Recaps

Uchiha Minamoto analyzed his newly acquired abilities and learned why Amaterasu was too dangerous to use with his current Sharingan. He geared up to earn more great love points and met Naruto Uzumaki, whose Uzumaki constitution he had already analyzed.

• Uchiha Minamoto reviewed his copied genjutsu and Amaterasu, recognizing that Mirror Heaven and Earth Change could address his weakness against genjutsu.
• The heart of great love analyzed Amaterasu and explained that its black flames kept burning by consuming life energy, while Minamoto concluded that using it with his two-tomoe Sharingan could ruin his eyes.
• Uchiha Minamoto loaded his wrist bandages with Flash Tags and Explosive Tags and set out to earn great love points in the village.
• Uchiha Minamoto helped an elderly woman cross the street, then met Naruto Uzumaki outside Ichiraku Ramen and asked about his day with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Naruto Uzumaki described fishing and grilling fish with Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Minamoto scanned him, having already analyzed his Uzumaki clan special constitution.

Uchiha Minamoto gained access to the Chakra Lifeform technique and began planning a flying chakra creature. He recruited Uchiha Rai into the Great Love Group, whose first goal was to improve the Uchiha Clan’s reputation in the village.

• Uchiha Minamoto’s scan of the Nine-Tails reached 10%, revealing the Chakra Lifeform technique, which could create living beings from chakra.
• Uchiha Minamoto planned to spend 10,000 Great Love Points to create a bird-shaped Chakra Lifeform combining space-time chakra nature and Amaterasu.
• Uchiha Minamoto welcomed Uchiha Rai at Ichiraku Ramen and asked him to work for him, and Uchiha Rai agreed immediately.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Rai that the Great Love Group aimed to let the world experience great love and would first work to improve the Uchiha Clan’s reputation.
• Uchiha Minamoto noted that villagers treated the Uchiha Clan coldly and wondered whether the clan’s poor reputation came from its own behavior or deliberate interference.

Uchiha Minamoto recruited Uchiha Rai to organize the Great Love Group and reward its members for helping villagers, while promising Rai a high salary and future Lightning Release training. After Rai began the group’s work, Minamoto invited Naruto Uzumaki to join with a different role at school.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Rai to find financially struggling clanspeople, recruit able members, and take them into the village to do good deeds.
• Uchiha Rai agreed after Minamoto promised ordinary members fifty ryo per good deed and offered him a core-member salary of fifty thousand ryo a month.
• Uchiha Minamoto said he was researching Lightning Release Nintaijutsu and would share his results with Rai, who enthusiastically pledged himself to the Great Love Group and left to recruit members.
• Uchiha Rai’s subordinate began clearing trash from Konoha’s streets, earning Uchiha Minamoto Great Love Points and money.
• Naruto Uzumaki asked to join the Great Love Group, and Uchiha Minamoto assigned him to help at school instead of working around the village.

Shisui Uchiha visited the hospitalized Uchiha Itachi, learned about Uchiha Minamoto’s kindness and influence, and became eager to meet him. The visit ended with Sasuke Uchiha arriving and asking why Itachi had fought Big Brother Minamoto.

• Naruto Uzumaki accepted Uchiha Minamoto’s task to expand the Great Love Group’s influence at the Ninja Academy through good deeds.
• Shisui Uchiha visited Uchiha Itachi in the hospital and laughed at his swollen, piglet-like appearance.
• Shisui Uchiha learned that Uchiha Minamoto had befriended Naruto Uzumaki, visited the Orphanage, and declined the Third Hokage’s invitation to join the Anbu.
• Uchiha Itachi told Shisui Uchiha about the Land of Lightning battlefield, where Shisui had earned a reputation as the Uchiha Clan’s Strongest Genjutsu User.
• Uchiha Mikoto brought Sasuke Uchiha to visit Itachi, and Sasuke asked why Itachi had fought Big Brother Minamoto.

Uchiha Minamoto donated money to Konoha’s orphanage, learned it was Yakushi Nonō’s home, and strengthened Naruto Uzumaki’s resolve to help the village. After returning home, he received Yatagarasu, a powerful chakra lifeform with black flames, and formed a summoning contract with it.

• Uchiha Minamoto visited the orphanage with Naruto Uzumaki and donated 150,000 ryō after learning its director was Yakushi Nonō.
• Naruto Uzumaki reflected that the orphanage children treated him differently from his schoolmates, and Uchiha Minamoto encouraged him to help bring light to the village.
• Uchiha Minamoto returned home and saw the Great Love Panel’s newly created chakra lifeform, Yatagarasu, a three-legged crow with B-rank chakra and Amaterasu flames.
• Yatagarasu told Uchiha Minamoto it could speak and communicate through thoughts, and he signed a Summoning Contract with it.

