Chapter Summaries

Yan Uchiha warned the clan that Konoha could use Impure World Reincarnation to summon powerful dead warriors, persuading them to suspend plans to strike back. Fugaku then proposed putting Yan in charge of reforming the Konoha Military Police Force, and the clan members began to voice their support.

• Fugaku accepted Yan's argument that the Uchiha could not challenge the village and agreed to maintain the status quo.
• Yan warned the Uchiha that Konoha could use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Sakumo Hatake, and other dead warriors.
• Fugaku ordered the clan to suspend plans to strike back until they found a way to counter Impure World Reincarnation.
• Fugaku proposed that Yan take charge of the Konoha Military Police Force and rebuild its reputation with villagers.
• Several Uchiha members agreed that Yan should lead the force.

The Uchiha clan agreed to appoint Jin Uchiha as Head of the Konoha Military Police Force, and Fugaku formally handed him control. Jin reluctantly accepted and set the condition that the clan follow his orders to keep his hidden abilities from the village.

• Fugaku called on the Radical Faction to state its position, and Uchiha Tekka urged the clan to unite and support Jin.
• The Uchiha members gradually agreed that Jin should lead the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Fugaku announced that he would focus on the clan’s overall direction and entrust the force’s affairs to Jin.
• Jin tried to refuse the position, but Fugaku and the clan bowed to him and pressed him to accept.
• Jin accepted the role and demanded that Fugaku and the clan obey his orders so the village would not discover his hidden cards.

Jin Uchiha secured Fugaku and the clan’s agreement that the Konoha Military Police Force would obey his orders. He then warned his apprentice, Itachi, against overtraining and left him promising to follow his advice.

• Fugaku ordered the clan to accept and carry out Jin’s commands concerning the Konoha Military Police Force, and the Uchiha agreed.
• The clan meeting concluded after the members discussed their businesses and shops.
• Jin found Itachi training early and told him to prioritize sleep and healthy growth over intense training.
• Itachi initially planned to keep training secretly, but Jin challenged him and used his own rise from a poor student to a Mangekyo wielder as an example.
• Itachi accepted Jin’s reasoning and firmly promised to follow his master’s advice.

Jin Uchiha taught Itachi horse-stance training, the Six Powers, and a Visualization Method for strengthening the Sharingan’s ocular power, then set a strict daily schedule for him. Their training was interrupted when Uchiha Tekka asked Jin how the Military Police Force should handle a thief who had recanted his confession and lacked witnesses.

• Jin Uchiha explained the benefits of the horse stance and instructed Itachi to hold it for at least two hours a day.
• Jin described the Sharingan’s ocular power as Yin Release energy, introduced his Visualization Method, and demonstrated the Six Powers to Itachi.
• Jin gave Itachi rules for training, meals, and sleep, and Itachi resolved to follow them exactly.
• Uchiha Tekka told Jin that a thief had recanted his confession and that neither the victim nor conclusive evidence could support the case.
• Tekka explained that Fugaku had previously sentenced such thieves to three years in prison and publicly defended the Uchiha clan’s verdicts.

Yan Uchiha arrived at the Military Police Force to find villagers accusing the Uchiha of framing a thief, and Jin Uchiha stepped in to calm the crowd. When he realized someone was deliberately provoking him, Jin ordered Tekka to arrest the agitators and asked the villagers to identify the three suspects.

• Yan Uchiha left Itachi to continue training and went with Tekka to the Military Police Force.
• The thief's parents and a crowd of villagers accused the Uchiha of making an unsupported arrest, while the Uchiha protested that the thief had confessed and Komiya Anju refused to identify him.
• Jin Uchiha introduced himself as the head of the Military Police Force and promised the crowd an explanation.
• After someone challenged Jin's youth and authority, he recognized that the incident was being stirred up deliberately and ordered Tekka to arrest the agitators.
• The Uchiha dragged three people out of the crowd, and Jin asked the villagers whether they recognized them.

Yan Uchiha arrested three men who had stirred up the villagers, suspecting they were agents from another village, though he believed they were actually ANBU or Root operatives. He ordered the Uchiha to take them to the cells and interrogate them, leaving the men panicked as they realized Yan was ignoring procedure.

