Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chisen continued his purge in the Capital of the Land of Fire, killing corrupt officials and nobles while Mitaraishi Anko learned the scope of his Absolute Justice. The Daimyo issued a fifty-million-ryō bounty for Chisen as Chisen set his sights on him and the capital’s wider corruption.

• Orochimaru learned that his Curse Marks had activated and spoke with Zetsu, who relayed Akatsuki’s interest in Uchiha Chisen and demanded Orochimaru share information.
• Uchiha Chisen killed two corrupt capital police samurai after publicly naming their crimes, then killed a rogue Konoha Genin with his Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Tsunade reunited with Jiraiya and explained that she had helped Uchiha Chisen kill hundreds of people and was taking rescued children to Konoha.
• Uchiha Chisen slaughtered most of the Yuuki Clan, prompting the Daimyo to raise the bounty on him to fifty million ryō.
• Uchiha Chisen told Mitaraishi Anko that he intended to kill the Daimyo and purge the capital’s evil, while Kijiro reminded her that his Absolute Justice placed no one above anyone else.
• Capital samurai posted the Daimyo’s fifty-million-ryō wanted notice, and a Konoha ninja in the crowd began to recognize Chisen’s description.

Uchiha Chisen massacred noble families and bounty hunters as he advanced on the Daimyo’s Residence, convinced the Daimyo was responsible for protecting evil. He confronted Goyain Kōjin and killed him, leaving the Land of Fire’s leadership in crisis.

• The Daimyo issued a fifty-million-ryo bounty after the Yuuki Clan was nearly wiped out, while nobles gathered at the palace and urged him to contact Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Chisen was likely the killer in the capital and that he had taken Mitaraishi Anko; he decided to lead Anbu there himself.
• Chisen killed nobles across the capital, survived an exploding-tag attack, and killed the bounty hunter who had targeted him.
• Reports reached the Daimyo that Chisen had destroyed several noble estates and was advancing along a route toward the Daimyo’s Residence, while bounty hunters were consumed by his magma.
• Chisen entered the Daimyo’s Residence after the samurai fled and accused Goyain Kōjin of enabling widespread injustice.
• Goyain Kōjin tried to flee, but Chisen’s Magma Demon Dog tore through his chest.

Uchiha Chisen killed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and forced Goyain Yasuhito to accept his judgment and promise sweeping reforms in the name of absolute justice. Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at the capital, learned what Chisen had done, and found that the new Daimyo supported him rather than Konoha’s position.

• Uchiha Chisen executed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and Goyain Yasuhito blamed his father’s death on the Daimyo’s own wrongdoing.
• Goyain Yasuhito promised to revise the laws, purge corrupt officials, investigate the powerful, and pursue absolute justice throughout the Land of Fire.
• Utatane Koharu questioned Mitokado Homura about why Sarutobi Hiruzen had left without informing her, while Kakashi and Might Guy watched the Uchiha Compound.
• Uchiha Setsuna considered a coup while Sarutobi Hiruzen was away, but Uchiha Fugaku entered the meeting and challenged him.
• Uchiha Izumi killed a Sarutobi Clan special jonin and injured a bystander who had interfered, then explained her judgment to Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reached the Daimyo’s Residence, learned the Daimyo had died, and argued with Uchiha Chisen before Goyain Yasuhito rejected Hiruzen’s defense of Konoha and pledged to make amends through absolute justice.

Uchiha Chisen’s massacre in the Capital of the Land of Fire left Sarutobi Hiruzen unable to stop him and forced Konoha’s leaders to reckon with the consequences of his Absolute Justice. As news of the Daimyo’s murder spread, Tsunade defended Chisen’s actions while the surviving powerful families vowed to root out wrongdoing within their own ranks.

