Chapter Summaries

Chikage told Fugaku that Shisui Uchiha had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, revealing the clan had another powerful fighter. He warned Fugaku that Shisui distrusted the clan and might give his abilities to the Third Hokage rather than use them to defend the Uchiha.

• Fugaku confronted Chikage about how he learned the Mangekyō Sharingan's secrets, but Chikage dismissed his concerns and redirected the conversation to Fugaku's abilities.
• Fugaku explained that his left eye could trap people in a genjutsu space and his right eye granted short-term precognition, though using the Mangekyō strained him.
• Chikage told Fugaku that Shisui Uchiha had also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Fugaku reacted with delighted surprise.
• Fugaku wondered why Shisui had not reported his awakening, and Chikage said Shisui was wary of the clan and prioritized village peace over Uchiha survival.
• Chikage accused Shisui of fearing that the Uchiha would start a civil war and of being more likely to give his trump card to the Third Hokage than protect his clansmen.

Fugaku and Chikage argued over Shisui's loyalty and the clan's worsening position before Chikage proposed using Mangekyō genjutsu to force Three-Tomoe Uchiha to awaken their Mangekyō. Fugaku was persuaded to consider the dangerous plan but remained concerned that the targets would recognize the genjutsu.

• Fugaku grew furious that Shisui seemed aligned with the Higher-Ups, and Chikage warned that he might side against the clan in a crisis.
• Chikage proposed training Mangekyō users within the clan instead of relying on Shisui, and Fugaku doubted that they could awaken many.
• Chikage suggested using Fugaku's Mangekyō genjutsu to make Three-Tomoe clan members experience convincing nightmares of loss and death.
• Fugaku rejected the plan at first, fearing it would cause lasting mental harm, but Chikage argued that their survival justified the risk.
• Chikage proposed testing the method on Yashiro first, then having any newly awakened Mangekyō users help train others.
• Fugaku warmed to the idea but questioned whether the targets could see through the genjutsu and avoid the shock needed to awaken their eyes.

Chikage convinced Fugaku to approve extreme combat and genjutsu training aimed at awakening Mangekyo Sharingan in selected Uchiha fighters. The next morning, Chikage visited the Konoha Military Police Force, where Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka asked whether a major operation was coming.

• Chikage proposed combining genjutsu with live combat drills and using the threat of bounty hunters to push the Uchiha candidates to their limits.
• Fugaku signed the training plan, chose Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka as candidates, and ordered that they be withdrawn from duty for intensive training behind Naka Shrine.
• Chikage outlined a brutal genjutsu scenario for Yashiro involving a Root raid, the deaths of his squadmates, and Danzo attacking his family.
• Chikage arrived at the Konoha Military Police Force the next morning and checked in for 100 daily points.
• Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka met Chikage, and Inabi asked whether a major operation was coming or Danzo was causing trouble again.

Chikage and Fugaku arranged a secret training mission for Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka, using Mangekyo genjutsu and hired bounty hunters to push them toward awakening their eyes. Chikage led the unsuspecting trio out of Konoha, while Hiruzen ordered Root to monitor them without intervening.

• Fugaku assigned Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka to escort Chikage to the Prefecture City with clan funds and secretly planted genjutsu in their minds.
• Chikage told Fugaku that bounty hunters would provide real combat during the planned Mangekyo training, and Fugaku warned him not to let the trio die.
• Chikage and the three squad captains left Konoha through the main gate, carrying money and supplies for their journey.
• Hiruzen learned that Chikage had left with Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka, and ordered Root to watch them without taking action.

Danzo learned that Chikage and three Uchiha commanders had left Konoha to approach the Daimyo and decided to stop them before they could disrupt his planned massacre. He ordered a heavily armed Root team to ambush them at Sunset Gorge and kill everyone.

• Danzo learned that Chikage, Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka had left Konoha to win over nobles in Prefecture City.
• Danzo concluded that their mission could draw outsiders to Konoha and derail his planned massacre, while Hiruzen had forbidden Root from interfering.
• Danzo decided to ignore Hiruzen's orders and have the four Uchiha killed outside the village's detection range.
• Danzo ordered A and B to lead twenty elite operatives in an ambush at Sunset Gorge, take the group's money, and retrieve the three commanders' Sharingan.