• Yan told the villagers the three arrested men had been stirring up trouble and asked to question them as suspected spies, winning the crowd's approval.
• The three men stayed silent, and Yan concluded they were likely ANBU or Root operatives involved in a plot to cause conflict within the Uchiha Clan.
• Yan ordered Uchiha Tekka and the others to take the men to the cells and interrogate them for the glory of the Uchiha.
• The men realized Yan would not hand them over to ANBU under proper procedure, and their leader angrily demanded to be released.
• Yan renewed his order to drag them away and use any methods short of killing them, while the Uchiha members eagerly agreed.

Jin Uchiha questioned Kobe Manyō and Komiya Anju about the theft, but Komiya denied identifying Kobe as the thief and returned the money the police had reimbursed him. Jin released Kobe and publicly apologized for the police force’s mistake, leaving Komiya unable to recover his money because he was too afraid to tell the truth.

• Shinichi Uchiha told Jin Uchiha that Kobe Manyō had confessed to stealing Komiya Anju’s money before changing his story.
• Jin questioned Kobe, who denied the theft, and Komiya, who also denied that Kobe had taken his money.
• Jin told Komiya to return the reimbursement if the seized money belonged to Kobe, and Komiya handed it over without speaking up.
• Jin apologized to Kobe on behalf of the police force, reprimanded Shinichi and removed him from his post, and ordered Kobe released.
• The villagers praised Jin’s handling of the case, while Kobe began planning another theft and Komiya silently blamed himself for losing the money.

Yan Uchiha defended his decision to make Shinichi take the blame publicly in exchange for private compensation, saying it would improve the Uchiha's reputation. He then began explaining to Tekka why the police force would leave Kobe Manyō alone without conclusive evidence.

• Tekka and Shinichi protested that Shinichi had been wrongly blamed and that Kobe Manyō was the real thief.
• Yan Uchiha explained that Shinichi had to take the blame to improve the Uchiha's reputation and promised him a B-rank ninjutsu scroll, 100,000 Ryo, and continued pay.
• Shinichi accepted the arrangement, left the office, and told the waiting Uchiha that he had been compensated for taking the fall.
• The Uchiha crowd grew envious after hearing how Shinichi had benefited from the arrangement.
• Tekka questioned why the police force would not arrest Kobe Manyō, and Yan began explaining his reasoning, warning that he might transfer Tekka if he still could not accept it.

Yan Uchiha explained to Tekka that the theft had been manipulated by Hiruzen Sarutobi’s side to damage the Uchiha and provoke conflict within the clan. He told Tekka to focus on protecting the Uchiha’s position rather than pursuing truth or justice, leaving the struggle with the Hokage’s schemes as his main task.

• Tekka knelt before Yan Uchiha and asked him to explain how he had handled the theft incident.
• Yan revealed that the three supposed spies were not spies and explained that their defiance suggested they were the Hokage’s ANBU.
• Yan admitted he had arrested and ordered the ANBU tortured deliberately to teach the Hokage’s side a lesson.
• Yan explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi’s side had used the theft and its participants as pawns to worsen the Uchiha’s reputation and provoke a feud between Yan and Uchiha Setsuna.
• Yan told Tekka that the Military Police Force’s routine work mattered less than resisting the Hokage’s schemes and protecting the Uchiha.

Uchiha Tekka pledged himself to Yan Uchiha after learning how the village leadership had undermined the Uchiha. Yan accepted his support and ordered him to use the Military Police Force’s unpaid funding and worsening public order to pressure Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Uchiha Tekka realized the village leadership had secretly damaged the Uchiha’s reputation and vowed to follow Yan Uchiha.
• Yan Uchiha decided that Tekka’s support could help him challenge Shisui and give Shisui leverage to demand resources from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Yan told Tekka to keep treating the three captured men as spies without killing them, and said he would face the Hokage when he came to retrieve them.
• Yan ordered Tekka to have the Military Police Force slack off, politely stall villagers, and blame its poor service on years of withheld funding.
• Yan instructed Tekka to report the funding shortfall to the Hokage, threaten disbandment, and tell Konoha’s villagers that the village was responsible for worsening public order.

