Chapter Summaries

Kakashi learned from Uchiha Chisen and Kijiro that Obito was alive and had become a villain, while Obito escaped Konoha and grafted White Zetsu tissue onto his injured hand. Kakashi asked Chisen to tell him about Obito’s crimes.

• Kakashi found Uchiha Chisen at Rin’s grave and learned that Uchiha Obito had left flowers there.
• Kijiro told Kakashi that Obito was alive, had become steeped in sin, and might have been involved in the Fourth Hokage’s death.
• Kakashi reconsidered his doubts about Chisen and asked him to explain Obito’s crimes and sins.
• Outside Konoha, Obito grafted part of a White Zetsu Clone’s hand onto his injured arm and wondered how Chisen knew so much about him.

Kakashi learned that Obito had caused the Nine-Tails attack and wondered why he had returned to Konoha. Meanwhile, Hiruzen and the elders confronted the danger posed by Chisen’s Mangekyō Sharingan and considered how to prepare for the possibility that he turned against the village.

• Kakashi returned home shaken by Chisen’s revelation that Obito had caused the Nine-Tails attack and questioned what had changed his former teammate.
• Kakashi wondered whether Obito had returned only to visit Rin’s grave or had another purpose.
• Hiruzen learned that neither medical treatment nor Itachi’s method could relieve Danzo’s soul-deep pain, even while Danzo was unconscious.
• Koharu condemned Hiruzen for not capturing Chisen, while Homura explained that fighting him could have sparked a conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Homura urged the elders to gather information about Chisen’s Sharingan and prepare a plan in case he became Konoha’s enemy.

Konoha’s leaders worried about the Fire Daimyo’s envoy meeting Chisen, while Fugaku and Itachi argued over the Uchiha clan’s future and Sasuke’s awakening. The Uchiha radicals debated replacing Fugaku with Chisen as Izumi hurried to meet Chisen, finding that news of his actions had spread throughout Konoha.

• Koharu and Homura discussed Fugaku’s revealed Mangekyō Sharingan and planned to keep the Fire Daimyo’s envoy away from Chisen.
• Fugaku asked Itachi whether he would turn against his father, and Itachi said he would if Fugaku threatened Konoha.
• Fugaku told Itachi that Sasuke had awakened his Sharingan, while Mikoto secretly listened and wept.
• Uchiha Setsuna grew angry as the radicals proposed Chisen as the clan’s new leader, overlooking Setsuna himself.
• Izumi explained to Kijiro that clansmen had kept her up asking about Chisen, then noticed Konoha residents discussing Chisen’s deeds.

Uchiha Chisen made Naruto clean a Konoha street for six months as punishment for his petty crimes, despite the Third Hokage pardoning him. Meanwhile, a Daimyo’s envoy arrived in Konoha and learned that Chisen might kill him if they crossed paths.

• Kijiro told Izumi that rumors about Chisen’s fight had spread through television and newspapers, and Izumi found Chisen carrying Naruto.
• Chisen explained that the Third Hokage had pardoned Naruto, then ordered him to clean a street every day for six months.
• Chisen told Naruto that his crimes did not warrant death but warned that he would kill him if he turned to worse wrongdoing.
• A Daimyo’s envoy arrived in Konoha and asked to visit its casinos, but a Konoha ninja warned him to avoid them.
• The Konoha ninja named Uchiha Chisen as the dangerous law enforcement officer who might kill the envoy.

The Daimyo’s Second Son, Genin Kosuke, arrived in Konoha as Sarutobi Hiruzen weighed the village’s need for Daimyo funding against concerns about Uchiha Chisen. Nanwu warned Kosuke that Chisen would pursue anyone guilty of wrongdoing, then spotted Chisen directly ahead of them.

