Arc 3The Uchiha Rise

Uchiha Takashi consolidated his leadership by reorganizing the clan and defeating the Shimura Clan, then prepared for a possible Senju attack. The arc left the Uchiha holding the former Shimura territory while the Senju’s weakened alliance with the Uzumaki threatened to disrupt their plans.

  • Uchiha Takashi eliminated the Uzumaki and Senju attackers, restored Yukimichi Uchiha’s awareness, and warned him that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan required losing the person closest to him.
  • Uchiha Takashi’s clansmen killed the Minamoto, Kimura, and Fujiwara Families, and he claimed their assets from the daimyo before returning the wealth to the Uchiha.
  • Uchiha Takashi became clan head, appointed Fū Uchiha and Yukimichi Uchiha as elders, and made Yukimichi the second elder after he defeated Homura Uchiha in a match.
  • Uchiha Takashi planned a clan school, a Guard Force, and an expanded headquarters, while recruiting former elders and Yukimichi Uchiha to help establish them.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha repelled a Shimura attack on the southern front, then led a raid that seized the Shimura frontline camp and forced its survivors to surrender.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha attacked the Shimura headquarters, where internal divisions aided the Uchiha victory and a small group of Shimura escaped under the third elder.
  • Uchiha Takashi ordered Shimura civilians scattered, moved Uchiha civilians into the former Shimura compound, and transferred Shimura shinobi to Uchiha bases and the front lines.
  • Uchiha Takashi reinforced the frontline and ordered stronger defenses as the Senju held back, while Fū Senju and the Uzumaki clan head struggled to continue their marriage alliance.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51You Have Been Stripped of Your Power!

Takashi defeated the Uzumaki and Senju forces at the camp, using his Mangekyō Sharingan to neutralize the Uzumaki commander’s suicide seal and erase the attackers’ weapons and techniques. After the battle, he warned Yukimichi Uchiha that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan required losing the person closest to him, then left the camp.

  • Takashi cut down the Uzumaki and Senju clansmen who attacked him, while the Uzumaki commander ordered his comrades to retreat.
  • The Uzumaki commander used the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Takashi’s Minakanokū erased its chakra and ink before Takashi killed him.
  • Takashi froze the remaining attackers and made their ninjutsu, kunai, and blades disappear, then killed them all in under half a minute.
  • Takashi restored Yukimichi Uchiha’s awareness and told him to deal with the three great families.
  • Yukimichi asked how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Takashi warned that it required losing the person closest to him.
  • Takashi left the camp, and Yukimichi hurried after him after the other clansmen teased him for lingering.

Ch. 52A moonless night for murder

Uchiha Takashi reported that the Uchiha had eliminated the three great families and demanded their assets from the daimyo of the Land of Fire. The daimyo yielded, leaving the Uchiha with the families’ wealth and himself with their authority.

  • Uchiha Takashi’s clansmen silently killed members of the Minamoto, Kimura, and Fujiwara Families in their dreams.
  • Uchiha Takashi confirmed the three families had been dealt with and went to report the result to the daimyo of the Land of Fire.
  • The daimyo questioned how quickly the Uchiha had acted, then objected when Uchiha Takashi claimed the assets of all three families.
  • Uchiha Takashi invoked the contract and threatened the daimyo with his Sharingan, prompting the daimyo to surrender the families’ assets, including those of the Fujiwara branch families.
  • Uchiha Takashi left, and the daimyo decided to abandon cooperation with the Senju and return to bed.

Ch. 53The Ten-Billion Extraction

Uchiha Takashi emptied the treasuries of the three great families and carried their wealth away with his clansmen. While the Uchiha headed home, the daimyo took control of the City of Fire and consolidated his power.

  • Uchiha Takashi collected the Fujiwara Family's treasury, then swept through the other two families' treasuries and found far less money there.
  • Uchiha Takashi gave the scrolls containing over ten billion ryo to Yukimichi Uchiha and the other clansmen, then explained that the families' fixed assets would need to be sold.
  • With the daimyo's authorization, Uchiha Takashi and his clansmen left the City of Fire at night, carrying the banknotes back to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
  • The daimyo took control of his residence and extended his authority across the City of Fire, winning over officials and samurai officers within a single night.

