Chapter Summaries

Seiichi demonstrated his Susanoo, rapidly reaching its 300-meter-tall Perfect Susanoo and revealing a powerful saber with unique abilities. He tested its weapons by slicing off a mountain peak and firing its tomoe, then began forming a large chakra sphere in its palm.

• Fugaku tested his Susanoo by throwing explosive darts at the mountain, then returned to the others.
• Seiichi rapidly evolved his Susanoo into its enormous fifth stage, the Perfect Susanoo, astonishing Fugaku, Mikoto, Shisui, and Itachi.
• Seiichi discovered that his Susanoo wielded a saber named Shusui Parting Clouds, which had powerful destructive and evil-breaking abilities.
• Seiichi swung the saber and sent a sword-energy slash into the mountain, cleanly cutting off its peak.
• Seiichi's Susanoo threw the nine tomoe from its necklace, then formed a huge purplish-black energy sphere in its palm.

Seiichi demonstrated his newly gained power to Fugaku and his family, while Konoha announced victory and welcomed the war-weary troops home. The chapter left the Uchiha facing heavy losses as Seiichi resolved to keep provoking Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Seiichi used a Tailed Beast Bomb to destroy a mountain, tested his Susanoo and flight, then returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound with his family.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Konoha's victory, and Danzo and the other elders prepared to act while the Uchiha remained silent.
• Seiichi told Fugaku and Mikoto he would keep getting on Hiruzen Sarutobi's nerves, and Fugaku assured him the clan would stand with him.
• Minato Namikaze and the returning commanders met Hiruzen Sarutobi, who praised them and sent them home to rest before giving their reports.
• Fugaku, Seiichi, and the Uchiha elders welcomed back 626 clan members; the clan had lost nearly forty percent of its thousand fighters, with many survivors injured or disabled.

Seiichi announced generous benefits for Uchiha who returned from battle and their families, then met with Fugaku and the elders to discuss the clan’s finances and his awakened eyes. The elders learned that Seiichi possessed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Fugaku had the Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving them confident in the clan’s future.

• Fugaku invited Seiichi to address the clan members who had returned from battle, while positioning him as the future clan leader.
• Seiichi multiplied allowances and benefits for wounded and disabled fighters, promised support for the families of the dead, and threatened anyone who stole their money.
• Seiichi, Fugaku, and the ten elders met; Uchiha Gangmu estimated the clan could sustain its spending for five years, and Seiichi said the current benefits would last about a year.
• Seiichi demonstrated his Sharingan, and the elders recognized it as the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and the elders stopped worrying about the clan’s finances and prospects.

At Konoha’s postwar leadership meeting, Seiichi represented the Uchiha Clan and announced that he intended to reclaim its Sharingan from outsiders. The meeting ended with everyone waiting to hear what action he would demand.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the meeting and noticed that the Uchiha seat was empty.
• Seiichi arrived late in place of his unwell father, Fugaku, and shared Uchiha meat buns with Choza Akimichi.
• Minato Namikaze spoke about the war and the Will of Fire before Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed postwar matters and clan subsidies.
• Seiichi interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempt to adjourn and wondered why no one had discussed choosing a Fourth Hokage.
• Seiichi announced that he intended to reclaim the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan held by outsiders, leaving the meeting unsure what he meant.

Seiichi refused Minato and Kakashi’s pleas to let Kakashi keep Obito’s Sharingan, insisting that the Uchiha Clan’s rules required its return. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato recognized that Seiichi would not negotiate, while privately doubting his claim that only a unanimous clan-wide vote could change the rule.

• Kakashi declared that he would not surrender the Sharingan Obito had entrusted to him, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to intervene.
• Hiruzen appealed to Seiichi to respect the bond between Kakashi and Obito, and Minato recounted how Obito and Rin had died after Kakashi lost an eye.
• Minato and Kakashi bowed and asked Seiichi to let the Sharingan remain with Kakashi.
• Seiichi expressed sympathy but said the Uchiha Clan’s Kekkei Genkai could not remain with an outsider, and claimed only a unanimous clan-wide vote could make an exception.
• Hiruzen and Minato accepted that Seiichi would not yield, though they privately dismissed his claim that a unanimous vote was necessary.