• Genin Kosuke asked about Uchiha Chisen, and a Konoha ninja described him as a lone wolf with a trainee from the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to personally welcome the Daimyo’s envoy, citing Konoha’s need for financial support after recent losses.
• Utatane Koharu challenged Sarutobi Hiruzen over his handling of Chisen, and he said he was trying to keep Chisen manageable.
• Nanwu warned Genin Kosuke that Chisen was a powerful former war hero whose sense of justice ignored rank and status.
• Nanwu urged Kosuke to summon Sarutobi Asuma for protection, then revealed that Uchiha Chisen was standing right in front of them.

Uchiha Chisen confronted Genin Kosuke, the Daimyo’s son, and exposed his crimes before moving to arrest him. Nanwu tried to stop Chisen and was killed, while Sarutobi Hiruzen learned Chisen had ordered Naruto to sweep a street for six months.

• Izumi followed Uchiha Chisen and recorded the crimes he recited against Genin Kosuke, while Kijiro explained Kosuke’s connection to the Daimyo and Chisen’s history of punishing nobles.
• Nanwu recognized Chisen’s killing intent toward Kosuke and warned him to stop, but Kosuke’s horrified reaction confirmed the accusations.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen found Naruto sweeping the street and learned Chisen had assigned him six months of cleanup as punishment for his pranks.
• Hiruzen told an Anbu ninja to keep Naruto from interacting with the Uchiha Clan, then continued toward the envoy’s gathering.
• Nanwu attacked Chisen with Lightning Release techniques, but Chisen’s magma arm pierced the lightning cage and killed him.

Uchiha Chisen killed Genin Kosuke, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire’s second son, for his crimes, despite Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attempt to stop him. Izumi defended Chisen’s absolute justice before the gathered retainers, and Hiruzen arrived with Anbu after waiting for reinforcements.

• Uchiha Chisen killed Nanwu and two retainers, then used his Sharingan to terrify Genin Kosuke with a genjutsu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed trouble, hurried toward the Daimyo’s envoy, and saw Uchiha Chisen behead Genin Kosuke despite shouting for him to stop.
• Kijiro explained Chisen’s absolute justice to Izumi, who realized Hiruzen had witnessed the killing.
• A retainer protested that Kosuke’s noble status gave him immunity, while Uchiha Chisen said Kosuke’s crimes warranted death.
• Izumi denounced the laws that protected nobles and declared that absolute justice made no distinction of rank.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived with more than a dozen Anbu and saw Kosuke’s corpse and the two slain retainers.

Uchiha Chisen rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s pleas for restraint and killed the Daimyo’s retainers after declaring them villains. He left Hiruzen with Izumi’s written record of Genin Kosuke’s crimes, while the Hokage remained unable to respond.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Uchiha Chisen over the killing of Genin Kosuke and warned that it could damage Konoha and provoke chaos.
• Uchiha Chisen argued that justice should not compromise to avoid consequences and dismissed Hiruzen’s attempt to change his beliefs.
• Chisen declared that the retainers behind Hiruzen were villains and attacked them before Hiruzen or the Anbu Ninja could stop him.
• Chisen killed more than a dozen retainers, leaving one terrified survivor, then told Hiruzen he did not need to list their crimes individually.
• Izumi gave an Anbu Ninja her notes on Genin Kosuke’s crimes and suggested the Yamanaka Clan could verify them by examining his memories.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen read the notes and sighed as Chisen left the scene.

After Uchiha Chisen killed the Daimyo’s second son and more than a dozen others, Sarutobi Hiruzen and his advisers weighed the danger of arresting him against the threat of provoking the Uchiha. Chisen later encountered Naruto, revealed that he was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and explained that Uchiha Obito had caused the Nine-Tails’ Rampage; meanwhile, Asuma concluded that Chisen had become a threat to Konoha.

