Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yao revealed that Itachi had planned to slaughter the entire Uchiha Clan and spare only Sasuke, destroying Sasuke’s faith in his brother. The chapter ended with Sasuke fleeing in hatred while Itachi could only weep blood and lower his head.

• Fugaku said Yao had stopped Itachi from killing him, confirming the clan’s suspicions and provoking their fury.
• Uchiha Yao ordered the jonin to release Sasuke, and Sasuke rushed to Itachi to demand the truth.
• Itachi apologized to Sasuke instead of denying the accusations.
• Uchiha Yao told Sasuke that Itachi had planned to kill every Uchiha, sparing Sasuke so he could survive and grow stronger through hatred.
• Sasuke called Itachi a monster, screamed that he hated him, and ran away as Itachi trembled and shed a tear of blood.

Uchiha Yao stripped Itachi of his clan name and sentenced him to be burned alive, then ordered Danzō’s corpse turned into a kneeling statue. He revealed that the masked man was Uchiha Obito, leaving Kakashi furious and unable to accept that his presumed-dead comrade had become an enemy.

• Uchiha Yao stripped Itachi of the Uchiha surname and sentenced him to be displayed at Naka Shrine and baked alive.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Danzō made into a stone statue kneeling at Naka Shrine and preserved Danzō’s Sharingan arm as a monument.
• Uchiha Yao told the gathered clansmen that the masked man was not Uchiha Madara and said he had uncovered the man’s identity.
• Uchiha Yao summoned Kakashi Hatake and revealed that the masked man was Uchiha Obito, the comrade Kakashi believed had died at Kannabi Bridge.
• Kakashi rejected Uchiha Yao’s claim and angrily defended Obito as a Konoha hero whose name was engraved on the Memorial Stone.

Uchiha Yao forced Kakashi to confront evidence that the masked man behind the Nine-Tails' attack was his supposedly dead comrade, Uchiha Obito. Kakashi recognized Obito and collapsed, overwhelmed by memories of Rin and the question of what had changed his friend.

• Uchiha Yao told Kakashi that Obito had summoned and controlled the Nine-Tails, killing Minato and Kushina and devastating Konoha.
• Kakashi rejected the accusation, insisting Obito had died at Kannabi Bridge and pointing to the Sharingan Obito had left him.
• Uchiha Yao showed Kakashi an archive photograph of Obito and explained that the masked man's scarred face and single Sharingan matched him.
• Uchiha Yao used his Mangekyō Sharingan to make Kakashi see the masked man remove his mask and reveal Obito's face.
• Kakashi recalled Obito's dying words and Rin's death, wondered whether Obito had witnessed her death, and collapsed in anguish.

Uchiha Yao used his Mangekyo Sharingan to subdue Kakashi and reclaim Obito’s Sharingan, then declared Obito a traitor and expelled him from the Uchiha Clan. Kakashi awoke in the hospital relieved of the eye’s Chakra burden but wondered how he could face Obito.

• Uchiha Yao told Kakashi that Obito’s Sharingan belonged to the Uchiha and argued that it had drained Kakashi’s Chakra and held back his talent.
• Uchiha Yao used his Mangekyo to overwhelm Kakashi, and medical ninja removed the Sharingan from his left eye.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Kakashi taken to Konoha Hospital and announced that Obito would lose his hero title, be erased from the Memorial Stone, and be expelled from the Uchiha Clan.
• Kakashi woke in the hospital, felt the Sharingan’s Chakra burden was gone, and wondered how he could face Obito after using Chidori to kill Rin.

Obito admitted to Nagato and Konan that he was Uchiha Obito, then claimed he had inherited Madara’s plan to preserve his position in Akatsuki. Nagato chose to keep using him, while Obito left humiliated and vowing revenge on Uchiha Yao.

• Konan confronted Obito with reports exposing him as the Nine-Tails’ attacker and revealing his identity to the shinobi world.
• Nagato asked Obito who he really was, and Obito admitted that he was Uchiha Obito while claiming to act as Madara’s heir.
• Obito defended the Nine-Tails’ attack as a necessary sacrifice for peace, and Nagato ended the confrontation and ordered the tailed-beast capture plan to continue.
• Obito collapsed in Kamui’s alternate dimension, tore off his mask, and swore to make Uchiha Yao pay.
• Konan warned Nagato that Obito had deceived them, but Nagato said they would use each other and told her to continue the plan.