Seiichi demanded that Kakashi return Obito’s Sharingan, while Kakashi insisted Obito had given it to him and challenged Seiichi to a duel. Seiichi accepted but demanded Kakashi’s complete Hatake Style Swordsmanship and Hatake Sakumo’s training insights as the stakes, leaving the wager contested.

• Kakashi argued that Obito had chosen to give him the Sharingan, but Minato covered Kakashi’s mouth as Seiichi and Yuri demanded its return.
• Seiichi compared the Sharingan to the Byakugan, and Hyuga Hiashi said he would find a new owner for a Byakugan given away by a clansman.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Kakashi to give up the Sharingan and offered to have Konoha Hospital implant another eye.
• Kakashi challenged Seiichi to a duel, proposing that he would surrender the Sharingan if he lost and that the Uchiha Clan would stop pursuing it if he won.
• Seiichi pointed out that Kakashi risked nothing and agreed to the duel only if Kakashi wagered the complete Hatake Style Swordsmanship and Hatake Sakumo’s training insights.
• Minato objected that Seiichi’s proposed stakes were worth far more than one Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Seiichi persuaded Kakashi to wager his Hatake family treasures against the Sharingan’s public recognition, and Kakashi accepted a duel three days later. Seiichi defeated Kakashi almost instantly with Genjutsu, leaving him unconscious but otherwise unharmed.

• Seiichi explained that Kakashi’s Sharingan would be publicly recognized by the Uchiha Clan if Kakashi won, and Kakashi reluctantly agreed to wager Hatake Style Swordsmanship and his father’s training insights.
• Kakashi trained for three days before meeting Seiichi at the Chunin Ninja Exams arena for their duel.
• Hyuga Hiashi announced that there would be no restrictions, a rule Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others expected would favor the experienced Kakashi.
• Kakashi and Seiichi threw smoke bombs, and Seiichi’s blue-white attack crossed the arena before Kakashi fell unconscious.
• Minato found that Kakashi had only been knocked out by Genjutsu, while Seiichi stood unharmed and the spectators realized the duel had ended in seconds.

After defeating Kakashi, Seiichi reclaimed the Sharingan and obtained Hatake swordsmanship, while Minato helped Kakashi recover his resolve. Seiichi then realized his influence had changed Konoha’s expected future, making the Fourth Hokage’s rise far less likely.

• Hiashi explained that Seiichi used a Shadow Clone, Body Flicker, and his Sharingan to defeat Kakashi, and Seiichi claimed Kakashi’s eye and Hatake swordsmanship.
• Seiichi left the arena with the Uchiha, while Kakashi departed in silence and Minato resolved to support him.
• Minato encouraged Kakashi to find his own path without the Sharingan, and Kakashi regained his resolve as Konoha Hospital offered him an eye transplant.
• Seiichi reviewed how his actions had altered the expected events, concluding that Hiruzen would likely remain Hokage and that Orochimaru might not defect.
• Seiichi realized that his own influence was the menace disrupting the future he had expected.

Seiichi abandoned his plans to resolve the Uchiha conflict through force and sought a bloodless alternative, then asked Mikoto to arrange a meeting with Minato and Kushina. Minato suspected Seiichi had targeted Kushina because she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Seiichi decided that fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction would risk Uchiha lives, so he burned his plans and searched for another solution.
• Fugaku and Mikoto told Seiichi that Mikoto was expecting another child, and Mikoto mentioned that Kushina was expecting too.
• Seiichi asked Mikoto to arrange a meeting with Minato and Kushina so he could smooth things over after his dispute with Minato about Kakashi.
• Kushina told Minato about Seiichi's invitation, and Minato concluded that Kushina might be Seiichi's target because of her connection to the Nine-Tails.

Minato visited Seiichi at the Uchiha Clan Compound to learn why he wanted to meet, after reassuring Kushina that he would speak with Seiichi alone. Seiichi demanded the Nine-Tails, and Minato immediately attacked him, leaving his fist apparently striking Seiichi’s face.

• Kushina and Minato shared mushroom soup, and Minato reminded her to be careful because she was eating for two.
• Minato told Kushina he wanted to meet Seiichi alone, and she trusted him to handle it.
• The next day, Minato went to the Uchiha Clan Compound and was escorted to Seiichi’s laboratory by Mai Uchiha.
• Seiichi welcomed Minato, asked him to stay calm, and swore he bore no ill will toward Minato’s family.
• Seiichi bluntly said he wanted the Nine-Tails, and Minato used the Body Flicker Technique to punch him in the face.

