Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fū Senju decided to rescue Yuki Senju from the Uchiha so she could marry into the Uzumaki Clan and preserve their alliance. At the iron mine, Fū Uchiha confronted Yuki and revealed that her father, Tsuru Senju, had been killed.

• Fū Senju learned that Yuki Senju was alive among the Uchiha and ordered his clansman to rescue her within half a month.
• Fū Uchiha inspected the village, reminded the Guard Force to enforce its laws equally, and declined Naka Chinoike’s invitation to drink.
• Fū Uchiha visited the iron mine and found Yuki Senju filthy from her labor there.
• Yuki Senju vowed that her father would rescue her and kill the Uchiha.
• Fū Uchiha told Yuki that Tsuru Senju had been killed by the Uchiha clan leader and that Kumo Senju had become the fourth elder.

Fū Uchiha told Yuki Senju that her father was dead, while the Senju Clan searched for her without knowing what had happened. At Uchiha headquarters, Tatsu Uchiha learned the clan’s researchers had created a lightning technique and named it Chidori.

• Fū Uchiha taunted Yuki Senju with the claim that he had killed her father, and she fainted after refusing to believe him.
• The Senju Clan continued trying to investigate Uchiha headquarters to find Yuki Senju, but the Uchiha patrols kept them at a distance.
• Tatsu Uchiha asked Chōkō Uchiha why Senju clansmen were appearing near the headquarters, and Chōkō said they seemed to be investigating inside.
• An Uchiha clansman demonstrated a new lightning-release thrusting technique developed by the Secret Technique Research Institute.
• Tatsu Uchiha named the unfinished technique Chidori.

Uchiha Takashi decided to replace the Uchiha Clan’s mission-based levy system with a full-time ninja army, using the clan’s vast wealth to support it. He assigned Kyō Uchiha and Tatsu Uchiha to establish the army and gather the figures needed to set ranks and salaries.

• After the Senju Clan remained inside its camp, Uchiha Takashi returned from the front and read a progress report announcing a Chidori prototype.
• Uchiha Takashi proposed gathering the clan’s ninja into a salaried army that would train in peacetime and fight during wartime, including ninja from other clans.
• Kyō Uchiha warned that the army would require substantial funding and could make the Uchiha stand out, but Uchiha Takashi and Tatsu Uchiha explained the clan’s enormous income and resources.
• Uchiha Takashi told Kyō Uchiha and Tatsu Uchiha to establish the full-time ninja army and compile counts of Uchiha and other clan ninja by Sharingan status for setting salaries and ranks.

Uchiha Takashi reviewed the clan’s ninja figures and designed a military structure that adapted familiar ranks to the Uchiha’s existing system. He organized the forces and created rank insignia, then left the clan uniforms unchanged after reconsidering his design ambitions.

• An Uchiha clansman delivered the requested figures, and Uchiha Takashi reviewed the clan’s nearly two thousand registered ninja.
• Uchiha Takashi established a military hierarchy using genin, chunin, elite chunin, jonin, elite jonin, and Kage as ranks, with units organized into squads, companies, and battalions.
• Uchiha Takashi spent the day assigning ninja to units and ranks based on their existing positions.
• Uchiha Takashi designed arm insignia for each rank, adding fans, clouds, shuriken, and a blade to distinguish them.
• Uchiha Sei and Kyō Uchiha praised the insignia, and Uchiha Takashi decided against redesigning the clan uniforms after recalling an artist whose designs had ended in failure.

With the Uchiha Clan threatening the Senju main camp, Fū Senju and the elders struggled to find a way to counter their growing strength. Oto Senju offered to negotiate an alliance with the Hyuga Clan, arguing that it would support the Senju to preserve the balance of power.

• Kumo Senju estimated that the Uchiha Clan had a 90% chance of launching a surprise attack on the Senju main camp.
• The third elder blamed the elders for failing to attack the Uchiha earlier, and Kumo Senju rebuked him before Fū Senju ordered them both to stop arguing.
• Oto Senju volunteered to negotiate with the Hyuga Clan and explained that it needed the Uchiha and Senju to keep each other in check.
• An elder questioned why the Hyuga would help while the Senju still had a broader strategic advantage, and Oto Senju argued that the Hyuga Main Family was too shortsighted to recognize that advantage.