Chapter Summaries

After Sarutobi Fuyuko was found murdered, Hiruzen ordered Anbu to pursue Uchiha Chisen and Root to question his associates. Root seized Sasuke and Neji at the Ninja Academy, while Jiraiya watched and recognized the agents.

• Koharu and Hiruzen discussed Chisen’s departure with three Uchiha jonin and suspected his growing influence over the clan.
• An Anbu ninja reported Fuyuko’s murder, and Hiruzen went to the Sarutobi compound as clan members accused Chisen.
• Koharu found volcanic rock and sulfur at the scene, judged Chisen likely responsible, and argued his departure to hunt Orochimaru was unrelated.
• Hiruzen ordered Kakashi and Yamato to bring Chisen and the three Uchiha jonin back, and sent Root to question Izumi, Sasuke, Anko, Neji, and Chisen’s ninja cats.
• A Root ninja took Sasuke from class despite Naruto and Iruka’s objections, and another seized Neji in the corridor as Ino watched.
• Jiraiya and Fukasaku saw Root take Sasuke and Neji, and Jiraiya identified the agents as Root ninja.

Hiruzen secretly investigated Sarutobi Fuyuko’s murder while pretending to blame Uchiha Chisen, suspecting that someone was trying to provoke a clash between them. As Root attacked Chisen’s allies, Jiraiya questioned Koharu’s account, and Tsunade arrived to confront her.

• Mitokado Homura privately learned that Hiruzen doubted Chisen was the killer and was using his apparent rage to lure out the culprit, whom he suspected could include Koharu or members of the Sarutobi Clan.
• Homura left without warning Koharu, while Root Ninja attacked Izumi and Anko as they sought to capture Chisen’s allies.
• Yamato reported that Root had found no suspicious activity but was using aggressive tactics; Hiruzen refused to intervene unless anyone was killed.
• Jiraiya stopped Root from taking Sasuke and Neji, and Koharu explained her orders while arguing that Hiruzen intended to move against absolute justice.
• Jiraiya suggested that outsiders might have framed Chisen with help from someone inside the Sarutobi Clan, and Tsunade arrived and ordered Koharu to let Sasuke and Neji go.

Uchiha Chisen learned that Root had seized Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuga Neji, and several ninja cats, then continued toward the Land of Rain as Akatsuki ordered its members to hunt him. In Konoha, Tsunade forced Utatane Koharu to release Sasuke and Neji, and Neji challenged her to treat Root’s assault as a crime.

• A black ninja cat warned Uchiha Chisen and Kijiro that Root had taken Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji, attacked Uchiha Izumi and Mitaraishi Anko, and captured several ninja cats.
• Uchiha Chisen gave Kijiro a summoning scroll for a raven carrying Uchiha Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan before Kijiro raced back to Konoha.
• Deva Path Pain told Akatsuki members to assassinate Uchiha Chisen, while Orochimaru offered a reward to anyone who captured him alive.
• Tsunade demanded that Utatane Koharu release Sasuke and Neji, rejected her appeal to the Will of Fire, and forced her to order their release.
• Sasuke helped Neji up, and Neji asked Tsunade whether Root’s deliberate violence counted as a crime; Tsunade agreed.

Tsunade and the Konoha Military Police Force forced Utatane Koharu and Root to yield, while Kakashi investigated the forces stirring conflict in the village. Outside Konoha, Uchiha Chisen located Orochimaru’s hidden mountain cave and confronted one of its guards.

• Tsunade accused Utatane Koharu and Root of crimes, and Kijiro arrived with the Konoha Military Police Force to surround them.
• Tsunade stopped Jiraiya from intervening and argued with Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima about Mount Myōboku’s influence.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Koharu to yield to the police force, and she agreed to go with them rather than fight.
• Kakashi investigated a suspicious Sarutobi Clan ninja and a coded message; the captive’s head exploded during an attempted memory extraction.
• Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Choza, and Nara Shikaku discussed the plot to turn Hiruzen against Chisen, while their clans stood ready to help.
• After sending three Uchiha Jonin on a separate trial, Uchiha Chisen found Orochimaru’s hidden cave and killed a guard at its entrance.

Orochimaru discovered that Uchiha Chisen had invaded his human experimentation base and became determined to capture him as a vessel. In Konoha, Utatane Koharu’s interrogation exposed Uchiha Fugaku’s weakness to the Uchiha Clan, while Kakashi revealed that Sarutobi Clan members had colluded with a Kumogakure spy; Chisen’s assault on Orochimaru’s base continued as magma destroyed its corridors and equipment.