Chikage led Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka toward the capital in a luxurious carriage, distracting them with a hot-pot meal while they traveled. As they neared the edge of Konoha’s sensory range, Chikage prepared for Fugaku’s genjutsu to take effect.

• Chikage hired a spacious four-horse carriage, insisting that the team travel like wealthy business envoys instead of running.
• Chikage revealed a hot pot, lamb, vegetables, and sake, and persuaded the wary Yashiro and the others to enjoy the meal.
• Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka relaxed and praised Chikage’s comfortable approach to missions as the carriage rolled onward.
• Chikage watched their distance from Konoha grow past thirty li and anticipated Fugaku’s Mangekyo genjutsu in the forest beyond the village’s sensory reach.
• The carriage jolted and the driver urged the horses onward while Yashiro asked whether they would reach the next town before dark.

Chikage accompanied Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka on a trade delegation outside Konoha, where Danzo’s Root forces ambushed them under a genjutsu. Chikage tried to shield the Uchiha officers and help them escape, but Danzo killed him, leaving Yashiro drenched in his blood.

• Chikage warned Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka that they were beyond Konoha’s protection, while Fugaku’s planted Mangekyo genjutsu seed activated in their minds.
• Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka experienced a staged carriage explosion and kunai barrage, then found themselves surrounded by Root assassins led by Danzo.
• Danzo declared that he would disguise the officers’ deaths as a rogue-ninja attack, and Yashiro realized Chikage was missing from the group.
• Chikage stepped in front of the three Uchiha officers, ordered them to escape toward Konoha, and charged Danzo’s Root forces.
• Danzo pierced Chikage’s heart with a poisoned blade and beheaded him, while Yashiro stood frozen with Chikage’s blood splashed across his face.

Danzo used an illusion to force Yashiro to witness the massacre of the Uchiha and the deaths of his wife and son. Yashiro awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and rose to confront Danzo.

• Danzo killed Chikage, took his eyes, and had his operatives restrain Yashiro.
• Danzo trapped Yashiro in an illusion of Anbu and Root slaughtering Uchiha civilians in South Street.
• Danzo revealed Yashiro’s wife Keiko and son Ryosuke, then had them killed and their eyes removed.
• Yashiro’s grief and hatred triggered his Mangekyō Sharingan, shattered his restraints, and drove him to attack Danzo.

Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka endured Mangekyō genjutsu that forced them to witness betrayals and deaths. Inabi and Tekka passed out before awakening, while Yashiro fully formed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Yashiro watched his family die in the ruins of South Street as Tekka witnessed the execution of his squad in a genjutsu.
• Inabi saw Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi murder Uchiha Fugaku and take his eyes in another genjutsu.
• In the carriage, Inabi and Tekka’s Sharingan surged, but they collapsed before awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chikage noted that the genjutsu had strengthened Inabi and Tekka’s chakra pathways and expected further practice to help them awaken.
• Yashiro’s Mangekyō pattern fully took shape as Chikage declared the first stage of the crash course a success.

Uchiha Yashiro awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after Chikage’s genjutsu showed him a massacre, just as Root ambushed their carriage. Yashiro unleashed his power against the attackers and vowed to kill them all.

• Chikage saw that Yashiro had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan while Inabi and Tekka remained unconscious.
• Root elites led by A and B surrounded the carriage and attacked on Danzo’s orders.
• A opened the carriage curtain and froze when he saw Yashiro’s Mangekyō Sharingan and immense chakra.
• Yashiro blasted A through a tree with a single surge of power, frightening the Root elites.
• Chikage urged Yashiro to face the attackers, and Yashiro stepped out and vowed that none of them would leave alive.

Yashiro unleashed Susanoo and killed the Root squad that attacked him, avenging Chikage as he believed him dead. After the battle, Yashiro discovered Chikage had survived and was calmly eating hot pot beside the wrecked carriage.

