Chapter Summaries

Tsunade and others watched Uchiha Chisen’s battle with Uchiha Fugaku, whose Susanoo was overwhelmed by Chisen’s Lava Release. Fugaku tore out his Mangekyō Sharingan and threw them toward Sasuke before Chisen killed him, leaving Chisen to condemn Fugaku’s final act.

• Tsunade told Shizune to watch the Hyuga Clan members, then went to check on Chisen’s fight and prevent damage to the village.
• Jiraiya and the sages recognized the two Susanoo as Chisen’s and Fugaku’s, while Sasuke and Mikoto watched from a safe distance.
• Mikoto told Sasuke that Fugaku had made the same choice as Itachi, and Sasuke blamed his father for the family’s suffering.
• Chisen’s scarlet Susanoo shattered Fugaku’s blade, severed its arms, and grew into a towering armored form.
• Facing Chisen’s overwhelming attack, Fugaku tore out his Mangekyō Sharingan and threw them toward safety for Sasuke before the lava sword vaporized him.
• Chisen called Fugaku a villain who had still managed to move himself at the end, and said Itachi had inherited his mental illness.

Uchiha Chisen defeated and killed Uchiha Fugaku, then absorbed the power of Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan and gave Fugaku’s eyes to Uchiha Mikoto for Sasuke. The next morning, the Konoha Military Police Force began cracking down on rumors about the execution, leaving Hatake Kakashi questioning who truly served the village’s interests.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Anbu Ninja to search the Uchiha compound for Fugaku’s eyes, while Chisen discovered that Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan power had fused with his own.
• Tsunade met Chisen at the devastated compound, and he explained that Fugaku had attacked him and badly injured a Konoha Military Police Force Ninja through Dōjutsu.
• Uchiha Mikoto comforted Sasuke and taught him not to excuse wrongdoing because of family ties, as Uchiha Izumi watched.
• Chisen gave Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan to Mikoto, explaining that Fugaku had wanted Sasuke to have them but leaving the decision of when to use them to her.
• After rumors spread that Chisen had used justice as a pretext to kill Fugaku, a Konoha Military Police Force Chunin warned the gossips that the force now enforced Chisen’s absolute justice.
• Hatake Kakashi watched the crackdown and wondered whether Chisen or the Konoha High Council truly had the village’s best interests at heart.

Morino Ibiki returned to Konoha, learned how Uchiha Chisen had transformed the village, and agreed to join the police force. Tsunade tried to secure a medical unit for the force but, after Sarutobi Hiruzen refused, decided to act on her own; in the Land of Rain, Yakushi Kabuto discovered he could no longer summon a snake.

• Morino Ibiki learned about Chisen's recent actions in Konoha and accepted Chisen's invitation to join the police force.
• Tsunade proposed assigning medical ninja to the police force, but Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected the plan, citing the danger of giving the Uchiha more power.
• Tsunade told Shizune she would establish the medical unit herself because she believed Chisen could help create a different shinobi world.
• Yakushi Kabuto failed to contact Orochimaru and then discovered that he could not summon his snake from Ryūchi Cave.

Tsunade began building an independent Konoha Medical Unit while Jiraiya and the Mount Myōboku sages identified Naruto as the Child of Prophecy. The chapter ended with Tsunade warning Jiraiya and the toads not to act against justice.

• Tsunade told Shizune she would recruit from the Yamanaka, Akimichi, and Nara Clans and the Ninja Academy to form a Medical Unit independent of the Hokage.
• Sasuke struggled with his father's death, then regained some composure after Ino and Naruto confronted him.
• Fukasaku and Shima told Jiraiya they believed Naruto was the Child of Prophecy and the future savior of the shinobi world.
• Tsunade found Jiraiya watching Naruto at the Ninja Academy and warned him and the Mount Myōboku Toads not to stand against justice.

