Chapter Summaries

Yan Uchiha enjoyed his comfortable life in Konoha while the Uchiha clan and Hiruzen Sarutobi maneuvered around his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan. The system rewarded his advancement with Observation Haki and, after he mentioned mastering Fire Release, Armament Haki, while Yan remained unable to find a way into the Hyuga compound to reach Aya Hyuga.

• Yan Uchiha relaxed in his renovated courtyard as the Uchiha clan unanimously approved Fugaku's proposals to reward him with wealth, status, and a place in the main lineage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Yan and most of the Uchiha off the Land of Grass battlefield, while Shisui Uchiha remained an exception.
• Yan Uchiha recalled that his nighttime attempts to reach Aya Hyuga had failed because the Hyuga compound's security left no openings.
• Yan Uchiha prompted the system and received Observation Haki as a reward for awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yan Uchiha told the system that he had mastered Fire Release, and it rewarded him with Armament Haki.

Yan Uchiha infiltrated the Hyuga Clan Compound and slaughtered several households, including Genichi Hyuga, to take their Byakugan and conceal his identity. He returned home believing he had left no clues, while the Hyuga Clan discovered the massacre and began searching Konoha.

• Yan Uchiha used Observation Haki to evade the Hyuga Clan’s sentries and infiltrate its inner area.
• Yan Uchiha killed several Hyuga households and took their Byakugan.
• Yan Uchiha killed Genichi Hyuga and the branch family girls who had witnessed him.
• Yan Uchiha returned home, burned his stealth outfit, and went to sleep, confident that no evidence remained.
• Hyuga patrol members discovered the massacre, and Hyuga Hiashi mobilized the clan to search Konoha as Hiruzen Sarutobi was roused.

After nine Main Family members were killed and their Byakugan stolen, Hyuga Hiashi clashed with the elders over their demand to execute the Branch Family patrols. He silenced them and began considering the clan’s response before Hizashi Hyuga arrived to announce the Hokage’s arrival.

• The Hyuga Clan gathered around nine dead Main Family members whose Byakugan had been taken, while the elders demanded that the killer be found and the Branch Family patrols executed.
• Hyuga Hiashi rejected the elders’ plan, warning that the patrols were the clan’s backbone and that killing them would leave the Hyuga Clan defenseless.
• The elders invoked Hizashi Hyuga’s Caged Bird Seal and expected Hyuga Hiashi to yield, but he ordered them to either call a Clan Meeting to remove him or stay silent.
• Hyuga Hiashi intimidated the elders into silence and considered how to respond to the attack.
• Hizashi Hyuga arrived and told Hyuga Hiashi that Lord Hokage had arrived.

After nine pairs of Byakugan were stolen from the Hyuga Clan, Hiruzen Sarutobi sent ANBU to help investigate, but the case produced no leads and was shelved. In the Land of Grass, Madara Uchiha reviewed information about Yan Uchiha and chose to continue his plan with Obito instead of contacting him.

• Hyuga Hiashi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that nine Main Family members and seven branch family members had died, with nine pairs of Byakugan stolen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the ANBU to assist the Hyuga investigation, but Hiashi had no leads about the culprit.
• The Hyuga Clan and ANBU investigated for a week without finding useful information, and Konoha shelved the case amid the war.
• White Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Yan Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyo and gave him Yan's information.
• Madara Uchiha judged Yan too shrewd to deceive and decided to follow the original plan with Obito rather than contact him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo clashed over the unsolved killing of nine Hyuga Main Family members, which Danzo denied committing. Hiruzen then refused Danzo’s request to deal with Jin Uchiha, the village’s Mangekyo wielder.

• An ANBU operative reported that investigators found no leads or signs of an intrusion, suggesting someone inside Konoha had killed nine Hyuga Main Family members.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately suspected Danzo, who stormed into the office and insisted he had been framed.
• Hiruzen warned Danzo to leave the other shinobi clans alone until Konoha had dealt with the Uchiha, while Danzo decided he needed to repair his reputation.
• Hiruzen asked what Jin Uchiha had been doing, and Danzo described his quiet routine before offering to deal with him.
• Hiruzen refused to hand Jin Uchiha over to Danzo, and Danzo warned that he would regret it.

Yan Uchiha considered how to protect his comfortable life and the Uchiha Clan while avoiding a premature struggle for power. Fugaku asked him to teach Itachi, and Yan agreed on the condition that he alone controlled Itachi’s training.

