Recaps

Hyuga Taichi revealed his golden eyes and used Taoist cultivation to manifest a vast Eight Trigrams Formation over Konoha, shocking the Hyuga Clan and village leaders. Hiashi accepted the legacy for Hinata and Neji, while Orochimaru learned of Taichi’s power and reconsidered his plans for him.

• Taichi told Hiashi that Sakura might reach Lady Tsunade’s level in Medical Ninjutsu and Chakra Enhanced Strength, then revealed his golden eyes and claimed he could remove the Cursed Seal.
• Taichi manifested an enormous Eight Trigrams Formation above Konoha, displaying the phenomena of its trigrams before withdrawing it as he returned home.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Inabi discussed Taichi’s achievement, while the Third Hokage and Danzo reacted to the spectacle and went to investigate.
• Hiashi told the Third Hokage that Hizashi’s legacy would be taught to Neji, and agreed that Hinata should learn it too.
• Orochimaru received news of the formation and considered pursuing The Secret of the Golden Flower instead of involving Taichi in his experiments.

Orochimaru infiltrated Konoha to find Taichi, but Uchiha Itachi detected the resentment surrounding him and summoned Xiaren and the village forces. As Orochimaru fought the gathered shinobi, he emerged beside Itachi and was overwhelmed by the resentment of the people he had killed.

• Orochimaru entered Konoha disguised as a traveling merchant and encountered Uchiha Itachi, who sensed the resentment surrounding him and called for Xiaren.
• Xiaren and Itachi confronted Orochimaru, and Xiaren exposed his identity and summoned the Military Police Force.
• Orochimaru attacked Xiaren, prompting Xiaren to rally the Uchiha by naming Orochimaru as Yan’s killer; the Third Hokage and other shinobi arrived.
• Orochimaru threatened Hiashi and Lady Hinata, while Danzo ordered Root to capture him alive and Fugaku commanded the Uchiha to kill him.
• Inabi trapped Orochimaru in a deep-red Susanoo and crushed him, but Orochimaru escaped underground and attacked Itachi.
• Itachi’s eyes caused the resentment of Orochimaru’s victims to overwhelm him, leaving him collapsed and screaming.

Orochimaru escaped Konoha after Uchiha Itachi’s soul technique nearly killed him, and the Third Hokage assigned Root to hunt him while restricting Itachi and the Hyuga heirs from leaving the village. At Ryūchi Cave, the White Snake Sage became interested in Itachi, while Orochimaru began investigating spiritual energy and Uchiha Yan prepared to contact Shisui.

• Orochimaru used the Reverse Summoning Technique to escape, and the Third Hokage ordered Danzo’s Root to pursue him while keeping Itachi, Hinata, and Neji in Konoha.
• Hiashi visited Taichi, who explained that Orochimaru sought the Byakugan to study tailed-beast chakra and natural energy, and might also be pursuing the Tenseigan.
• Hiashi rejected Taichi’s claims about the Tenseigan and hurried away, leaving Taichi suspicious that he knew a secret involving the Cursed Seal.
• At Ryūchi Cave, Orochimaru recovered from Itachi’s soul attack and told the White Snake Sage what had happened; the Sage ordered him to bring Itachi there to test his aptitude for senjutsu.
• Orochimaru resolved to study lingering resentment as spiritual energy and planned to question Uchiha Yan about it.
• Uchiha Yan, worried about Orochimaru’s plans for Honoka, wrote Shisui Uchiha a letter asking him to come as soon as possible.

Uchiha Yan learned that people he had influenced were gaining extraordinary powers, then discovered Orochimaru had encountered a masked young man using space-time ninjutsu. Yan gave Orochimaru advice and the Inner Canon Diagram scroll, while seeking the masked man’s location.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Yan that Uchiha Inabi had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, a Hyuga prodigy could form an Eight Trigrams Formation in the air, and Uchiha Itachi had nearly killed Orochimaru with pain.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Konan, Nagato, and even he had developed unusual abilities after studying Yan’s I Ching Academy lessons, and Yan realized his influence had made others powerful.
• Black Zetsu told Yan that Orochimaru had found Madara Uchiha, and Yan asked Nagato to pretend he knew nothing before waiting for Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Yan that a masked young man had appeared before him using space-time ninjutsu, and Yan asked for the address of Orochimaru’s abandoned base so he could track the spatial fluctuations.
• Yan explained that Itachi’s Haoran Qi had overwhelmed Orochimaru and advised him to address the vengeful souls attached to him before cultivating the Inner Canon Diagram.
• Yan gave Orochimaru a scroll of the Inner Canon Diagram and suggested seeking a Buddhist practitioner, the Tailed Beasts, or the Uzumaki Clan’s Shinigami to deal with the vengeful souls.

