Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Fugaku visited Uchiha Jin and asked him to become Uchiha Itachi’s teacher, hoping to build ties between them. Jin was hostile toward Itachi and rejected the request, leaving Fugaku considering asking Shisui instead.

• Uchiha Izumi pleaded with Uchiha Jin to let her skip training with Might Guy, but Jin refused and sent her to train.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived at Jin’s home with Uchiha Itachi, surprising Jin and making Itachi uneasy.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Jin to guide Itachi’s training, hoping the teacher-student bond would bring Jin into the clan’s camp.
• Uchiha Jin sarcastically praised Itachi’s talent and dismissed the idea of teaching him, while Itachi struggled to tell whether the praise was sincere.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered asking Shisui to teach Itachi if Jin refused.

Uchiha Jin agreed to take Uchiha Itachi as his student and gave him an entrance test about choosing between the village, the clan, and individuals. Itachi left the test blank, unable to decide, and Jin pressed him to consider what he would do if such situations actually happened.

• Uchiha Jin agreed to train Uchiha Itachi after Uchiha Fugaku asked him to become Itachi's teacher.
• Uchiha Itachi suspected Jin had accepted so he could beat him during training, while Jin looked forward to sparring with him.
• Uchiha Jin gave Itachi an entrance test with questions about choosing between the Third Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku, clan members, and civilians.
• Uchiha Itachi handed in a blank test because he could not choose between the options.
• Uchiha Jin challenged Itachi to say what he would do if those situations really happened, and Itachi admitted he did not know.

Uchiha Jin challenged Uchiha Itachi’s belief that he and Shisui could reconcile the clan and the village, forcing him to consider what he would do if their ideals failed. Jin argued that abandoning the Uchiha for the village was not true justice, then prepared to test Itachi in a fight.

• Uchiha Jin questioned Uchiha Itachi about how he would respond to an irreversible conflict between the Uchiha and the village, and Itachi said he would try to stop it.
• Uchiha Jin pressed Itachi to choose between leading the clan against the village and betraying the clan to side with the village, leaving Itachi unable to answer.
• Uchiha Itachi reflected on his and Shisui Uchiha’s hopes of changing relations between the clan and the village, while Uchiha Jin warned that their ideals might fail.
• Uchiha Jin told Itachi that the clan was his homeland and that peace gained by abandoning it was not true justice.
• Uchiha Jin told Itachi to think over his words and share them with Shisui, then stood up to test Itachi’s strength.

Shisui Uchiha visited Uchiha Jin and mistook his training of Uchiha Itachi for a beating, then learned Jin had just become Itachi’s teacher. Shisui invited Jin fishing, and the three set out with Jin carrying an extravagant custom rod.

• Shisui Uchiha arrived at Uchiha Jin’s house and stopped Jin from striking Uchiha Itachi, believing Jin was bullying him.
• Uchiha Itachi explained that Jin was guiding his training and had agreed to take him as a student.
• Shisui Uchiha learned that Itachi’s father had brought him to Jin and then invited Jin to go fishing.
• Uchiha Jin accepted the invitation, handed Shisui and Itachi crude fishing rods, and brought out his expensive custom rod.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed the Hokage election results, which placed Minato Namikaze first and Shimura Danzō fifth, and tried to reassure Danzō that the vote was fair. Danzō blamed Uchiha Jin for his defeat while Jin spent the day fishing with Uchiha Itachi and Shisui Uchiha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi saw that Minato Namikaze had won the election and considered supervising him after stepping down as Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō stormed into Hiruzen’s office, accused him of rigging the vote, and examined the real-name voting records.
• Danzō realized that Uchiha Jin’s prediction about his failure had come true and vowed to kill Jin.
• Uchiha Jin sneezed while fishing with Uchiha Itachi and asked whether Itachi had been cursing him.
• Jin questioned Shisui Uchiha about the missing big fish, and Shisui admitted they might have swum away.