Uchiha Minamoto enhanced Yatagarasu and saw the Great Love Group rapidly grow through Uchiha Rai’s efforts and Naruto Uzumaki’s work at the Ninja Academy, earning him over thirty thousand Great Love Points in a week. The group’s activity drew Shimura Danzō’s attention, leaving him puzzled by the Uchiha’s latest behavior.

• Uchiha Minamoto spent three thousand Great Love Points to give Yatagarasu the Summoning Technique, Reverse Summoning Technique, and Crow Clone Technique.
• Uchiha Rai recruited struggling Uchiha clan members by offering fifty ryō for each good deed, then led them in helping people and recording their work.
• The Great Love Group spread through the Uchiha New Clan Compound, where most ordinary clan members and many ninja joined and improved the living environment.
• After a week, the Uchiha members had earned Uchiha Minamoto over ten thousand Great Love Points, while Naruto Uzumaki’s work at the Ninja Academy earned him over ten thousand more.
• Shimura Danzō reviewed intelligence about the Great Love Group and wondered what schemes the Uchiha Clan was pursuing.

Shimura Danzō interpreted the Uchiha Clan’s Great Love Group’s good deeds as a plot to rebel and ordered Root to launch a propaganda campaign. At the second Ninjutsu Exchange Meeting, Uchiha Minamoto defeated Uchiha Hinotori and then faced Uchiha Shisui in a highly anticipated sparring match.

• Shimura Danzō dismissed a Root ninja’s report that the Great Love Group was doing good deeds and ordered him taken away for brainwashing.
• Shimura Danzō concluded that the Uchiha Clan was buying people’s loyalty and directed Root to expose its supposed ambitions.
• Uchiha Minamoto organized the second Ninjutsu Exchange Meeting into separate lessons for students, Genin, and Chunin and above.
• Uchiha Minamoto defeated Uchiha Hinotori with the single-seal Great Fireball Technique, a Crow Clone Technique, and Electric Light Pill.
• Uchiha Shisui arrived, demonstrated his own single-seal Great Fireball Technique, and challenged Uchiha Minamoto to a sparring match.
• The Uchiha gathered to watch as Uchiha Minamoto accepted Uchiha Shisui’s challenge.

Uchiha Minamoto and Shisui Uchiha sparred, trading shuriken, techniques, taijutsu, and sword strikes as each revealed their abilities. The duel ended with Uchiha Minamoto chipping Shisui Uchiha’s kodachi with Electric Light Pill.

• Uchiha Minamoto and Shisui Uchiha exchanged volleys of summoned shuriken, and Shisui used his Phantom Body Flicker Technique to seize Minamoto’s wrist before Minamoto escaped with the Crow Clone Technique.
• Shisui Uchiha’s flaming kunai passed through Minamoto’s clones, and Minamoto explained that his Lightning Doppelganger worked like Shisui’s technique.
• Shisui Uchiha praised Minamoto’s abilities and attacked him with taijutsu, but Minamoto blocked and deflected his kicks before striking him in the back.
• Shisui Uchiha drew his kodachi and clashed blades with Minamoto, whose swordsmanship improved as the duel continued.
• Uchiha Minamoto charged Electric Light Pill with Lightning Release chakra and chipped Shisui Uchiha’s kodachi with a heavy strike.

Uchiha Minamoto fought Shisui Uchiha to a draw at the Ninjutsu Exchange Meeting, earning the clan’s admiration and a major reward. At the Clan Meeting, he inspected the newly acquired Uchiha Reflection technique as the gathering began.

• Uchiha Minamoto and Shisui Uchiha exchanged Great Fireball Techniques before Shisui used his Phantom Body Flicker Technique.
• Uchiha Minamoto’s Thunderclap Slash: Eightfold dispelled Shisui’s phantom clones and broke his kodachi, after which they ended the spar.
• Shisui praised Minamoto’s speed and talent, while Uchiha Hinotori decided the clan should recognize Minamoto’s devotion and ability.
• Uchiha Minamoto announced that the next Ninjutsu Exchange Meeting would take place the following week and received 50,000 Great Love Points and Uchiha Reflection.
• At Naka Shrine, Uchiha Minamoto examined Uchiha Reflection and considered its ability to absorb and return a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Uchiha Minamoto wondered how to use Uchiha Reflection without the Gunbai, then learned he had been promoted to squad leader. Uchiha Hinotori retired from his post to make way for him and asked to join the Great Love Group.