• Yashiro manifested Susanoo and withstood the Root squad's attacks without being harmed.
• Yashiro killed the Root elites, crushing B and the fleeing members while A cowered nearby.
• Yashiro's Susanoo vanished, and he mourned Chikage, believing his friend had died protecting their escape.
• Yashiro turned to search the wrecked carriage and found Chikage alive at an intact table, eating hot pot.

Chikage revealed that Yashiro’s apparent losses had been an elaborate Mangekyo genjutsu designed to force his awakening, while Yashiro discovered the clan leader’s plan had scripted the deaths of his family. Yashiro erupted in anger, but Chikage defended the scheme by pointing out that Yashiro had been stuck with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan for years.

• Yashiro learned that Chikage, his family, and the clan were safe and that the massacre had been a genjutsu.
• Chikage told Yashiro that he had awakened the Mangekyo and demanded payment for the carriage Yashiro had destroyed.
• Chikage handed Yashiro a case file detailing the Rapid Mangekyo Promotion Crash Course devised with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Yashiro read how the plan had staged Chikage’s beheading, the clan’s slaughter, and his family’s deaths to provoke an emotional awakening.
• Yashiro confronted Chikage in fury, and Chikage asked whether Yashiro would ever have awakened the Mangekyo without the plan.

Yashiro awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after enduring Chikage and Fugaku’s staged genjutsu, and pledged his loyalty to Chikage. Inabi and Tekka failed the test and would face a remedial retake after the group reached Konoha again.

• Yashiro felt the immense power of his new Mangekyō Sharingan and realized Chikage’s brutal test had helped him reach the breakthrough he had long sought.
• Yashiro apologized to Chikage, bowed deeply, and pledged that he and the Second Squad would follow the vice-captain’s command.
• Chikage ordered Yashiro to gather the Root operatives’ bodies, masks, and weapons as evidence for a compensation claim against Danzo.
• Yashiro found Inabi and Tekka unconscious, and Chikage explained that they had failed the genjutsu assessment before Fugaku finished his script.
• Chikage said Inabi and Tekka would rest, then undergo repeated remedial tests until they awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Yashiro pitying them.

Chikage brought evidence of Danzo’s ambush and twenty million ryo to Minister Asano, persuading him to arrange a Daimyo visit to Konoha and report Danzo’s alleged disloyalty. The group left for a celebratory meal, while Fugaku remained unaware that Chikage had blamed him for the earlier genjutsu training.

• Chikage told Inabi and Tekka that Fugaku had used a Mangekyō genjutsu as special training, then showed them Yashiro’s newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Chikage led the group toward the Land of Fire Capital with the Root operatives’ bodies as evidence and two hundred thousand ryo in funds.
• In the capital, Chikage offered Minister Asano twenty million ryo in exchange for arranging a Daimyo inspection visit to Konoha.
• Chikage accused Danzo of ambushing them and secretly maintaining unregistered suicide operatives, prompting Asano to promise to report him and send the inspection decree within three days.
• After leaving Asano’s residence, Chikage explained that they had used Danzo’s money to win the Daimyo’s favor and cast suspicion on Danzo, then took the group to a restaurant.
• Fugaku sneezed in the Hokage Building, unaware that Chikage had blamed him for the genjutsu training.

Shisui worried that the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha would lead to civil war, so he went to the Hokage Building to reveal his trump card. He awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan before Konoha’s High Command, leaving them stunned.

• Shisui sensed growing tension between the Uchiha clan and Konoha’s leadership and decided to intervene.
• He went to the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen, Danzō, Homura, and Koharu were discussing Danzō’s plan to kill Chikage and seize Yashiro’s and Tekka’s eyes.
• Shisui defended Chikage’s trip and told High Command he had come to reveal something important.
• Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan in front of the four leaders, shocking them.
• Hiruzen asked Shisui when he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami to Hiruzen Sarutobi and proposed using it to prevent conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha. Hiruzen tacitly approved Danzo’s plan to seize Shisui’s eyes, while Shisui left unaware that Danzo was preparing to attack him.