• Mitaraishi Anko’s suggestion that the Land of Fire choose a new Daimyo convinced the Daimyo’s Eldest Son to ask Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Chisen to jointly nominate a successor, worsening Hiruzen’s reputation.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha with Jiraiya and seventy-nine orphans, then learned that Hiruzen had gone to the capital because he suspected Chisen would assassinate the Daimyo.
• Uchiha Setsuna demanded that Fugaku kill his eldest son and called for a new clan-head election, while Fugaku warned that Setsuna’s actions would endanger the Uchiha Clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Chisen had killed 1,549 people, then received word that Chisen had killed at least five hundred more, including members of powerful families and Konoha ninja.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu read Hiruzen’s report, while Tsunade argued to Jiraiya that Chisen’s justice was necessary and that the Shinobi World’s existing rules enabled injustice.
• After the Daimyo’s funeral exposed his murder, news spread across the Land of Fire, and the surviving Nakamura Clan members vowed to punish any relative who committed violence or evil.

Uchiha Chisen’s purge of the Capital of the Land of Fire, including the daimyo’s execution, spread across the country and fueled rumors that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha were involved. As Chisen continued killing criminals, the news unsettled Konoha’s leaders and the Uchiha Clan, while Anko asked him to kill Orochimaru.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen received conspiracy theories accusing him and Konoha of plotting the daimyo’s death, and learned the rumors could not be contained.
• Uchiha Chisen killed the 4,756th villain as Mitaraishi Anko questioned her own past and asked whether he would kill Orochimaru; Chisen said he would.
• Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi discussed how the capital’s elites had accepted Chisen’s victory for now but might turn against him if his power weakened.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu warned that news of Chisen’s absolute justice would spread, damage Konoha’s reputation, and influence young people.
• Uchiha Hazuki worried that her daughter Izumi would be branded a traitor for following Chisen, while Fugaku feared the clan would be blamed for the daimyo’s death.
• Uchiha Setsuna raged that Chisen’s purge had destroyed the powerful elites whose support he needed for his plan to make an Uchiha Hokage.

Uchiha Setsuna tried to seize control of the Uchiha Clan, but many clan members rejected both him and Fugaku in favor of Uchiha Chisen’s influence. As Hiruzen dealt with the aftermath of Chisen’s actions in the Land of Fire’s capital, Chisen disappeared and Shikamaru spotted him at Konoha’s gate.

• Uchiha Setsuna summoned the clan to Naka Shrine and proposed replacing Fugaku, declaring that the Uchiha should take control of Konoha.
• Uchiha Itachi secretly observed the meeting while Kakashi and Guy watched nearby, and Shikaku, Choza, and Inoichi discussed how the clans might respond to a coup.
• Several Uchiha jonin, Uchiha Izumi, and other clan members walked out of Setsuna’s meeting, rejecting both candidates and expressing support for Chisen’s ideals.
• Fugaku told Setsuna that neither of them had won, while Itachi learned that the meeting had ended without a new clan head.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Chisen, Anko, and the ninja cat had vanished from the Land of Fire’s capital, where Chisen had warned the Daimyo’s eldest son before leaving.
• News of the Daimyo’s death and Chisen’s actions alarmed leaders in the Land of Earth, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure; meanwhile, Shikamaru spotted Chisen behind him at Konoha’s gate.

Uchiha Chisen returned to Konoha, accepted Anko’s request to seek redemption through Absolute Justice, and set out to judge Uchiha Setsuna. Jiraiya questioned Chisen about the Child of Prophecy, while Sasuke and Naruto planned to pursue justice on their own; the chapter ended as Chisen exposed Setsuna’s decades of crimes before the gathered Uchiha.

• Chōji and Shikamaru recognized Chisen and feared his return, while Izumi later reported the Uchiha clan meeting and its growing support for Absolute Justice.
• Anko asked Chisen to let her atone by serving Absolute Justice, and he invited her to join his trial of Uchiha Setsuna.
• Tsunade told Chisen that she had placed seventy-nine rescued children in Konoha’s orphanage, and Jiraiya revealed his search for the Child of Prophecy.
• Chisen rejected the idea that the Shinobi World’s future depended on one prophesied person, and Tsunade challenged Jiraiya’s reliance on that prophecy.
• Sasuke and Naruto decided to leave Izumi behind and try to defeat evildoers themselves so they could grow stronger.
• Chisen ignored Fugaku’s complaints and confronted Setsuna, listing the elder’s past murders as the gathered Uchiha began to turn against him.