Sarutobi Hiruzen faced his clan’s anger and learned that the Konoha Military Police Force had clashed with the Anbu over demands to investigate Anbu killings. As the confrontation escalated, he learned Uchiha Chisen was on his way.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told his clansmen that his duties as Hokage kept him from seeking revenge, but a young Sarutobi accused him of failing to stop Uchiha Chisen’s killings.
• Yakushi Kabuto suspected that Uchiha Chisen had attacked Orochimaru and that the upheaval at Ryūchi Cave might mean Orochimaru had been defeated.
• At an Akatsuki Organization meeting, Uchiha Obito reported that Orochimaru’s hideout had been destroyed, and Konan suggested Uchiha Chisen had killed him.
• Nagato ordered the Akatsuki members to avoid confronting Uchiha Chisen alone and to engage him only in groups of at least three.
• Juzo Biwa secretly entered Konoha, hoping Uchiha Chisen would take him in.
• An Anbu Ninja reported that the Konoha Military Police Force wanted Anbu members subjected to Memory Examination, and Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Chisen was heading to the confrontation.

Uchiha Chisen confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen during a standoff between the Konoha Military Police Force and the Anbu, insisting that selected Anbu members submit to memory examinations. Meanwhile, Jiraiya agreed to approach Naruto, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji discussed growing tensions within the Hyuga Clan; the standoff ended with Chisen preparing to name suspects.

• Kakashi arrived at the standoff and realized that Uchiha Chisen’s involvement could make the dispute difficult to resolve.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to mediate, but Uchiha Chisen demanded memory examinations and challenged the Hokage’s credibility and authority.
• Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku urged Jiraiya to teach Naruto before absolute justice shaped the boy’s values, and Jiraiya agreed to approach him.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji discussed the Hyuga Branch Family’s increasingly fierce competition to choose a new Main Family bloodline.
• Jiraiya approached the three boys, and Neji identified him as the Sannin who had secretly followed him.
• Uchiha Chisen offered to name specific Anbu members and let them either remain or turn themselves in, as the two sides braced for what came next.

Uchiha Chisen ordered the arrest of Anbu ninjas and publicly exposed the harms their missions had caused, while Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to protect them. As villagers turned against the Hokage, Chisen’s forces moved past Hiruzen, who accused Chisen of planning a scheme against him.

• Uchiha Chisen named Anbu ninjas for arrest and ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to take them for memory searches by the Yamanaka Clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen objected that the Konoha Military Police Force lacked authority over the Anbu and attempted to stop the arrests.
• A Nara Clan Chunin urged Uchiha Chisen to announce the charges, while villagers questioned the Anbu’s privileges and the Hokage’s defense of them.
• Uchiha Chisen described the crimes of the named Anbu ninjas and the deaths and suffering their actions had caused, prompting villagers to suspect Sarutobi Hiruzen had covered up their wrongdoing.
• A Konoha Military Police Force ninja pushed Sarutobi Hiruzen aside, and Hiruzen accused Uchiha Chisen of planning a scheme against him.

The Konoha Military Police Force arrested several Anbu after Uchiha Chisen confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Hiruzen’s failure to protect them cost him the loyalty of most of his Anbu. As clans moved against his weakened authority, three Yamanaka Anbu submitted resignation letters, leaving Hiruzen increasingly isolated.

• Uchiha Chisen challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen as the Konoha Military Police Force fought and arrested Anbu who resisted arrest, leaving one gravely wounded.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitated to intervene, and several arrested Anbu condemned him and renounced their loyalty as Kakashi watched.
• Nara Shikaku told Akimichi Choza that the Nara Clan had spread news of the defeat to weaken Hiruzen’s influence, with Chisen’s backing for actions that upheld justice.
• Akimichi Choza agreed that the Akimichi Clan would join the Nara Clan’s efforts, and Shikaku said Yamanaka Inoichi had acted even earlier.
• Three Yamanaka Anbu handed Sarutobi Hiruzen resignation letters, saying they no longer wished to serve in Anbu.

Hyuga Hiashi reflected on his guilt over Hizashi’s death while Utatane Koharu escaped prison and sought support against Uchiha Chisen. Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to help keep Chisen occupied, and as Koharu’s plans threatened to shatter the village’s fragile balance, Hiruzen asserted his authority as Hokage.