Ch. 54The Senju, Driven Mad with Rage

After Uchiha Takashi arranged for the Uchiha to seize the three great clans’ shops and negotiate the resale of salt and iron, the Senju discovered their members in the City of Fire had been killed and suspected the Uchiha. The Uchiha elders celebrated their rival’s loss and discussed making Takashi clan head and choosing successors to their own positions.

  • Uchiha Takashi ordered the Uchiha to take over the three great clans’ shops and negotiate with the daimyo to resell salt and iron.
  • Fū Senju learned that every Senju member in the City of Fire had died and ordered an investigation into who had stolen their money.
  • The second elder told Fū Senju that the Uchiha had taken over the three great clans’ properties, and Fū Senju roared in fury.
  • The Uchiha grand elder and second elder laughed over the Senju’s loss and agreed it was time to choose a clan head, with Uchiha Takashi as their preferred candidate.
  • Dai Uchiha suggested Homura Uchiha and Yukimichi Uchiha as possible successors for the second elder, while the grand elder considered Fū Uchiha for his own position.

Ch. 55A changing of the guard, taking over as clan head

Uchiha Takashi returned to the clan grounds and became the new Uchiha Clan head as the First and Second Elders retired. He vowed to lead the clan to greater strength, while Hen Uchiha was left managing the village in their absence.

  • Uchiha Takashi learned that the First Elder wanted him to return and take over as clan head, while Fū Uchiha and Yukimichi Uchiha were asked to succeed the First and Second Elders.
  • Uchiha Takashi encouraged Fū Uchiha to accept the First Elder position and reassured Yukimichi Uchiha that the clan was not in danger.
  • Uchiha Takashi, Fū Uchiha, and Yukimichi Uchiha left Hen Uchiha in charge of the village and departed for the clan's main base.
  • At the ancestral shrine, the First Elder nominated Uchiha Takashi as the new clan head and handed him the Gunbai.
  • Uchiha Takashi swore to lead the Uchiha Clan to greater strength, and the gathered clan members joined his vow.

Ch. 56Homura Uchiha vs. Yukimichi Uchiha

Uchiha Takashi made Yukimichi Uchiha and Fū Uchiha elders, but clansmen disputed Yukimichi’s appointment and called for a match against Homura Uchiha to decide the second elder. Their fight began with Homura launching a planned fire-dragon attack at Yukimichi, who was trapped in midair.

  • The grand elder appointed Fū Uchiha as the new grand elder and Yukimichi Uchiha as the second elder, while he and the former elders retired to the main stronghold.
  • Clansmen argued that Homura Uchiha should be second elder instead, so Uchiha Takashi ordered Homura and Yukimichi to settle the appointment with a match.
  • Homura and Yukimichi accepted the rules and began fighting on the platform.
  • Homura opened with a Great Fireball, but Yukimichi used the Body Flicker Technique to appear beside him and attack.
  • Homura blocked Yukimichi’s surprise strike, then used Fire Stream Arrows to make Yukimichi leap into the air before launching a Fire Dragon Technique at him.

Ch. 57The outcome was decided

Homura Uchiha and Yukimichi Uchiha fought for the position of second elder and supreme commander of the front lines. Yukimichi won despite Homura’s powerful final attack, and Uchiha Takashi announced Homura would be assigned to the Konoha Military Police Force.

  • Homura Uchiha used a substitution to evade Yukimichi Uchiha’s fire dragon, and the two exchanged sword strikes and ninjutsu.
  • Homura unleashed Majestic Destroyer Arrow, but Yukimichi escaped the blast and staggered back to his feet after Homura collapsed from exhaustion.
  • Uchiha Takashi declared Yukimichi Uchiha the winner and named him the new second elder and supreme commander of the front lines.
  • Uchiha Takashi decided to assign Homura Uchiha as captain of the Konoha Military Police Force after he recovered.

Ch. 58Founding a clan school

Uchiha Takashi planned a clan school to train the Uchiha’s younger generation and develop members with administrative skills. He assigned Yukimichi Uchiha to begin establishing it, while the clan’s reforms moved forward.

