Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yan won support for reforms that would reshape the Uchiha Clan, while the Third Hokage sought a way to protect Naruto from the villagers’ hatred. The Third Hokage decided to use Shukaku as a cover for Naruto’s Nine-Tails Jinchūriki status, as Shukaku’s clone continued taunting the Nine-Tails inside Naruto.

• Uchiha Yan persuaded clan members to support reforms and teach children a broad range of subjects regardless of Sharingan ability.
• Uchiha Yan presented reforms that tied access to Ninjutsu to contributions, established protections for clan members, and imposed strict punishments.
• Uchiha Yan explained how the Six Arts of the Nobleman could help regulate behavior and reduce the Sharingan’s influence.
• The Third Hokage, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura debated how to protect Naruto from villagers who hated him.
• Mitokado Homura suggested presenting Naruto as a Jinchūriki of Shukaku’s chakra, and the Third Hokage agreed to speak with Shukaku.
• Shukaku’s clone taunted the Nine-Tails inside Naruto about enjoying three years of freedom.

Shukaku agreed to teach Naruto Uzumaki in exchange for Fire Release techniques and Buddhist scriptures, while the Nine-Tails shut himself off in frustration. Later, Uchiha Yan arranged for Shisui to use Kotoamatsukami on him according to a scroll, though the purpose of the plan remained undisclosed.

• Shukaku taunted and sealed the Nine-Tails, then accepted the Third Hokage's request to teach Naruto Uzumaki in exchange for Fire Release and Buddhist scriptures.
• The Nine-Tails heard that Konoha trusted Shukaku and shut off his five senses.
• Danzo offered to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and Utatane Koharu suggested getting them from Yan's house; Danzo and the Third Hokage argued afterward.
• Uchiha Yan met Shisui Uchiha and Inabi at the Naka River and had them make Lightning Clones to guard him.
• Uchiha Yan gave Shisui's clone a scroll instructing it to use Kotoamatsukami to alter his memories, add an obsession, and erase his memories of that night.

Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to alter Uchiha Yan’s memories, while Inabi kept the details of Yan’s plan secret. Yan’s clones then detonated the explosive tags to erase evidence, and Shisui took Yan home as Inabi covered for them.

• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami on Uchiha Yan and glimpsed memories of the Uchiha massacre, Sarada, and Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui altered Yan’s memories, while Inabi refused to reveal the plan and warned Shisui about the Mangekyō Sharingan’s effects on its users.
• Shisui finished the memory alteration and said Yan would wake with a new obsession and ambition.
• Yan’s Lightning Clone detonated the explosive tags, destroying the clones and leaving Inabi to face the arriving Anbu.
• Shisui took Yan home, and Inabi told Kakashi the explosion had been caused by a jutsu test.
• Kakashi reported that Naruto had not been woken, and the Third Hokage reminded him to help Naruto grow up like an ordinary person.

Uchiha Yan trained four teachers for the Uchiha kindergarten while planning to fulfill the system’s mission before leaving Konoha. In Kirigakure, Genji learned that Yagura was under Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu and arranged to seek help from Konoha, unaware that Yan had already set his plan in motion.

• Uchiha Yan watched the system’s video of his wife searching for him and resolved to introduce the Jōgan or Tenseigan to the Shinobi World before his deadline.
• Uchiha Yan met the four teachers at the Shrine, assigned Uchiha Jin to discipline the children, and began teaching the other three the Six Arts.
• Uchiha Yan played the qin for the teachers and gathered Uchiha clan members, while passersby discussed his reputation and Sharingan.
• Genji learned that Yagura was under Genjutsu and concluded that Shisui Uchiha might be the only person able to dispel it.
• Genji decided to send Yae to Konoha for help and asked for Zabuza’s assistance getting her out of Kirigakure before Yagura moved against the Kaguya Clan.
• Uchiha Yan’s earlier plans in the Land of Sea had already set events in motion, and he prepared to return and complete his deal with Genji.