• Orochimaru learned about Uchiha Chisen’s Mangekyō Sharingan ability, then spotted Chisen invading his research base and resolved to seize him as a vessel.
• Uchiha Chisen killed the base’s Curse Mark guards with Wood Style and spread magma through its corridors, destroying Orochimaru’s equipment and subordinates.
• Utatane Koharu challenged Uchiha Fugaku during her interrogation, while Uchiha Izumi urged the Uchiha Clan to witness Fugaku’s conduct and later condemned him publicly.
• Kakashi told Sarutobi Hiruzen that a Kumogakure spy had recruited multiple Sarutobi Clan informants, one of whom had died when a Curse Mark activated during interrogation.
• Uchiha Izumi accused Uchiha Fugaku of disgracing justice and the police force in front of the gathered Uchiha, while Tsunade and Jiraiya watched from the crowd.

Uchiha Chisen attacked Orochimaru’s research base and fought through his defenses, while Uchiha Fugaku faced growing demands from his clan to step down. Chisen unleashed a massive eruption that destroyed the underground base, and Orochimaru looked upward as the battle escalated.

• Orochimaru defended himself from Chisen’s magma torrent with Triple Rashōmon, then confronted Chisen and tried to persuade him that immortality mattered more than justice.
• Chisen attacked during Orochimaru’s speech, and Orochimaru countered with Wind Release and a Kusanagi strike that cut Chisen’s ear, revealing his lava-like body.
• Orochimaru sent heat-resistant, Curse Marked snakes carrying swords after Chisen, claiming they could counter his Lava Release Elementalization.
• At the Konoha Military Police Force building, Uchiha Fugaku defended his leadership, but Uchiha radicals and civilians criticized his protection of Uchiha Itachi and urged him to rest from his duties.
• Chisen used Vacuum Serial Great Sphere to shred Orochimaru’s snakes, then trapped Orochimaru and the remaining swarm in a swamp with Earth Release.
• Chisen unleashed a towering eruption called Meteor Volcano that pierced the base and clouds as Orochimaru watched the research facility collapse.

Uchiha Chisen’s massive Lava Bomb assault devastated Orochimaru’s Human Experiment Research Base, forcing Orochimaru to shed his ruined body and flee. In Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku resigned as Clan Head and Military Police Captain after his clansmen turned against him, while Tsunade proposed Chisen as a possible successor in the police force.

• Uchiha Chisen’s Lava Bombs tore through Orochimaru’s research base, destroying its structures and flooding the area with magma.
• Orochimaru narrowly dodged the bombardment, lost his feet to molten metal, and escaped his damaged body by shedding it for a new one.
• Uchiha Fugaku announced that he would resign as Uchiha Clan Head and Captain of the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Izumi challenged Fugaku to honor his resignation, and he insisted that he would keep his word.
• Tsunade urged the Uchiha to fill the vacant posts and suggested Uchiha Chisen as a candidate for Military Police Captain.
• Tsunade told Kijiro that Chisen would owe her a favor for the recommendation and joked about having him investigate casino owners.

Orochimaru fled Uchiha Chisen’s destroyed experimental base and summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Shimura Danzō with Impure World Reincarnation. Chisen defeated the Hokages, freed them from Orochimaru’s control, and sent them back to the Pure Land, then spotted the fleeing Orochimaru.

• Orochimaru escaped the magma-devastated base, but Chisen tracked him down using the Byakugan and struck him with a powerful magma punch.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Shimura Danzō; Danzo immediately suffered the Mangekyō Sharingan’s eternal Flames of Judgment.
• Orochimaru revealed Chisen’s four kekkei genkai and manipulated the reanimated Hokages into attacking him.
• Chisen countered Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju with Lava Release, then used Adamantine Sealing Chains to break Orochimaru’s control over them.
• Chisen sent Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju back to the Pure Land and used the Byakugan to locate the real Orochimaru among the fleeing figures.
• Meanwhile, three Uchiha Jonin killed Gato and discussed returning to Konoha with his head and following Chisen’s Absolute Justice.

Orochimaru tried to escape Uchiha Chisen with traps, attacks, and a reverse summoning, but Chisen followed him to Ryūchi Cave using a golden sealing chain. There, Manda turned against Orochimaru to save him from Chisen’s lava assault, and Chisen identified Manda as another Red-Name Criminal.