Uchiha Chisen killed Uchiha Setsuna after exposing his crimes, while Uchiha Fugaku let the fight unfold without intervening. After learning that Naruto and Sasuke had helped kill a red-name evildoer and that Chisen had gained the Byakugan, Chisen headed for the Hyuga Clan compound.

• Uchiha Chisen rejected Setsuna’s denials, counted down, and killed a Radical who opposed him; Izumi, Kijiro, and Anko fought alongside him as the Uchiha Radicals split between fighting and retreating.
• Uchiha Fugaku heard the battle and chose to keep others from intervening, then watched as Chisen caught and beheaded Setsuna in the street.
• Fugaku left Setsuna’s body uncollected, and news of the elder’s death spread through the clan as surviving Radicals defended their decision not to fight Chisen.
• Kijiro argued that Fugaku would not punish Chisen, and Chisen told Anko she had barely passed his first test.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to Konoha and learned that Chisen had killed Setsuna; then a Root ninja reported trouble involving Naruto and Sasuke.
• Chisen received a notification that Naruto and Sasuke had helped kill a red-name evildoer and that he had gained the Byakugan, then set out for the Hyuga Clan compound.

Jiraiya consulted the Great Toad Sage about Uchiha Chisen’s claim that anyone could become the Child of Prophecy, while Naruto and Sasuke killed Hyuga Yata in the name of absolute justice. After Chisen defended them before Sarutobi Hiruzen and Hiashi, Neji became drawn to their beliefs, and Hiashi accepted the killing without protest.

• Jiraiya told the Great Toad Sage that Chisen knew the Child of Prophecy’s identity, and the sage admitted Chisen’s absolute justice had appeared in his dreams as a force that could plunge the world into bloodshed.
• Naruto and Sasuke killed Hyuga Yata, who had bullied a war orphan into suicide, and the Hyuga ninja summoned Hiashi after discovering the boys’ identities.
• Hiashi arrived and questioned Sasuke, then Sarutobi Hiruzen came with Anbu and had medical ninja treat Naruto and Sasuke.
• Sasuke and Naruto defended the killing as justice, while Neji overheard their words and vowed that the Main Family would pay for his father’s death.
• Chisen arrived and argued that Naruto should not be forced to restrain his justice for the villagers’ approval, leaving Hiruzen unable to answer Naruto’s hurt questions.
• Hiashi agreed that Yata had deserved his fate and raised no objection as Naruto and Sasuke left under Anbu protection.

Juzo Biwa traveled toward Konoha on a secret Akatsuki mission to learn what Uchiha Chisen knew about Uchiha Madara, while Obito and Zetsu planned to target Uchiha Izumi. After Sasuke and Naruto killed a Hyuga youth, Neji sought out Naruto to ask about justice, and Hiruzen’s advisors proposed grooming Naruto to become Hokage; the chapter ended with Chisen sending Izumi and Anko to execute villains in the Utatane, Mitokado, and Sarutobi clans as a test of their resolve.

• Juzo Biwa headed toward Konoha disguised as an Amegakure envoy, while Obito and Zetsu discussed investigating Chisen through Uchiha Izumi.
• Hyuga Hiashi suppressed his clan’s anger after a Hyuga youth was killed, and Neji left the compound to seek out Naruto and learn about Chisen’s justice.
• Sasuke told Fugaku and Mikoto that he had helped Naruto kill the Hyuga youth, and Mikoto defended Sasuke’s decision to follow Chisen’s nindo.
• Neji questioned Naruto about evil and the Hyuga curse mark, then left Naruto’s home with a clearer desire to learn about Chisen.
• Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura discussed Naruto’s killing and considered grooming him early to become the Fifth Hokage.
• Chisen summoned Izumi and Anko and told them to execute villains in the Utatane, Mitokado, and Sarutobi clans as a test of their resolve.