Sasuke visited Itachi as he lay dying on the stake, and the brothers exchanged a final apology before Itachi died. Uchiha Yao comforted Sasuke by explaining how Itachi’s choices would have trapped him in hatred, then pointed to Konoha’s leaders as the true enemies.

• Mikoto urged Sasuke to see Itachi one last time, and Sasuke went with her to the Naka River.
• Sasuke broke down before Itachi, who apologized and died after hearing his little brother call for him.
• Fugaku asked Uchiha Yao for permission to take Itachi’s body home, and Yao allowed it but forbade burial in the Uchiha cemetery.
• Uchiha Yao told Sasuke that Itachi’s death would have left him consumed by revenge and called Itachi’s actions a selfish curse.
• Uchiha Yao blamed the Konoha High Command and the Third Hokage for forcing Itachi to turn against his family.

Uchiha Yao met with Hyuga Hiashi, who agreed to cooperate with the Uchiha Clan against the Third Hokage. Yao chose Hinata Hyuga as his disciple instead of Hanabi, and the apprenticeship ceremony was set for three days later.

• Uchiha Kenji told Uchiha Yao that Hyuga Hiashi had invited him to the Hyuga Clan Compound.
• Hyuga Hiashi and the Hyuga Clan bowed to Uchiha Yao when he arrived, then Hiashi praised his achievements.
• After dismissing the attendants, Hyuga Hiashi pledged the Hyuga Clan's cooperation with Uchiha Yao's plans to force the Third Hokage to step down in disgrace.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered Hanabi as Uchiha Yao's disciple, but Uchiha Yao chose Hinata Hyuga instead.
• Uchiha Yao set Hinata's apprenticeship ceremony at the Uchiha Clan Compound for three days later.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to gauge the clans’ loyalty after Hyuga Hiashi publicly allied with Uchiha Yao, but the Ino-Shika-Cho clans refused to answer his summons. Uchiha Yao’s disciple-taking ceremony for Hinata began at Naka Shrine, where Hinata arrived nervous and watched her future teacher.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted that he could not stop Hyuga Hiashi’s public alliance with Uchiha Yao and summoned Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi to learn where their clans stood.
• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza agreed to avoid Hiruzen’s summons with absurd excuses, signaling that their clans would not side with him.
• Uchiha Yao supervised preparations for the ceremony and told Fugaku that Sasuke would gradually recover, while Mikoto said Sasuke had begun eating again.
• Hyuga Hiashi arrived at Naka Shrine with elders and his daughters, and the assembled Hyuga were struck by the Uchiha’s disciplined presence.
• Hinata nervously watched Uchiha Yao as she arrived for the ceremony that would make her his disciple.

Hinata became Uchiha Yao’s first personal disciple, and he awakened the power of her Byakugan after telling her that her father had treated her as a sacrifice for the Hyuga Clan. Hinata accepted her new strength and promised to surpass her father and the Hyuga Clan’s ancestors.

• Hinata completed the apprenticeship ceremony and formally became Uchiha Yao’s disciple.
• Uchiha Yao examined Hinata’s potential and found that her 92%-pure Byakugan could evolve into the Tenseigan.
• Uchiha Yao told Hinata that Hyuga Hiashi had used her to demonstrate loyalty and challenged her to face her weakness.
• Uchiha Yao spent 10,000 Clan Honor Points to activate Hinata’s Byakugan, giving her a clear new vision.
• Uchiha Yao urged Hinata to surpass Hyuga Hiashi and every Hyuga ancestor, and Hinata agreed to try.

Uchiha Yao rejected Fugaku and Mikoto’s plea to take Sasuke as his disciple, judging the boy’s hatred and unstable loyalty too dangerous. As Sasuke left, Yao told him that the Uchiha future had no place for someone living in the past.

• Fugaku and Mikoto asked Uchiha Yao to take Sasuke as his disciple, while Sasuke objected that he did not need a teacher.
• Uchiha Yao checked Sasuke’s loyalty and potential, finding his loyalty at 40% and the system warning of a high risk of betrayal.
• Uchiha Yao compared Hinata to a promising investment and called Sasuke an unstable powder keg, provoking Sasuke to challenge his judgment.
• Uchiha Yao refused to take Sasuke as a disciple and ordered Fugaku, Mikoto, and Sasuke to leave.
• Uchiha Yao stopped Sasuke at the door and told him the Uchiha future had no need for someone living in the past.