Seiichi ended his fight with Minato by revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan and offering to answer five questions in exchange for provoking him. Minato recognized that Seiichi wanted a serious conversation, but hesitated over what to ask as Seiichi teased him.

• Seiichi blocked Minato's attacks with purplish-black chakra armor, then ordered Mai to keep everyone out and raised a soundproof barrier.
• Seiichi dismissed the armor, and Minato recognized his Mangekyō Sharingan before deciding to meet his gaze again.
• Minato realized Seiichi could have defeated or killed him but had instead provoked him to make their conversation easier.
• Seiichi offered to answer five questions truthfully, except for secrets he could not reveal.
• Minato recalled a portrait of Madara Uchiha and wondered why Seiichi reminded him of Madara, then explained that he did not want to waste the opportunity.
• Seiichi suggested they forget the offer rather than put Minato in a difficult position.

Seiichi told Minato he could extract the Nine-Tails while preventing the life-threatening effects on Kushina, and warned that childbirth would weaken her seal. After confirming the danger with Kushina, Minato agreed to work with Seiichi, while Kushina eagerly accepted the chance to stop being a Jinchūriki.

• Seiichi told Minato that he had a way to keep Kushina alive and healthy after extracting the Nine-Tails.
• Seiichi warned Minato that Kushina’s seal would weaken during childbirth, putting her and the Nine-Tails at risk.
• Minato left to confirm Seiichi’s warning with Kushina and returned to ask whether Seiichi was confident in his plan.
• Minato agreed to cooperate with Seiichi, provided he would not threaten the village with the Nine-Tails and would share what he could about his plan.
• Minato told Kushina about Seiichi’s offer, and Kushina eagerly agreed because she wanted to stop being a Jinchūriki.

Uchiha Seiichi promised Minato that he would not use the Nine-Tails against Konoha and revealed the next stage of the Sharingan. Minato learned that Seiichi possessed the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, while Tobirama Senju’s notes offered an incomplete clue about its origins.

• Seiichi promised Minato that he would not threaten Konoha with the Nine-Tails and would use it to defend the village from outside enemies if needed.
• Minato asked whether Seiichi could control the Nine-Tails and handle the Third Hokage’s opposition, and Seiichi assured him he could resolve both problems.
• Seiichi told Minato that the Mangekyō Sharingan had a higher stage called the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, which he said Minato had just seen.
• Minato recalled Tobirama Senju’s notes that Madara Uchiha’s Sharingan pattern changed after Uchiha Izuna died, though Tobirama never discovered what the change meant.

Seiichi explained his plan to deal with the Nine-Tails during Kushina’s childbirth, with Mikoto using her Mangekyō ability to protect Kushina and resurrection as a backup. Minato accepted the plan after considering the alternatives and left Seiichi a Flying Thunder God kunai, while Seiichi was left alone with his tea and a laugh.

• Seiichi told Minato he would speak to the Nine-Tails, handle it after its release, and have Mikoto address Kushina’s danger while Minato provided security.
• Minato questioned the plan, and Seiichi revealed that Mikoto had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and that he had a resurrection technique as a fallback.
• Seiichi explained that they would act after Kushina gave birth to reduce the risk to their child, and described what he would do if Minato refused to cooperate.
• Minato stopped Seiichi from describing the possibility of repeating the dangerous plan and decided Seiichi’s proposal was preferable.
• Seiichi told Minato to focus on Kushina’s health for the next seven months, and Minato left him a Flying Thunder God kunai before departing.

Seiichi helped the Uchiha turn their cooking techniques and seasonings into a highly profitable business, then traveled alone to Kusagakure after learning someone had copied their products. He found Karin’s pregnant mother being forced to let a wounded Grass Ninja bite her, and immobilized the two ninja holding her down.

• Kushina trusted Minato and Seiichi’s risky plan, while she and Minato prepared to strengthen themselves for danger.
• Seiichi proposed that the Uchiha sell their cooking techniques and special sauces and seasoning, and the clan’s new school and factory brought in far greater profits.
• Uchiha Gangmu told Seiichi that someone in Kusagakure had copied the Uchiha’s products, and Seiichi decided to investigate alone.
• Seiichi entered Kusagakure under an “Ordinary Villager” genjutsu and found a concealed underground complex beneath the leader’s office.
• Seiichi discovered two Grass Ninja forcing Karin’s pregnant mother to offer her arm to a wounded patient, then used “Bind” to immobilize them.