Uchiha Chisen and his followers raided the Utatane and Mitokado Clan compounds to execute ninja they judged evil, then headed for the Sarutobi Clan. As Hiruzen gathered forces to confront Chisen, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders arrived, leaving the standoff at the Sarutobi compound unresolved.

• Uchiha Izumi and Mitaraishi Anko killed Utatane Clan members identified as evildoers while Chisen watched, and Koharu confronted them but feared intervening.
• Chisen, Izumi, Anko, and their ninja cat left for the Mitokado Clan and then the Sarutobi Clan; Koharu ordered her surviving clansmen to warn Homura and mobilize Root.
• The Utatane messengers reached the Mitokado compound too late, where Homura showed them seven dead clansmen and directed them toward Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen ordered the Anbu and Root to stop Chisen, but refused Koharu's demand for a more destructive confrontation and warned that fighting inside Konoha would devastate the village.
• Yamanaka Inoichi and Nara Shikaku learned that more bodies were expected at the Sarutobi compound, while Fugaku followed after learning that Itachi had received orders concerning Chisen.
• Chisen arrived at the Sarutobi compound, where Hiruzen confronted him; Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Nara Shikaku also appeared as the gathered ninja faced an unresolved standoff.

Uchiha Chisen exposed crimes within the Sarutobi Clan and argued that punishing the guilty upheld justice, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen to withdraw his forces and let Chisen’s allies take several clansmen into custody. Watching Chisen prevail, Fugaku began to doubt whether his own choices had been wrong.

• Yamanaka Inoichi, Nara Shikaku, and Akimichi Choza arrived to support Chisen, while Fugaku watched the gathering from a nearby rooftop.
• Tsunade questioned the gathered leaders, and Jiraiya challenged Chisen over the killings before Chisen named Sarutobi Kyoya and detailed his crimes.
• Chisen exposed Sarutobi Mayue’s infanticide and Sarutobi Kazuki’s abuse of their daughter; the couple attacked and fatally wounded each other as Jiraiya and Tsunade declined to stop Chisen.
• Hiruzen ordered the Sarutobi clansmen investigated and taken away, slapped Kyoya when he pleaded for protection, and had the Anbu and Root withdraw.
• Izumi cut off Kyoya’s finger, and Izumi and Anko restrained several Sarutobi suspects as Chisen ordered them taken away.
• Fugaku watched Chisen prevail again and began questioning whether his own decisions had led him down the wrong path.

Uchiha Chisen exposed and interrogated Sarutobi clansmen, then rescued the abused Sarutobi Sakurako and brought her to Tsunade for treatment. The night ended with Uchiha Itachi withdrawing after Fugaku intervened, while Chisen rebuked Fugaku for his failures as a father and clan head.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen let Chisen take the accused Sarutobi clansmen and accepted that the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders would support the investigation.
• Chisen used Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu to break Sarutobi Kyoya, and the four prisoners confessed their crimes before Izumi and Anko prepared their execution and reports.
• Kijiro reminded Chisen of a past victim he had failed to protect, so Chisen secretly entered the Sarutobi compound and found the traumatized Sarutobi Sakurako.
• Chisen used genjutsu to ease Sakurako's painful memories and carried her to Tsunade, who began treating her worsening injuries despite her hemophobia.
• Uchiha Itachi confronted Chisen from a distance, but Uchiha Fugaku persuaded him not to start a fight in Konoha, and Itachi disappeared in a burst of crows.
• Fugaku asked how Chisen kept the Hokage from acting against him, and Chisen criticized Fugaku's lack of confidence and parenting before telling him to return to the Ninja Academy with Itachi.

After Uchiha Chisen’s actions against several clans became public, he returned Sarutobi Sakurako to the Third Hokage and his influence shaped how the village handled new crimes. The chapter ended with Sarutobi Hiruzen learning that Sakurako had died by suicide at the Ninja Academy and ordering Chisen to investigate.

