Chapter Summaries

Jin Uchiha learned that Yagura had died after being controlled by the Sharingan, leaving Kirigakure in turmoil and the Uchiha vulnerable to blame. He secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s promise to act impartially and began preparing to shape Konoha’s response before the accusations spread.

• Jin Uchiha received intelligence that Yagura had died during a violent confrontation, the Three-Tails’ chakra had gone out of control, and Kirigakure was accusing the Uchiha of controlling him.
• Jin ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to distribute the report to Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Jonin Meeting, formally highlighting Kirigakure’s accusations.
• Jin identified Obito as the real culprit and went to Hiruzen to argue that no Konoha Uchiha could have controlled Yagura for years.
• Hiruzen promised Jin that he would handle the matter impartially, and Jin left after warning against blaming the Uchiha to appease Kirigakure.
• Jin planned to shape Konoha’s view of the incident, offer Kirigakure a joint investigation, and consolidate the factions aligned with him.

Jin Uchiha rallied support in Konoha and secured Hiruzen Sarutobi’s approval for a joint investigation with Kirigakure into Yagura’s death, while preparing for Danzo’s interference. He suspected Obito Uchiha was behind the turmoil and resolved to stabilize Kirigakure before the Five Kage Summit, even if he had to go there himself.

• Jin Uchiha received responses from Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Tokuma Hyuga, while Root sent an agent to inquire about the intelligence.
• Shikaku Nara warned Jin that the Yagura affair could cause diplomatic trouble for Konoha and urged him to watch out for Danzo.
• Jin told Shikaku he would propose a joint investigation with Kirigakure, and Shikaku agreed with his position after questioning the risks.
• Aya Hyuga supported Jin’s plan and agreed to ask her clan to watch for Root activity around the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Jin’s request to send Kirigakure an official offer of cooperation backed by the Hokage’s office.
• Jin studied a map, suspected Obito Uchiha was escalating events to disrupt the Five Kage Summit, and wrote that Kirigakure must be stabilized before the summit.

Kirigakure sent Mei Terumi to Konoha to investigate Yagura’s control, while Jin Uchiha prepared for Danzo’s interference and defended the Uchiha Clan. Mei began her three-day investigation, and Jin spotted Root operatives watching from the woods.

• Kirigakure accepted Jin Uchiha’s request for a joint investigation and named ANBU Elite Jonin Mei Terumi as its envoy.
• Jin Uchiha warned Shisui Uchiha that Danzo might stage an incident involving Mei, and asked him to watch for Root operatives.
• Mei Terumi arrived at police headquarters and presented Kirigakure’s authorization for her investigation.
• Jin Uchiha denied the Uchiha Clan had controlled Yagura and argued that no Konoha Uchiha possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan needed to do so.
• Mei Terumi said she would begin a three-day investigation and asked Jin what he would do if the Uchiha were responsible; he promised to bring the culprit to Kirigakure for judgment.
• After Mei left, Jin Uchiha saw Root operatives moving through the woods near Kage Rock.

Mei Terumi investigated Konoha’s records and the Uchiha Clan for clues about Yagura’s genjutsu, while Jin Uchiha traced the suppressed report and Danzo’s influence. Jin arranged a meeting with Mei Terumi, intending to reveal that Madara Uchiha had controlled Yagura.

• Mei Terumi searched Konoha’s archives for records about Yagura’s incident and Jin Uchiha’s missions, while Shisui Uchiha reported her investigation to Jin.
• Mei Terumi met with Danzo, and her ANBU later retrieved a suppressed medical assessment that said Yagura showed signs of Sharingan genjutsu.
• Mei Terumi visited the Uchiha district and questioned Uchiha Fugaku about Mangekyō Sharingan users, long-range genjutsu, and clan members who had gone missing.
• Shisui found that Hiruzen Sarutobi had suppressed the report because it linked Yagura’s condition to Uchiha Sharingan characteristics, and Jin told Shisui to inform Hiruzen that Mei had found it.
• Jin arranged a formal meeting with Mei Terumi and instructed Shisui to tell her that Madara Uchiha, not an Uchiha from Konoha, had controlled Yagura.

Shisui told the Third Hokage that Mei Terumi had obtained the suppressed report on Yagura, forcing him to choose whether to reveal Konoha’s investigation. Jin Uchiha gave Mei Konoha’s official explanation and suggested Madara Uchiha had controlled Yagura; Mei planned to question the Third Hokage, while Jin prepared for Danzo’s next move.

• Shisui informed the Third Hokage that Mei Terumi had accessed the report and that Jin Uchiha expected him to take a stand before her meeting.
• Mei Terumi sent Kirigakure a report questioning Konoha’s concealment of the evidence that Yagura was controlled by Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Jin Uchiha gave Mei the Third Hokage’s official explanation and argued that the Uchiha were not responsible, suggesting Madara Uchiha might still be alive.
• Mei asked Jin to arrange a face-to-face explanation from the Third Hokage and said Danzo had requested another meeting.
• Jin told Shisui to watch Danzo and keep Mei’s meeting time with the Third Hokage secret.

