Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the elders’ plan to convene a Jonin meeting, recognizing that Jin Uchiha’s funding dispute left the village unable to counter him. Danzo ignored Hiruzen’s warning and ordered Root to target Shisui and exterminate the Uchiha, while Hiruzen sought Shikaku Nara’s advice.

• Utatane Koharu proposed a Jonin meeting to pressure the Uchiha, and Mitokado Homura and Danzo agreed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that a Jonin meeting would force the village to confront its refusal to fund the Konoha Military Police Force, and he dismissed the elders without a solution.
• Danzo told Hiruzen he would take revenge for Root’s losses, and Hiruzen warned that Jin Uchiha would retaliate if Danzo attacked the clan.
• Hiruzen wrote to Shikaku Nara in the Land of Grass and sent Black Crow to deliver the letter.
• Danzo ordered Root to withdraw from the front lines, watch the Uchiha, ambush and kill Shisui, and kill every Uchiha shinobi and civilian.

Jin’s plan led the Uchiha to stop working in the police force, and Konoha’s worsening crime made villagers demand their return. Tekka addressed the crowd using Jin’s instructions, insisting that the police force needed evidence and time to investigate.

• Fugaku confined Setsuna after uncovering his secrets, preventing him from disrupting Jin’s plans.
• After consulting Jin, Fugaku rejected appeals against the police force’s withdrawal, and Jin removed dissenters and sent them to guard caravans.
• Tekka led the Uchiha in abandoning police duties as they trained or took private jobs, allowing crime and disorder to spread through Konoha.
• Half a month later, villagers crowded the police force’s entrance to complain about theft, assaults, and unpaid bills.
• Tekka told the crowd to provide evidence, obtain medical reports where needed, and give the police force time to investigate.

Uchiha Tekka followed Yan Uchiha’s instructions to defuse the villagers’ protest with an apology, while Yan watched for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s response. Hiruzen struggled to find a way to address the crisis until a letter from Shikaku demanded payment, leaving him with another problem.

• Uchiha Tekka led the Uchiha in bowing to the villagers, who eventually dispersed while still angry.
• Tekka reported to Yan Uchiha, who told him to keep explaining the Uchiha’s difficulties and watch Hiruzen Sarutobi closely.
• Yan Uchiha treated the protest as a probe to gauge Hiruzen Sarutobi’s political skill and anticipated that Hiruzen would have to respond.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered replacing the Uchiha in the police force but saw obstacles in recruiting other clans and allocating funds.
• An ANBU delivered a letter from Shikaku, and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s smile faded when he read its demand for payment.

Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Shikaku Nara’s advice to restore the Konoha Military Police Force’s funding and concede to the Uchiha, then faced fierce objections from Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura. He handed them Shikaku’s letter and told them to read it before arguing further.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi read Shikaku Nara’s letter and decided that restoring the Konoha Military Police Force’s funding would remove a vulnerability and let him plan a future confrontation on better terms.
• Hiruzen summoned Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to discuss the Uchiha situation.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura called for action against the Uchiha, while Danzo urged Hiruzen to reveal his plan.
• Hiruzen said he intended to concede by apologizing at a Jonin meeting and repaying the withheld funding.
• Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura rejected the plan, so Hiruzen gave them Shikaku Nara’s letter to read.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders agreed to convene a jonin meeting and accept Shikaku Nara’s plan, while plotting to send Jin Uchiha to the Front Lines and have him killed. Danzo refused to attend the meeting and left Root’s role in the scheme to himself.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu agreed that they should set aside their conflict with the Uchiha until after the war, but insisted that Jin Uchiha had to die.
• Mitokado Homura proposed sending Jin to the Front Lines and arranging for him to enter Kumogakure’s central defenses so enemy forces might cripple or kill him.
• Danzo rebuked the others for not wiping out the Uchiha earlier and said Root would make Jin appear to wander into Kumogakure’s camp, then spread accusations of treason against him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi scheduled a jonin meeting for two hours later, requiring every jonin still in the village to attend.
• Danzo refused to attend the meeting and left, while Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed how to force Jin onto the Front Lines.

Yan explained to Itachi the history behind the Uchiha receiving Konoha’s police force and how its authority was weakened and turned against the clan. He left Itachi with a framework for examining the village’s deeper political motives, while postponing his answer about why the force made civilians pay.