• Yan Uchiha decided to wait until the Third Shinobi World War ended before letting Shisui take the lead in clan affairs.
• Fugaku visited Yan Uchiha with Itachi and asked him to become Itachi’s Teacher.
• Yan Uchiha teased Itachi by pinching his cheek, while Itachi struggled to maintain his composure.
• Yan Uchiha agreed to teach Itachi but said he would not send him to the battlefield and would control his instruction without Fugaku’s interference.
• Fugaku accepted Yan Uchiha’s terms and left Itachi in his care.

Team 7 began escorting Tazuna from Konoha to the Land of Waves, where Sasuke noticed suspicious details about their client and the route. As they continued into denser woods, Kakashi quietly prepared Sasuke for more training, while Sasuke braced for trouble.

• Sasuke, Temari, and Kankuro watched Naruto and Sakura train, and Sasuke was surprised by how much their abilities had improved.
• Kakashi arrived late and told Team 7 they had accepted an escort mission for Tazuna, a bridge builder from the Land of Waves.
• Tazuna insulted the young ninjas, and Sasuke noticed his odd smell, injured-looking gait, and apparent interest in Sasuke's Uchiha name.
• Team 7 left Konoha, and Naruto and Sasuke traded insults as Kakashi kept watch on Tazuna.
• Sasuke and Kakashi noticed an unnatural puddle on the road, while Tazuna dismissed the people he had offended as local thugs.
• Kakashi promised to intensify Sasuke's shurikenjutsu training, and Team 7 continued into a dense forest as Sasuke prepared for danger.

Itachi learned that Jin Uchiha had been ostracized by his clan and left to fend for himself after his parents died, while Teuchi and Ayame had cared for him since he was four. Ayame asked Minato to help Jin overcome his isolation and become his friend.

• Minato Namikaze arrived at Teuchi's shop with his students, and Jin asked Itachi to help peel garlic while they worked alongside the family.
• Itachi told Minato that Jin was his teacher and the only Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan; Obito, Kakashi, and Rin discussed Jin's past as a bullied Class B student.
• Rin explained that the Uchiha had ostracized Jin, and Itachi realized why the clan rarely spoke about him.
• Ayame revealed that Jin's parents died when he was barely four, the clan left him without support, and Teuchi had fed and cared for him ever since.
• Ayame told Minato that Jin remained withdrawn and friendless, and asked him to help Jin come out of his shell.

Ayame arranged for Yan Uchiha to meet Minato Namikaze, Rin Nohara, Obito, and Kakashi so he could make friends. Though Yan wanted to avoid getting involved with the important figures of the story, he greeted them politely, and Minato soon relaxed and talked with him warmly.

• After hearing about Yan Uchiha's unhappy childhood, Minato Namikaze agreed to befriend him, and Rin Nohara and Obito offered to do the same.
• Kakashi Hatake hesitated but agreed to make more friends after Minato encouraged him.
• Yan Uchiha brought ramen to the group, and Ayame introduced him to Minato Namikaze, Rin Nohara, Kakashi, and Obito.
• Yan Uchiha worried that befriending Team Minato would draw him into trouble, but he accepted their greetings and modestly credited his squad for their battlefield victory.
• Minato Namikaze grew comfortable with Yan Uchiha and began chatting with him cheerfully.

Jin Uchiha considers whether to help Minato Namikaze but concludes that Minato lacks the clan support to challenge Hiruzen Sarutobi, so he sticks to his existing plan. After Itachi asks about Jin’s feelings toward the Uchiha and then requests advice on other matters, Jin invites him home to talk.

• Jin decides that Minato’s weak political base would leave him under Hiruzen Sarutobi’s control, and dismisses the idea of helping him survive the Nine-Tails’ Attack.
• Jin reflects that Madara’s plans will likely bring tragedy to Team Minato, but says he cannot act because Hiruzen has confined him to the Uchiha District.
• Itachi asks whether Jin hates the Uchiha, and Jin says he has no love or hatred for them and became involved mainly because Fugaku offered him money.
• Jin tells Itachi to come to his house for training the next day, but Itachi asks to discuss matters beyond ninjutsu immediately.
• Jin brings Itachi home, pours tea, and tells him to ask his questions.

Jin Uchiha tried to explain to Itachi why wars happened, arguing that hunger and unequal access to resources drove people and nations to take from others. He left Itachi considering how the Land of Fire’s abundance could provoke poorer nations to seek a share.

