and suggested Itachi might have at least three tomoe.
• Danzo told Hiruzen that Shinji’s distance from Nobihi and stable emotions made him seem hypocritical and dangerous, and accused him of wanting to become Hokage.
• Danzo reminded Hiruzen that they shared responsibility for the deaths of Shinji’s parents and warned that Shinji might uncover the truth.

Hiruzen ordered Danzo to monitor and guide Shinji without acting, then summoned Jiraiya and Tsunade back to the village. Shinji confronted Fugaku over his leadership and demanded that he abdicate, leaving Fugaku to tell him to do as he wished before the coming clan meeting.

• Hiruzen reflected on Shinji's leadership potential and ordered Danzo to surveil and guide him but not take action without permission.
• Hiruzen learned Itachi had returned from his mission and summoned him to the Hokage's office.
• Shinji and Shisui visited Fugaku, and Shinji immediately demanded that Fugaku abdicate as clan head.
• Shinji accused Fugaku of mishandling the coup threat and allowing the Uchiha to divide into rival factions, leaving the clan vulnerable.
• Fugaku dismissed Shinji's age as a barrier to respect, then told him to do as he wished because a clan meeting was approaching.
• Itachi listened from outside and reacted with a complicated gaze to Shinji's confrontation.

Fugaku accepted that Shinji might force him to step down as Uchiha Clan Head, while Shinji prepared to rally the clan before the coming Clan Meeting. After Sasuke confronted him and Shisui pledged his support, Itachi was summoned to meet the Third Hokage.

• Mikoto learned that Fugaku had expected Shinji to challenge his leadership, and Fugaku said he would accept stepping down if Shinji could unite the clan.
• Sasuke escaped his room and challenged Shinji for insulting Fugaku, but Shinji asked him to consider the danger facing their family and Sasuke ran off in anger.
• Chiba, Ryuka, and more than thirty Uchiha elites arrived to support Shinji, and he sent them to sound out their families before gathering at Naka Shrine in two nights.
• Shinji told Shisui that pressuring Fugaku repaid his kindness, while reflecting that his ties to others made deciding who should live or die more difficult.
• Shisui promised to stand by Shinji, and an ANBU summoned Itachi to the Third Hokage.

Shinji Uchiha won the support of influential elders by defeating them and promised to reveal his plans at the clan meeting, while Danzo received startling news about the Uchiha. The chapter left Danzo ordering Root to assemble every member.

• Kei Uchiha reported that the elders would support Shinji if he proved able to make Fugaku yield, and Shinji chose Uchiha Shimei as his next target.
• Shinji challenged Uchiha Shimei, Uchiha Huo Xuan, and Uchiha Xuanming under the clan’s rules, defeating them and earning Shimei’s support.
• Shinji told Shimei that someone in the clan could stand against Fugaku and promised to explain his plans at the next evening’s clan meeting.
• Danzo told a Root ninja he would keep watch on Shinji, then heard Aburame Torune’s news about the Uchiha and ordered all of Root to assemble.

Hiruzen Sarutobi told Uchiha Itachi that the Uchiha Clan was preparing a coup and ordered him to investigate their meeting. Later, Itachi witnessed Shisui’s apparent death at the hands of Danzo Shimura and Root, and awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Uchiha Itachi that Shinji Uchiha had revealed the Uchiha Clan’s coup plans and asked Itachi to gather information at their meeting.
• Itachi walked through Konoha and wondered how Shinji would resolve the conflict between the village and the clan.
• Itachi found the wounded Shisui in the burned grove, and Shisui silently warned him to run.
• Itachi saw Danzo Shimura and Root surround Shisui, then watched Shisui vanish over the Cliff as the pursuers scattered.
• Grieving for Shisui, Itachi awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan without noticing its transformation.

After Shisui survived Danzo’s ambush and urged Itachi to attend the next clan meeting, Itachi encountered the masked man who called himself Madara Uchiha. The masked man tried to recruit Itachi to help create a world without the Uchiha, then vanished as Tekka and Inabi arrived to question Itachi.

• Itachi pulled the wounded Shisui up from the cliff, and Shisui explained that his injuries had healed through the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Shisui advised Itachi to speak with Shinji and invited him to attend the clan meeting the following night; Itachi agreed.
• The masked man appeared beside Itachi’s campfire and claimed to be Madara Uchiha, prompting Itachi to attack him with fire and shuriken techniques.
• The masked man used Kamui to evade Itachi’s attacks and urged him to abandon the Uchiha and help create a new world without the clan.
• Itachi challenged the masked man’s claim that he could not harm him, but the man withdrew through a vortex and said Itachi would eventually seek him out.
• Tekka and Inabi arrived to inspect the wreckage and question Itachi, who left without answering.

Itachi reflected on Shinji’s strength and began to understand how one Uchiha could change the clan. After learning that Danzo had stolen Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, Shinji killed the clan elders who had betrayed their own people, leaving the Uchiha community to face a new dawn.

• Itachi returned home, reassured Sasuke that Shinji was stronger than him, and wondered whether he had been wrong from the beginning.
• Shinji treated Shisui’s wounded face and learned that Danzo had taken his Kotoamatsukami eye.
• Shinji declared that the clan elders had betrayed the Uchiha and rejected Shisui’s plea to spare them.
• Shinji killed Uchiha Shimizu and hunted down other elders who had conspired against the clan.
• Itachi heard that the elders had died overnight and concluded that a strong, clearheaded Uchiha could change the clan by facing its darkness.