• Itachi asked Yan why he was making ordinary people bear the cost of the Konoha Military Police Force’s lack of village funding.
• Yan asked Itachi why Tobirama Senju had handed the police force to the Uchiha despite his hatred of the clan, and explained the history of bloodshed between the Senju and Uchiha.
• Yan said Hashirama had promised the Uchiha the Second Hokage’s seat, but Tobirama took it instead and the police force was offered as compensation.
• Yan explained that the Uchiha had failed to use the police force’s broad authority, while other departments took over much of its work.
• Yan described the police force as a trap because its close contact with civilians made the Uchiha vulnerable to rumors and a damaged reputation.
• Yan told Itachi to look beneath appearances and consider the causes and consequences before reaching a conclusion.

Yan Uchiha explained to Uchiha Itachi how Konoha’s leaders and clans exploited civilians and manipulated history, arguing that power and resources drove the conflict between the Uchiha and the village. Itachi struggled to accept that peace was impossible, while Yan described corruption among shinobi clans and villages.

• Yan explained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had used the Konoha Military Police Force to isolate the Uchiha from the village.
• Yan told Itachi that he had taken the Military Police Force leadership position because of his ties to the Uchiha clan and his attachment to Itachi.
• Yan described how he and a Nara Clan friend had concealed stolen mission supplies and blamed a teammate, then recounted how clans profited from wartime supply corruption.
• Itachi asked why people could not live in peace, and Yan replied that competition for limited resources made peace impossible.

Jin Uchiha explained to Itachi how Konoha’s leadership and clans schemed against one another, and Itachi vowed to change the corrupt system. Jin advised him to conceal his ideals and grow stronger, then learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had called an assembly of Uchiha jonin, suggesting the Hokage was preparing a counterattack.

• Jin told Itachi that the village’s clans knew the leadership was targeting them but stayed silent because they viewed the Uchiha as outsiders.
• Itachi insisted that the village’s way of doing things was wrong and that he had to try to change it.
• Jin accepted Itachi’s beliefs but urged him to hide them, blend in, and learn about his opponents until he was strong enough to challenge the rules.
• Uchiha Tekka reported that Hiruzen Sarutobi had scheduled a Jonin Commander assembly and required every off-duty Uchiha jonin to attend.
• Jin suspected Hiruzen had found a way to retaliate and told Tekka to notify the Clan Head and the Uchiha jonin.
• Itachi worried that they were in danger, but Jin reassured him that the village would not risk an all-out confrontation with the Uchiha.

Jin Uchiha led around seventy Uchiha Jonin to Konoha’s Jonin Meeting, where their arrival drew wary attention and renewed comparisons with the Hyuga. The chapter ended with Jin asking Tekka to show him where to sit.

• Tekka told Jin Uchiha that Fugaku would miss the meeting and had sent the available Uchiha Jonin to support him.
• Jin left the Uchiha District with the assembled Jonin and reflected on the clan’s remaining strength.
• The Uchiha group arrived at the Hokage Building, where Konoha’s Jonin watched them warily and discussed Jin’s Mangekyo and the Uchiha’s power.
• Konoha ninja compared the Uchiha with the Hyuga, prompting displeasure among the Hyuga and a warning from Hyuga Hiashi to stay composed.
• Jin asked Tekka to lead him to a seat because it was his first time in the meeting hall.

Jin Uchiha and the Uchiha attended a meeting where Hiruzen Sarutobi approved a billion ryō in overdue Military Police Force funding, then demanded that the Force quell village disturbances within a week. Jin suspected the Hokage had a hidden plan, but the chapter ended with him beginning to understand it and leading the Uchiha back to the Military Police Force.

• Jin Uchiha led the Uchiha into the meeting and reflected on their pride, his need to control the clan, and the danger posed by Uchiha who turned against their own.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi apologized for the Military Police Force’s overdue funding and proposed paying one billion ryō toward three years of back pay.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the other clans raised their hands in support, passing the funding proposal without opposition.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Military Police Force to resolve the disturbances among villagers within a week, then left with the elders.
• The Uchiha questioned why Hiruzen Sarutobi had conceded so easily, and Jin Uchiha suspected a hidden plan before deciding he had worked out what was happening.

