Chapter Summaries

Root ambushed Uchiha Shisui at the Naka River under Shimura Danzō’s orders, and Uchiha Yao watched the attack through the system instead of intervening. Uchiha Itachi rescued the gravely injured Shisui, while Danzō kept one Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered Root to spread a false account of Shisui’s death.

• Root trapped Shisui in an earthen cage, and Danzō demanded that he surrender his eyes.
• Shisui fought Root with Susanoo and Kotoamatsukami, but Root’s genjutsu and Yamanaka Fu’s Mind Transfer Jutsu weakened him.
• Danzō used Izanagi to bypass Shisui’s defenses and gouged out his right eye.
• Itachi arrived, fought through Root’s attack, and escaped with the badly wounded Shisui.
• Danzō kept Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered Root to claim Shisui attacked a Hokage Advisor and died by suicide.

After Shisui entrusted his remaining Mangekyō Sharingan to Itachi and fell into the Naka River, Itachi awakened his own Mangekyō Sharingan. Watching the tragedy from afar, Uchiha Yao awakened his Mangekyō as well and received an extreme dojutsu adaptability bonus from the system.

• Shisui told Itachi that Danzo would frame him and that his death was the only way to delay conflict between the Uchiha Clan and the village.
• Shisui gouged out his remaining eye, entrusted it to Itachi, and fell from the cliff into the Naka River.
• Itachi watched Shisui disappear, then awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan through grief.
• Uchiha Yao watched the events through the system screen and awakened his own Mangekyō Sharingan after his desire for power intensified.
• The system granted Uchiha Yao Dojutsu Adaptability: Extreme, improving his mastery and reducing the power cost and physical burden of his Mangekyō.

Uchiha Yao tested his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan and discovered that his left eye could restore him to an earlier, unharmed state while his right eye dramatically amplified ninjutsu. After pushing the amplified Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he saw its tremendous speed and power but also its heavy Chakra and ocular cost, leaving his courtyard damaged.

• Uchiha Yao examined his Mangekyō Sharingan and identified his left eye's ability as Time Reversal and his right eye's as Technique Amplification.
• Uchiha Yao used Time Reversal after cutting his arm and returned to peak condition, though he sensed he could use the ability only once a day.
• Uchiha Yao amplified his Great Fireball Technique, blasting away a wooden post and leaving a large crater in the courtyard.
• Uchiha Yao amplified his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, gaining extraordinary speed and strength but rapidly consuming Chakra and ocular power.
• Uchiha Yao deactivated the abilities and concluded that he would need someone to repair the courtyard.

After Shisui’s death convinced the Dove Faction that peaceful coexistence with Konoha was impossible, Uchiha En and the faction’s elders pledged allegiance to Uchiha Yao. Yao revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan as proof of his strength, and the clans’ Hawk and Dove factions united under his leadership.

• Uchiha En and the Dove Faction elders mourned Shisui and concluded that Konoha’s leaders had betrayed them.
• En persuaded the elders to seek Uchiha Yao’s protection and leadership.
• En and the Dove Faction elders bowed to Yao and pledged to obey his commands in exchange for a way for the clan to survive.
• Yao rejected their hope for peace through promises and argued that peace required overwhelming strength.
• Yao revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, convincing the elders of his power.
• The system announced the Hawk-Dove Convergence mission’s completion, increased clan cohesion to 70%, and awarded Yao Clan Honor Points.

Uchiha Yao united the Hawk and Dove Factions by proposing shared resources and revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan as proof of his strength. With both factions pledging allegiance, he set his sights on forcing Uchiha Fugaku to step down and taking control of the clan.

• Uchiha Yao told the elders that Shisui’s death showed Konoha’s leaders would discard the Uchiha, and urged them to take control of their own fate.
• Uchiha Yao proposed sharing the Dove Faction’s intelligence network and the Hawk Faction’s training resources, and named Uchiha Nagi and Uchiha Hikari vice-captains of his Elder Guard.
• Uchiha Yashiro challenged Uchiha Yao to prove he could oppose Danzo and Konoha High Command.
• Uchiha Yao revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, convincing the elders of his strength.
• Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha En led their factions in pledging allegiance to Uchiha Yao.
• Uchiha Yao declared his next goal was to force Uchiha Fugaku from the clan head position and take leadership himself.