• Orochimaru used shadow clones and forest traps to delay Uchiha Chisen, but Chisen caught up and attacked with a wind blade and magma strikes.
• Orochimaru shed his body, placed a curse mark on Chisen, and tried to kill him with a summoned snake and five missiles, but Chisen discarded the curse-marked magma and survived.
• Orochimaru used Reverse Summoning Technique to escape to Ryūchi Cave, but Chisen’s golden chain pierced his shoulder and carried Chisen along with him.
• At Ryūchi Cave, Manda realized Chisen had followed Orochimaru and pulled Orochimaru out of the way of Chisen’s lava attack.
• Chisen called Manda a Red-Name Criminal and declared that he had come to the right place.

The White Snake Sage sent the snake princesses to observe Orochimaru and Manda’s battle against Uchiha Chisen, offering help if they were losing. Chisen overwhelmed them with Lava Release and Wood Style, killed Manda, and left Orochimaru facing him alone.

• The White Snake Sage showed Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime Uchiha Chisen’s invasion and instructed them to assist Orochimaru and Manda if necessary.
• Chisen melted away more than ten meters of Manda’s tail, and Orochimaru and Manda joined forces in an attempt to crush him beneath a Water Release attack and falling rubble.
• Chisen erupted beneath Manda with a lava torrent, burning him and forcing him to release poisonous gas across the battlefield.
• Chisen grew a vast forest whose pollen neutralized Manda’s poison, then formed a Wood Human that struck Manda and Orochimaru with overwhelming force.
• Chisen coated the Wood Human’s fist in magma and annihilated Manda’s head and part of his body, killing him.

Uchiha Chisen defeated Orochimaru in Ryūchi Cave, killing Manda and subjecting Orochimaru to an agonizing judgment with his Mangekyō Sharingan. When the three snake princesses arrived and Tagorihime confronted him, Chisen attacked her before she could finish speaking.

• Uchiha Chisen killed Manda with the Giant Wood Human and battered Orochimaru with Lava Release as Orochimaru tried to flee on a jet aircraft.
• Uchiha Chisen struck Orochimaru from the sky, leaving him gravely injured, but Orochimaru used a forbidden technique to crawl out of his ruined body.
• Uchiha Chisen pinned Orochimaru with a kunai and his Kusanagi Blade, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan to torment him and set his body and soul aflame.
• Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime arrived and found Ryūchi Cave devastated, Manda dead, and Orochimaru suffering beneath the Giant Wood Human.
• Tagorihime accused Uchiha Chisen of trespassing and destroying Ryūchi Cave, but Chisen swung the Giant Wood Human's arm at her before she could finish.

Orochimaru arrived in the Pure Land only to suffer the curse Uchiha Chisen had placed on him, while Jiraiya received a troubling prophecy linking him to Orochimaru and Chisen. At Ryūchi Cave, Chisen battered the Snake Princesses and used Genjutsu to show Tagitsuhime memories of her crimes before declaring that he had attacked them to deliver justice.

• Orochimaru recognized Nawaki in the Pure Land, then the curse ignited across his soul and left him screaming in eternal torment as he cursed Uchiha Chisen.
• Jiraiya felt hollow after leaving the Konoha Military Police Force, and Sage Fukasaku warned him that the feeling might concern someone important to him.
• A messenger toad delivered the Great Lord's prophetic dream of a human-scented purple snake melting in crimson magma, leading Jiraiya to suspect Uchiha Chisen and Orochimaru were involved.
• Uchiha Chisen's Wood Human smashed Tagorihime into a cliff, then his giant lava fist badly wounded Ichishima-hime and Tagitsuhime as they tried to shield her.
• Uchiha Chisen trapped Tagitsuhime in Sharingan Genjutsu and showed her memories of killing people before saying he attacked Ryūchi Cave to seek justice for her victims.

Uchiha Chisen killed Ryūchi Cave’s senior snakes with Wood Style and magma while Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Fugaku had been forced to resign. The chapter ended with Hiruzen weighing the risk of appointing Chisen captain of the Konoha Military Police Force as Chisen attacked the remaining snake.