Uchiha Yan negotiated Kirigakure’s help in exchange for assisting Yae with the Fourth Mizukage, then warned Konoha’s leaders that Orochimaru might use Impure World Reincarnation to revive the First. He prepared to pursue Orochimaru, while the chapter ended with Konoha debating who should accompany him.

• Uchiha Yan left the Shrine after entrusting his books to the clan and went to meet Yae at the Hokage Building.
• Yae revealed that the Kaguya Clan had been wiped out, and Uchiha Yan agreed to help Kirigakure in exchange for joint administration of the Land of Whirlpools’ ruins and a fourteen-year noninvasion pledge.
• Uchiha Yan proposed that Konoha mass troops in Jinghai Town to pressure Kirigakure while he sought Madara Uchiha, and Yae gave him Hozuki Clan Water Release techniques as a deposit.
• Uchiha Yan told Konoha’s leaders that he needed to find Orochimaru before he could revive the First with Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Third Hokage ordered Uchiha Yan to bring Orochimaru back and offered Shisui and Kakashi, but Uchiha Yan objected to using Shisui and suggested Taichi instead.

Uchiha Yan enlisted White Zetsu to track Root and locate Orochimaru, while warning him about the hidden powers of the Sage of Six Paths and his brother. After White Zetsu found Orochimaru near the Land of Grass, Yan, Kakashi, and Taichi set out to reach him, but Root ninja detected them nearby.

• Uchiha Yan asked White Zetsu to follow Root ninja and use sightings of snakes to help locate Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yan told White Zetsu that the Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother might still be alive, alarming Black Zetsu and prompting him to agree to the search.
• White Zetsu reported that three Root teams had taken different routes, and Uchiha Yan waited outside the village with Kakashi and Taichi for a confirmed lead.
• Uchiha Yan, Kakashi, and Taichi discussed Naruto and Taichi’s book while they waited through the night.
• White Zetsu found Orochimaru near the Land of Grass, and Uchiha Yan led Kakashi and Taichi toward the location while asking them to avoid detection.
• Three Root ninja from the Yamanaka and Aburame clans sensed the group’s chakra and headed straight toward them, so Uchiha Yan told his companions not to attack.

Uchiha Yan, Kakashi, and Taichi reached Orochimaru’s hideout after talking their way past Danzo’s Root operatives. They confronted Orochimaru, who survived their coordinated attacks and countered with a powerful wind technique before Yan’s hidden explosive tags stopped it.

• Uchiha Yan used a fabricated divination reading to give Yamanaka Fū an explanation to report, and the Root operatives left rather than fight Kakashi and his team.
• Hyuga Taichi sensed Orochimaru beneath a deserted village, but Orochimaru sent a snake through an underground passage as a decoy.
• Kakashi split the village ground open, and Uchiha Yan blasted open the revealed door before the team attacked Orochimaru with genjutsu, Air Palm, Chidori, a sword, and flames.
• Orochimaru emerged from his charred body and taunted Uchiha Yan, then unleashed Great Breakthrough, which toppled nearby buildings and trees.
• Uchiha Yan detonated two hidden Explosive Tag Kunai, stopping Orochimaru’s gale.

Uchiha Yan sought Orochimaru’s help locating a masked, one-eyed Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan and offered to teach him a path to immortality. After Taichi revealed a strange golden light in his eyes, Orochimaru listened as Yan explained that immortality required balancing yin and yang in both body and spirit.

• Uchiha Yan confronted Orochimaru and offered cooperation if Orochimaru used his intelligence network to find the masked, one-eyed Uchiha.
• Orochimaru questioned whether Kakashi could be the attacker, and Uchiha Yan and Kakashi dismissed the suspicion.
• Uchiha Yan promised to teach Orochimaru about immortality, then showed him Taichi’s golden eyes and Taichi said he could perceive special energy and a missing part of Orochimaru’s soul.
• Orochimaru asked about the simplest path to immortality, and Uchiha Yan explained that tailed beasts endured through balanced yin and yang in body and spirit.
• Orochimaru asked whether combining Uchiha and Senju bloodlines could create that balance, and Uchiha Yan said it would require a way to purify their bloodlines.