Uchiha Yao secured Shikaku Nara’s support for a coming jonin meeting to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi, while revealing his ambition to abolish the village leadership system. The next day, rumors about Hiruzen’s scandals spread throughout Konoha, and Yao learned that his plan was working.

• Uchiha Yao summoned Shikaku Nara and persuaded him to have the Ino-Shika-Cho clans vote to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Shikaku asked about Yao’s ultimate goal, and Yao declared that he wanted one voice and one will ruling beneath the sky.
• Two chunin discussed rumors that Naruto Uzumaki was Nishidai’s orphan and that Hiruzen had concealed his identity while the village mistreated him.
• Rumors accusing Hiruzen of conspiring against Konoha’s White Fang, letting Orochimaru escape, favoring the Sarutobi Clan, and taking power spread across Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao paused Hinata’s training as Uchiha Kenji reported that the rumors had spread and Hiruzen’s release of Orochimaru had angered jonin and ANBU ninja.

Uchiha Yao bought Naruto Uzumaki ramen and encouraged him to build the strength to carry others before pursuing his Hokage dream. He then stopped Asuma Sarutobi from harassing Kurenai Yuhi, who learned his name and found herself drawn to him.

• Uchiha Yao noticed Naruto Uzumaki at Ichiraku Ramen and gave him a bowl of ramen when he could not afford another.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto that a Hokage carried the village’s pain and hopes, and urged him to stand firm before trying to carry others.
• Uchiha Yao confronted Asuma Sarutobi as he harassed Kurenai Yuhi, flicked Asuma’s cigarette into a utility pole, and choked and threw him to the ground.
• Asuma fled, and Kurenai thanked Uchiha Yao and asked his name.
• Uchiha Yao introduced himself, and Kurenai recognized him as the Uchiha Clan head and felt attracted to him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled with the public backlash over his past decisions as Uchiha Yao challenged Kakashi to seek justice for his father. Shikaku Nara and the other Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads agreed to back Yao at the upcoming jonin meeting, where the Third Hokage could be forced from office.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed Uchiha Yao for exposing the truth about Naruto and for turning the village against him.
• Uchiha Yao confronted Kakashi at the Memorial Stone, condemned his inaction, and urged him to make the right choice at the jonin meeting.
• Kakashi removed his mask, cried before his father's name, and resolved that he had been wrong for a long time.
• Shikaku Nara told Inoichi Yamanaka and Chōza Akimichi that Uchiha Yao sought legitimacy and the village's support rather than taking the Hokage's seat by force.
• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Chōza agreed to support Uchiha Yao at the upcoming jonin meeting.

Uchiha Yao called a Konoha jonin council to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi from office, citing his failures over Orochimaru, the Nine-Tails attack, and Naruto Uzumaki's treatment. Most clan leaders and jonin supported Yao, leaving Hiruzen politically isolated as Yao declared that the times had abandoned him.

• Uchiha Yao announced that he intended to remove Hiruzen Sarutobi as Third Hokage and presented evidence of Hiruzen's failures.
• Uchiha Yao accused Hiruzen of letting Orochimaru escape, allowing Namikaze Minato to sacrifice himself against the Nine-Tails, and neglecting Naruto Uzumaki.
• Hyuga Hiashi, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, Tsume Inuzuka, and Shibi Aburame declared their support for Yao's proposal.
• Kakashi Hatake condemned the way Konoha had treated his father, Hatake Sakumo, and supported Yao.
• Jonin across the room joined the motion, and Hiruzen collapsed into his chair as Yao said the times had abandoned him.

Uchiha Yao took control as Acting Hokage and traveled with thirty Uchiha jonin to the capital to secure the Daimyo’s formal appointment. After the Daimyo’s staff deliberately humiliated them, Yao calmly waited in the side hall while the Daimyo remained at ease in his main hall.

• Uchiha Yao appointed Shikaku Nara as temporary Hokage Assistant and gave Kakashi temporary command of the ANBU.
• Uchiha Yao departed for the capital with thirty Uchiha jonin after learning the Daimyo had told him to wait for a summons.
• Hinata saw Uchiha Yao off, and he reassured her that he would return soon.
• The Daimyo’s steward led Uchiha Yao and his group to an empty side hall and left them waiting without refreshments.
• Uchiha Kenji protested the insult, but Uchiha Yao told the Uchiha to remain calm and wait.
• The Daimyo praised his steward for putting Uchiha Yao’s group in the side hall.