Uchiha Yan left Orochimaru intent on steering him toward Kirigakure, while Obito and Black Zetsu discussed recruiting powerful ninja and speculated about Yan’s plans. Orochimaru reached Jinghai Town and began gathering intelligence, still intent on obtaining the Three-Tails and Byakugan.

• Uchiha Yan warned Orochimaru to avoid Uchiha Itachi, explained that he did not know why Hyuga Taichi had changed, and left after telling Orochimaru he could copy his books.
• Orochimaru decided to find Anko in Jinghai Town and retrieve his belongings, while Obito read Yan’s novel and startled Black Zetsu by pretending to use a technique from it.
• Black Zetsu urged Obito to recruit Uchiha Inabi and discussed other potential Akatsuki members; Obito considered Kisame, Sasori, and Hyuga Taichi but rejected Shisui as too dangerous.
• Obito told Black Zetsu that Yan was likely setting Orochimaru up to die in Kirigakure, though he concealed his own opposition to Madara Uchiha’s resurrection.
• Orochimaru’s determination to obtain the Three-Tails and Byakugan intensified, and he arrived near Jinghai Town and sent snakes to gather intelligence.

Orochimaru visited Jinghai Town, removed Anko’s cursed seal, and left her a scroll before Aoba reported his arrival to Konoha. The Third Hokage’s council suspected Orochimaru was pursuing Madara Uchiha and ordered preparations for war with Kirigakure, while Hiruzen secretly warned Jiraiya in case Orochimaru was in danger.

• Orochimaru told Anko to build her own life, removed her cursed seal, and left her a scroll of snake-style ninjutsu.
• Anko reported Orochimaru’s visit to Aoba Yamashiro, who sent the news to Konoha by crow.
• The Third Hokage and his advisors connected Orochimaru’s arrival to the plan involving Madara Uchiha and Kirigakure.
• Danzo admitted Orochimaru had asked him to send Root to Jinghai Town to gather intelligence and encourage conflict between Konoha and Kirigakure.
• The Third Hokage ordered preparations for war against Kirigakure and secretly wrote to Jiraiya, hoping he could reach Orochimaru in time.

Uchiha Yan showed Nagato and Konan visions of the future and explained his plan to use Orochimaru to create a Tenseigan, then unite the shinobi world and secure lasting peace. Nagato and Konan agreed to help restrain Orochimaru, while wondering why the future showed no Uchiha Clan members.

• Uchiha Yan asked Nagato to restrain Orochimaru so Shisui could cast genjutsu on him, and showed Nagato and Konan visions of the future.
• Konan criticized Nagato’s actions in the visions, while Nagato insisted he would not have destroyed Konoha or handled the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki so carelessly.
• Uchiha Yan argued that Naruto’s power had not brought lasting peace and explained his plan to use the Tenseigan, the Rinnegan, and an external enemy to unite the shinobi world.
• Konan agreed to help Uchiha Yan get the Tenseigan and restrain Orochimaru, while Nagato admitted he had hidden Uchiha Yan’s long-term peace plan from her.
• After Uchiha Yan left, Nagato and Konan wondered whether Konoha had wiped out the Uchiha Clan in the future and whether the Third Hokage could be that powerful.

Uchiha Yan instructed Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami to give Orochimaru an obsession with developing the Tenseigan or Jōgan, while the forces of Konoha and Kirigakure gathered near Jinghai Town. The chapter ended with Orochimaru heading to meet Ao with Kimimaro, and Yan learning that Ao might be near Yagura.

• Genji organized Kirigakure’s response to Konoha’s advance and persuaded Yagura to lead the village’s jonin into battle.
• Obito and Orochimaru negotiated over a Cursed Seal, Kimimaro, and the location of the Byakugan.
• Uchiha Yan met Shisui near Jinghai Town and told him to use Kotoamatsukami only to make Orochimaru pursue developing the Tenseigan or Jōgan.
• A Tailed Beast Bomb exploded near Jinghai Town, but Yan urged Shisui to stay focused on the mission and trust his clansmen.
• White Zetsu told Uchiha Yan that Orochimaru had found Kimimaro Kaguya and was taking him to meet Ao, prompting Yan to ask if Ao was near Yagura.