• Hyuga Hiashi realized that his fear and inaction had led to Hizashi’s death and felt ashamed of the Hyuga Main Family’s choices.
• Utatane Koharu escaped Konoha Prison using Root operatives and tried to recruit Hiashi, but he did not agree to join her.
• Juzo Biwa entered the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters and asked to see Uchiha Chisen.
• Utatane Koharu asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to cooperate, and he agreed to keep Chisen occupied while she pursued her plan.
• Mitokado Homura protested that Koharu’s actions could spark a battle in Konoha, but Hiruzen stopped him by declaring, “I am the Hokage.”

Juzo Biwa agreed to serve Uchiha Chisen, who planned to enter the Land of Water and end Kirigakure's Bloody Mist Policy by force. As Konoha's political factions fractured, Mitokado Homura secretly brought Chisen intelligence, and Chisen asked him who should replace Sarutobi Hiruzen as Hokage.

• Juzo Biwa pledged loyalty to Uchiha Chisen, who said he would use him to reach the Land of Water and purge its evil by killing.
• Mitokado Homura concluded that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu were cornered and chose to visit Uchiha Chisen in secret.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Tsunade had selected Academy students to train for the Konoha Military Police Force's Medical Unit.
• Nagato sent Konan to meet Utatane Koharu, who had sought cooperation with the Akatsuki Organization.
• Mitokado Homura shared intelligence with Uchiha Chisen and argued that Sarutobi Hiruzen was no longer suited to be Hokage.
• Uchiha Chisen asked Mitokado Homura who would be the best person to replace the Hokage, and Homura froze in shock.

Uchiha Chisen urged Tsunade to replace Sarutobi Hiruzen as Hokage so she could advance absolute justice, while he prepared to intervene in Kirigakure. Tsunade agreed to consider the proposal, and Utatane Koharu secretly hired Konan’s Akatsuki Organization to eliminate Uchiha Chisen.

• Mitokado Homura discussed potential successors to Sarutobi Hiruzen with Uchiha Chisen and admitted that Tsunade and Jiraiya had once been chosen as backup candidates.
• Uchiha Chisen told Juzo Biwa to focus on Kirigakure and said he would leave Konoha’s affairs to Tsunade.
• Uchiha Chisen urged Tsunade to become Hokage, arguing that she could spread absolute justice faster from that position; Tsunade said she would think about it.
• Shizune warned Tsunade that her reluctance to refuse meant she had likely already decided what to do.
• Utatane Koharu met Konan in the Land of Rain and hired the Akatsuki Organization to join Konoha’s Root in eliminating Uchiha Chisen.

Kakashi observed that Konoha had become more orderly under Uchiha Chisen’s absolute justice, while Naruto rejected Jiraiya’s attempts to recruit him. As Kumogakure planned to exploit Konoha’s weakness, Tsunade announced her intention to become the Fifth Hokage and establish a New Konoha, leaving Hiruzen under mounting pressure.

• Kakashi noticed that the Military Police had cleaned up Konoha’s streets, curbed rumors and bullying, and enforced laws with measured severity.
• Naruto refused Jiraiya’s offer to teach him, while Fukasaku and Shima urged Jiraiya to take him to Mount Myōboku and seal his memories of absolute justice.
• Kakashi questioned Jiraiya about following Naruto and learned that Jiraiya wanted to make him his student.
• Fourth Raikage Ai ordered his agents to withdraw from their failed effort to provoke conflict in Konoha and prepare to infiltrate the Land of Fire for its resources.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that rumors questioning his fitness to remain Hokage had spread and that Tsunade had declared her intention to become the Fifth Hokage and establish a New Konoha Village.
• Yamanaka Inoichi, Nara Shikaku, and Akimichi Choza discussed Tsunade’s challenge to Hiruzen and concluded that her blunt approach might catch him off guard.

Tsunade pressed Mitokado Homura to support her bid to replace Sarutobi Hiruzen as Hokage, and Hiruzen arrived to find them together. Meanwhile, Uchiha Chisen set out for Kirigakure with Juzo Biwa, Uchiha Izumi, and Kijiro, while Yakushi Kabuto found the White Snake Sage after investigating the destruction around Orochimaru’s hideout.