Uchiha Yao rejected the Fire Daimyo’s attempt to control Konoha by threatening its funding and demanding loyalty. At the banquet, Yao revealed his plan to seize the initiative, trapping the daimyo and nobles with thirty Uchiha fighters as the guards charged.

• The Fire Daimyo ordered Uchiha Yao to wait an hour, then threatened to cut Konoha’s military funding unless Yao submitted to his authority.
• Yao signaled Uchiha Kenji that they would act that night and left the daimyo’s hall without showing alarm.
• At the welcoming banquet, nobles mocked Yao while the daimyo demanded that he pledge loyalty in exchange for the Hokage appointment and funding.
• Yao crushed his cup and declared the banquet the beginning of a new era as thirty Uchiha appeared and sealed the exits.
• The terrified daimyo ordered his samurai guards to attack the Uchiha, and several guards charged forward.

Uchiha Yao defeated Chiriku and ordered a massacre at the banquet, killing the nobles and the Daimyo to seize control of the Land of Fire. The chapter ended with the Daimyo dead and Uchiha Yao’s forces slaughtering the assembled nobles.

• Uchiha Yao’s forces killed the Daimyo’s guards, and Yao used his Sharingan to make the guard captain attack a companion.
• Chiriku confronted Uchiha Yao and summoned a Thousand-Armed Kannon with his Sage Art.
• Uchiha Yao amplified his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, destroyed Chiriku’s technique, and killed him with a lightning strike.
• Uchiha Yao declared the nobles traitors and ordered their families killed, while Uchiha Kenji signaled the clan to begin the massacre.
• The Daimyo begged Yao for mercy and offered him the Hokage appointment and increased funding, but Yao refused and Uchiha Kenji killed him.

Uchiha Yao seized control of the Land of Fire, installed the terrified Chiba as Daimyo, and was appointed the Fifth Hokage. After achieving his objective, Yao received powerful rewards, including a perfected Sage Body, Heavenly Might, and an awakening Rinnegan.

• Uchiha Yao ordered Uchiha Kenji to clear the scene after the rebels had been eliminated, then forced young Chiba to become the new Daimyo.
• Uchiha Yao spread a cover story blaming Izumi and the nobles for a rebellion, while the surviving nobles were intimidated into silence.
• At Chiba's coronation, Uchiha Yao pressured him to appoint Yao as the Fifth Hokage and double Konoha's annual military budget.
• Uchiha Yao received his phase rewards, including a perfected Sage Body, the Heavenly Might spatial talent, and the evolution of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan into the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Yao felt his body and Chakra transform as his new Rinnegan began to awaken.

Uchiha Yao awakened the Rinnegan and used a northern rebellion to compel the young Daimyo to summon Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Sarutobi Clan’s elite. Hiruzen received the order and faced Asuma’s warning that it was a trap.

• Uchiha Yao revealed he could switch between the Rinnegan, Eternal Mangekyo, and ordinary eyes at will.
• After northern nobles led by the Toba and Yamashiro Clans rebelled, Uchiha Yao guided Chiba into ordering Hiruzen Sarutobi to lead the Sarutobi Clan’s elite to the capital.
• In Konoha, Shikaku Nara and Kakashi discussed Uchiha Yao’s ruthless methods and the village’s improved funding.
• A Daimyo’s messenger delivered the order to Hiruzen Sarutobi, requesting that he suppress the northern rebellion in exchange for rewards.
• Asuma Sarutobi warned Hiruzen that the order was Uchiha Yao’s trap to destroy their clan, while Hiruzen stared at the scroll in silence.

Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned five dead shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation and convinced them that Uchiha Yao had seized Konoha. He led a secret force toward a planned ambush at Howling Valley, intending to kill Yao and die with him.

• Hiruzen ordered Asuma to lead part of the Sarutobi Clan out of Konoha, then resolved to fight Uchiha Yao.
• Hiruzen used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Danzo, Kagami Uchiha, and Hatake Sakumo.
• Danzo and Hiruzen accused Uchiha Yao of usurping Konoha, and Tobirama agreed to help destroy the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen planned to lure Yao into Howling Valley with five thousand fighters and use the Reaper Death Seal if an opportunity arose.
• Hiruzen departed Konoha with three hundred Sarutobi shinobi while the larger force secretly gathered at Howling Valley.