• Uchiha Minamoto thought the Gunbai was likely with Obito Uchiha and considered combining Uchiha Reflection with Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Uchiha Izumi alerted Uchiha Minamoto that Uchiha Fugaku had called him during the clan meeting.
• Uchiha Fugaku appointed Uchiha Minamoto squad leader of the Fifth Division's Fifth Squad and reassigned Uchiha Hazuki to lead the Second Squad.
• Uchiha Hinotori explained that he was retiring to give Uchiha Minamoto his squad leader position, then asked to join the Great Love Group.
• Uchiha Minamoto welcomed Uchiha Hinotori and offered him a monthly salary of one hundred thousand ryo, plus bonuses.

At the Uchiha clan meeting, Uchiha Minamoto recruited clan members to the Great Love Group with generous pay and flexible membership, drawing many Genin and Chunin. The gathering ended abruptly when Uchiha Rai rushed in to report a staged accident scam.

• Uchiha Hinotori and other Uchiha Chunin reacted with excitement to the Great Love Group’s high salaries and bonuses.
• Uchiha Fugaku stopped the clan meeting from turning into a recruitment event, then adjourned it after discussion faltered.
• After the meeting, Uchiha Minamoto welcomed Uchiha clan members to join the Great Love Group while keeping their Military Police jobs.
• Several Uchiha Genin and Chunin joined, while the clan’s Jonin held back.
• Uchiha Rai arrived at Naka Shrine and warned Uchiha Minamoto that a staged accident scam had occurred.

Uchiha Minamoto confronted a staged injury scam meant to damage the Great Love Group’s reputation, then interrogated the man responsible. The man revealed that someone had hired him and that the reporters who photographed the incident worked for Shueisha.

• Uchiha Rai told Uchiha Minamoto that a drunk had accused Great Love Group members of injuring him while reporters photographed the scene.
• Uchiha Hinotori recognized the incident as a deliberate setup, and Uchiha Minamoto led the group to stop it from spreading.
• Uchiha Minamoto paid the member who had helped, then broke the drunk’s thigh and ordered the group to take him to the Military Police Force’s special hospital.
• Uchiha Minamoto brought the man to the interrogation room and threatened him with an Explosive Tag.
• The man admitted that someone had paid him to stage the incident and said the photographers worked for Shueisha.

Uchiha Minamoto led the Konoha Military Police Force to investigate Shueisha, which Uchiha Hinotori said was linked to the Shimura Clan. After arresting the Shueiying Group's leader and ordering a search, Minamoto confronted Shimura Ryo, who claimed Shueisha belonged to his clan.

• Uchiha Hinotori told Uchiha Minamoto that Shueisha and the Shueiying Group were tied to the Shimura Clan, so Minamoto led the Great Love Group to Shueisha.
• Uchiha Minamoto used Silent Thunderclap to locate people inside Shueisha, then kicked in its doors and ordered the thugs to surrender.
• The Shueiying Group's leader questioned the search warrant, but Uchiha Minamoto arrested him after he resisted.
• Uchiha Minamoto ordered the Great Love Group to search Shueisha for evidence of illegal activity.
• Shimura Ryo arrived and claimed Shueisha was a Shimura Clan business, and Uchiha Minamoto mocked the clan as a gang family.

Uchiha Minamoto used the Konoha Military Police Force’s rules to corner Shimura Ryo and demand that he submit to questioning. When Shimura Ryo reached for his ninja tools, Minamoto attacked and severed his left arm, then approached him again.

• Uchiha Minamoto accused Shimura Ryo of obstructing an investigation and linked him to the Shueisha reporters and Shueiying Group cases.
• Minamoto laid out the consequences of refusing arrest, attacking him, or fleeing, leaving Shimura Ryo with no clear choice.
• After giving Shimura Ryo three warnings, Minamoto struck with a lightning-fast finger attack that severed his left arm at the elbow.
• Shimura Ryo used Body Flicker Techniques to retreat, while Minamoto regretted that he had not fled so Minamoto could arrest him at the Shimura Clan compound.

After arresting Shimura Ryo, Uchiha Minamoto earned Great Love Points and upgraded his Sharingan to three tomoe, then created a new lightning barrier technique. He ended with most of his points spent but several abilities marked for future upgrades.