• Itachi told Jin Uchiha that he could not understand why people waged war instead of settling disputes peacefully.
• Jin asked why wolves ate sheep and sheep ate grass, then used hunger to explain why living creatures took resources from others.
• Jin described how hunger could drive people to abandon shame and dignity, and Itachi said he understood the idea but did not see how it answered his question.
• Jin asked Itachi what he knew about Sunagakure and the Land of Wind, and Itachi described their poor soil, scarce water, and weak military.
• Jin compared the difficult conditions of the other great nations with the fertile, prosperous Land of Fire and asked whether poorer nations could resist wanting its resources.

Yan Uchiha explained to Uchiha Itachi how political interests and domestic pressures had driven the Third Shinobi World War, shattering Itachi’s simplistic understanding of conflict. Itachi returned home lost in thought, alarming Uchiha Mikoto and Fugaku.

• Uchiha Itachi questioned whether wars over resources and land were worth the loss of life, and Yan Uchiha explained that war served political interests.
• Yan Uchiha described how Sunagakure used the Third Kazekage’s disappearance as a pretext to suppress infighting, secure funding, and assess Konoha’s weakness.
• Yan Uchiha warned Uchiha Itachi to look beyond public explanations and told him that strength was necessary for negotiation, promising to begin teaching him training the next day.
• Uchiha Itachi thanked Yan Uchiha and left, overwhelmed as he reconsidered his understanding of war.
• Uchiha Itachi wandered home without noticing his parents, and Uchiha Mikoto pulled him into her arms while Fugaku watched with concern.

After Itachi explained Jin’s lessons about warfare and village politics, Fugaku recognized Jin’s insight and decided to use it to guide the Uchiha’s relationship with the village. He planned to ask Jin to take an active role as Head of the Military Police Force.

• Mikoto reassured Itachi after he apologized for being distracted, and Fugaku summoned him to the study.
• Fugaku asked what Jin had taught Itachi that had absorbed him so completely.
• Itachi recounted Jin’s analysis of warfare and admitted that his earlier judgments of Fugaku and the clan’s affairs had been naive.
• Fugaku reconsidered his assumptions about Sunagakure and the Uchiha’s conflict with the village, and told Itachi to ask Jin for further analysis.
• Fugaku decided to have Jin take over the work of the Military Police Force and planned to speak with him the next day.

Itachi realized Fugaku wanted him to ask Jin for guidance on the Uchiha clan’s relationship with the village, and he left disappointed in his father’s judgment. After Mikoto persuaded Fugaku to put Jin in charge of the Military Police Force, Fugaku resolved to announce it at the clan meeting, while Itachi lay awake determined to surpass his teacher.

• Itachi understood that Fugaku expected him to ask Jin about the Uchiha and the village, and he silently looked down on his father’s inability to solve the problem.
• Fugaku told Mikoto that Itachi had scorned him, then explained their conversation and his wish to put Jin in charge of the Military Police Force.
• Mikoto argued that the clan would not dare oppose Jin, who possessed the clan’s only Mangekyō Sharingan, and urged Fugaku to act with authority.
• Fugaku decided to appoint Jin to lead the Military Police Force at the next night’s Clan Meeting, even if some Uchiha objected.
• Itachi stayed awake reflecting on Jin’s advice and resolved to surpass him in combat and political judgment.

Itachi waited outside Jin Uchiha’s home from dawn, eager to train, while Jin slept through the morning. Jin finally woke at eleven thirty, apologized, and ordered Itachi to rest for the day before returning for training the next morning.

• Itachi knocked repeatedly at Jin Uchiha’s door, but received no answer.
• Itachi asked Tekka about Jin, and Tekka told him Jin usually slept until eleven thirty.
• Itachi waited outside Jin’s door and trained until Jin woke up and found him there.
• Jin apologized for oversleeping and learned that Itachi had arrived at six thirty.
• Jin canceled training, told Itachi to eat with him and then sleep, and set their next training for the following morning.
• Itachi accepted Jin’s instructions and agreed to go home and rest.

Jin Uchiha celebrated becoming a ninja with Teuchi, Ayame, and Itachi, then challenged their dislike of the Uchiha by asking for specific examples of their wrongdoing. He revealed that the Uchiha had suffered heavy losses on the Hidden Mist Front without recognition, leaving Itachi and the others to consider why the clan’s reputation had worsened.