• Utatane Koharu confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Chisen killing the Daimyo’s second son, but Hiruzen said fighting him could cause destruction on the scale of the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and inflame the Uchiha Clan.
• Chisen found Naruto sweeping the streets, and Naruto panicked when Kijiro mentioned that Chisen had killed more than a dozen people.
• Chisen and Kijiro told Izumi that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, that he had been made a vessel as an infant, and that Uchiha Obito had controlled the Nine-Tails during its rampage.
• Naruto learned that the Demon Fox was sealed inside him and broke down in confusion and tears.
• Asuma found his friend Nanwu and the other victims dead, including the Daimyo’s second son, and feared Chisen’s actions would shatter the balance between Konoha and the Daimyo.
• Asuma resolved to oppose Hiruzen again, arguing that Chisen had become a threat to the village.

Fugaku and the Uchiha factions reacted to Chisen killing the Daimyo’s son, while Inoichi and Shikaku considered what Chisen’s justice would mean for the shinobi world. Chisen then took the frightened Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen and assured him he had no evil in his future.

• Fugaku learned that Chisen had killed the Daimyo’s envoy and son, and worried that the Uchiha Clan would face the Daimyo’s wrath.
• A member of Fugaku’s police force questioned whether Chisen’s actions upheld justice, but Fugaku insisted that the force served Konoha’s justice.
• Uchiha Setsuna warned the Radical elders that Chisen might kill the Uchiha if he judged them evil, comparing him to Uchiha Itachi.
• Inoichi told Shikaku he had chosen what he believed was right for the Yamanaka Clan, and Shikaku agreed to observe Chisen during the turmoil.
• Chisen brought Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto nervously asked if Chisen would kill him for being the Nine-Tails’ vessel.
• Chisen told Naruto there was no evil in his future and called him a promising prospect, prompting Izumi to wonder if Chisen meant to recruit him.

Uchiha Chisen told Naruto why the Nine-Tails had been sealed inside him and how Danzo’s men spread rumors that made the village despise him. After Naruto agreed to see the shinobi world’s evil for himself, Chisen took him to investigate a suspicious family’s deaths, prompting the Hokage to fear another Nine-Tails Rampage and mobilize the Anbu.

• Uchiha Chisen explained that Naruto had become the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki because of his Uzumaki blood and that Danzo’s men had spread the Demon Fox rumors, while the Third Hokage had failed to stop them.
• Naruto acknowledged that the villagers’ treatment of him was wrong and agreed to walk through Konoha with Uchiha Chisen after finishing his ramen.
• An Anbu Ninja monitoring Naruto saw him leave with Uchiha Chisen and summoned a pigeon to warn Sarutobi Hiruzen that the jinchuriki had been taken away.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to retrieve Naruto, warning that Uchiha Chisen might cause another Nine-Tails Rampage, and Sarutobi ordered Kakashi to assemble the Anbu.
• Kijiro told Uchiha Chisen that investigators had found a civilian family of four crushed beneath their collapsed home and suspected one victim had been attacked before dying.
• Naruto followed Uchiha Chisen and Izumi to investigate the deaths, shocked to learn that a family had been killed in Konoha.

Uchiha Chisen brought Naruto to the morgue, where he showed him the murdered Yamanaka family and taught him to recognize his desire for justice. Naruto vowed that the killer should be punished, while Fugaku realized Chisen was instilling his doctrine of absolute justice in the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and feared the consequences for the Uchiha Clan.

• Izumi analyzed the family murders, and Chisen led her and Naruto into the Uchiha Compound as Yamanaka Yoshinobu followed nervously behind.
• Uchiha Clan members watched Naruto and Yoshinobu with suspicion, and Chisen told Naruto not to blame himself for the clan being ostracized.
• Fugaku learned that Chisen had brought Naruto into the compound again and hurried to the underground morgue.
• Chisen examined the four bodies with Naruto and described how the murderer had killed the family before the building collapsed.
• Chisen explained that the victims had suffered from the Shinobi World's evil, and Naruto declared that he wanted the murderer punished.
• Chisen called Naruto's outrage justice, and Fugaku confronted him for teaching absolute justice to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Uchiha Chisen urged Naruto to seek justice for a murdered family, while Fugaku and the radical Uchiha elders reacted to the escalating conflict. When Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu arrived, Naruto refused to leave and declared his conviction to investigate the killings and punish the murderer, shocking Hiruzen.