Uchiha Yan used Orochimaru’s search for Madara Uchiha to send him clues while traveling with Kakashi and Rin Nohara toward Amegakure. As Obito and Black Zetsu argued over Yan’s fate, Yan revealed that he intended to check whether Konan’s group had found surviving Uzumaki orphans.

• Uchiha Yan told Orochimaru to look for the person behind Rin Nohara’s death in Kusagakure or Kirigakure and left with Kakashi and Rin Nohara.
• Orochimaru considered Yan’s theories about yin-yang, the Hyuga Clan, and the evolution of the Byakugan, while Obito ordered Black Zetsu to monitor Yan.
• Obito wanted to find Orochimaru, but Black Zetsu insisted that Uchiha Yan could not die yet and urged Obito to stay hidden.
• Uchiha Yan and his companions rested for a day, then set out for Amegakure as white snakes caught up with them.
• Uchiha Yan told Kakashi he wanted to see whether Konan and the others had found surviving Uzumaki orphans, and explained that Nagato was also an Uzumaki.

Uchiha Yan and his companions entered Amegakure, where they were stopped by three self-appointed defenders before meeting Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato. Nagato chose to confront Yan in person, but Yan tried to leave after seeing him, and Konan called him back.

• Uchiha Yan described the Tenseigan and teased Taichi and Kakashi about their future prospects, until Kakashi threatened him with lightning.
• Uchiha Yan, Taichi, and Kakashi entered Amegakure and encountered three boys who claimed to defend the village and planned to arrest Uchiha Haruna.
• The group waited at a restaurant for Konan, while Nagato told Konan he wanted Pain to bring Yan to him so they could speak face-to-face.
• Yahiko brought Uchiha Yan to Konan and Nagato, with Zetsu watching from the ceiling.
• Uchiha Yan pretended to mistake Nagato for a Hatake clansman and tried to leave, but Konan called him back.

Uchiha Yan told Nagato about ways to restore his body and gave him an Inner Canon Diagram while warning him not to kill Orochimaru or pursue the Tailed Beasts. After leaving the Land of Rain with Kakashi and Hyuga Taichi, Yan headed for Sunagakure to question Granny Chiyo about Obito.

• Nagato demanded that Uchiha Yan explain how to restore his body and locate the other Uzumaki orphan, but Yan refused to reveal the orphan’s whereabouts for three years.
• Yan suggested the Ryuumyaku and Senjutsu, then gave Nagato an Inner Canon Diagram as payment for help capturing Orochimaru and warned him not to kill Orochimaru or Danzo.
• Nagato sent Zetsu to the Country of Roran to search for the Fourth Hokage’s seal, while Konan began reading the scroll’s training instructions.
• Yan left the Land of Rain with Kakashi and Hyuga Taichi and decided to travel to Sunagakure to ask Granny Chiyo whether Obito had visited her.

Uchiha Yan arrived in Sunagakure with Kakashi and Taichi, where Rasa agreed to take them to Chiyo after Yan revealed he had information about Sasori. Before the meeting, Rasa brought Yan to Shukaku, who eagerly asked him to explain Buddhist teachings.

• Kakashi, Taichi, and Uchiha Yan reached Sunagakure and learned that the canal and Shukaku had brought merchants and funding to the village.
• Rasa objected to Kakashi visiting Chiyo, but Yan said Kakashi was there to watch him and revealed that he had news about Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Rasa agreed to take them to Chiyo after first bringing Yan to see Shukaku, who had been studying Buddhist scriptures.
• At Bunpuku's former prison, now a temple, Yan found Temari and Gaara training while Shukaku read the Heart Sutra.
• Shukaku asked Yan to explain Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, and Yan used a kunai to describe emptiness and the arising of things through causes and conditions.

Uchiha Yan questioned Chiyo about techniques that could restore or transfer life force, then used his Sharingan genjutsu to show her visions of Gaara's revival and Madara Uchiha defeating the Five Kage. Chiyo concluded that Madara could have survived by transplanting Hashirama's cells, while Yan left with a promise to help find Sasori.