• Jin Uchiha brought Itachi to Teuchi and Ayame’s home for a celebration, where Ayame mentioned that Team Minato had already been sent on another mission.
• Jin Uchiha told Teuchi and Ayame that he was an Uchiha Elder and the Head of the Military Police Force, and Ayame urged him to reform the force.
• Jin Uchiha asked Ayame to name a specific bad deed by the Uchiha, but she and Teuchi could not recall one.
• Itachi asked Jin Uchiha why the Uchiha were so widely disliked, and Jin explained that the clan had lost many ninja on the Hidden Mist Front without the village recognizing their sacrifices.

Jin Uchiha warned Teuchi and Ayame that the Uchiha’s conflict with Konoha’s leadership was dangerous, then used a Mangekyo Genjutsu to erase their memories of the conversation. Later, Tekka delivered Fugaku’s invitation for Jin to attend the Uchiha Clan Meeting at nine that night, leaving Jin puzzled about why he had been summoned.

• Jin Uchiha suggested that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village leadership benefited from the Uchiha’s damaged reputation, and Itachi understood his implication.
• Jin warned Teuchi and Ayame not to investigate the matter, then used Genjutsu to alter their memories so they would not be endangered.
• Jin sent Itachi home to sleep, and Tekka questioned why Itachi had returned early from training.
• Tekka complained to Fugaku that Jin might ruin Itachi, but Fugaku rejected his concerns and ordered him not to interfere.
• Fugaku tasked Tekka with inviting Jin to the Uchiha Clan Meeting, and Tekka delivered the message at Jin’s house.
• Jin wondered why he had been invited to the meeting, since he was only a clan member in name.

Yan Uchiha attended the Uchiha clan meeting at the Naka Shrine, where Uchiha Setsuna challenged his right to a prominent seat. Yan revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, won support from the gathered clan members, and punched Setsuna through a wall.

• Yan Uchiha arrived at the Naka Shrine and followed Uchiha Tekka into the meeting hall, where Uchiha Fugaku had reserved a seat for him.
• Uchiha Setsuna and other elders objected to Yan taking the foremost seat, and Setsuna questioned whether Yan was worthy of it.
• Yan activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, silencing the hall and persuading neutral and moderate Uchiha to support him.
• Yan used Six Powers: Iron Body to punch Uchiha Setsuna through the hall's wall and into the courtyard.
• Yan taunted Setsuna and told the silent gathering that he had not even used his Mangekyo in the attack.

Yan Uchiha beat Uchiha Setsuna during the clan meeting and openly threatened to leave the clan, forcing Fugaku to end the confrontation without punishing him. Fugaku then asked Yan for advice on how the Uchiha should respond to the village’s growing pressure, as the Radical Faction pushed for a coup.

• Yan Uchiha struck Uchiha Setsuna and declared that the clan could not stop him if he chose to turn against it.
• Uchiha Setsuna backed down after realizing Yan might kill him if provoked again.
• Fugaku dismissed Setsuna from the meeting and let Yan take a seat beside him without reprimanding him.
• Fugaku asked the clan how to respond to the village’s restrictions, and Radical Faction members urged them to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and seize the Hokage’s seat.
• Fugaku asked Yan, the clan’s only known Mangekyo wielder, which path the Uchiha should take.

Yan Uchiha challenged the clan’s plan to overthrow Hiruzen Sarutobi by exposing its military and political weaknesses. The Uchiha reconsidered their position, but Fugaku then asked whether public accusations about Sarutobi resources could pressure Hiruzen, and Yan warned that doing so would provoke the powerful clans benefiting from him.

• Yan Uchiha laid out the Konoha forces the Uchiha would have to fight or neutralize and said he could only hold Hiruzen Sarutobi at bay.
• Yan asked whether the Uchiha could withstand the Four Great Ninja Villages after taking power, leaving the shrine silent as the clan recognized it could not.
• Yan urged the Uchiha to investigate carefully and explained that Hiruzen’s faction tolerated them partly because fighting them would weaken Konoha against its enemies.
• The Uchiha speculated that Hiruzen had used village funds to support the Sarutobi Clan, and Fugaku asked Yan whether exposing this would keep Hiruzen busy.
• Yan warned Fugaku that the Mitokado, Shimura, Mito, and Ino-Shika-Cho clans also benefited from Hiruzen’s circle, so exposing the scheme would threaten their livelihoods and invite retaliation.