Jin Uchiha calmed Fugaku’s fears about Hiruzen Sarutobi’s concession and explained that the Hokage had yielded to clear his name and regain the initiative. Jin then laid out his next move: unite the Uchiha and have the Konoha Military Police Force invite villagers to help revise the laws.

• Fugaku hurried to Jin Uchiha after Hiruzen Sarutobi conceded, worried that the Hokage was plotting against the Uchiha.
• Jin told Fugaku that the ongoing war made an attack on the Uchiha too costly for Konoha, and urged him to stay calm and keep the clan steady.
• Fugaku accepted Jin’s guidance and acknowledged that he had been impatient and needed to become a more capable clan head.
• Jin reasoned that Hiruzen had conceded to escape a damaging political stalemate, repay the police force’s funding, and prevent the Uchiha from using the dispute against the village later.
• Fugaku asked Jin to direct the clan’s next steps, and Jin instructed him to unite the Uchiha while the Konoha Military Police Force announced an open revision of the laws with villagers invited to submit suggestions.

Yan Uchiha persuaded Fugaku to use the Military Police Force’s lawmaking authority to break up clan monopolies and publish Konoha’s finances, winning popular support while threatening the shinobi clans’ wealth. As the Notice spread through Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers erupted in fury and began considering an attack on the Uchiha.

• Yan Uchiha explained that he would amend the law to prevent a single clan from monopolizing iron ore and other strategic industries, and Fugaku warned that the Uchiha’s own businesses could be affected.
• After learning the Uchiha’s holdings and the Senju Clan’s vast real estate wealth, Yan insisted on going ahead, and Fugaku agreed to stand with him.
• Yan drafted a Notice covering monopoly-breaking and public financial transparency, and Fugaku ordered Tekka to distribute it throughout Konoha.
• Villagers and ordinary shinobi praised the proposal, while the shinobi clans recognized the threat to their wealth and waited to see how Konoha’s leadership would respond.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu reacted furiously to the Notice, and Koharu demanded that the Uchiha be wiped out.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to secretly assemble Konoha’s clans to attack the Uchiha that night, after Danzo and the advisers argued that Yan Uchiha’s latest public challenge gave them an opening. Later, Jin Uchiha refused Itachi’s request to graduate early and told him to attend the Ninja Academy to make friends.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed the Uchiha notice demanding public accounts and the breakup of clan holdings.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to destroy the Uchiha, and Danzo arrived to press him to act.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to summon Konoha’s clan leaders to the Jonin Meeting Hall at nine that night, while Danzo and the advisers divided up which clans to contact.
• After dinner, Itachi asked Jin Uchiha if he could apply to graduate from the Ninja Academy early.
• Jin Uchiha refused to let Itachi skip the Academy and told him to use it to meet people and make friends.

Yan Uchiha assigned Itachi to find a girlfriend and study the Will of Fire, explaining how ideology could help establish lasting peace. Their discussion was interrupted by news that Konoha’s elders had gathered the major clan leaders at the Hokage Building, seemingly to move against the Uchiha.

• Yan Uchiha told Itachi to get a girlfriend and study the Will of Fire.
• Itachi questioned the assignments, and Yan explained that ideology could unite the shinobi world and sustain peace beyond military strength.
• Yan said finding a wife and raising a family would give Itachi’s ideas a more grounded foundation, and Itachi reluctantly accepted.
• Tekka reported that Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Danzō had secretly visited the major clan heads, who were now heading to the Hokage Building.
• Fugaku arrived with the Uchiha Elders, including Uchiha Setsuna, as Tekka feared the gathering targeted the Uchiha.

Jin Uchiha responded to the Hokage faction's secret preparations by outlining a retaliatory plan and threatening Hiruzen Sarutobi with the Sarutobi Clan's destruction. The Uchiha prepared for an attack while Jin waited to see whether Hiruzen would back down.

• The Uchiha leaders panicked over the Hokage faction's movements, and Fugaku asked Jin Uchiha what they should do.
• Jin ordered the Uchiha Jonin to prepare to attack other clans and their families if Konoha struck, then escape the village afterward.
• Uchiha Setsuna and the others agreed to Jin's plan, and Jin sent Tekka to deliver a letter to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Jin explained that his letter threatened to flee Konoha and hunt its ninja, while attacking the Sarutobi Clan to pressure Hiruzen.
• The Uchiha dispersed to prepare, with Fugaku and Jin assigned to watch the Sarutobi Clan.