Uchiha Yan disrupted the staged battle between Konoha and Kirigakure, prompting Inabi to defeat Yagura and Orochimaru to seize him and steal Ao’s Byakugan. Konan and the others intercepted Orochimaru, who remained confident he could escape.

• Uchiha Yan explained that Orochimaru was likely hiding nearby and arranged for Konan and the others to restrain him when he appeared.
• Uchiha Yan attacked the Kirigakure forces, turning the staged confrontation into a real battle.
• Inabi used Yagokoroomikami to capture Yagura with Susanoo, then knocked him unconscious with a Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu.
• Orochimaru swallowed Yagura with a giant python and stole Ao’s Byakugan, but Inabi seized him before he could escape.
• Konan bound Orochimaru with paper, and Uchiha Yan prepared to attack while Orochimaru insisted he could still get away.

Uchiha Yan’s plan to capture Orochimaru and secure information about immortality collapsed when Inabi’s technique swallowed Orochimaru. Yan broke down in despair, and the others argued over who had caused his crisis.

• Uchiha Yan revealed that Taichi had secretly joined the ambush, and Taichi trapped Orochimaru between two mountains as lightning struck the area.
• Shisui failed to use Kotoamatsukami because a sealing technique protected Orochimaru’s mind, so Yan asked Shisui to permanently change Orochimaru’s will instead.
• Obito appeared to rescue Orochimaru, but the Kirigakure Ninja attacked while Yan ordered Konan and Shisui to keep fighting.
• Inabi used Yellow Springs Binding, creating a black vortex that swallowed Orochimaru before Yan could reach him.
• Yan searched for Anko’s Cursed Seal and the Ryuumyaku, then collapsed in despair when he learned the seal was gone and Pain had not found the Ryuumyaku.
• Shisui and Konan blamed Inabi for Yan’s condition, while Yan lay shut off from his surroundings.

Uchiha Yan awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan through a plan that manipulated his memories and emotions, then prepared to return to Konoha with Shisui. He revealed that he had foreseen the Uchiha Clan’s destruction and vowed to guide the changed future toward peace.

• Inabi and Shisui realized that Uchiha Yan had arranged for his memories and obsession to trigger the emotional shock needed to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Pain and Taichi explained how Yan’s plan involved Orochimaru, the Tenseigan, Kirigakure, Yagura, and the Byakugan, while its wider goals had failed.
• Genji asked Inabi about Orochimaru and Yagura, and Yan beat Inabi for stealing his research and erasing his memories.
• Uchiha Yan asked Shisui to release the Fourth Mizukage from genjutsu and said they would return to Konoha, then rejected Genji’s demand for an explanation.
• Uchiha Yan told Konan and Pain that he had foreseen Uchiha Itachi destroying the Uchiha Clan and had taught Itachi Confucianism to prevent that future.
• Uchiha Yan declared that the future had changed and promised to lead the shinobi world toward peace, while Pain agreed to entrust him with everything if his own plan failed.

Uchiha Yan rallied the Konoha Ninja with promises to reform Konoha, while Obito and Black Zetsu debated how Yan had anticipated events and what Obito had traded with Orochimaru. Obito planned to seek Uzumaki cells, but Black Zetsu warned him to focus on strengthening his Kamui before the Akatsuki moved against Konoha.

• Uchiha Yan urged the Konoha Ninja to change Konoha and the Shinobi World, promising to open the Uchiha Clan’s book collection and fulfill the First Hokage’s ideals.
• The Konoha Ninja joined Yan’s chant, while Genji watched from afar and envied Konoha for having him.
• Obito learned that Yan had awakened his eyes and angrily questioned Madara Uchiha’s role in the deaths of his loved ones.
• Black Zetsu asked whether Yan knew Obito’s identity, and Obito argued that Yan had planned for Orochimaru to survive by making a deal with Madara Uchiha.
• Obito revealed that he had traded with Orochimaru to obtain Uzumaki Honoka and hoped to combine Uzumaki, Senju, and Uchiha cells to awaken the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu dismissed Obito’s plan, urged him to train his Kamui, and warned that he might have to act against Konoha before the Akatsuki captured the Nine-Tails.