• Uchiha Yan gave Rasa introductory books for Gaara and said his visions had shown that Uchiha Itachi died before the great battle.
• Rasa led Uchiha Yan and Team Kakashi to Chiyo, who initially concealed her knowledge about life-force techniques.
• Uchiha Yan cast a genjutsu showing Chiyo reviving Gaara and Madara Uchiha defeating the Five Kage.
• Chiyo revealed that she was researching a revival jutsu and said Madara's survival would mean he had transplanted Hashirama's cells into himself.
• Uchiha Yan stopped Kakashi from speculating about Danzo and offered to help Chiyo find Sasori, while Chiyo asked about Sakura.

Uchiha Yan told Kakashi and Taichi that they needed to prepare for Madara Uchiha and later offered to secure Obito a cloned heart through Orochimaru. Obito secretly met Orochimaru, who demanded a Byakugan and a gifted Kaguya Clan ninja in exchange, then revealed a clone made from flesh and blood taken from Jinghai Town.

• Uchiha Yan explained to Kakashi that the future images showed the Five Kage losing to Madara Uchiha and that they needed to find a way to obtain the Tenseigan.
• Uchiha Yan found Obito on a rooftop and offered to seek help from Orochimaru to obtain organs that could save him.
• Obito left to find Orochimaru, who confirmed he could clone organs and demanded a Byakugan and the most gifted ninja of the Kaguya Clan for a young heart.
• Orochimaru showed Obito a soulless boy cloned from flesh and blood he had collected in Jinghai Town and offered to add Hashirama cells to the heart.
• Obito told Orochimaru that he could not obtain the Byakugan.

Orochimaru agreed to help Obito obtain the Byakugan from Kirigakure, while Uchiha Yan prepared to leave Sunagakure. A crisis involving Shukaku, a Hyuga death, and Itachi’s Sharingan forced Yan to turn back toward Konoha, where Danzo and Hiashi argued over what had happened.

• Orochimaru and Obito agreed that Orochimaru would infiltrate Kirigakure and provoke a war with Konoha to obtain the Byakugan, while each secretly planned to betray the other.
• Orochimaru considered searching the Land of Sea for the Uzumaki Orphan, and Uchiha Yan had ninja cats watch Summoning Island for visitors.
• Uchiha Yan set out from Sunagakure for Jinghai Town, but a ninja cat told him that Fugaku wanted him back in Konoha because of trouble involving the Uchiha.
• Kakashi told Yan that Shukaku had killed Hyūga Shajia and nearly harmed Hinata, while Uchiha Itachi had used his Sharingan to calm Shukaku; Yan ordered the group to return to Konoha.
• The Third Hokage questioned Fugaku and Hiashi in the Hokage Office as Danzo challenged Hiashi over the incident and Koharu explained how the confrontation with Shukaku had escalated.
• Danzo argued that Shajia’s actions reflected the danger and pressure faced by Hyuga branch-family members under the Cursed Seal.

Hiashi, Fugaku, Danzo, and the Third Hokage argued over Naruto’s friendships and the Uchiha’s secret abilities before Itachi explained his Sharingan and haoran qi. Itachi identified Mitokado Homura’s long-held resentment, exposing his anger at the Third Hokage over Haruka, while the council returned to Naruto’s situation.

• Danzo demanded that Hinata befriend Naruto, but Hiashi refused and proposed that Sasuke take Naruto’s place; Fugaku rejected the idea and clashed with Hiashi.
• Danzo accused Fugaku of hiding Mangekyō Sharingan abilities, so the Third Hokage summoned Itachi to explain his eyes.
• Itachi said he had awakened his Sharingan six months earlier and could calm people, see their deepest fears, and dispel resentment through haoran qi.
• Itachi identified Homura as the person harboring the most resentment, while explaining that Hiashi was grieving and Danzo had only an obsession.
• Homura revealed that he resented the Third Hokage for wanting Haruka to die, and the council turned its attention back to resolving Naruto’s problem.

The Third Hokage barred the Uchiha from involvement in Naruto’s affairs, deepening the clan’s distrust of Konoha. Uchiha Yan returned, confronted Fugaku and the Hokage Building over their decisions, and challenged Danzo to accept responsibility if Naruto or Shukaku caused another disaster.