• Konoha residents learned that Uchiha Chisen had taken four Sarutobi clansmen and that the dead clansmen had committed terrible crimes; Tsunade and Shizune cared for Sakurako while Chisen kept watch.
• Hyuga Neji nearly directed his hatred at Hinata, but Naruto’s answer about justice made him question whether blaming her was right, and Hiashi gave Neji a warning.
• Chisen returned Sakurako to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who thanked him, while the Sarutobi clansmen realized Chisen had helped the child; Hiruzen then learned that Juzo Biwa had arrived with an Amegakure delegation.
• Zetsu told Obito that Konan had sent a new Akatsuki member to investigate Chisen, while Juzo Biwa overheard Uchiha Izumi discuss Chisen and chose to look around Konoha.
• After Izumi and Anko reported that Aburame Kazuhiko had caused a death while breeding unusual insects, Aburame Shibi surrendered him to the Konoha Military Police Force rather than risk opposing Chisen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Sakurako had slit her throat at the Ninja Academy and ordered Chisen to investigate her death.

Uchiha Chisen investigated Sarutobi Sakurako’s apparent suicide and exposed the academy teacher and three Sarutobi Clan students whose abuse had driven her to it. He declared that justice would not soften its judgment because the perpetrators were children, leaving their punishment unresolved.

• Kakashi watched as teachers investigated Sarutobi Sakurako’s death, while Naruto and Sasuke suspected older students and Iruka forced them back to class.
• Tsunade and Shizune learned Sakurako had slit her throat, and Uchiha Chisen joined the investigation at the academy.
• Uchiha Chisen identified Izushima Fūya as having encouraged Sakurako’s suicide, and Fūya admitted she had said cruel things to the girl.
• Tsunade and Uchiha Chisen caught Sarutobi Kuranosuke, Sarutobi Terushi, and Sarutobi Katsushi trying to flee, and Chisen revealed how they had bullied Sakurako.
• Kakashi sent a ninja dog to inform the Hokage, while Iruka kept his students inside and refused to intervene.
• Tsunade questioned what to do with the three children, and Uchiha Chisen insisted that justice must not compromise with evil.

Sarutobi Hiruzen learned about the abuse and deaths at the Ninja Academy but ordered Kakashi not to interfere, leaving Uchiha Chisen to carry out his punishment. After Tsunade killed the instructor who had driven Sarutobi Sakurako to suicide, she offered to join Chisen in spreading his absolute justice.

• Pakkun told Sarutobi Hiruzen what Kakashi had discovered at the Ninja Academy, and Hiruzen ordered Kakashi to let Chisen handle it.
• Chisen killed Sarutobi Terushi, Sarutobi Kuranosuke, and Sarutobi Katsushi at the Academy while Tsunade watched and the students peered out from their classroom.
• Juzo Biwa approached Uchiha Izumi and Mitaraishi Anko, identified himself as an Amegakure envoy, and asked to meet Chisen; Izumi recognized him as an Akatsuki member.
• Chisen confronted instructor Izushima Fūya, but Tsunade stepped in and killed her with a powerful punch.
• Shaken by her fear of blood, Tsunade leaned on Chisen and told him to find allies for his cause, offering to join him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen defended his decision to let Uchiha Chisen carry out Absolute Justice, while Jiraiya and Uchiha Izumi confronted Juzo Biwa over his Akatsuki ties. At the police headquarters, Chisen judged Juzo Biwa as no irredeemable villain and ordered Izumi to release him.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Utatane Koharu that he had specifically assigned Chisen to handle the academy matter, but denied supporting Absolute Justice or questioning the Will of Fire.
• Uchiha Izumi identified Juzo Biwa as an Akatsuki member and questioned him about Uchiha Obito, prompting Jiraiya to step in and bring him to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Zetsu warned Obito that Izumi had mentioned his name to Juzo, and Obito ordered that Juzo be killed and his body destroyed if necessary.
• Uchiha Chisen's three police supporters offered to follow Absolute Justice, but he told them to broaden their vision beyond the Uchiha Clan.
• Yamanaka Ino challenged Naruto and Sasuke for ignoring the victim, and Sasuke agreed with her and apologized before the children introduced themselves.
• Uchiha Chisen examined Juzo Biwa and ordered Izumi to release him, judging that the former Mist ninja was not an irredeemable villain.