Yan Uchiha ordered the Uchiha to publicly prepare a financial challenge to Hiruzen Sarutobi while secretly keeping civilians uninvolved. After Hiruzen learned that his ANBU agents had been captured and heard about Yan’s plans, he faced the consequences of his scheme and ordered Black Crow to monitor the Uchiha.

• Yan Uchiha told Uchiha Tekka to openly carry out his plan while keeping it from civilians, reasoning that Hiruzen Sarutobi would have to respond within the rules.
• An ANBU reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Konoha Military Police Force had detained three ANBU as suspected spies and blocked the Interrogation and Torture Department from intervening.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled that he had sent the ANBU to undermine Yan Uchiha and ordered Black Crow to activate the moles planted among the Uchiha.
• Black Crow reported that Yan had identified the captured ANBU and ordered them brutally beaten, then explained Yan’s wider arrangements to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Black Crow realized the danger of Yan’s plan as Black Crow finished his report.

Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Shimura Danzō to use Root against Jin Uchiha and the Police Force, hoping to test Jin while protecting his own position. Root assembled nine elite squads and reached the Police Force, poised to attack.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Jin Uchiha had used the Police Force’s lack of funding to pressure the village and leave him with no grounds to punish the Uchiha.
• Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen to let Root deal with Jin, and Hiruzen agreed, ordering him to rescue the three detained ANBU operatives.
• Hiruzen told Black Crow to keep Root under surveillance, while Danzō dismissed the risk posed by Jin’s Mangekyo.
• Danzō ordered Root to kill Jin, kill anyone who interfered, and free the ANBU operatives from the Police Force’s prison.
• Nine elite Root squads reached the Police Force at night, and their leader ordered them to attack.

Jin Uchiha persuaded Fugaku that Konoha’s leaders would eventually target the Uchiha and reassured him that the Third Hokage would not risk open conflict. As Jin waited at the police headquarters for the Hokage or Danzo, seven squads of Root operatives arrived, signaling that the confrontation was beginning.

• Jin explained his plan to Fugaku, who worried it would provoke the Hokage and endanger the Uchiha.
• Jin argued that Konoha had destroyed the Senju Clan and would target the Uchiha and then the Hyuga, convincing Fugaku to trust him.
• Jin reassured Fugaku that the Third Hokage would avoid driving the Uchiha into war because Konoha could not afford the losses.
• Fugaku asked why Jin was still at the office, and Jin said he was waiting for the Hokage or Danzo to respond to the capture of three ANBU.
• Jin sensed seven squads of Root operatives arriving and wondered whether their attack was meant to test him.

Yan Uchiha killed the Root ninja sent to assassinate him, revealing the Mangekyo’s terrifying power to the Uchiha and Konoha’s observers. He told Fugaku he had used the technique to warn Hiruzen Sarutobi and claimed he was investigating a way to restore its ocular power.

• Yan Uchiha left the Military Police Force and faced a Root squad led by Yūjo Aburame, while Gong Yue and other Uchiha gathered behind him.
• Yūjo Aburame and the Root ninja attacked Yan Uchiha on Danzo’s orders to kill him before the Mangekyo could exist.
• Yan Uchiha used the Mangekyo ocular technique Void and tore the Root ninja apart before they could reach him.
• Black Crow ordered the watching ANBU to withdraw, while the Uchiha cheered Yan Uchiha’s display of power.
• Fugaku warned Yan Uchiha to conserve his ocular power, and Yan Uchiha explained that he had acted to deter Hiruzen Sarutobi and was seeking a way to restore it.

Jin Uchiha told Fugaku to stay silent and leave the fallout from killing Root operatives to him. Hiruzen Sarutobi assembled Konoha’s elite forces and confronted Jin at the Konoha Military Police Force, demanding an explanation.

• Jin Uchiha reassured Fugaku that he had prepared for the consequences and told him not to speak when Hiruzen arrived.
• An ANBU reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Jin had single-handedly wiped out Root’s elite without detectable chakra fluctuations.
• Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s remaining forces and clan leaders to gather at the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Hiruzen led the assembled elite to surround the Uchiha compound and demanded an explanation from Jin Uchiha.