• Uchiha Minamoto had Shimura Ryo escorted to the Military Police Force while Uchiha Hinotori searched the scene.
• The Great Love Panel rewarded Uchiha Minamoto with 30,000 Great Love Points and the B-rank Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere.
• Uchiha Minamoto spent 100,000 Great Love Points to evolve his Sharingan into a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Minamoto used the Heart of Great Love to create the B-rank barrier ninjutsu Righteous Thunderbreak.
• Uchiha Minamoto checked his status and found his mental energy at A rank and his life energy and chakra at B rank.

Uchiha Minamoto confronted Shimura Danzō at the Konoha Military Police Force after Danzō demanded the release of Shimura Ryo. The standoff ended with Minamoto accusing Danzō of intentional treason.

• Uchiha Minamoto reviewed his Elite Jonin assessment and discussed interrogating Shimura Ryo with Uchiha Rai.
• Shimura Danzō left Root with two subordinates and stormed into the Konoha Military Police Force building.
• Uchiha Minamoto rejected Danzō’s demand for Shimura Ryo, saying Danzō needed written approval from the Commander-in-Chief or the Third Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō and his attendants prepared to fight as the Uchiha activated their Sharingan, but Minamoto warned that attacking the force would undermine Konoha’s order.
• Uchiha Minamoto accused Shimura Danzō of sowing discord and intentional treason amid Konoha’s crises.

Uchiha Minamoto drove Shimura Danzō out of the Military Police Force headquarters and ordered the Uchiha to take over Shueisha’s publishing assets. The chapter ended with Uchiha Itachi guarding the door for Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Hokage Building.

• Uchiha Minamoto confronted Shimura Danzō with accusations about his dealings with Orochimaru, his orders during the Nine-Tails' Attack, and his treatment of the Uchiha.
• Shimura Danzō drew a kunai, but backed down after seeing the Uchiha force assembled at the headquarters and left with his two men.
• Uchiha Minamoto taunted Shimura Danzō as he departed and announced that the Military Police Force had shut down the Shueiying Group.
• The Uchiha celebrated Shimura Danzō’s retreat, and several members awakened or advanced their Sharingan.
• Uchiha Minamoto ordered Uchiha Hinotori to take over Shueisha’s bookstore, printing plant, and publicity channels to launch a newspaper.
• Uchiha Itachi guarded the door for Hiruzen Sarutobi at the Hokage Building.

Uchiha Minamoto pressured Shimura Ryo to confess or join the Great Love Group, while Shimura Danzō sought Hiruzen Sarutobi’s help to free him. By the time Uchiha Itachi returned with the Hokage’s order, Shimura Ryo had already confessed and been executed.

• Uchiha Itachi stayed on duty at the Hokage Building and avoided the Clan Meeting.
• Shimura Danzō rushed to Hiruzen Sarutobi and demanded that he stop the Uchiha Clan, explaining that the Konoha Military Police Force had arrested Shimura Ryo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Uchiha Itachi to the Konoha Military Police Force to retrieve Shimura Ryo.
• Uchiha Minamoto confronted Shimura Ryo with evidence against the Shueiying Group and offered him a choice between signing a confession agreement or joining the Great Love Group.
• Uchiha Itachi returned and reported that Shimura Ryo had confessed and been executed.

Uchiha Minamoto killed Shimura Ryo after he refused to cooperate, then sent his corpse to the Analysis Division to have its intelligence extracted. Shimura Danzō erupted over the death and Minamoto’s messages, then left to take Root to the northern battlefield.

• Uchiha Minamoto offered Shimura Ryo a chance to cooperate, but when Shimura Ryo stayed silent, Minamoto staged a weapon grab and killed him.
• Uchiha Minamoto ordered Shimura Ryo’s body sent to the Analysis Division and received 30,000 Great Love Points and the B-rank ninjutsu Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi in the Hokage’s office and accused the Uchiha Clan of preparing to rebel, while Hiruzen refused to launch a civil war.
• Uchiha Itachi relayed Uchiha Minamoto’s instructions that Shimura Danzō collect Shimura Ryo’s body after the Analysis Division finished examining it, and invited him to the Love Newspaper Office’s opening ceremony.
• Shimura Danzō left, planning to take Root out of the village overnight and head to the northern battlefield.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped Shimura Danzō from leaving Konoha amid the war in the north, while agreeing to handle the Uchiha himself. Uchiha Minamoto opened the Love Newspaper Office and tried to hire Hiruzen to attend its opening, steadily raising the mission rank and payment as Hiruzen refused.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Shimura Danzō to stay in Konoha and told him to keep Root in line and watch the northern situation.
• Uchiha Minamoto arrived at the newly renovated Love Newspaper Office, whose sign featured the Great Love Group's red heart emblem.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Uchiha Rai brought invitations to the Hokage Building, while deliberately leaving Shimura Danzō without one.
• Hiruha Sarutobi initially refused Uchiha Minamoto's invitation, so Minamoto submitted a D-rank mission request offering ten thousand ryō for Hiruzen to attend and speak.
• After Hiruzen continued refusing, Uchiha Minamoto offered progressively higher payments and reached an A-rank mission request.