Seiichi found Kusagakure’s counterfeit Uchiha production facility and subdued the Grass Ninja guarding it. He took Uzumaki Suzune with him after promising to bring her to Kushina.

• A woman killed the critically injured patient with a toad and tried to flee, but Seiichi stopped her and questioned her about Kusagakure’s counterfeit Uchiha products.
• Seiichi immobilized the two Grass Ninja, who revealed that Kusagakure’s leader ordered the counterfeits and that a refugee woman was making them.
• Seiichi learned the woman’s name was Uzumaki Suzune and told her he knew Kushina and could take her to see her.
• Suzune sensed a large concentration of chakra nearby and guided Seiichi to the production facility.
• The Grass Ninja leader ordered his people to attack Seiichi, but Seiichi immobilized everyone in the room with his Sharingan technique.

Seiichi seized Kusagakure’s supplies and records, then used Susanoo to split the village with one slash before returning to Konoha. There, he revealed his Perfect Susanoo to Hiruzen Sarutobi and the assembled clan leaders, shocking them with the Uchiha’s power.

• Seiichi ignored the Grass Ninja Leader’s offer of compensation, confronted a woman mixing medicinal powders, and took Kusagakure’s equipment, supplies, money, documents, and scrolls.
• Seiichi brought the woman and Suzune outside Kusagakure, announced his judgment, and split the village with a Susanoo sword slash.
• Seiichi flew back to Konoha, where the gate guards mistook his arrival for an enemy attack and summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi and the clan leaders.
• At Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request, Seiichi summoned his over three-hundred-meter-tall Perfect Susanoo, causing Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and the others to recognize its power.

After Seiichi revealed his Susanoo, the Hokage faction abandoned its plan to provoke and suppress the Uchiha Clan. Seiichi and Fugaku told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the clan would relinquish the Military Police Force and have its ninja return to civilian life, leaving the Hokage faction relieved.

• Seiichi briefly showed his Susanoo, then left with Suzune and the woman using Shadow Clones and the Body Flicker Technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to cancel the plan to provoke the Uchiha, as the faction had no way to counter Seiichi's strength.
• Fugaku and Seiichi met with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who offered the Uchiha an elder's seat and then Danzo's advisor position, assuming they had come to seek power.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyō Sharingan to stop Hiruzen's rambling, and Seiichi explained that the Uchiha would give up the Military Police Force and resign from ninja service to become a merchant clan.
• Fugaku and Seiichi left a scroll confirming the decision, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo felt relieved when they read it.

Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and revealed that both eyes granted Kotoamatsukami. Seiichi then proposed organizing the deregistered Uchiha into specialized divisions, leaving the clan to begin selecting its elite members.

• Shisui burst into Seiichi’s room with Itachi and announced that he had awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui revealed that both eyes held Kotoamatsukami, with his left eye permanently rewriting a person’s will and his right eye temporarily rewriting it.
• Seiichi asked Itachi about his ambitions, then made him help Shisui repair the damaged bedroom door.
• Seiichi summoned Fugaku and the elders to the laboratory, where Shisui demonstrated his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Seiichi proposed dividing the Uchiha into specialized units, assigning Shisui to lead the intelligence division and naming captains for research, medical treatment, and sealing.
• Seiichi outlined plans for nine divisions of one hundred members each, to be filled by the best of the Uchiha’s eleven thousand ninja.

Seiichi’s Uchiha squad plan became a public display of the clan’s military strength, prompting the other shinobi villages to reconsider their ties with the Uchiha. In Iwagakure, Ōnoki panicked at the prospect of another Madara-like Uchiha and raged against the Uchiha and Konoha.

• The Uchiha approved Seiichi’s squad plan, held two weeks of trials, and selected ten squads with captains or interim vice-captains.
• The Uchiha standardized sleek black combat uniforms bearing squad numbers and clan insignia.
• Seiichi arranged for outsiders to watch the selection matches, where three Uchiha won without fighting after displaying their Susanoo.
• The major shinobi villages reviewed the Uchiha’s growing strength, and some ninja sought partnerships while others feared the clan.
• Ōnoki read the reports in his office and angrily cursed the Uchiha and Konoha, dreading Seiichi’s future power.