Uchiha Chisen revealed Akatsuki’s leadership and Nagato’s plan to Jiraiya, who learned that his former students had embraced a dangerous ideology. After Kijiro blamed Jiraiya and the Great Toad Sage for the prophecy’s failures, Jiraiya was left speechless and ashamed.

• Juzo Biwa asked Uchiha Chisen for information about Uchiha Madara, and Chisen deduced that Akatsuki had sent him to investigate.
• Uchiha Chisen identified Nagato and Konan as Akatsuki’s leaders, prompting Jiraiya to realize his former students were involved.
• At the Ninja Academy, Sasuke challenged Hyuga Neji’s motives for admiring absolute justice, while Naruto hoped Neji might join their cause.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Fugaku to release Juzo Biwa from the Konoha Military Police Force to avoid a diplomatic incident.
• Uchiha Chisen explained Nagato’s plan to use fear and pain to suppress war, and said Konan followed whichever goal Yahiko or Nagato pursued.
• Kijiro accused Jiraiya of leading his students astray and criticized his faith in the Great Toad Sage’s Child of Prophecy, leaving Jiraiya ashamed.

Uchiha Chisen told Juzo Biwa that the Akatsuki’s Uchiha Madara was actually Uchiha Obito, then released Juzo as bait after spotting a White Zetsu Clone watching him. Meanwhile, Jiraiya sought guidance from the Great Toad Sage, who sent Fukasaku and Shima with him to Konoha to assess Chisen and help find the true Child of Prophecy.

• Uchiha Chisen revealed to Juzo Biwa that Uchiha Obito was impersonating Uchiha Madara and explained the limits of Obito’s Kamui Intangibility.
• Jiraiya recognized Obito as Minato’s former student and questioned whether his search for the Child of Prophecy had helped create criminals like Nagato and Obito.
• Fugaku learned that Juzo Biwa had been released, while Uchiha Chisen killed a White Zetsu Clone and said he had freed Juzo as bait for Obito.
• Zetsu warned Obito that Juzo might know his secrets and could pass them to Konan, prompting Obito to insist that he would decide what to do.
• Jiraiya told the Great Toad Sage that Nagato had founded the Akatsuki and sought to make the world feel pain, then asked whether finding the Child of Prophecy could bring peace.
• The Great Toad Sage urged Jiraiya to find the true Child of Prophecy and sent Fukasaku and Shima to Konoha to meet Uchiha Chisen and help identify the future savior.

Jiraiya and the toad sages considered possible Children of Prophecy while Konoha’s students pursued their own ideas about justice. Orochimaru learned his Konoha spies had vanished, and Obito attacked Juzo Biwa as Neji secretly left the village to seek someone connected to Uchiha Chisen.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya and the toad sages that a single prophesied savior could not change the Shinobi World and criticized the Great Toad Sage’s meddling.
• Sasuke invited Ino to join him and Naruto in pursuing justice, but Ino declined to help process criminals’ bodies and warned Sakura not to waste her Academy years on a crush.
• Jiraiya proposed Ino and Hyuga Neji as possible Children of Prophecy, and Fukasaku chose to observe Neji.
• Orochimaru learned that his spies in Konoha had disappeared and mocked Sarutobi for treating him differently from Uchiha Chisen.
• Juzo Biwa tried to flee Konoha, but Obito and Zetsu ambushed him; he escaped their attack using a Water Clone and ran back toward the village.
• Neji slipped out of Konoha to seek a man and prove his commitment to absolute justice while Jiraiya secretly followed him.