The Third Hokage and his advisers debated how to handle Uchiha Yan’s return and Mangekyō Sharingan, fearing conflict with the Uchiha. When Yan arrived with the returning mission team, they learned that Uchiha Inabi had stolen Yan’s method of awakening the Mangekyō and had been beaten by him; the chapter ended with Orochimaru trapped in the Uchiha Sealing Grounds.

• Danzo urged the Third Hokage to deal with Uchiha Yan, but the Third Hokage and Utatane Koharu warned that attacking him could plunge Konoha into civil conflict.
• Mitokado Homura suggested Yan might try to make Danzo Hokage as a scapegoat, and Danzo briefly became excited at the prospect.
• An Anbu reported that Uchiha Inabi’s mission had returned and that the genjutsu on the Fourth Mizukage had been dispelled, so the Third Hokage summoned the mission team and clan leaders.
• Uchiha Inabi arrived with a badly swollen face, and Shisui explained that Inabi had stolen Yan’s Mangekyō method and sealed his memories before Yan’s first mission outside the village.
• Fugaku and Inabi argued over Inabi’s theft and the death of Orochimaru, while Orochimaru remained imprisoned in the dark Uchiha Sealing Grounds.

Orochimaru remained trapped in the Uchiha Clan Sealing Grounds while Uchiha Yan persuaded the Third Hokage to clear his name and discussed the masked Madara. Afterward, Yan left with Fugaku and reconsidered how he had helped Itachi become exceptionally powerful.

• Orochimaru learned from an unseen prisoner that the Uchiha Clan had sealed them away and that escape might require Boruto's Jōgan, so he resigned himself to waiting for Kabuto to find him.
• Uchiha Yan asked the Third Hokage to clear his name and requested to teach Naruto at the Ninja Academy, which the Hokage agreed to.
• Yan told Danzo that the masked figure was probably not Madara Uchiha and warned that Konoha should strengthen itself against the threat; he then teased Danzo about finding a wife until Danzo ordered him to leave.
• Outside the Hokage Building, Fugaku warned Yan not to grow overconfident, and Yan joked that he could take Fugaku's clan-leader position.
• Yan suddenly realized he had given Itachi the chance to cultivate Haoran Qi without benefiting from it himself, then said he would consider how to cultivate the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Uchiha Yan used the Tianyan System to choose a Confucian and Taoist cultivation path, then went to the Hyuga Clan Compound to begin teaching Neji. The chapter ended as Neji prepared to become Yan’s first formal disciple, with Hinata allowed to sit in on lessons.

• Uchiha Jin visited Yan, asked him to continue drawing Anya’s story, and delivered Hyuga Hiashi’s invitation.
• Uchiha Yan spent two nights and a day using the system to compare cultivation paths, chose to cultivate Confucian and Taoist methods, and stored two drops of Hashirama’s blood.
• Uchiha Yan met Hiashi and Taichi, learned Taichi planned to enter secluded cultivation, and agreed to teach Neji while letting Hinata attend lessons without becoming his disciple.
• Uchiha Yan called Neji forward and told him to kowtow three times and call him Master to formally enter his tutelage.

Uchiha Yan began teaching Neji and Hinata, giving Neji access to the Daozang and explaining his father’s sacrifice. Meanwhile, the other villages worried about Konoha’s growing strength, as Ōnoki turned his attention toward it and Genji urged Yagura to rebuild Kirigakure.

• Uchiha Yan gave Neji a scroll containing the Daozang and said he would teach him to think and analyze situations.
• Uchiha Yan explained how Neji’s father had tried to change the Hyuga Clan’s Cursed Seal system, then told Neji to clear his mind instead of dwelling on blame.
• Uchiha Yan praised Hinata’s understanding of caution and began teaching Neji and Hinata mathematics.
• Raizan and Zifeng discussed their fears that Uchiha Yan, Uchiha Itachi, and other Konoha shinobi could make Konoha too powerful to oppose.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to prioritize intelligence on Konoha because he feared Fugaku and Itachi might awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Genji persuaded the self-blaming Yagura to remain Mizukage and focus Kirigakure on recovering its Ninja Blades, training new swordsmen, and studying Uchiha Yan’s reforms.

Uchiha Yan defended his teaching plans before the Third Hokage and the village elders, then began his first class at the Ninja Academy. He quieted the students and asked them to write their names on cardstock, while Sasuke finished first.