Jin Uchiha defended the Uchiha after the Military Police Force killed intruders, insisting they were spies and challenging Konoha’s leaders to verify their identities. The chapter ended with Jin proposing that the Yamanaka Clan examine the dead men’s minds to reveal the truth.

• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the other clan representatives demanded that Fugaku explain the bodies outside the Military Police Force.
• Jin Uchiha stepped forward, called the dead men spies, and sarcastically thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi for bringing Konoha’s leaders to help.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Jin’s story and questioned how the Uchiha had caught spies that Konoha’s Barrier Team and ANBU had missed.
• Danzo arrived, accused the Uchiha of setting him up, and urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to attack them.
• Jin insisted the dead men were Jonin-level outsiders and challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi to check Konoha’s records and have the Yamanaka Clan probe their minds.

Jin Uchiha used Root’s illegal attack on the Konoha Military Police Force to force Hiruzen Sarutobi to back down and order the three captured spies transferred. After the confrontation ended, Jin thanked the Uchiha and left with Clan Head Fugaku.

• Jin Uchiha’s argument about Root’s lack of official legitimacy convinced the clan representatives that Hiruzen Sarutobi could not openly pursue the matter.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi commended the police and ordered the three captured spies transferred to the Interrogation and Torture Department.
• Danzo protested the decision, but Hiruzen Sarutobi silenced him, and Danzo left after glaring at Jin Uchiha.
• Jin Uchiha agreed to the Hokage’s order and told Uchiha Tekka to release the three spies, who were secretly ANBU.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi took the spies away and departed, followed by the clan representatives and ANBU.
• Jin Uchiha thanked the Uchiha, told them to clean up the bodies and rest, then asked Clan Head Fugaku to leave with him.

Yan explained to Fugaku how he had bluffed Hiruzen Sarutobi into backing down, then persuaded Fugaku to leave the Uchiha’s dealings with the village to him. Fugaku agreed to support Yan and keep the Radical Faction in check as the Military Police Force faced public criticism.

• Fugaku asked Yan why Hiruzen had accepted the Uchiha’s account despite their violence and the losses inflicted on Root and ANBU.
• Yan explained that Hiruzen had been bluffing and could not admit the attackers belonged to Root or the captured operatives were ANBU without exposing their misconduct.
• Yan warned Fugaku not to be intimidated by Konoha’s leaders and told him to leave external affairs to Yan while maintaining order within the clan.
• Fugaku agreed to stay out of village affairs, let Yan represent the Uchiha, and restrain the Radical Faction.
• Yan warned Fugaku that criticism of the Konoha Military Police Force could give the Radical Faction an opening while Yan dealt with the Konoha High Command.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on Yan Uchiha’s methods and the losses his test had inflicted on Danzo’s Root. When Utatane Koharu proposed sending Yan to the front lines, Hiruzen warned that the village could neither compel him nor control his decisions, leaving the elders to weigh the cost of persuading him.

• Fugaku left Yan Uchiha feeling reassured, and Yan went to sleep after washing his face.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered how his test of Yan had revealed a cautious, ruthless political operator and weakened Danzo’s Root.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Danzō entered Hiruzen’s office and urged him to keep Yan in check.
• Danzo demanded to know why Hiruzen had not allowed them to kill Yan, and Hiruzen pointed out they had no grounds to do so.
• Utatane Koharu proposed sending Yan to the Land of Grass front lines to wear down his Mangekyo.
• Hiruzen explained that Yan could refuse conscription and ignore command orders, so the village would have to offer him a substantial incentive.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha Elders realized they had little leverage over Jin Uchiha after he withdrew from the registered ninja ranks. They struggled to counter his scheme, while Hiruzen concluded that the Uchiha’s already rotten reputation made spreading more rumors useless.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reminded the elders that Jin Uchiha had withdrawn from the registered ninja ranks, leaving the village with little authority over him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said they needed to prepare for a prolonged struggle with Yan Uchiha and explained the trap Yan had laid for him.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura struggled to believe an Uchiha had devised such an underhanded scheme, while Danzo blamed Hiruzen for not wiping out the Uchiha earlier.
• Utatane Koharu proposed spreading rumors about the Uchiha, but Mitokado Homura and Danzo rejected the idea.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that the Uchiha’s reputation was already so bad that more rumors would have little effect.