  • After becoming clan leader, Uchiha Takashi planned a Guard Force and a clan school for the Uchiha.
  • Uchiha Takashi drafted a school plan with three years of study, a genin exam, team assignments, and an Inspection Squad to monitor teaching.
  • Uchiha Takashi called Yukimichi Uchiha and gave him the proposals, instructing him to find a site and recruit teachers from retired or recovering clan members.
  • When Yukimichi Uchiha struggled to understand the plan, Uchiha Takashi used genjutsu to explain it, and Yukimichi Uchiha agreed to begin work.

Ch. 59Plans underway

Uchiha Takashi planned to grow the Uchiha Clan by supporting families’ children and establishing a school, but Yukimichi Uchiha’s construction plans forced Takashi to intervene. The chapter ended with Takashi asking three former elders to teach at the school.

  • Uchiha Takashi decided the clan would pay 80% of children’s basic living expenses to improve their chances of survival.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha began clearing the proposed school site by demolishing houses, prompting Uchiha Takashi to stop him.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha agreed to compensate the homeowners and rebuild their houses, while Takashi told him to arrange both projects at once.
  • Uchiha Takashi visited Tatsu Uchiha and found Dai Uchiha and Kyō Uchiha with him.
  • Uchiha Takashi asked the three former elders to serve as teachers at the clan’s planned school.

Ch. 60Teachers

Uchiha Takashi proposed a school for the younger generation and a three-person squad system for training and battle. The three elders agreed to teach, and Takashi asked Tatsu Uchiha to come out of retirement and help the overwhelmed administrative center.

  • Uchiha Takashi explained his plan to establish a school and asked the three former elders to become its first teachers.
  • Tatsu Uchiha noted that the school system would work in peacetime, while Uchiha Takashi proposed adapting three-person squads into a battlefield organization.
  • Dai Uchiha praised the three-three system, but Tatsu Uchiha warned that the Uchiha lacked the administrative capacity to organize squads effectively.
  • Uchiha Takashi argued that squads would let the Uchiha coordinate their strong individual fighters and insisted the system suited the clan.
  • The three elders agreed to teach the younger generation, and Uchiha Takashi asked Tatsu Uchiha to leave retirement and help the understaffed administrative center.

Ch. 61Research institute

Uchiha Takashi established a plan to create a Ninjutsu research institute and expand the Uchiha headquarters to make room for it. The elders agreed to help, and Takashi declared that the clan would fund a major expansion into a town.

  • Uchiha Takashi persuaded Tatsu Uchiha to return from retirement and help manage the administrative center.
  • Uchiha Takashi realized Shadow Clones could ease the clan's labor shortage and proposed a research institute to develop new Ninjutsu.
  • Uchiha Takashi suggested creating Sharingan-compatible attacks and clones capable of independent thought, while Tatsu Uchiha doubted the latter was feasible.
  • Kyō Uchiha offered to find researchers but warned that the clan grounds lacked space for testing Ninjutsu.
  • Uchiha Takashi decided to expand the headquarters into a town for several hundred thousand people and dismissed concerns about the cost.

Ch. 62Expansion

Uchiha Takashi oversaw the clan base’s expansion and school construction until an urgent report revealed that the southern front had come under attack. He sent Yukimichi Uchiha to reinforce and investigate, with Dai Uchiha accompanying him, while insisting the clan focus on holding its territory.

  • Uchiha Takashi assigned the third elder to find workers and expand the clan base, while the third elder chose a town sized for two hundred thousand people.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha kept the school construction running around the clock, and it was nearly complete after a week as Kyō Uchiha found ten experienced teachers.
  • Uchiha Takashi received an urgent report that enemies had attacked the southern front and that reinforcements were needed.
  • Uchiha Takashi ordered Yukimichi Uchiha to reinforce the southern front and discover which clan had attacked, while leaving the school to the former first elder and others.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha eagerly anticipated fighting but was told to hold the line rather than expand outward, and Uchiha Takashi assigned Dai Uchiha to accompany him.