Uchiha Fugaku struggled to retain control of the clan as Uchiha Yao’s influence grew and his reforms produced measurable benefits. Remembering how his Mangekyō Sharingan had awakened during the Third Shinobi World War, Fugaku remained unable to choose between resisting Yao and yielding to him.

• Uchiha Fugaku met with his remaining loyal elders and subordinates, who admitted that most Uchiha now followed Uchiha Yao.
• Fugaku read a Police Force dossier showing that Yao’s reforms had improved mission completion, patrol efficiency, clan profits, and member safety.
• Fugaku considered using his hidden Mangekyō Sharingan to oppose Yao but feared that doing so would plunge the clan into civil war.
• Fugaku remembered how his friend had died protecting him in the Third Shinobi World War, awakening Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan through grief and hatred.
• Fugaku decided he could not use his Mangekyō against Yao, but remained troubled that doing nothing might lead the clan into war with Konoha.

Uchiha Itachi confronted Uchiha Yao over his hardline leadership and challenged him to change the clan’s course. Yao defeated Itachi’s Mangekyō techniques and left him on his knees, unable to resist.

• Itachi told Yao that his hostility toward the village would lead the clan to destruction and challenged him to seek coexistence if Itachi won.
• Yao and Itachi fought in an uninhabited valley, where Yao overpowered him with taijutsu, fire techniques, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Itachi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, but Yao revealed that he also possessed one.
• Itachi’s Tsukuyomi had no effect on Yao, who was protected by Mental Barrier.
• Yao’s second-stage Susanoo kept Itachi’s Amaterasu at bay, and Itachi collapsed after exhausting his ocular power.

After defeating Itachi, Uchiha Yao demonstrated his Elder Guard’s superior coordination and strength to the Uchiha council, securing approval to reform Police Force training. The chapter ended with Uchiha Fugaku and the elders agreeing to expand Yao’s training model to every elite squad.

• Uchiha Yao defeated Itachi and left him with a brief admonition to take care of himself.
• Uchiha Yao proposed a live combat exercise to answer concerns about reforming the Police Force’s training model.
• Uchiha Yao’s twelve-member Elder Guard fought a twenty-member Police Force unit and decisively defeated it through coordinated tactics.
• One guard member awakened a Two-Tomoe Sharingan and reached Jonin-level Chakra during the battle.
• Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha En, the other elders, and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to expand Uchiha Yao’s training model to every elite Police Force squad.

Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to send the Uchiha Police Force on dangerous border missions to limit their influence while letting them fight external enemies. After Uchiha Itachi reported that Uchiha Yao had defeated him and possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, Hiruzen ordered Itachi to uncover its abilities.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed ANBU and Danzo's reports on Uchiha Yao's growing power and rejected immediate action against him.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned Hiruzen that Uchiha Yao had sidelined Uchiha Fugaku and gained control of the clan.
• Hiruzen proposed sending the Uchiha Police Force on dangerous border missions against Iwagakure and Kumogakure to keep them away from the village's power center and wear down their strength.
• Uchiha Itachi told Hiruzen that Uchiha Yao had defeated him, resisted Tsukuyomi, and blocked Amaterasu with his Susanoo.
• Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Yao possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered Itachi to investigate its abilities.

Hiruzen Sarutobi weighed how to handle Uchiha Yao after learning his Mangekyō Sharingan was stronger than Itachi’s, while rumors about Yao stirred hostility among villagers. Yao crushed the resulting protest with arrests, winning the admiration of young Uchiha clansmen.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s proposal to eliminate Uchiha Yao because it could ignite a civil war.
• Uchiha Mitsuki confronted villagers who accused Yao of plotting against Konoha and being involved in the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Kenji to arrest a woman for publicly defaming him and spreading destabilizing rumors, and Shunichi knocked her unconscious when she shouted.
• Root spies helped stir a crowd of more than a hundred people outside the Military Police Force headquarters, where they demanded the woman’s release and protested Uchiha tyranny.
• Yao ordered Kenji, Shunichi, and the Elder Guard to arrest the ringleaders and suspicious agitators, then declared that the Police Force was the law in Konoha.
• The crowd fell silent, while young Uchiha clansmen cheered Yao as their leader.

