Chapter Summaries

Shisui Uchiha accepted Jin Uchiha’s plan to build an Uchiha faction and received guidance on recruiting and organizing it. Shisui then revealed Jin’s squad assignment, leaving Jin stunned that he would join an elite team on the Hidden Mist front under Shikaku Nara.

• Shisui Uchiha rejected his faith in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s promises and vowed to follow Jin Uchiha’s bloodier path to save the clan.
• Jin Uchiha advised Shisui to recruit sidelined Uchiha with fair rewards, establish firm rules, and ask Hiruzen Sarutobi for help while concealing his intentions.
• Shisui accepted Jin’s advice and said he knew what to do next.
• Shisui told Jin that he and Kazama Nara would join his elite team, a Hyuga would be added later, and Shin Kudo would captain a regular squad.
• Jin questioned why Shikaku Nara had joined the Hidden Mist front, and Shisui explained that Shikaku had persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to assign him there.

Shikaku Nara questioned Kazama Nara about Jin Uchiha, hoping to uncover what happened to a missing Hidden Cloud ninja and why Jin concealed his strength. Kazama revealed some of Jin’s abilities but protected their secret alliance, leaving Shikaku without the answers he wanted.

• Shisui warned Jin Uchiha that hiding his abilities forever would be difficult, while Jin worried Shikaku Nara might be investigating him.
• Shikaku welcomed Kazama Nara warmly and asked what he thought of his teammate, Jin Uchiha.
• Kazama described Jin as an odd but capable fighter whose Taijutsu had helped their squad escape Hidden Mist pursuers.
• Shikaku pressed Kazama about Jin’s motives and hidden strength, while privately connecting Jin to the missing Hidden Cloud ninja and the incident involving Kushina.
• Kazama denied knowing Jin’s reasons and suggested that Jin distrusted the Uchiha, but he kept his alliance with Jin secret.

Shikaku Nara assigned Kazama Nara to uncover Jin Uchiha's secrets, placing them on a new elite team led by Shisui. After Jin recounted the deaths of three Uchiha and the Kumogakure corpse he left behind, Kazama suspected the corpse connected the incident to an attempt to abduct Kushina, the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki.

• Shikaku Nara told Kazama Nara that he would join a new Vanguard Team with Jin Uchiha, Shisui as captain, and a Hyuga member, and ordered him to investigate Jin for an A-rank mission credit.
• Kazama Nara returned to the tent and told Jin Uchiha that Shikaku wanted him to uncover Jin's secrets and was closely watching them.
• Jin Uchiha said he did not know why Shikaku was interested and described the incident in which three Uchiha died.
• Kazama Nara deduced that the Kumogakure corpse Jin had left behind likely connected the deaths to Kumogakure's attempt to abduct Kushina two years earlier.

Jin Uchiha and Kazama Nara prepared a cover story for Shikaku Nara, then joined Shisui Uchiha’s newly formed squad for its first battlefield mission. The squad destroyed its first Hidden Mist outpost and moved on to the next.

• Kazama Nara proposed that Jin Uchiha tell Shikaku Nara he killed the Uchiha and Cloud ninja out of spite, while Jin agreed to use the explanation to conceal his larger plans.
• At dawn, Shisui Uchiha brought Aya Hyuga to meet Jin Uchiha and Kazama Nara, introduced himself as their captain, and assigned the squad twelve outposts to eliminate.
• Aya Hyuga used her Byakugan to count the defenders at the first outpost, and Shisui Uchiha assigned Jin Uchiha and Kazama Nara to attack while Aya supported from the rear.
• Shisui Uchiha, Jin Uchiha, Kazama Nara, and Aya Hyuga killed the Hidden Mist defenders and destroyed the outpost.
• Shisui Uchiha ordered the squad to proceed to the next outpost.

After the squad finished wiping out fifty enemy outposts, Shisui Uchiha asked Aya Hyuga why she hoped the war would continue. Aya revealed that a Hyuga main-family member had her parents killed and now planned to make her his concubine, leaving her to endure it to protect her younger sister; Shisui demanded that Kazama Nara find a way to help.

• Jin Uchiha, Kazama Nara, and Aya Hyuga said they wanted to avoid returning to the village, confusing Shisui Uchiha.
• Shisui Uchiha asked Aya Hyuga whether she was in trouble, and Kazama Nara and Jin Uchiha offered to help.
• Aya Hyuga explained that a Hyuga main-family member had her parents killed after a minor offense.
• Aya Hyuga said the same man planned to make her his concubine after the war, and she was enduring it to protect her younger sister.
• Shisui Uchiha cursed the Hyuga main family and urged Kazama Nara to come up with a way to help Aya.