• Mitokado Homura realized Hiruzen’s support was collapsing and learned that Tsunade had come to see him first.
• Uchiha Chisen prepared to travel to Kirigakure with Juzo Biwa, Uchiha Izumi, and Kijiro, declaring that he would kill everyone there if the village proved beyond saving.
• Tsunade told Mitokado Homura she intended to become the Fifth Hokage and demanded to know where he stood.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived, saw Tsunade with Homura, and left after Tsunade urged him to give up the Hokage position.
• Yakushi Kabuto searched the wreckage near Orochimaru’s hideout, tried summoning Ryūchi Cave, and summoned the White Snake Sage.

Yakushi Kabuto collapsed after summoning the White Snake Sage, who revealed that Uchiha Chisen had nearly destroyed Ryūchi Cave and offered Kabuto power to oppose him. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen faced diminishing support in Konoha as Chisen left for the Land of Water with Juzo Biwa, Uchiha Izumi, and Kijiro, where a Kirigakure spy had already targeted Juzo.

• The White Snake Sage explained that Uchiha Chisen had killed most of the snakes willing to answer summons and offered Yakushi Kabuto power to stand against him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Anbu, but an Anbu ninja refused to work after the squad's shift ended, deepening Hiruzen's doubts about their loyalty.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Chisen had left Konoha with Juzo Biwa, Uchiha Izumi, and Ninja Cat Kijiro, and that Juzo had joined Konoha's Police Force.
• On a merchant ship bound toward the Land of Water, Kijiro warned Juzo Biwa that a Kirigakure spy aboard the ship had targeted him.

Tsunade explained how Sarutobi Hiruzen had lost the support of Konoha’s clans and civilians, while warning Shizune that he might try to kill her in a private meeting. At sea, Uchiha Chisen, Uchiha Izumi, Juzo Biwa, and Kijiro killed three Kirigakure ninja, and Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived to request a meeting with Tsunade.

• Tsunade told Shizune that Chisen’s influence and Hiruzen’s actions had secured the support of most Konoha clans for her bid to become Fifth Hokage.
• Tsunade warned that Hiruzen might invite her to a private meeting to kill her, then complained about how exhausting the Hokage campaign was.
• Three Kirigakure ninja secretly sent a message to their village about Juzo Biwa, but Juzo, Uchiha Izumi, and Kijiro exposed them aboard the ship.
• Kijiro, Izumi, and Juzo killed the three Kirigakure ninja, while Chisen said their deaths were punishment for their crimes rather than an attempt to conceal their location.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen approached Shizune outside the inn and asked her to tell Tsunade that he wanted to meet with her.

Uchiha Obito and Nagato prepared to target Uchiha Chisen after learning he had gone to the Land of Water, while Tsunade confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Konoha’s corruption and demanded authority to reform the village. Tsunade left the choice of leadership unresolved, and Izumi announced that she and Chisen had arrived in the Land of Water.

• Black Zetsu warned Uchiha Obito that Juzo Biwa had brought Uchiha Chisen to Kirigakure and advised using others to kill Chisen rather than risking a direct attack.
• Nagato told Konan that Uchiha Madara had revealed Chisen’s location, then decided to send nearly all of the Six Paths to hunt him.
• Konan urged Nagato to keep her behind as protection, warning that Uchiha Obito’s intelligence might be a trap.
• Tsunade told Sarutobi Hiruzen that his past compromises had allowed corruption to take root in Konoha and argued that the village needed radical reform.
• Tsunade proposed sharing the Hokage’s authority with Hiruzen or settling their leadership dispute by force, saying she could not let Chisen down.
• Izumi announced that she and Uchiha Chisen had reached the Land of Water and noticed him examining a glittering pendant.

Juzo Biwa learned that Obito had driven Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist policies to extremes out of revenge, while Kijiro reminded him that Kirigakure’s own corruption had made it vulnerable. In Konoha, Tsunade and Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to compete over the Hokage position, but Jiraiya refused to take sides because he was focused on the Child of Prophecy.