Ch. 63Shimura? The Uchiha and the Hagoromo

Uchiha Takashi asked Dai Uchiha to supervise Yukimichi Uchiha and help investigate the attack in the south. Dai suspected the Shimura Clan and explained the history behind the Uchiha’s broken alliance and war with the Hagoromo Clan, leaving Takashi focused on the Shimura for now.

  • Uchiha Takashi decided to put Dai Uchiha in charge of keeping Yukimichi Uchiha in check and brought Yukimichi to meet him.
  • Dai Uchiha identified the Shimura Clan as the likeliest culprit behind the southern attack, citing its strength and ties to the Sarutobi and Senju Clans.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha asked about the Hagoromo Clan, and Dai explained that the clans had once been longtime allies before disputes under Clan Head Ryo led to war.
  • Dai recounted how the Hagoromo Clan’s failed support and later attack on the Uchiha base killed many promising young Uchiha.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha demanded revenge, but Uchiha Takashi told him to leave the Hagoromo Clan alone for now and focus on the Shimura Clan.

Ch. 64Beating Down the Shimura

Uchiha Takashi sent a Sharingan-using elite force to the southern front, while the Shimura tried to seize the Uchiha position by disguising themselves as reinforcements. Their disguise failed at the main gate, where fighting broke out, and another Shimura force approached the rear gate.

  • Uchiha Takashi sent Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha with an elite force of Sharingan users to the southern front.
  • Suke Uchiha spotted the approaching Gunbai banners at the main gate and realized the supposed reinforcements were enemies.
  • Hito Dan Shimura led disguised Shimura troops toward the gate, but the Uchiha recognized their cowardly bearing and attacked with Ninjutsu.
  • Hito Dan Shimura abandoned the disguise and ordered his troops to assault the position, while Uchiha defenders battered the attackers with Ninjutsu and ninja tools.
  • Two Uchiha sentries spotted another group approaching the rear gate and prepared to attack them as well.

Ch. 65The commander!

Dai Uchiha and Yukimichi Uchiha reached the southern frontline camp, where the guards mistook their force for enemies until Yukimichi used his Sharingan to identify himself. Dai then left Yukimichi in charge of the camp while he went to inspect fighting at the front gate.

  • Yukimichi Uchiha noticed the camp’s alarm and warned Dai Uchiha that the defenders were aiming their weapons at them.
  • Dai Uchiha sent Yukimichi Uchiha ahead to announce their arrival, and a guard accused him of being a Shimura spy.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha trapped the guard in a Genjutsu, after which the defenders recognized him and opened the gate for Dai Uchiha’s force.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha argued with the guard about the rear-gate defense, then learned that fighting had broken out at the front gate.
  • Dai Uchiha ordered Yukimichi Uchiha to stay behind and coordinate the camp while Dai went to inspect the fighting.

Ch. 66Counterattack

Dai Uchiha’s forces annihilated the Shimura attackers at the forward position, prompting Uchiha Takashi to order a counterattack against the Shimura frontline camp. The chapter ended as Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha received orders to lead two hundred clansmen on an overnight raid.

  • Hito Dan Shimura forced his clansmen into a charge, but the Uchiha’s Fire Style attacks set them ablaze and sent them fleeing.
  • Dai Uchiha cut down Hito Dan Shimura after he killed a fleeing clansman, and the Uchiha pursued and destroyed the remaining Shimura forces.
  • Suke Uchiha asked Dai Uchiha about their next orders, and Dai sent a crow to Uchiha Takashi with a report and his suspicions about who might be supporting the Shimura.
  • Uchiha Takashi learned that the Uchiha had suffered no deaths while the Shimura had lost over a hundred ninja, and decided to exploit their weakness.
  • Uchiha Takashi ordered Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha to lead two hundred clansmen on an overnight raid against the Shimura front line.

Ch. 67Slaughter, seizing the front line

Yukimichi Uchiha led an Uchiha force in a surprise attack on the Shimura front line, where weak leadership and disorganized defenses allowed them to seize the camp. The Shimura second elder was captured with Genjutsu, and the Uchiha took control of the front line.