After Minato Namikaze was chosen as the Fourth Hokage, the Uchiha Clan discussed how his leadership might affect them and urged Uchiha Jin to avoid provoking him. Meanwhile, Orochimaru ran out of test subjects for his Hashirama cell experiments and found Shimura Danzō furious over losing the Hokage election.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Minato Namikaze would become the Fourth Hokage.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the clan elders discussed Minato Namikaze’s likely attitude toward the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Jin said the clan would probably face less targeting than under Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui Uchiha warned Uchiha Jin to change his behavior, but Jin dismissed Shisui and insisted he treated people equally unless they had committed crimes.
• Orochimaru’s latest attempt to transplant Hashirama cells killed his test subject, and he left his laboratory to ask Shimura Danzō for more subjects.
• Shimura Danzō raged over Minato Namikaze becoming Hokage, and Orochimaru asked him for more test subjects.

Minato Namikaze told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he wanted to build trust with the Uchiha Clan rather than isolate them, though Hiruzen warned him to remain cautious. Meanwhile, Uchiha Jin questioned Itachi’s plan to join the Anbu and continued training him during their patrol.

• Minato Namikaze called Uchiha Jin unusual and said he would not treat the Uchiha Clan as a potential threat through endless surveillance.
• Minato told Hiruzen Sarutobi that communication and equal standing could ease tensions, while Hiruzen urged him to balance goodwill with vigilance.
• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Jin he wanted to join the Anbu to demonstrate the Uchiha Clan’s loyalty to Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin learned Itachi had sent a shadow clone to school and told him to patrol in the mornings and train in the afternoons.
• Uchiha Jin worried that Itachi might someday take revenge on him, but Itachi promised he would not.

Uchiha Jin worried that Konoha’s falling crime rate would slow his Justice Point gains and continued planning to kill Shimura Danzō to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan. While training Uchiha Itachi, he urged him to protect the Uchiha Clan if conflict with Konoha became unavoidable, leaving Itachi to consider how to prevent such a crisis.

• Uchiha Jin received 10 Justice Points for helping apprehend a child molester and lamented that Konoha’s declining crime rate made earning points difficult.
• Uchiha Jin considered targeting Orochimaru or Shimura Danzō, whom he wanted to kill to gain enough Justice Points for the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Jin explained to Uchiha Itachi that the Military Police Force existed to fight the shadows that followed the light, then trained him in combat at the training ground.
• Uchiha Jin told Uchiha Itachi not to abandon the Uchiha Clan for Konoha and urged him to consider what he would do if the clan and village broke apart.
• Uchiha Itachi reflected on how to minimize losses if the worst happened, while Uchiha Jin considered killing Shimura Danzō and leading the clan away from Konoha if peace could not be preserved.

After Rin's death, Obito accepted Madara's plan to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi and learned that Uchiha Jin had become a powerful force in Konoha. Madara died after passing his plan and techniques to Obito, who left the cavern as Black Zetsu watched over the body and prepared to advance his own plans.

• Obito agreed with Madara that the Infinite Tsukuyomi could create peace after witnessing Rin's death.
• White Zetsu told Madara and Obito how Uchiha Jin had enforced the law in Konoha and earned the villagers' support.
• Madara decided not to manipulate Jin and instead implanted the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan and Uchiha techniques into Obito's memory.
• Madara introduced Black Zetsu, severed his connection to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and died.
• Obito declared himself Madara Uchiha, left Black Zetsu to guard Madara's body, and vanished in his Spiral Mask.
• Black Zetsu reflected that Madara had been his pawn and looked toward the moon as he prepared to begin the Eye of the Moon plan.

One year after Minato Namikaze became Hokage, relations between the Uchiha Clan and the village improved, while Uchiha Jin worried that Minato’s death in the Nine-Tails’ Rampage could still bring disaster. After Jin visited Obito Uchiha’s grave, a masked figure appeared in the cemetery and watched the direction Jin had gone.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected that his own policies had fueled the Uchiha Clan’s resentment, while Minato Namikaze’s leadership had eased tensions.
• Shisui Uchiha celebrated the improved relations between the clan and the village, and Jin considered taking the clan away if Minato died and events turned against them.
• Jin patrolled Konoha, worried that he would not earn enough justice points to redeem the Mangekyō Sharingan before the Nine-Tails’ Rampage.
• Jin left white chrysanthemums at Rin Nohara’s and Obito Uchiha’s graves and lamented that Obito had not trained instead of following Rin.
• After Jin left the cemetery, a black-robed figure wearing a yellow-striped mask appeared and watched the direction Jin had disappeared.