Jin Uchiha and Shisui uncovered Danzo’s plan to frame Jin with fabricated evidence before Mei Terumi met the Third Hokage. They let Root plant the scroll, recovered it, and prepared to show it to the Hokage, leaving Jin’s counterplay poised to unfold before the meeting.

• Shisui asked Jin Uchiha how Danzo would try to sway Mei Terumi, and Jin sent him to recruit Yamato to watch Danzo.
• Mei Terumi met Danzo, who used a Root report about Yagura’s genjutsu to suggest Jin Uchiha might be manipulating her; afterward, Mei ordered an investigation into Sai.
• Yamato signaled Shisui that Danzo and Sai had left the tearoom, and Shisui followed Sai to a Root hideout, where he overheard plans to plant fake evidence at Jin’s residence.
• Shisui warned Jin, who decided to let Root plant the scroll and have Itachi document the operation rather than arrest the agents.
• Itachi watched Sai plant the scroll, retrieved it after the Root team left, and gave it to Jin, who prepared a letter asking the Third Hokage to review the evidence before Mei’s meeting.

Shisui delivered Jin Uchiha’s evidence of Danzo’s plot to the Third Hokage, who revealed the forgery to Mei Terumi and agreed to a joint investigation into Yagura’s manipulation. The meeting ended with Jin suspecting Danzo would turn to the Akatsuki, while Danzo sent Sai to the Land of Rain with a new message.

• Shisui brought the Third Hokage Jin Uchiha’s letter and the forged scroll implicating Jin in dealings with Kirigakure.
• The Third Hokage agreed to show the fake evidence to Mei Terumi and invited Jin to attend the meeting.
• Danzo learned the scroll had been taken and ordered Sai to prepare new accusations against Jin Uchiha.
• The Third Hokage showed Mei Terumi the forgery, and she recognized that Danzo had tried to manipulate her.
• Mei Terumi agreed that Konoha and Kirigakure would jointly investigate Yagura’s manipulation, with Konoha promising a formal explanation if Madara Uchiha was not responsible.
• Jin Uchiha told Shisui to watch the Land of Rain, while Danzo sent Sai there with a message claiming Konoha and Kirigakure were joining forces.

The Third Hokage confronted Danzo over Root’s operation against Jin Uchiha and restricted Danzo’s authority, while Danzo secretly pursued cooperation with the Akatsuki. Jin sent Itachi to investigate the Land of Rain, uncovered the possibility of Kotoamatsukami, and sought answers from Fugaku as tensions mounted.

• The Third Hokage told Danzo that Root must report external operations and forbade him from privately contacting foreign envoys, threatening to disband Root if he crossed the line again.
• Danzo received a message from the Akatsuki offering cooperation while insisting that they would handle the Uchiha themselves.
• Jin Uchiha and Shisui discussed Akatsuki activity near Amegakure, and Jin ordered Shisui to send Itachi to observe them without making contact.
• Jin found a clan record describing Kotoamatsukami and sent a letter asking Fugaku for answers about the Mangekyō ability and Madara Uchiha.
• Itachi accepted the mission to the Land of Rain and planned to speak with his father after returning.

Itachi investigated the Land of Rain and found evidence of Akatsuki activity, Root patrols, and a frightening chakra presence near Amegakure. In Konoha, Jin Uchiha learned more about Kotoamatsukami and Infinite Tsukuyomi from Fugaku, then moved to protect evidence as suspicion of Danzo grew.

• Itachi avoided Root operatives in the Land of Grass, then found Akatsuki traces near Amegakure and sensed an overwhelming chakra before retreating to report to Jin Uchiha.
• Fugaku showed Jin Uchiha Madara Uchiha's notes on Kotoamatsukami and explained what he knew about Yagura's control and Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Jin Uchiha asked Fugaku to copy Madara's notes for Lord Third, and Fugaku agreed while asking Jin to give the clan and Itachi time if Madara's survival was proven.
• Shisui told Jin Uchiha that someone had tried to access Yagura's original psychological assessment records, and Jin ordered the hospital to transfer them to his safekeeping.

Jin Uchiha and Shisui discovered that intruders had targeted Yagura’s hospital records, with a Root ninja caught inside and crucial pages already stolen. Jin reported the evidence and Madara’s notes to Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, who gave him authority over the investigation but warned him not to move against Danzo without proof.