• Uchiha Chisen told Juzo Biwa that Obito had ruined Kirigakure and the Land of Water to make them suffer for Rin’s death, and Kijiro pointed out that Obito had only worsened Kirigakure’s existing problems.
• Izumi called Obito irrational and compared him to Itachi, noting that Obito had also caused the Nine-Tails Night by releasing the Nine-Tails Fox.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen left Tsunade after challenging her to separate herself from Absolute Justice, and Tsunade agreed to compete with him and chose Hatake Kakashi as her first potential ally to visit.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Jiraiya to support him against Tsunade or run for Fifth Hokage himself, but Jiraiya declined and explained that he was searching for and training the Child of Prophecy.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned whether the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy was reliable, leaving Jiraiya surprised by his skepticism.

Jiraiya failed to gain Sarutobi Hiruzen's understanding of his faith in the Child of Prophecy, while Obito and Black Zetsu arranged for Kirigakure, Akatsuki, and Root to hunt Uchiha Chisen. In the Land of Water, Chisen and his companions saw the devastation caused by the Bloody Mist Policy, and Izumi confronted human traffickers who claimed the chained children had been sold to them.

• Jiraiya explained the Great Toad Sage's prophecy to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who rejected Jiraiya's outlook and left without supporting his candidacy for Fifth Hokage.
• Fukasaku and Shima tried to comfort Jiraiya, who wondered why so few people believed the prophecy.
• Black Zetsu warned Obito not to confront Uchiha Chisen and persuaded him to let Kirigakure weaken Chisen before Akatsuki and Root joined the hunt.
• Juzo Biwa showed Chisen and his companions a ruined town and explained how Kirigakure's purges and Bloody Mist Policy had devastated the Land of Water.
• Izumi spotted three men leading five malnourished children in chains, blocked their path, and challenged their claim that the children's parents had sold them.

Uchiha Izumi killed three child traffickers in the Land of Water and arranged for Juzo Biwa to help care for their rescued victims. In Konoha, Jiraiya told Naruto that he was the prophesied savior, but the Slug Sage’s fragments surrounded Jiraiya and challenged Mount Myōboku’s claim to guide him.

• Uchiha Izumi killed the three traffickers and told the freed children they could no longer hurt them.
• Juzo Biwa offered to pay trusted friends in the Land of Water to care for the children, and Izumi thanked him.
• Jiraiya tried again to recruit Naruto, but Naruto and Sasuke rejected him and threatened to report his harassment.
• Jiraiya revealed that Mount Myōboku’s prophecy named Naruto the Child of Prophecy and said he needed Jiraiya’s guidance.
• Slug Sage fragments appeared around Naruto, Sasuke, and Jiraiya, questioned Mount Myōboku’s prophecy, and revealed Shikkotsu Forest’s alliance with Uchiha Chisen.

Tsunade rushed to stop Jiraiya from abducting Naruto after the Slug Sage warned her, while Kirigakure's Anbu departed to hunt Juzo Biwa and Mei Terumi grew suspicious of the Mizukage. Utatane Koharu arrived in the Land of Water to pursue Uchiha Chisen, and Tsunade confronted Jiraiya in Konoha, ready to fight him and reject Mount Myōboku's influence.

• A division of the Slug Sage woke Tsunade and warned her that Jiraiya was trying to abduct Naruto, prompting her to set out with Shizune.
• Momochi Zabuza clashed with a Kirigakure Anbu ninja over the Kubikiribōchō, but Karatachi Yagura stopped them and led the Anbu to hunt Juzo Biwa.
• Mei Terumi and Ao discussed their suspicions about Karatachi Yagura, and Mei followed the Mizukage's group after he departed.
• Utatane Koharu landed in the Land of Water with Root ninja and ordered them to give their all to kill Uchiha Chisen.
• Surrounded by divisions of the Slug Sage, Jiraiya sought advice from Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima before Tsunade crashed down in front of him.
• Tsunade confronted Jiraiya over his attempt to meddle with Konoha's children and warned him that she would not play along with Mount Myōboku.