Uchiha Yao defended his forceful Police Force reforms to Uchiha Fugaku and secured authority over key clan decisions and secret records. He left determined to restore the Uchiha’s standing and claim the Hokage position for the clan.

• Uchiha Fugaku urged Uchiha Yao to curb his crackdown and take a gentler approach toward the villagers to protect the clan’s stability.
• Uchiha Yao presented training results showing stronger Police Force members, more Sharingan awakenings, and overwhelming loyalty to his orders.
• Uchiha Fugaku conceded defeat and granted Uchiha Yao a role in Police Force deployments, clan funds, and external strategy, then handed him the clan’s secret scrolls.
• Uchiha Yao received a system reward that greatly enhanced his Mangekyō ocular power and advanced his Susanoo development.
• Uchiha Yao acknowledged Fugaku’s past compromises but declared that the Uchiha would stop bowing to others and seek the Hokage position.

Uchiha Yao advanced his Susanoo and secured the elders’ support to remove Uchiha Fugaku as clan head. The Uchiha elders and key members agreed to back Yao at the clan assembly in three days, setting up a contest for leadership.

• Uchiha Yao reached the third stage of Susanoo development and resolved to make the Uchiha Clan follow his leadership.
• Uchiha Yashiro immediately supported Yao’s plan to remove Uchiha Fugaku, while Uchiha En hesitated until Yao argued that compromise had failed and the clan needed unity.
• Uchiha En agreed to support Yao’s resolution at the elders’ meeting, and Yao said Fugaku would step down willingly or be forced to do so.
• Uchiha Yao summoned the Hawk and Dove Faction elders and key members to Naka Shrine without notifying Fugaku, then presented evidence of gains in the Police Force, clan businesses, and the younger generation’s Sharingan awakenings.
• Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha En backed Yao’s succession first, and the remaining elders and elites also agreed to support removing Fugaku at the clan assembly in three days.

Uchiha Yao confronted Uchiha Fugaku and demanded that he surrender the clan leadership, defeating him in their genjutsu clash. Yao left with an ultimatum for the clan assembly in three days, while Fugaku regained his composure and clung to his pride.

• Uchiha Yao told Uchiha Fugaku that his era as clan head had ended and demanded that he step down.
• Uchiha Fugaku refused, invoked his Mangekyō Sharingan, and trapped Uchiha Yao in an ocular jutsu world.
• Uchiha Yao awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and turned the illusion against Fugaku, showing him a vision of his wife and clansmen dead.
• Uchiha Yao shattered Fugaku's genjutsu, leaving Fugaku injured and bleeding in the study.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Fugaku to relinquish the clan head position at the assembly in three days or face public humiliation.
• Uchiha Fugaku wiped away the blood and tea stains and insisted that he did not need Yao to grant him dignity.

Uchiha Fugaku accepted that his leadership was ending and prepared to face Uchiha Yao at the clan assembly, while Yao made plans to take control of the clan. At dawn, the two men arrived at Naka Shrine as the Uchiha gathered to decide the clan’s future.

• Uchiha Fugaku reflected in the ancestral hall on his leadership and resolved to face the clan assembly rather than step down quietly.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Kenji and Shunichi to secure the assembly and warned them to eliminate any outside threats without provoking internal strife.
• Uchiha Itachi worried that Yao’s rise would destroy the possibility of peace between the Uchiha and the village, while Uchiha Mikoto reminded him that Fugaku wanted to protect their family.
• On the final night before the assembly, Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Mikoto he intended to bring his leadership to a fitting close.
• At dawn, Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Fugaku arrived separately at Naka Shrine as the clan gathered for the assembly.

Uchiha Yao challenged Fugaku’s leadership, arguing that compromise had failed to protect the clan and invoking Shisui’s death. After both men revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan, Fugaku accepted Yao’s challenge to settle the clan’s future through a duel.

• Uchiha Yao presented gains in clan security, industry, and Sharingan awakenings as evidence that the Uchiha needed a new leader.
• Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha En, and other clan members supported Yao’s proposal to replace Fugaku.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and said he had restrained himself to protect the clan.
• Uchiha Yao rebuked Fugaku over his failure to protect Uchiha Shisui and revealed his own Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku declared that the clan’s future should be decided by strength and challenged Uchiha Yao to a duel.

Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to a public duel at the Naka River to decide the Uchiha Clan’s sole leader and will. As Konoha’s clans reacted to the news of two Mangekyō Sharingan wielders, Yao awaited the battle that would reshape the clan.