Shisui asked Jin Uchiha to help Aya Hyuga escape her forced marriage, and Jin outlined several ways to bypass the rules protecting the Hyuga main family. He left the group with a plan centered on killing the man who threatened Aya, though the others’ reactions were not shown.

• Shisui and Kazama Nara concluded they had no lawful way to intervene in the Hyuga Household’s affairs, while Aya Hyuga accepted her fate.
• Shisui turned to Jin Uchiha and asked him to help Aya, prompting Kazama and Aya to watch him expectantly.
• Jin Uchiha agreed to think of a solution despite his reluctance and explained that they needed to look beyond the rules governing Hidden Leaf shinobi.
• Jin proposed framing the Hyuga main family member, disguising themselves as enemy shinobi to kill him, or using the Sharingan to lure him out and abduct him.
• Jin argued that once the Hyuga main family member was dead, Aya’s problem would be resolved.

Jin Uchiha proposed a risky plan to free Aya Hyuga from her caged bird curse, but she initially chose to abandon it until Shisui vowed to help her. Before they could decide what to do, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen surrounded the team, and Jin stepped forward to face them.

• Jin Uchiha explained that saving Aya required concealing a main-family member's death and accepting the risk of being branded rogue ninja.
• Aya Hyuga decided to give up on the plan rather than endanger her new teammates, though she remained intrigued by Jin.
• Shisui Uchiha committed to helping Aya, saying he would never abandon a friend.
• Aya sensed seven powerful Hidden Mist ninja approaching, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen appeared and surrounded the team.
• Jin stepped in front of Shisui and told him to stand down while he took over.

Yan Uchiha confronted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to protect his squad and revealed overwhelming strength in battle. He killed five of them, leaving the remaining swordsmen facing him amid the flames.

• Yan ordered Shisui to attack from behind and Kazama Nara and Aya Hyuga to protect themselves as he faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Yan unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, forcing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to counter with Water Release as the flames engulfed the woods.
• Shisui attacked Raiga Kurosuki from behind, and Yan killed Raiga with Shigan.
• Yan dodged Kuro Oni Oiwa's strike with Soft Mud and killed him with another Shigan.
• Yan killed Jinpachi Munashi and Kushimaru Kuriarare in the flames.
• Yan blasted Jinin Akebino apart with Rankyaku: White Thunder, leaving two of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen alive.

Yan Uchiha and his companions killed the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen and destroyed the evidence, but Yan still had to explain his strength to the village. He decided they would claim he awakened the Mangekyo near death and used Susanoo to defeat the swordsmen.

• Juzo Biwa and Fuguki Suikazan fled after Yan killed five of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and Yan ordered Shisui, Kazama, and Aya to pursue them.
• Yan fought Juzo Biwa and broke him down with his Iron Body techniques while Shisui battled Fuguki Suikazan.
• Fuguki offered to surrender, but Shisui killed him, and Yan finished Juzo by driving a Shigan through his heart.
• Yan burned both corpses, collected Samehada and the Executioner's Blade, and the squad wrecked the scene before returning to the mountain hollow.
• When Shisui asked how they would explain the battle, Yan decided they would claim he had awakened the Mangekyo near death and defeated the swordsmen with Susanoo.

Jin Uchiha decided to claim he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan to explain how he defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, while protecting Shisui from being burdened with the credit. After Jin exhausted his chakra and passed out, Shisui told the arriving Hidden Leaf ninja that Jin had used Susanoo to kill the swordsmen, leaving Fugaku and the other jonin stunned and doubtful.

• Jin Uchiha rejected the idea of giving Shisui credit for defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen because it would expose Shisui to pressure from the Uchiha and the Third Hokage.
• Jin assured Shisui, Kazama Nara, and Aya Hyuga that his Sharingan was close to awakening the Mangekyo and asked them to help explain what happened at the Frontline Camp.
• Jin unleashed Great Fire Annihilation at full power, creating a vast sea of flames, then exhausted his chakra and passed out.
• Shisui caught Jin as Fugaku Uchiha and a group of Hidden Leaf ninja arrived at the scorched ruins.
• Shisui told the assembled ninja that Jin had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, unleashed Susanoo, and killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Fugaku questioned whether Shisui was telling the truth, and the gathered jonin stared in disbelief.