  • Dai Uchiha ordered Yukimichi Uchiha to choose a force and attack the Shimura, while Suke Uchiha stayed behind to defend the frontline camp and watch the Ino-Shika-Cho clans.
  • Suke Uchiha explained that a Shimura elder had launched the earlier attack as part of an internal power struggle and an effort to expand the clan's territory.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha selected two-thirds of the available fighters, leaving an elite force behind, and led them toward the Shimura front line.
  • The Uchiha broke into the poorly defended Shimura camp and slaughtered its members without encountering organized resistance.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha defeated the Shimura second elder with Genjutsu, and the Uchiha seized the front line as surviving Shimura members surrendered.

Ch. 68Fleeing south

After the Uchiha captured the Shimura frontline, Yukimichi Uchiha interrogated the Shimura second elder and uncovered how his neglect had left the camp undefended. At Shimura headquarters, the elders agreed to abandon their ancestral grounds and flee south before the Uchiha advanced.

  • The Uchiha captured the frontline camp, killing more than a hundred defenders, and Yukimichi Uchiha went to question the Shimura second elder.
  • The Shimura second elder demanded to know how the Uchiha had taken the camp so quickly, and Yukimichi Uchiha explained that its defenses were weak and its sentries were few.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha exposed that the Shimura second elder had sent opposing sentries out as cannon fodder and staffed key posts with his own followers.
  • The Shimura clan head and elders learned the frontline had fallen and saw that their losses had left them with few fighters to defend headquarters.
  • The grand elder urged the Shimura clan to abandon its ancestral grounds, and the clan head agreed that they would flee south.

Ch. 69The Shimura split

The Shimura elders divided over whether to flee, resist, or trust that the Uchiha would stop attacking, while Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha decided to march on the Shimura main base. A Shimura messenger revealed that the fourth and fifth elders planned to surrender and open the gates, leaving Yukimichi stunned by the clan’s split.

  • The Shimura clan head ordered the elders to prepare to flee before the Uchiha attacked, despite the fourth elder’s warning that he would regret it.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha persuaded Dai Uchiha to launch an attack on the lightly defended Shimura main base without waiting for orders.
  • The Uchiha troops advanced under cover of night, and Yukimichi captured a Shimura clansman who carried a message for their commander.
  • The messenger said the fourth and fifth elders would surrender, mark their men with white cloth, and open the main base’s gates to the Uchiha.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha used Genjutsu to verify the message and realized that the Shimura clan had split.

Ch. 70Harboring Malice

Dai Uchiha and Yukimichi Uchiha investigated the Shimura Clan’s split and considered accepting the Fourth and Fifth Elders as Uchiha vassals. As the Shimura elders prepared to seize control and secretly build strength for a future betrayal, Yukimichi began imagining ways to absorb the clan and use its holdouts as cannon fodder.

  • Yukimichi Uchiha told Dai Uchiha that the Shimura Clan had split, and Dai decided to investigate while keeping their informant unconscious.
  • The Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder prepared to take control of the Shimura camp and offer submission to the Uchiha while secretly planning to rebuild their strength and eventually strike back.
  • Dai Uchiha dismissed Yukimichi Uchiha’s concern that the Shimura might betray them, arguing that the clan lacked the power to resist the Uchiha.
  • Yukimichi Uchiha considered absorbing the Shimura Clan into the Uchiha and sending those who resisted the loss of their surname to die as cannon fodder.

Ch. 71Were you the one who let the Uchiha in?

The Uchiha waited outside the Shimura grounds while Hiko Shimura’s coup against the clan leader appeared to collapse after the fifth elder betrayed his plan. The Uchiha then broke through the front gate, and Hiko revealed he had secretly arranged their entry, insisting his actions would preserve the clan.

  • Dai Uchiha prepared to attack during the camp’s chaos, but Yukimichi Uchiha persuaded him to wait until the Shimura were more weakened.
  • Hiko Shimura confronted the clan leader and elders, arguing that submitting to the Uchiha was the best way to preserve the Shimura clan.
  • The clan leader revealed that the fifth elder had exposed Hiko’s plan and helped turn the fight against his men.
  • A Shimura clansman reported that the Uchiha had entered through the front gate after Hiko’s men opened it.
  • Hiko admitted that he had sent his own people to contact the Uchiha and stationed men at the gate, while the clan leader demanded to know the consequences of letting them in.