• Shisui told Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders that his Mangekyō Sharingan was secret and that Kotoamatsukami could permanently alter a person’s will.
• Shisui asked permission to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku and the Uchiha leaders to avert bloodshed, and revealed that the technique took well over a decade to recover after use.
• Hiruzen ordered Shisui to keep the matter secret and return to Anbu, while Danzo recognized a chance to take the eyes.
• After Shisui left, Danzo urged Hiruzen to seize the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Hiruzen tacitly approved his plan.
• Danzo left to act that night as Shisui walked through Konoha, unaware that a deadly trap awaited him.

Shisui believed he could use Kotoamatsukami to reconcile the Uchiha and Konoha, while Chikage secured Minister Asano’s support by arranging the Daimyo’s visit and turning Danzo’s ambush into an accusation of treason. Chikage and the others prepared to return to Konoha, where Inabi and Tekka also faced makeup exams.

• Shisui accepted free apples from a stall owner and resolved to persuade Fugaku and Chikage to embrace his plan for peace.
• At a dinner in the Land of Fire Capital, Chikage won Asano’s agreement to send the Daimyo to Konoha on the tenth of next month for South Street’s ribbon-cutting.
• Chikage presented Danzo’s ambush of the Uchiha as an attack on the Daimyo’s tax revenue, and Asano agreed to bring the evidence to the Daimyo and denounce Danzo.
• After Asano was carried home drunk, Chikage told Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka they would return to Konoha the next morning and prepare makeup exams for Inabi and Tekka.

Shisui tried to persuade Fugaku to make concessions to the village, but Fugaku rejected his proposals and defended the Uchiha’s legal claims. As Shisui resolved to use Kotoamatsukami, a Root ninja delivered Danzo’s invitation to meet at midnight.

• Shisui told Itachi that he had reported his plan to Lord Hokage, while Itachi challenged Shisui’s belief that the Uchiha should give ground.
• Shisui urged Fugaku to surrender relocation compensation, release Shimura Ken, and apologize, but Fugaku refused and defended the clan’s actions.
• Fugaku reminded Shisui that compromise would not stop Danzo and ordered him to focus on his Anbu work.
• Shisui left the compound believing that only Kotoamatsukami and Lord Hokage could save the Uchiha, and vowed to act soon.
• A Root ninja approached Shisui and delivered Danzo’s summons to meet at the Maple Forest Ruins at midnight.

Danzo ambushed Shisui to steal his Kotoamatsukami eye, leaving him poisoned and wounded as he fled to the Naka River and met Itachi. Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, but Fugaku arrived with captured Root pursuers and revealed that Chikage had predicted the attack and prepared an ambush.

• Danzo betrayed Shisui, used poison to disable him, and tore out his right eye before Shisui escaped with his left eye intact.
• Shisui met Itachi by the Naka River, confessed that Danzo had taken his eye, and asked Itachi to protect the remaining Kotoamatsukami eye.
• Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan as Shisui prepared to remove his left eye and entrust it to him.
• Fugaku arrived, ordered Shisui to treat his wound, and revealed that Yashiro and the Second Squad had captured Danzo's Root pursuers.
• Fugaku explained that Chikage had predicted Danzo's attack and arranged for the Uchiha to wait near the ruins, leaving Shisui and Itachi stunned by his foresight.

After Danzo stole Shisui’s eye, Fugaku and Itachi helped him fake his death and hide underground as the Uchiha clan’s shadow. In Prefecture City, Chikage secured royal decrees that strengthened the Military Police Force’s authority over South Street, then prepared to return to Konoha.

• Shisui learned Fugaku and Chikage had anticipated Danzo’s betrayal, and Fugaku told him the clan would make Konoha believe he had drowned.
• Itachi helped Shisui reach the underground chamber beneath Naka Shrine, where Uchiha medical ninja treated his wound and Shisui warned Itachi not to trust the village leaders.
• Fugaku reported that searchers had found planted clothing and blood by the river, then shared Chikage’s message about his success in Prefecture City.
• Chikage persuaded Minister Asano to sign the Daimyo’s inspection decree and a Royal Franchise granting the Military Police Force authority over South Street.
• Chikage’s companions praised his political maneuvering, and he announced that they would return to Konoha the next morning.