Fugaku confirmed that Yan Uchiha had awakened the mangekyo after Shisui presented the Seven Ninja Swordsmen’s weapons as proof, prompting the Uchiha to celebrate and guard Yan closely. Shikaku Nara learned from Kazama that Jin Uchiha had also awakened a mangekyo under pressure and began weighing the consequences for the Hokage’s faction.

• Shisui vouched for Yan Uchiha’s mangekyo, and Kazama Nara and Aya Hyuga confirmed what they had witnessed.
• Fugaku inspected the sealed seven ninja swords, confirmed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were dead, and returned the weapons to Shisui as Yan’s spoils.
• The Uchiha celebrated Yan’s awakening, while other Hidden Leaf jonin worried about the political fallout during wartime.
• Fugaku had the unconscious Yan moved to the center of the Uchiha camp and assigned elite squads to protect him.
• Shikaku Nara questioned Kazama about Jin Uchiha’s mangekyo, and Kazama explained that Jin had jumped from a two-tomoe sharingan after his squad was cornered.

Shikaku Nara ordered Kazama Nara to befriend Yan Uchiha and reported the front’s developments to Hiruzen Sarutobi. He then joined Fugaku Uchiha, who prepared to attack the Hidden Mist camp at dawn and use their victory as leverage.

• Shikaku Nara changed Kazama Nara’s assignment from investigating Yan Uchiha to becoming his genuine friend, giving the Nara clan a fallback with the Uchiha.
• Shikaku Nara acknowledged Kazama Nara’s hidden motives and wrote Hiruzen Sarutobi a detailed letter about the front and Yan Uchiha.
• Shikaku Nara sent Saeki Nara to deliver the letter to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Fugaku Uchiha summoned Shikaku Nara to discuss an assault after the Seven Ninja Swordsmen died.
• Shikaku Nara agreed to wipe out the Hidden Mist forces in the Land of Whirlpools and advance into the Land of Water to gain negotiating leverage.
• Fugaku Uchiha ordered the Hidden Leaf forces to prepare to attack the Hidden Mist camp at sunrise.

Fugaku’s Uchiha subordinates urged him to secure Yan after he awakened the Mangekyo, but Fugaku deferred to the Hokage’s authority and waited for orders. Hiruzen feared Yan’s power and lack of ties to the village, and Danzo arrived demanding that Root take control of him.

• Tsuru Uchiha and the other jonin urged Fugaku to bring the unconscious Yan back to the clan compound, but Fugaku said he needed the Hokage’s approval and ordered them to protect Yan in the meantime.
• Fugaku’s subordinates left frustrated, while Fugaku accepted the risk of letting the village leadership decide Yan’s placement.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read Fugaku’s report and worried that Yan’s Mangekyo, combined with his lack of attachments, could make him defect and threaten the Hidden Leaf.
• Danzo entered Hiruzen’s office and demanded that Root take custody of Yan.

Hiruzen overruled Danzo’s plan to seize or kill Jin Uchiha and ordered promotions and a temporary withdrawal for Jin’s team. At camp, Jin awakened his unique Mangekyo Sharingan and discovered its devastating abilities just as Shisui, Aya, and Kazama came to check on him.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen to use Root to control or kill Jin, but Hiruzen refused and warned that mistreating him could drive him to rebel against the Hidden Leaf.
• Hiruzen ordered Koharu Utatane to negotiate peace with the Hidden Mist and arranged for Jin’s team to return to the village after the front stabilized, promoting Jin, Shisui, Kazama, and Hyuga Xu.
• Jin checked his status panel at the Land of Whirlpools camp and upgraded his three-tomoe Sharingan using his advanced Yin Release.
• Jin awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, whose left eye could rend souls and whose right eye could shred bodies; using both together unlocked Amenominaka, which could make spoken words reality.
• Shisui, Aya, and Kazama entered Jin’s tent and asked whether he had recovered.

After Jin Uchiha woke, he reassured Shisui about keeping the Uchiha clan convinced and revealed that Might Duy was secretly a formidable taijutsu fighter who had mastered the Eight Gates Formation. The group then turned to the danger of Clan Head Fugaku visiting and asked whether Jin could conceal the truth about his Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Shisui celebrated Jin Uchiha's recovery, and Kazama Nara praised him for keeping the Uchiha reassured while Jin was unconscious.
• Jin told Shisui that his reputation for honesty would make his lies more convincing and used Might Duy as an example.
• When Kazama Nara and Aya Hyuga dismissed Might Duy as an unimpressive Genin, Jin warned that Duy could defeat them with one kick.
• Jin explained that Might Duy had mastered the Eight Gates Formation and could challenge an elite jonin with the sixth gate or threaten Jin by opening the final gate.
• Kazama Nara considered recruiting Might Duy, while Jin warned that Fugaku would soon visit and asked whether Jin could bluff him about the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Jin Uchiha revealed his newly awakened Mangekyo to Shisui, Kazama Nara, and Aya Hyuga to reassure them that Fugaku Uchiha would not expose their claim. He explained the awakening as the result of training Yin Release with a Visualization Method, though he had invented the explanation and was unsure whether it would work.