The Uchiha prepared to retaliate against Konoha’s clans if the village attacked them, while Jin Uchiha sent Hiruzen Sarutobi a letter laying out the threat. Hiruzen learned that Jin and Fugaku were already positioned inside the Sarutobi Clan compound and hesitated to order an assault.

• The Uchiha deployed patrols and Jonin around the village, leaving their compound undefended while Fugaku and Jin entered Sarutobi Clan territory.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to order an attack after Konoha’s clan leaders agreed the Uchiha had crossed a line.
• An ANBU arrived with a handwritten letter from Jin Uchiha, and Hiruzen ordered Uchiha Tekka to be admitted despite Danzo and the elders’ objections.
• Uchiha Tekka delivered Jin’s letter, which explained the Uchiha’s preparations and threatened retaliation against the clans’ leaders, elites, prodigies, wives, and children if Konoha attacked.
• Hiruzen read that Jin and Fugaku were waiting inside the Sarutobi Clan compound and that Jin would continue ambushing Konoha members if forced to flee.

Hiruzen Sarutobi read Yan Uchiha’s letter and realized an attack on the Uchiha would expose the shinobi clans to retaliation and leave the Sarutobi Clan vulnerable. After the clan representatives read the letter, they understood the danger, and the planned battle was called off.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded that Yan Uchiha’s letter had undermined the alliance against the Uchiha and threatened the Sarutobi Clan.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura pressed Hiruzen for an explanation, while Danzo left the meeting to prepare Root for a fight.
• Hiruzen passed Yan Uchiha’s letter around, and the shinobi clan representatives read it with shock and fear.
• The representatives realized Yan Uchiha could massacre their families and promising shinobi if they attacked the Uchiha that night.
• The clan representatives understood Hiruzen Sarutobi’s predicament, and the planned attack on the Uchiha was called off.

The clan leaders abandoned plans to attack the Uchiha that night, while Hiruzen Sarutobi left the meeting and prepared to visit Yan Uchiha the next morning. Hidden on the Sarutobi Clan grounds, Yan and Fugaku waited for a signal to strike, with Fugaku worrying about the family he might leave behind.

• The shinobi clan leaders weighed whether to support the Uchiha and agreed that none of them wanted to attack that night.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the meeting, told Uchiha Tekka to tell Yan Uchiha he would visit the next morning, and left with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
• The clan representatives left the meeting, uncertain which side to support as the struggle ahead began.
• Yan Uchiha and Fugaku hid near the Hokage's residence, waiting for a flare that would trigger their attack on Hiruzen Sarutobi's family and the Sarutobi Clan.
• Fugaku told Yan he had awakened the Mangekyo and worried about his wife and children, while Yan insisted that fighting was the Uchiha's only path to survival.

Yan Uchiha reflected on the Uchiha’s decline and accepted that harsh measures were necessary to unite the clan. After a green signal flare showed that the village had backed down, he stayed hidden overnight to make sure the Uchiha were truly safe.

• Yan Uchiha considered how the Senju and Uchiha had fallen into decline and concluded that only decisive action could save his clan.
• Fugaku warned that Hiruzen Sarutobi should not push the Uchiha too far, revealing his willingness to fight if necessary.
• A green Signal Flare rose from the Uchiha Clan Compound, signaling that Tekka had succeeded and the village had backed down.
• Fugaku returned to the compound while Yan stayed hidden in Sarutobi territory and asked him to host any visiting clans until Yan could meet them the next day.
• Yan watched Hiruzen Sarutobi return home under ANBU guard, then chose to remain concealed until morning.

After the Uchiha avoided destruction and celebrated their victory over Konoha's leadership, Fugaku returned home and reunited with Mikoto and Itachi. They named their unborn son Sasuke, while Yan remained on guard at the Sarutobi compound and Fugaku received a late-night visit from Shibi Aburame.

• The Uchiha Jonin celebrated their survival and victory, while Setsuna worried that Yan's growing prestige would threaten him.
• Fugaku returned home, reassured Mikoto and Itachi that the plan had worked, and explained that Yan was still guarding the Sarutobi compound.
• Fugaku, Mikoto, and Itachi named the unborn baby Sasuke, and Itachi promised to care for his younger brother.
• A servant announced that Shibi Aburame had come to see Fugaku, as Yan had predicted, and Fugaku ordered the visitor invited inside.