Uchiha Jin confronted Obito Uchiha at Rin’s cenotaph and exposed his attempt to pose as Madara Uchiha. Obito was left shocked that Jin knew his identity, while Jin judged that killing him would be nearly impossible.

• Obito Uchiha visited Rin’s cenotaph, blamed himself for failing to protect her, and reaffirmed his plan to create a world without pain.
• Uchiha Jin sneaked up and attacked Obito, but Obito used his intangibility to avoid the Tachi strike.
• Obito claimed to be Madara Uchiha and invited Jin to join his plan, but Jin mocked the Infinite Tsukuyomi and rejected his deception.
• Jin directly called the masked man Obito, stunning him and prompting him to ask how Jin had discovered his identity.
• Jin teased Obito about his stupidity and said he was too difficult to kill, while Obito silently regarded his former companion.

Uchiha Jin rejected Obito Uchiha’s invitation to join the Eye of the Moon plan and tried to kill him, but Obito survived and escaped. Jin was left in the cemetery holding a severed white arm and speaking to Rin Nohara’s gravestone.

• Obito Uchiha offered Jin a place in his plan to destroy the painful world and create one without suffering.
• Jin mocked Obito’s intelligence and refused to join, while Obito revealed that Rin’s death had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Jin attempted to stab Obito with a kunai, but Obito caught his wrist and accused him of launching a deliberate sneak attack.
• Obito and Jin fought with kunai and taijutsu in the cemetery, where Obito used his Mangekyō to turn intangible.
• Obito escaped, leaving Jin holding a severed white arm, and Jin told Rin Nohara’s gravestone that Obito was a moron.

Uchiha Jin recovered at home from a serious wound he suffered fighting Obito Uchiha, while his sister and friends worried over him. Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi left after misreading Jin’s irritation, taking the fruit basket with them.

• Uchiha Izumi noticed Jin’s pale face and bloodied bandages, and Jin treated his abdominal wound himself.
• Uchiha Izumi resolved to ask Shisui and Itachi about whoever had injured her brother.
• Shisui Uchiha visited Jin with a fruit basket, while Uchiha Itachi came along, and Shisui suspected Shimura Danzō was responsible for the injury.
• Jin refused to explain what had happened and waved the two visitors away.
• Shisui and Itachi left with the fruit basket, each thinking Jin was upset about the visit or the lack of a gift.

Obito Uchiha returned to Akatsuki injured after confronting Uchiha Jin and ordered White Zetsu to monitor Konoha as he considered striking the village. In Konoha, Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi suspected Shimura Danzō had attacked Jin, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to summon Danzo while Minato Namikaze questioned the Third Hokage’s authority.

• Obito Uchiha told Black Zetsu that he had encountered Uchiha Jin in Konoha, failed to recruit him, and lost an arm in the confrontation.
• Obito Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to have White Zetsu monitor Konoha and planned to deal the village a devastating blow.
• Shisui Uchiha and Uchiha Itachi concluded that Shimura Danzō was the most likely person to have injured Jin and decided to report their suspicion to the Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an Anbu to fetch Danzo, while Minato Namikaze grew uneasy that the Third Hokage was still exercising authority over his subordinates.
• At Root, Shimura Danzō asked whether Minato Namikaze or Hiruzen Sarutobi had summoned him, and the Anbu said it was the Third.

Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Shimura Danzō about Uchiha Jin’s masked attacker, but Danzō denied ordering the assault. Jin’s description pointed suspicion toward Root, leaving Danzō furious at being accused.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Shimura Danzō whether he admitted attacking Uchiha Jin, and Danzō angrily denied doing it.
• Minato Namikaze questioned Danzō, who claimed he had stayed in Root, so Minato sent Anbu to investigate.
• An Anbu summoned Uchiha Jin to the Hokage's Office, where Jin found Danzō already there and looking furious.
• Minato Namikaze asked Jin whether his injuries were connected to Danzō, and Jin said his masked attacker had worn a hood.
• The office’s occupants suspected Root because the attacker’s clothing resembled its members’ attire, and Danzō protested that they were falsely accusing him.