• Shisui, Kazama Nara, and Aya Hyuga worried that Fugaku Uchiha would notice Jin's missing Mangekyo when he returned from the front lines.
• Jin activated his Sharingan and revealed the Mangekyo, leaving the others stunned.
• Shisui asked how Jin had awakened the Mangekyo without suffering a severe mental shock.
• Jin explained that the Uchiha could develop Yin Release through visualization and described his method of imagining an ordinary object in detail each day.
• Jin privately admitted he had made up the method to explain his awakening and did not know whether it would work.

After waking, Yan Uchiha explained the Uchiha’s Yin Release and the Visualization Method, then criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi for limiting his promotion to Special Jonin. He predicted his friends would be sent to another front while he recovered in Konoha, where he planned to help Aya Hyuga with her clan troubles.

• Shisui realized the Uchiha were not cursed and vowed to train with the Visualization Method to awaken his Mangekyo.
• Kazama Nara told Yan that Konoha had secured a forward camp in the Land of Water, begun negotiations with Kirigakure, and promoted their squad, including Jin Uchiha to Special Jonin.
• Yan argued that the Special Jonin rank denied him the voting rights and influence of a full Jonin, and explained why he believed Hiruzen Sarutobi had destroyed Sakumo Hatake.
• Yan predicted that he would be kept in Konoha to recover while Kazama and Aya might be sent to the Land of Grass to face Kumogakure.
• Yan told Kazama to protect Aya and said he would use his recovery to help her resolve her problems with the Hyuga.

Jin agreed to help Aya escape the danger posed by the Hyuga Clan and gathered details about its defenses. He insisted the plan had to happen before the war ended, then met Uchiha Fugaku after Shisui and the others left.

• Kazama Nara warned Jin about the pressure between the Uchiha and Konoha High Command and questioned his plans involving Aya.
• Aya Hyuga described the Hyuga compound's defenses and worried that Jin would be detected if he infiltrated it.
• Jin asked Aya to reveal the clan's guard posts and hidden sentries, and she shared everything she knew.
• Shisui offered to help after the war, but Jin said they had to act before Aya returned to Konoha, since the Hyuga could punish her without needing a reason.
• Shisui entrusted the matter to Jin, and Uchiha Fugaku arrived after Shisui and the others had left.

Fugaku offered Jin Uchiha an Elder’s position, clan privileges, and leadership of the Military Police Force after confirming Jin had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Jin accepted despite his reluctance, and Fugaku explained that clan Elders could not be forcibly conscripted by Konoha.

• Fugaku asked Jin to show him his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Jin activated it.
• Fugaku offered Jin an Elder’s seat, voting rights, a share of clan businesses, main-branch status for his branch, and command of the Military Police Force.
• Jin initially rejected the offers because he wanted a quiet life and did not want to be bound to the Uchiha.
• Fugaku insisted the clan rules required Jin to accept his rights and duties, and Jin eventually agreed.
• Fugaku told Jin he had informed Konoha about the Mangekyō and explained that clan Elders could not be forcibly ordered into service by the village.

After Fugaku made Yan Uchiha an Uchiha Elder without trying to recruit him, Yan weighed his future and decided to take things as they came. The war ended, and on the journey home to Konoha he teased young Uchiha Itachi before the returning shinobi reached the village gate.

• Fugaku gave Yan Uchiha a generous reward for awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, named him an Uchiha Elder, and left without asking him to join his side.
• Yan considered his ties to the Uchiha Clan and his future family, then resolved to enjoy his new freedom and avoid taking on the Military Police Force's burdens if he could.
• Two days later, Utatane Koharu settled an agreement with Kirigakure, ending the fighting and arranging for a delegation to visit Konoha and sign an armistice.
• Yan traveled back to Konoha with Shisui and the others, repeatedly pinching four-year-old Uchiha Itachi's cheeks while Itachi protested and Shisui declined to intervene.
• On the fifth day, Yan and the returning group reached the Konoha Gate, and Yan murmured that they were home.