• Uchiha Setsuna learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu had entered the Uchiha Compound with Anbu, but Hiruzen ignored him and headed for the Military Police Force Building to find Chisen and Naruto.
• Uchiha Setsuna refused to help Chisen, warning the radical Uchiha that Chisen would oppose anyone he considered an enemy of justice.
• Chisen confronted Fugaku over his leadership and told Naruto to decide whether he wanted justice for the dead; Naruto firmly said that he did.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu entered the morgue with Anbu, and Naruto hesitated when they called him over.
• Naruto told Hiruzen he wanted to investigate the murdered family and make the killer pay, then declared that this was his conviction and his justice.
• Hiruzen stared at Chisen in shock after hearing Naruto's declaration.

Naruto chose to help Uchiha Chisen find the murderer despite Sarutobi Hiruzen’s objections, and Hiruzen agreed to join them after Naruto nearly lost control when Root tried to take him away. Chisen then framed Hiruzen’s concession as evil yielding to justice, leaving Naruto asking whether Grandpa Hokage was a bad guy.

• Kijiro mocked Sarutobi Hiruzen for calling Naruto too young to seek justice after Uchiha Chisen had been sent to war as a child.
• Naruto confronted Hiruzen about allowing the villagers to hate him and protecting Shimura Danzō, then chose to stay and find the murderer.
• Utatane Koharu and Uchiha Fugaku rejected Naruto’s choice, and a Root ninja tried to take him away by force.
• Hiruzen stopped the Root ninja and offered to join Naruto and Chisen, having realized Naruto was close to going berserk.
• Chisen told Naruto that evil had compromised only because it could not control his power, and Naruto asked whether Grandpa Hokage was a bad guy.

Uchiha Chisen led Naruto away from the morgue to investigate the murdered family, while Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to steer Naruto away from Chisen’s absolute justice. After Izumi’s first suspects proved innocent, Chisen ordered Kijiro to investigate the seven-year-old victim’s relationships, warning that the Shinobi World’s evil could exceed Hiruzen’s imagination.

• Uchiha Chisen accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of colluding with Danzo’s evil, but Hiruzen defended his handling of Root and tried to reassure Naruto.
• Uchiha Chisen invited Naruto to follow him, and Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to keep watch while privately thanking Uchiha Fugaku for his cooperation.
• Uchiha Chisen gave Izumi the victims’ file, and she used Kijiro’s ninja cats to gather information and identify five suspicious ninjas.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen had the five suspects brought in, but Uchiha Chisen declared that none of them had committed the murders.
• Uchiha Chisen sent Kijiro to investigate the seven-year-old victim’s relationships and told Hiruzen that he underestimated the Shinobi World’s twisted evil.

Uchiha Chisen identified Academy student Kojima Ryuji as the murderer of a family of four and urged Naruto to judge whether he deserved death. Naruto answered yes, and Chisen raised his sword to carry out absolute justice as Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to stop him.

• The ninja cats gave Chisen three Academy-student suspects, and Hiruzen recognized Hyuga Shoya, Murayama Kyotaro, and Kojima Ryuji from the list.
• Anbu brought the three students to the Uchiha Compound, where Chisen fixed his attention on Kojima Ryuji.
• Chisen exposed that Kojima had murdered the family out of jealousy, and the frightened boy's denials and thoughts confirmed his guilt to those present.
• Chisen asked Naruto whether Kojima should pay for the four lives with his own, and Naruto answered yes.
• Chisen drew his sword and told Naruto to watch as Hiruzen shouted for him to stop.

Uchiha Chisen killed Kojima Ryuji and convinced Uzumaki Naruto to seek justice rather than forgive evildoers, then agreed to teach him. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Asuma told the Daimyo of the Land of Fire that Kosuke and Nanwu had died in Konoha at Chisen’s hands.