• The Third Hokage decided Itachi should graduate and ordered Fugaku and Itachi to stay out of Naruto’s affairs, leaving Fugaku to comply despite his misgivings.
• Uchiha Yan returned to the village, learned Fugaku had backed down, and berated the clan for failing to stand with Konoha and protect Naruto.
• Uchiha Yan warned Xiaren that he would no longer help if the clan failed to decide where it stood, then left the Shrine to confront the Third Hokage.
• At the Hokage Building, Uchiha Yan criticized the Third Hokage for excluding the Uchiha and for worsening Naruto’s isolation.
• Uchiha Yan recognized Danzo’s plan to arrange friends for Naruto and demanded to know whether Danzo would accept responsibility if Naruto’s chakra erupted or Shukaku killed again.

Uchiha Yan confronted the Third Hokage, Danzo, and Konoha's clan leaders, denouncing their leadership and declaring that he would protect the Uchiha if they were targeted. He left the Hokage Building after threatening to remove the Third Hokage from power, leaving Konoha's leaders to consider how to respond.

• Uchiha Yan warned that Orochimaru could use Impure World Reincarnation, surrendered his forehead protector, and said he would quit being a ninja and return his eyes to the clan.
• Kakashi tried to stop Uchiha Yan from leaving, but the Third Hokage ordered everyone to let him go and asked him to finish his mission.
• Uchiha Yan accused the Third Hokage and Danzo of betraying Konoha's founding ideals and said he respected the fallen while pretending to support the leaders.
• Uchiha Yan asserted that Konoha could not kill him without losing the trust of its allies and shinobi, and vowed to remove the Third Hokage from power.
• Uchiha Yan walked out of the Hokage Building, while the Third Hokage refused to order Danzo to kill him and sent the others away to consider what to do.

Uchiha Yan arranged for rumors and blame to be directed at himself so Naruto and the Uchiha Clan would be spared, while he tried to prevent Konoha from falling into internal conflict. As the villagers turned against him, Shikaku realized Yan had deliberately engineered the situation, but feared Yan might not survive it.

• Uchiha Yan asked Haruka to tell Counselor Homura and Counselor Koharu not to defend him, explaining that he wanted to protect Naruto and the Uchiha Clan and delay conflict until he dealt with Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yan told Fugaku to spread rumors portraying him as a rogue ninja and enemy spy, keep the Uchiha Jonin inside the compound, and have Itachi stay home to look after Sasuke.
• The Third Hokage and Danzo decided to use the same tactic they had used against Konoha's White Fang, while Utatane Koharu withdrew from the discussion and Mitokado Homura refused to participate.
• Danzo's rumors blamed Uchiha Yan for bringing Shukaku to Konoha and causing deaths, while the Uchiha used Genjutsu to redirect attention away from Naruto and the clan.
• Uchiha Yan had the Military Police Force arrest people who insulted him and keep them awake until the Third Hokage and Danzo's representatives secured their release.
• Inoichi Yamanaka noticed that Naruto and the Uchiha were no longer being blamed, and Shikaku concluded that Uchiha Yan had taken all the blame upon himself; Inoichi feared Yan would have to defect to survive.

Uchiha Yan defected from Konoha with Naruto to protect the Uchiha Clan and buy time, while Inabi kept the clan from interfering. The chapter ended with Inabi revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan and refusing to let anyone leave the clan grounds.

• Uchiha Yan told Inabi he planned to defect and asked him to keep the Uchiha from leaving the clan grounds.
• Uchiha Yan used Genjutsu on Kakashi, seized Naruto from his home, and fled toward Konoha's entrance as the Anbu raised the alarm.
• Danzo ordered Root to pursue and kill Uchiha Yan, while Fugaku hurried to the clan grounds and found Inabi blocking the Uchiha.
• Shisui tried to put Inabi to sleep with his Mangekyō Sharingan, but Inabi revealed his own Mangekyō and resisted.
• Inabi blamed Shisui's divided loyalties for Uchiha Yan's situation, and Fugaku realized Yan had defected as part of a plan.