Ch. 72A grim scene

Yukimichi Uchiha broke into the Shimura clan’s territory and fought the clan head and elders, while the Fifth Elder kept the Fourth Elder occupied. The Shimura clan head stayed behind to hold Yukimichi off as the First and Third Elders fled with the remaining people toward the rear gate.

  • Yukimichi Uchiha appeared before the Shimura clan head and declared that he had fought his way there alone.
  • The First and Third Elders attacked Yukimichi, but he wounded the First Elder and forced the Third Elder to defend against his fire techniques.
  • The Fifth Elder confronted the Fourth Elder, while Yukimichi fought the Shimura clan head through a chakra-generated mist.
  • The Shimura clan head blocked Yukimichi’s attack and ordered the First and Third Elders to take the remaining people and flee.
  • The First and Third Elders led the survivors toward the rear gate as the Shimura clan head charged Yukimichi to stop him pursuing them.

Ch. 73Not Even One in Ten Survived

The Uchiha defeated the Shimura clan, killing its first elder while the third elder escaped with only a few dozen survivors. The remaining Shimura elders accepted vassal status under the Uchiha, leaving the clan split between a scattered remnant and those who stayed behind.

  • Dai Uchiha and the Uchiha elites cornered the Shimura elders and their clansmen, while Shimura defectors said they had joined the Uchiha to protect their families.
  • The Shimura first elder sacrificed himself to hold off Dai Uchiha as the third elder fled through the back gate with a tiny group.
  • Dai Uchiha killed the first elder, and Yukimichi Uchiha declared the Uchiha had won and ordered the survivors and spoils counted.
  • The third elder learned that only a few dozen Shimura had escaped, then proclaimed himself leader of a new Shimura clan and led them into hiding.
  • At the former Shimura headquarters, the fourth elder learned that about fifty ninja and over two thousand civilians remained and defended the decision to surrender to the Uchiha.

Ch. 74Submission by proclamation

Uchiha Takashi learned that Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha had destroyed the Shimura headquarters and secured the surrender of most of the clan. He approved a plan to control and disperse the Shimura, then prepared for a possible Senju attack as the Uchiha faced a shortage of forces.

  • Uchiha Takashi received word that Yukimichi Uchiha and Dai Uchiha had captured the Shimura positions and then defeated the clan headquarters in a night attack.
  • Uchiha Takashi decided not to punish Yukimichi Uchiha, whose victory had forced most of the Shimura to surrender while a few dozen fled.
  • Uchiha Takashi ordered the Shimura civilians scattered, Uchiha civilians moved into the Shimura compound, and Shimura shinobi transferred to Uchiha headquarters and the front lines.
  • Uchiha Takashi sent his plan to Yukimichi Uchiha by messenger crow and began preparing for a Senju probing attack.
  • Uchiha Takashi assessed the Uchiha's limited forces and high-end fighters, but trusted his Mangekyō Sharingan to hold the high-end battlefield.

Ch. 75All quiet on the front

Uchiha Takashi arrived at the frontline and learned that the Senju had avoided major attacks despite recovering from their defeat. He suspected trouble between the Senju and Uzumaki Clans, while the two clans were indeed struggling to arrange a marriage alliance to preserve their cooperation.

  • Uchiha Takashi brought reinforcements to the frontline, where Uchiha Satoshi reported that supplies and defenses were strong and the Senju had limited themselves to small raids.
  • Uchiha Takashi and Uchiha Satoshi inspected the Senju camp and wondered why the Senju had not tried to reclaim the forward position.
  • Uchiha Takashi suspected a problem within the Uzumaki Clan had disrupted its support for the Senju, and he ordered the Uchiha to remain prepared and strengthen their defenses.
  • Fū Senju and the Uzumaki Clan head had no suitable daughters or other marriageable girls in their families to continue the clans’ marriage alliance.
Arc 3 of 11
Arc 3 of 11