• Uchiha Chisen beheaded Kojima Ryuji after Naruto instinctively agreed that the murderer should be punished.
• Uchiha Chisen told Naruto that justice must not forgive attackers on victims’ behalf, and Naruto resolved to learn justice from him.
• Naruto asked Uchiha Chisen to teach him, and Chisen told him to visit each day after cleaning the streets.
• Utatane Koharu returned to the Uchiha Clan compound with Root ninja and discovered Kojima Ryuji’s headless corpse as Sarutobi Hiruzen explained the boy’s crime.
• Sarutobi Asuma reached the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and revealed that Uchiha Chisen had killed Kosuke in Konoha and that Nanwu was also dead.

Asuma told the Daimyo of the Land of Fire that Uchiha Chisen had killed his son, and the Daimyo agreed to help challenge Chisen. In Konoha, Chisen’s execution of a murderous academy student deepened Naruto’s support for his justice, while Fugaku faced renewed pressure from Uchiha Setsuna and the Radicals.

• Asuma informed the Daimyo that Uchiha Chisen had killed Kosuke and Nanwu, and the Daimyo, unable to command the village’s forces himself, asked Asuma for help.
• Utatane Koharu confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Chisen killing her young relative Kojima Ryuji, but Kakashi and Naruto revealed that Ryuji had murdered an entire family.
• Chisen offered to answer directly for his actions, and Koharu took Ryuji’s body away without having the Yamanaka Clan examine his memories.
• Koharu quietly asked Hiruzen about Naruto, then warned him that they could not keep indulging Chisen; Hiruzen recognized that Naruto had already been deeply influenced by Chisen.
• Uchiha Setsuna accused Fugaku of weakness and demanded that he step down as clan leader, as their factions gathered tensely in the Uchiha Compound.
• Three Military Police Force ninja mocked Fugaku and Setsuna’s political maneuvering and discussed Chisen’s absolute justice with interest.

Uchiha Chisen tracked Shimura Danzō to the Anbu Base and attacked to kill him, while Uchiha Izumi joined the hunt. The chapter ended with Chisen confronting Mitokado Homura and the Anbu, declaring that no one would stop him from executing Danzo.

• Naruto reflected on the Nine-Tails sealed inside him and decided to pursue justice and become Hokage, while Uchiha Izumi worried that she was too weak to support Chisen.
• A white ninja cat summoned Izumi, and Uchiha Chisen told her they would kill Shimura Danzō that night.
• Mitokado Homura visited the crippled Danzo at the Anbu Base and explained that only Chisen might undo the Mangekyō Sharingan technique tormenting him.
• Chisen blasted into the Anbu Base with magma and explained that Danzo had split his soul using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, but still suffered pain between its halves.
• Mitokado Homura and the Anbu tried to persuade Chisen to spare Danzo, but Chisen declared that Danzo must die and barred their way.

Uchiha Izumi killed Shimura Danzō at Chisen’s direction and gained power from [Absolute Justice], while Sarutobi Hiruzen learned of the assassination. On her way home, Izumi encountered Uchiha Itachi, who questioned whether she intended to oppose Konoha.

• Izumi entered the chamber and beheaded the restrained Shimura Danzō while Chisen kept the Anbu from interfering.
• [Absolute Justice] rewarded Chisen with increased chakra and Wood Style Kekkei Genkai, increased Izumi’s chakra, and granted her the ability to see others’ evil deeds.
• Mitokado Homura accepted that Danzō was dead and ordered the Anbu to notify Hiruzen and guard the corpse.
• An Anbu ninja informed Hiruzen of Danzō’s death, and Hiruzen learned that Izumi had accompanied Chisen rather than Naruto.
• Izumi walked home, reflected on the mission, and then confronted Uchiha Itachi, who asked whether she would stand against Konoha.