• Shisui returned to Jin Uchiha and reported seeing Danzo’s bodyguard Temple outside Konoha Hospital.
• Jin found signs that someone had entered the hospital archive through a ventilation duct and used smoke to capture a Root ninja hiding inside.
• The captured ninja revealed that another intruder had escaped with two pages from Yagura’s psychological assessment, and Jin sent Shisui to guard the prisoner.
• Jin told Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi about the theft and shared Uchiha research records and Madara Uchiha’s notes on Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Hiruzen granted Jin full authority over the Yagura investigation but ordered him not to act against Danzo without conclusive evidence.
• Jin told Hiruzen that Itachi was investigating in the Land of Rain and would return the next afternoon.

Jin Uchiha uncovered signs that Danzo had infiltrated ANBU communications and had been working with the Akatsuki for months. Keno, a former Root operative, offered to help investigate and revealed the location of Danzo’s hidden intelligence archive beneath the Old Training Ground.

• Jin Uchiha interrogated Xu and concluded he had been sent as a second wave to cover for Temple, while his misleading account might hide when the hospital records were actually taken.
• Jin Uchiha and Fugaku suspected Root had infiltrated ANBU communications and agreed to use trusted clan messengers instead.
• Jin Uchiha met Itachi on his return from the Land of Rain, and Itachi reported that Temple had delivered a secret letter to the Akatsuki three months earlier.
• Itachi went to meet Lord Hokage about Madara and the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while Jin Uchiha sent a clan talisman message to investigate a mole in ANBU communications.
• Keno arrived at Fugaku’s study and told Jin Uchiha that Danzo kept a secret intelligence archive beneath the Old Training Ground, where the original of Yagura’s psychological assessment was stored.

Jin Uchiha and Keno broke into Danzo’s underground archive and recovered documents proving Danzo had used Sharingan genjutsu to control Yagura and planned to manipulate other jinchūriki. The Third Hokage prepared to confront Danzo at a Jonin Meeting the next morning, while Jin and Itachi expected the conflict to come to a head.

• Jin Uchiha and Keno entered the abandoned training ground, bypassed its traps, and found Danzo’s underground archive.
• Keno opened a hidden box containing Yagura’s original psychological evaluation and records of plans to control jinchūriki.
• After Root operatives triggered the Sensory Barrier, Jin and Keno escaped through a backup passage with the evidence.
• Jin brought the documents to the Third Hokage, who recognized Danzo’s handwriting and called for a Jonin Meeting the next morning.
• Jin asked to lead a team against Root if Danzo missed the meeting, and Itachi predicted Danzo would attend and fight to settle everything.

At an emergency Jonin Meeting, the Third Hokage confronted Danzo with evidence that he had controlled Yagura and exchanged intelligence and support with the Akatsuki. Danzo retained his position under restrictions while Jin Uchiha proposed integrating Root into Konoha, and Danzo’s warning left Jin questioning whether Keno had deliberately supplied him with the archive map.

• The Third Hokage presented Root records showing Danzo had used genjutsu on Yagura, and Danzo defended his actions as necessary to protect Konoha.
• Jin Uchiha said the Uchiha Clan supported a thorough investigation, and Temple delivered a list documenting Danzo’s recent dealings with the Akatsuki.
• Danzo warned that Root’s three thousand shinobi could become uncontrollable and proposed Temple as his successor.
• Jin Uchiha objected to Danzo choosing Root’s leader and proposed a joint investigation to reorganize Root and integrate it into Konoha.
• The Third Hokage restricted Danzo’s movements and operations while allowing him to retain his position during the investigation.
• Danzo questioned whether Jin Uchiha trusted Keno, prompting Jin to suspect Keno had deliberately supplied an unusually accurate map of Root’s archive.

Jin Uchiha suspected that Keno had exposed Danzo at a carefully chosen moment to destabilize Konoha and create an opening for the Akatsuki. He and Itachi began investigating Keno and Temple, while Jin concluded that the person orchestrating events was outside Konoha.

• Jin Uchiha and Itachi discussed how Keno had revealed Danzo's secrets just before Danzo moved against the Uchiha Clan, and suspected the timing was arranged to disrupt Konoha.
• Itachi agreed to investigate Keno's ANBU records, while Jin Uchiha warned him that Temple's silence during the meeting seemed suspicious.
• Jin Uchiha told his father about the meeting, and his father interpreted Danzo's final remark as a warning to find the person who had outmaneuvered him.
• Jin Uchiha wrote down Keno, Danzo, and their connections in his notebook, then concluded that the person drawing the Uchiha Clan into the plot was not in Konoha.

Itachi and Jin Uchiha investigated Keno’s disappearance and discovered that Temple had erased the records tracking him. They found a warning hidden in Keno’s abandoned home and planned to investigate Temple through his former Jonin mentor.