Uchiha Minamoto persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to bring Shimura Danzō to the Love Newspaper Office’s opening ceremony by raising the mission reward to one million ryō. At the ceremony, Hiruzen gave a long speech, then Minamoto won over the crowd with free eggs, newspapers, discounts, and a prize draw.

• Uchiha Minamoto raised the mission commission’s reward until Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to attend the opening ceremony with Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Hinotori to follow their original plan when Hiruzen and Danzō arrived.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a lengthy speech about the Will of Fire while Shimura Danzō tried to keep out of sight.
• Uchiha Minamoto announced free eggs and newspapers, discounts, and cash prizes, prompting the villagers to cheer.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the crowd celebrate with a stiff smile.

Uchiha Minamoto distributed a newspaper exposing Shimura Danzō’s retreat during Tobirama Senju’s last stand, while praising Hiruzen Sarutobi’s courage. The stunt earned Minamoto an A-rank genjutsu, Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

• Uchiha Minamoto thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, then introduced the Love Newspaper Office’s first edition.
• Uchiha Minamoto’s group handed newspapers to the villagers, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō read the exposé about Tobirama Senju’s final battle.
• Shimura Danzō recalled that he had hesitated to stay with Tobirama, while Hiruzen Sarutobi had volunteered and been chosen as the Third Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the article’s praise and spoke about the Will of Fire, while Minamoto revealed that he had staged the newspaper photograph and story.
• Uchiha Minamoto received 100,000 great love points and the A-rank Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

Uchiha Minamoto used his Great Love Points to upgrade his breathing technique and discussed the newspaper’s attack on Shimura Danzō with Hiruzen Sarutobi. The chapter ended with Shisui Uchiha sitting beside the Naka River, lost in thought.

• Uchiha Minamoto spent one hundred thousand Great Love Points to upgrade [Yang Extremity Breathing Technique] into [Sage Way Breathing Technique], which drew natural energy into his body and strengthened him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Uchiha Minamoto at the Great Love Newspaper Office and worried that its report would damage Shimura Danzō’s reputation.
• Uchiha Minamoto argued that Shimura Danzō did not need a good reputation as the leader of Root, then told Hiruzen Sarutobi to let Danzō bear the hardship while he took the good name.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left the newspaper office, and Uchiha Minamoto watched him go while questioning whether their arrangement was right.
• Toward evening, Shisui Uchiha sat beside the Naka River with a fishing rod and gazed at the horizon as footsteps sounded behind him.

Uchiha Minamoto told Shisui Uchiha that the clan’s planned coup would fail and declared his ambition to become the Fifth Hokage. He urged Shisui to help forge a path forward by gaining the village’s recognition rather than sacrificing himself.

• Shisui Uchiha thanked Uchiha Minamoto for portraying Kagami Uchiha positively in the newspaper, then asked about the Uchiha Clan’s darkness.
• Uchiha Minamoto calmed the Naka River and told Shisui Uchiha to let his thoughts settle before seeking answers.
• Shisui Uchiha revealed that the clan was preparing a coup and feared it would be destroyed by Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto rejected the coup and said he wanted to become the Fifth Hokage, not to side with the clan leadership.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Shisui Uchiha that people’s recognition made someone fit to become Hokage and urged him to carve a path through the darkness.

Uchiha Minamoto recruited Shisui Uchiha and received Susanoo from the Great Love Panel, while Shimura Danzō resolved to kill the Uchiha. Minamoto attempted to use Susanoo with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan but could only form a partial skeletal manifestation before stopping.

• Uchiha Minamoto asked Shisui Uchiha to become his partner, and Shisui accepted.
• The Great Love Panel awarded Uchiha Minamoto 100,000 great love points and Susanoo for recruiting Shisui Uchiha.
• Shimura Danzō brooded over his lost chance to become Hokage, tore up the newspaper, and vowed to kill the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Minamoto activated Susanoo with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and formed translucent ribs and one skeletal arm.
• Uchiha Minamoto stopped releasing ocular power when his eyes began to hurt and concluded that he was not good at Susanoo.