• The Third Hokage and the elders questioned whether Uchiha Yan should teach at the Ninja Academy, and Yan explained that he would focus on teaching students how to learn rather than forcing lessons on them.
• Yan, the Third Hokage, and Danzo traded barbs about Konoha’s stability, the Uchiha, and who should lead the Academy.
• Uchiha Yan entered a classroom of more than forty children while the Third Hokage, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura watched from outside.
• Yan threatened to hang noisy students at the village entrance, and the class quickly fell silent.
• Yan handed out cardstock and asked each student to write their name and fold the paper into a triangle; Sasuke Uchiha finished first.

Uchiha Yan began teaching his class through genjutsu and handwriting exercises, while Sasuke provoked his classmates into a fight with Naruto. After two suspected Iwagakure spies were arrested for seeking information about Yan and his students, the Third Hokage ordered an inquiry into the Land of Fire's Daimyō and Danzo took the prisoners for Root.

• Uchiha Yan used genjutsu to have the children choose what they wanted most, then assigned them to copy their partners' chosen words for a chance to receive those things.
• Sasuke insulted his classmates, and Naruto attacked him before more than ten children joined the confrontation.
• Uchiha Yan threw Sasuke and Naruto out the window to fight, then told the other students to begin copying.
• Fugaku told the Third Hokage that the Military Police Force had arrested two genin working for Oda Makoto, and Inabi's Sharingan check suggested they had come from the Land of Earth.
• The Third Hokage sent Homura to ask the Daimyō about his trust in Konoha, while Fugaku handed the prisoners over to Danzo's Root.

Uchiha Yan explained why the Daimyō feared Konoha’s growing strength and proposed measures to prepare for possible alliances among rival nations. Mitokado Homura then confronted Tokugawa Shin over restrictions on Uchiha Yan’s teaching, and the Daimyō threatened to cut Konoha’s funding in half.

• The Third Hokage ordered Danzo to investigate spies in Konoha and rejected Danzo’s proposal to slaughter the Oda Family.
• Uchiha Yan argued that the Daimyō could be replaced, while the Third Hokage explained that Konoha depended on the Daimyō for funding and political legitimacy.
• Uchiha Yan said Konoha’s growing number of elite fighters had alarmed other nations and warned that several countries might form an alliance.
• Uchiha Yan proposed creating turmoil among the Five Great Villages and improving Konoha’s ties with rival nations, but the Third Hokage instead ordered Danzo to target Uchiha Haruna, Uchiha Jin, and Uchiha Jinyan without killing them.
• Mitokado Homura asked Tokugawa Shin to let Konoha investigate spies in the Oda residence, but Tokugawa Shin refused and demanded that Uchiha Yan stop teaching anything except ninjutsu.
• Tokugawa Shin announced that Konoha’s funding would be halved, and Mitokado Homura warned that Uchiha Yan could not easily be controlled.

Mitokado Homura confronted Tokugawa Shin over the Daimyō’s threat to cut Konoha’s funding unless Uchiha Yan stopped teaching political knowledge. After Homura reported back, the Third Hokage ordered Yan to stop teaching politics at the Ninja Academy while planning to recruit students from his evening classes to train a future Hokage.

• Mitokado Homura demanded an explanation from Tokugawa Shin, who said officials and city lords feared Uchiha Yan’s lessons would undermine their positions and the Daimyō’s authority.
• Tokugawa Shin offered to restore Konoha’s funding if Yan stopped teaching and his books were burned, but Homura refused and secured a promise that Yan would stop teaching politics at the Ninja Academy.
• Mitokado Homura returned to Konoha and told the Third Hokage that the Daimyō’s officials were trying to prevent ninja from gaining political knowledge.
• The Third Hokage said he would tell Uchiha Yan to stop teaching politics in class and send selected students to the Uchiha Clan’s kindergarten in the evenings, while ruling out Yan and Danzo as Hokage candidates.
• The Third Hokage asked Homura to question Yan about why he had not sought power, then sent him to investigate an angry roar outside the window accusing Danzo of bringing his men.

Uchiha Haruna grew desperate as Root repeatedly disrupted his attempts to show off, so Uchiha Yan suggested he take a mission to the Capital. Haruna set out with Uchiha Jin and Uchiha Jinyan, while Danzo ordered Root to follow and provoke them there.