Shinji gathered his supporters for a decisive Uchiha clan meeting, warning them not to start a fight while he confronted Fugaku. The meeting was interrupted when Uchiha Itachi arrived and declared that he intended to attend.

• Shinji asked Shisui to use the dōjutsu in his left eye as a safeguard against Fugaku and led his supporters to Naka Shrine.
• Uchiha Yashiro warned Shinji that he was too young to challenge Fugaku, but Shinji criticized Yashiro for following orders without questioning them.
• Kei counted 117 supporters, and Shinji ordered everyone to avoid fighting unless he personally confronted Fugaku.
• Shinji and his companions entered the underground meeting chamber, where Fugaku was waiting beside the Stone Tablet.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived despite the clansmen's hostility and told Fugaku that he had come to attend the clan meeting.

Uchiha Itachi revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan as Fugaku opened a meeting to discuss replacing the clan head. Shinji rejected a vote and demanded a direct contest, but Uchiha Zonghe attacked him before Fugaku could respond, and Uchiha Ryuka intervened.

• Itachi used genjutsu to claim a seat, then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and silenced the assembled Uchiha.
• Fugaku proposed choosing the next clan head by vote, but Shinji objected and said Fugaku lacked the drive and ability to strengthen the clan.
• Shinji challenged Fugaku to a fight, and Shisui and Yashiro suggested they move the contest to the Training Ground.
• Zonghe rushed Shinji with his Tachi, but Ryuka blocked the strike and countered with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Zonghe used his own Great Fireball Technique, and Elder Siming cast Water Dragon Bullet Technique to extinguish the flames inside the shrine.

Big Brother Shinji challenged Fugaku’s leadership and defeated him in a duel for the Uchiha Clan head position. Fugaku conceded, leaving Shinji as Clan Head while Shinji wondered why the victory had been so easy.

• Big Brother Shinji criticized Fugaku for the clan’s divided state and argued that Fugaku had mishandled the Nine-Tails incident by obeying Hiruzen Sarutobi instead of supporting the Fourth Hokage.
• Uchiha Genshiki defended Fugaku’s choices during the Nine-Tails attack, and Itachi learned that ANBU had surrounded the Uchiha compound while the clan was confined.
• Fugaku offered to surrender the Clan Head position, but Big Brother Shinji refused and demanded to claim it through an Uchiha duel.
• Big Brother Shinji attacked Fugaku with flaming sword techniques, but Fugaku evaded the strikes and asked him to stop.
• Big Brother Shinji trapped Fugaku in the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, and Fugaku exhausted his ocular power trying to break free.
• Fugaku admitted defeat and named Big Brother Shinji the new Clan Head, while Shinji questioned how easily he had won.

Shinji became the Uchiha Clan Head and argued that the clan should transform Konoha from within rather than launch a coup. He asked the clan to choose whether they supported his approach, leaving them to take sides.

• Shinji defeated Uchiha Fugaku, received his system rewards, and became the Uchiha Clan Head.
• Shinji asked Fugaku whether he supported a coup, and Fugaku affirmed that he did, disappointing Uchiha Itachi.
• Shinji declared that Konoha had originally belonged to the Senju and the Uchiha, then said he would make it the Uchiha's Konoha without staging a coup.
• Shinji warned that an armed uprising would unite Konoha's clans against the Uchiha and could destroy the clan, while other villages remained a threat.
• Shinji told the Uchiha members to stand on his left if they still supported a coup and on his right if they agreed with him.

Shinji settled the Uchiha Clan’s leadership contest and reorganized its police force and defenses, then discovered that Mangekyō Sharingan derivation was available but too expensive for him. He considered his new reward options and asked Itachi about Uzumaki sealing techniques.

• Uchiha Fugaku joined Shinji, and Uchiha Itachi knelt and accepted Shinji as Clan Head, ending the leadership contest.
• Shinji appointed Shisui to lead the Konoha Military Police Force, assigned Kei to advise him, and tasked Yashiro with training Shisui.
• Shinji ordered Fugaku to gather the Uchiha with three-tomoe Sharingan and form a two-hundred-member Self-Defense Force, with three women serving as acting company commanders.
• Shinji opened his reward panel and learned that deriving Mangekyō Sharingan required 5,000 gold coins, more than he had.
• Shinji asked Itachi about the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing techniques, and Itachi said he had never studied them.

Shinji chose the Uzumaki bloodline and Nine-Tails chakra, then used an SS Promotion Card on his Yin Release and sensed that his Mangekyo Sharingan was close to awakening. He encouraged Itachi to work for peace between the clan and village, while the next morning showed the Military Police Force adopting a friendlier approach under Shinji’s reforms.

• Shinji selected the Uzumaki bloodline and Nine-Tails chakra, gaining immense chakra, the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura, and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Shinji promoted his Yin Release to SS rank and sensed a thin barrier between himself and the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Itachi told Shinji he wanted to leave ANBU and change the clan from within, but Shinji refused and asked whether he would accept becoming a hunted missing-nin for the village and clan.
• Itachi revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and vowed to serve as a crow in the darkness, and Shinji told him to prepare for a new Uchiha Clan.
• The next morning, Uchiha Qingcheng approached an elderly vendor as part of the Military Police Force’s new evaluation and offered to carry her goods to the Ninja Academy.
• Qingcheng hurried off with the old woman’s candy, leaving her worried that it would be stolen.