• Uchiha Fugaku challenged Uchiha Yao to a public duel one day later, with the winner becoming clan leader.
• Uchiha Yao accepted on the condition that the loser withdraw from power and support the winner without defiance, and Uchiha Fugaku agreed.
• An ANBU reported the duel and both Mangekyō Sharingan to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who worried that intervening or standing aside would endanger Konoha.
• Danzo learned of the duel and resolved to kill Uchiha Yao, considering using Shisui’s ocular technique if necessary.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered his clan to strengthen its guard and avoid conflicts with the Uchiha, while the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads held an emergency meeting.
• Uchiha Yao stood atop Police Force headquarters with Kenji and Shunichi as he prepared to show Konoha the Uchiha Clan’s new strength.

Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Fugaku faced off in a public duel to decide who would lead the clan. As Konoha’s other clans and the Hokage’s forces watched, Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Fugaku took their positions before the assembled Uchiha clansmen.
• ANBU monitored the duel on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s orders, while Root watched for Yao’s Mangekyō weakness and prepared to seize Fugaku if he lost.
• Hyuga Hiashi and the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads discussed the threat posed by the duel’s outcome, while Shikaku Nara urged them to stay neutral.
• Uchiha Itachi held Sasuke’s hand as Sasuke asked why Fugaku and Yao were fighting, but Itachi could not answer.
• Uchiha En declared that the victor would become clan head and the defeated must swear lifelong obedience to the winner’s decisions.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, unleashing its oppressive ocular power over the training ground.

Uchiha Yao overwhelmed Uchiha Fugaku in their training-ground duel, overpowering his Fire Release and shattering his Mangekyo genjutsu with Time Reversal. The chapter ended with Fugaku’s Mirror Flower illusion collapsing under Yao’s power.

• Uchiha Fugaku unleashed Great Fire Annihilation, but Uchiha Yao’s darker flames tore through it and scorched the training ground.
• Uchiha Yao attacked with Dragon Flame Song of the Dragon, forcing Fugaku to dodge several explosive flame strikes.
• Uchiha Fugaku used his Mangekyo dojutsu, Mirror Flower, to trap Yao in an illusion filled with copies of himself and attacks from every direction.
• Uchiha Yao used Time Reversal to undo the attacks and strip Fugaku of control over the illusion.
• Uchiha Yao declared the duel over, and Fugaku’s Mirror Flower genjutsu cracked apart and shattered.

Uchiha Yao defeated Uchiha Fugaku’s Susanoo with a Mangekyō-amplified Lightning Fire Dragon Breath, then reversed the attack before it killed him. Fugaku acknowledged Yao’s strength and declared him the Uchiha clan’s rightful clan head.

• Fugaku’s Mangekyō genjutsu shattered against Yao, leaving Fugaku badly injured.
• Fugaku summoned his third-stage Susanoo and repeatedly attacked Yao, who evaded every strike with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• Yao unleashed a Mangekyō-amplified Lightning Fire Dragon Breath that shattered Fugaku’s Susanoo and left him helpless.
• Yao used his left eye’s Time Reversal to stop the dragon just before it struck Fugaku and restore it to harmless Chakra.
• Fugaku accepted Yao’s strength and named him the Uchiha clan’s one and only rightful clan head.

While Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Fugaku fought, Uchiha Kenji led the guard unit in purging Root agents and driving the Hokage’s ANBU and other outsiders from the Uchiha Clan Compound. After Yao’s lightning-and-fire dragon shattered Fugaku’s Susanoo, Kenji ordered the compound sealed until the new clan head gave further instructions.

• Uchiha Kenji and the guard unit began hunting Root agents and other intruders when Fugaku’s Fire Release signaled the duel’s start.
• The Uchiha killed hidden Root agents, broke the arms and legs of the Hokage’s ANBU, and threw them out of the compound.
• Uchiha Kenji warned the Third Hokage that the Uchiha’s affairs were private, while the Uchiha forced a Hyuga observer to leave.
• Uchiha Kenji saw Fugaku raise Susanoo and then watched Yao’s lightning-and-fire dragon shatter it.
• Uchiha Kenji ordered the Police Force to maintain the blockade and admit no one without the new clan head’s orders.