• Root kept interrupting Uchiha Haruna and Uchiha Jin with gongs, hoping to provoke the Uchiha into using ninjutsu and give Danzo grounds to arrest Haruna.
• Raizan explained to Dōjima that Danzo was trying to force Haruna to use ninjutsu, while other villages watched the Uchiha-Root conflict with hopes it would weaken Konoha.
• Haruna asked Uchiha Yan for help, and Yan advised him to take a mission to the Capital, where Root might leave him alone.
• Haruna enthusiastically wrote down more boastful lines, then went to the Mission Hall and recruited Uchiha Jin and Uchiha Jinyan for the trip.
• Danzo ordered A and Taka to take their squads to the Capital and provoke the three Uchiha until they used ninjutsu indiscriminately.

Xiaren escorted a merchant to the Capital while Uchiha Yan found a way to occupy restless clan members with games inside a Genjutsu. At school, Yan confronted his students over bullying but abruptly punished Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Naruto instead.

• Xiaren boasted to the merchant about his strength, leaving the man despairing over the journey ahead.
• Restless Uchiha crowded Fugaku's home asking to leave the village, but Mikoto threatened them and sent them away.
• The Uchiha asked Yan for help, and he used a Genjutsu full of games to keep them entertained before ordering them to organize the games themselves.
• Yan reflected on his training and went to class, where Sakura's pale face and her classmates' smug expressions caught his attention.
• Yan asked Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Naruto whether they had bullied classmates, then ordered all three to copy the Analects ten times.

Uchiha Yan taught his students to simplify problems after challenging them to identify the bullies and victim in their class. After class, Iruka told Yan why he resented Naruto, and Yan gave him a way to think through what he wanted.

• Uchiha Yan made Sasuke, Naruto, and Shikamaru find the classmates involved in bullying, then taught the class how to break difficult problems into simpler steps.
• Shikamaru identified three bullies and Sakura Haruno as the victim, while Naruto and Sasuke realized they could have worked together to find the answer.
• Uchiha Yan assigned the children to form teams, take D-rank search missions, and use his problem-solving method.
• Iruka told Uchiha Yan that he hated Naruto because the Nine-Tails' rampage had killed his parents, and Yan advised him to consider what he truly wanted.
• Iruka asked why Yan had not intervened to help Sakura, and Yan said he had taught her how to solve the problem and believed Naruto and Sasuke could help her.

After Uchiha Yan’s young students completed missions with startling speed, the Third Hokage and Danzo argued over Sakura Haruno while Yan proposed using negotiations to buy Konoha time. Ōnoki learned how capable the children were and decided Uchiha Yan had to be eliminated, though he struggled to find a way to reach him.

• Sasuke Uchiha and his classmates took missions, and the villagers were astonished when every squad completed its work by evening, with Sakura Haruno, Ino, and Hinata Hyuga finishing fastest.
• The Third Hokage ordered the mission results kept quiet, while Danzo demanded Sakura for Root after hearing she had deduced an item's location in five minutes.
• Uchiha Yan defended his students’ progress and proposed drawing other villages into prolonged negotiations by offering teaching materials in exchange for concessions.
• The Third Hokage agreed to Yan’s plan but warned him not to teach anything that could antagonize the Daimyō.
• Ōnoki learned that Hinata Hyuga had completed a mission in ten minutes without activating her Byakugan and ordered Kitsuchi to find a way to get Uchiha Yan out of the village so he could kill him.
• Kitsuchi explained that Yan stayed within the Hyuga, school, and Uchiha compounds and was difficult to poison, leaving Ōnoki to consider threatening Yan’s family or using a woman against him.

Ōnoki planned to enlist other villages and Danzo in a scheme to kill Uchiha Yan, but Konoha’s invitation for foreign children to study under Yan complicated his plans. In the Capital, Uchiha Haruna and his companions persuaded Asuma to let them fight in a public sparring match, and they ended by insisting he return to Konoha for special training.

• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to contact Danzo and recruit Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure into a plot to kill Uchiha Yan.
• An Iwagakure messenger reported that Konoha had invited foreign children to study under Yan and that Yan intended to take Gaara as his disciple.
• Ōnoki rejected the idea of sending Kurotsuchi to Konoha and decided to meet the other villages in the Land of Grass.
• Haruna, Jinyan, and Jhin asked Asuma to find them enemies in the Capital so they could stage a public display of their strength.
• Asuma offered the three Uchiha a chance to fight Kazuma’s group in a sparring match before the Daimyō, ministers, and citizens.
• Haruna and Jhin told Asuma to return to Konoha with them afterward and undergo special training until he could use instant-cast ninjutsu.