• Itachi found that Keno had missed two ANBU check-ins and that Temple had recently accessed his file.
• Itachi overheard Root ninja say Temple had wiped Keno’s terminal and observation records.
• Itachi told Jin Uchiha that Keno had disappeared after leaving Root, and they went to Keno’s registered home.
• Jin Uchiha found a hidden scroll in the empty house warning them not to trust Temple.
• Jin Uchiha and Itachi suspected Temple and Keno had fallen out, and Jin planned to speak with Temple’s former Jonin mentor the next day.

Jin Uchiha visited Ishikawa to learn about Temple’s past and possible connection to Danzo’s dealings. He left suspecting Temple might have altered Root’s records to frame Danzo and hurried to investigate before dawn.

• Jin Uchiha met retired Jonin mentor Ishikawa, who described Temple as dutiful and helpful but socially withdrawn and difficult to understand.
• Ishikawa revealed that he had warned Temple lacked independent judgment, after which Danzo intervened and Ishikawa was removed from his mentoring post.
• Ishikawa said Temple had spent years handling intelligence analysis and filing records of Danzo’s external communications, including material that could relate to the Akatsuki.
• Jin Uchiha asked about Keno, and Ishikawa recalled that Keno had once been in Temple’s group before leaving Root.
• Ishikawa warned Jin Uchiha to be careful, and Jin connected Keno’s warning and erased file to Temple’s access to Root’s records.
• Jin Uchiha wondered whether Temple had assembled evidence to frame Danzo and hurried to investigate before dawn.

Yan Uchiha learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara might pressure Rin Nohara into taking her own life, and he rushed to warn Minato Namikaze. The chapter ended with Minato panicking and sensing the Flying Thunder God Kunai he had given Rin.

• Koji Nara warned Yan Uchiha that Shikaku Nara might use Rin Nohara’s selflessness to push her toward suicide as a pledge of loyalty to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Koji Nara said Shikaku might act that day, and Yan Uchiha left to protect Rin despite having no clear solution.
• Koji Nara revealed that his warning had also been a test of Yan, and he decided the Nara Clan could trust him.
• Yan Uchiha hurried to Minato Namikaze’s home and learned that Rin was out with Kushina, carrying Minato’s Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Yan Uchiha explained Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara’s plan to Minato, who panicked and began sensing Rin’s kunai.

Yan Uchiha argued that Minato Namikaze could not stop the plot against Rin Nohara by force and proposed that Obito make Rin feel attached to life by confessing his feelings. The others recoiled at the deceptive plan but had no better answer as they considered how to keep Rin from sacrificing herself.

• Yan told Minato that rushing to find Shikaku Nara would not change the situation and urged him to identify what mattered most to Rin.
• Minato, Kakashi, and Obito joined Yan in the Courtyard, but none of them could think of a way to persuade Rin to live.
• Yan proposed that Obito confess his feelings to Rin and make her believe that he could not live without her, giving her another reason not to die.
• Minato, Kakashi, and Obito called Yan's idea despicable, but Yan insisted that saving Rin mattered more and asked them to decide whether to try it.
• Yan said that breaking the open conspiracy would require tearing down what stood in their way and rebuilding it, then left the decision to Rin's closest friends.

Yan Uchiha warned Minato Namikaze, Obito, and Kakashi that Rin Nohara was in grave danger and pressed them to act, but they could not bring themselves to follow his suggestion. At dinner, Yan pushed Obito and Kakashi to speak to Rin, and the chapter ended with both boys still struggling to confess.

• Yan Uchiha told Minato Namikaze, Obito, and Kakashi that Rin Nohara might kill herself by that night and urged one of them to act.
• When Kushina and Rin returned, Yan Uchiha and Minato Namikaze claimed he had come to discuss a mission, keeping Rin unaware of the crisis.
• Yan Uchiha pointed out Rin's vacant, distressed state and demanded that Obito and Kakashi decide how to save her.
• At dinner, Yan Uchiha watched Rin tremble and urged Obito and Kakashi to tell her what they felt.
• Kakashi passed the first move to Obito, but Obito could not speak, and Kushina began questioning them.

Jin Uchiha confessed to Rin Nohara after Obito failed to speak up, and he urged her not to let the village leadership’s plans or the Three-Tails make her feel unworthy of love. Rin remained overwhelmed and had not yet given him an answer.

• Minato Namikaze signaled Kushina to stay quiet and looked to Jin Uchiha to address the tense situation around Rin Nohara.
• Jin gave Obito one last chance to confess, but Obito backed down, leaving Jin to step forward himself.
• Jin confessed his feelings to Rin and asked her to give him a chance, while Obito silently swallowed his heartbreak and wished them well.
• Kushina supported Jin’s confession, and Rin, flustered and unsure, questioned why he would like someone like her.
• Jin told Rin he understood her fears about the Three-Tails and the village leadership, then argued that their allies could protect her and urged her to follow her heart.