Uchiha Jin let the investigation into his attack point suspicion at Shimura Danzō while concealing that Obito Uchiha had injured him. Danzō avoided being formally accused and resisted Jin’s attempt to provoke him, while Jin chose to keep watching Minato Namikaze before revealing the truth.

• Shimura Danzō denied attacking Uchiha Jin, and Minato Namikaze postponed judgment until the investigation produced evidence.
• Minato Namikaze promised Jin a satisfactory answer, while Jin decided to keep the truth about Obito Uchiha secret until he felt secure enough to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shimura Danzō glared at Shisui Uchiha and blamed the Uchiha for falsely accusing him, while Shisui realized Danzō had never trusted the clan.
• Jin taunted Danzō about Root’s weakness, hoping to provoke him into an attack, but Danzō recognized the trap and left for Root.
• Shisui apologized for failing to find evidence against Danzō, and Jin called him an idiot for rushing to report Jin’s injury.

Shimura Danzō was approached by Obito Uchiha with an offer to help remove Minato Namikaze from office. Meanwhile, Uchiha Jin visited Orochimaru, hoping to learn more about his research, but regretted accepting the invitation after Orochimaru repeatedly refilled his tea.

• Shimura Danzō raged at Root after returning and blamed others for suspecting him of wrongdoing.
• Orochimaru left Root to focus on researching immortality, while Danzō watched him go and resented Minato Namikaze's election as Hokage.
• Obito Uchiha appeared in Danzō's room and proposed working together to remove Minato from office.
• Uchiha Jin met Orochimaru while patrolling and agreed to visit his home, hoping to learn about his Hashirama cell research.
• Orochimaru asked Jin how he identified culprits, and Jin said it was a talent Orochimaru would not understand.
• Orochimaru repeatedly refilled Jin's tea as he drank it, leaving Jin to regret having come.

Uchiha Jin visited Orochimaru and asked about his classified research, while Orochimaru tried to work out why Jin kept looking at his head. Jin claimed he was checking for baldness, and Orochimaru concluded that Jin was mentally unstable, leaving them both wary of each other.

• Uchiha Jin stopped Orochimaru from pouring him more tea and asked what he had been working on.
• Orochimaru said the classified research project was known to the Hokage, and Jin confirmed that he meant Minato Namikaze.
• Orochimaru asked why Jin kept looking at his head, and Jin claimed he was checking whether the researcher was going bald.
• Orochimaru recalled Tobirama Senju's notes about the Uchiha and decided Jin must be mentally unstable, making him fear Jin might attack.
• Jin noticed Orochimaru's tense expression and wondered whether he was already bald and wearing a wig.

Uchiha Jin left Orochimaru without learning anything and ran into Asuma Sarutobi as he prepared to leave for the capital to serve as the daimyo's guard. Jin teased Asuma and arranged to eat with Kurenai Yuhi, leaving Asuma heartbroken as the group headed to the village gates.

• Uchiha Jin left Orochimaru's residence, while Orochimaru felt relieved that the visit was over.
• Uchiha Jin saw Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, Aoba Yamashiro, and Genma Shiranui on Commercial Street and realized Asuma was leaving for the capital.
• Uchiha Jin congratulated Asuma on becoming the daimyo's guard, but Asuma angrily rejected his praise.
• Kurenai Yuhi objected to Asuma's rude response, so Asuma pretended that he and Jin were joking.
• Uchiha Jin said goodbye and offered to treat Kurenai to a meal, and she happily accepted as Asuma's heart sank.

Uchiha Jin tried to teach Uchiha Itachi to stand up to bullies, but discovered Itachi refused to harm anyone he considered a comrade. The chapter ended with Jin probing Itachi’s loyalties and finding that he would not attack either the clan or the village if they came into conflict.

• Uchiha Jin asked Uchiha Itachi how he handled people who picked on him, and Itachi said he ignored them.
• Uchiha Jin beat Itachi to demonstrate that the strong should trample the weak and criticized him for tolerating bullies.
• Uchiha Itachi insisted that he could not bully or attack his comrades, even when they caused trouble for him.
• Uchiha Jin questioned whether Itachi would fight village ninja or clansmen in a conflict, and Itachi refused to attack either side.