• Uchiha Chisen used a lava dragon to bite Tagitsuhime in half, then trapped the fleeing Ichishima-hime in Wood Style vines until she died.
• In Konoha, an Anbu Ninja told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Uchiha Fugaku would resign as clan head and Military Police Force captain after being ousted by his clansmen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Izumi, Tsunade, and Ninja Cat Kijiro had helped force Fugaku out, and that Uchiha Chisen had the strongest support to become the next clan leader.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen feared that rejecting Chisen as captain of the Konoha Military Police Force could provoke Uchiha unrest during the village’s existing crisis.
• Uchiha Chisen killed Tagorihime with the Wood Human’s fist and engulfed the wounded Mizutsuhime in magma.

Uchiha Chisen destroyed much of Ryūchi Cave while pursuing Orochimaru, forcing the White Snake Sage to flee. The Slug Sage invited Chisen and those who passed his test to become Shikkotsu Forest contractors, while Sasuke learned that his father had lost his clan and police leadership positions.

• Uchiha Chisen found the White Snake Sage missing from her cavern and spared a black snake that had never left Ryūchi Cave or harmed anyone.
• The White Snake Sage sought refuge in Shikkotsu Forest, but the Slug Sage refused because one of her summoning contractors had a close relationship with Uchiha Chisen.
• The Slug Sage told Tsunade that Orochimaru had died in Ryūchi Cave and sent a fragment to guide Uchiha Chisen out.
• The Slug Sage invited Uchiha Chisen to become a contractor and agreed to include other believers in absolute justice if they passed his test.
• Uchiha Sasuke learned that Uchiha Fugaku was no longer the Konoha Military Police Force Captain or Uchiha Clan Leader, and struggled not to laugh because absolute justice had caused his father's removal.

Tsunade rejected Jiraiya’s warning about Uchiha Chisen and defended absolute justice, while Kakashi revealed that Sarutobi Fuyuko had conspired with a Kumogakure spy to frame Chisen. In the Land of Rain, Juzo Biwa complained that Akatsuki had excluded him, then learned the organization had made Chisen its top target without telling him.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Orochimaru was likely dead, but she said Chisen had already killed him and dismissed Orochimaru as deserving his fate.
• The Slug Sage challenged the toads’ criticism of Tsunade, arguing that they ignored the evil that gave rise to absolute justice.
• Kakashi told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Sarutobi Fuyuko had worked with a Kumogakure spy and used her own Shadow Clone to stage her death and turn Hiruzen against Chisen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted Kakashi’s account and asked to be left alone.
• Juzo Biwa complained to Chisen’s Wood Clone that Akatsuki had excluded him from its main base and kept him uninformed.
• Chisen’s Wood Clone explained that Akatsuki had made Orochimaru its top target and would come looking for Chisen, prompting Juzo Biwa to realize he had been left out of that information too.

Sarutobi Hiruzen chose to reveal the truth about the Sarutobi Clan members’ actions, while Uchiha Chisen returned from killing Orochimaru and destroying Ryūchi Cave. In the Land of Rain, Sasori of the Red Sands and Yakushi Kabuto confronted Chisen’s Wood Clone and Juzo Biwa as Obito and Black Zetsu discussed Chisen’s threat.

• Mitokado Homura warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that either revealing or concealing the truth would have serious consequences, and Hiruzen chose to make it public.
• Uchiha Chisen returned to the battlefield, confirmed that he had killed Orochimaru and purged Ryūchi Cave, and accepted Gato’s severed head from three Uchiha ninja who had passed his test.
• Juzo Biwa told Uchiha Chisen’s Wood Clone that he wanted to leave the Land of Rain, then encountered Sasori of the Red Sands and Yakushi Kabuto with the clone.
• Uchiha Chisen’s Wood Clone identified Sasori and Kabuto and revealed that Sasori was a puppet user whose real body was hidden inside his outer puppet, while Kabuto was Orochimaru’s spy.
• Black Zetsu recovered from the pain inflicted by Uchiha Chisen’s Mangekyō Sharingan and urged Obito to eliminate Chisen, whom Obito had made the Akatsuki Organization’s top target.
• Sasori summoned two puppets to test Uchiha Chisen, while Yakushi Kabuto privately thought that Orochimaru had been manipulating Sasori.

Sasori attacked Uchiha Chisen’s Wood Clone and Juzo Biwa, but the clone used a scroll to unleash Amaterasu before disappearing. Juzo escaped toward the Land of Fire, while Sasori withdrew; the next day, Fugaku mourned his defeat at Itachi’s grave as Chisen returned to Konoha.

• Sasori sent a spider puppet after Juzo Biwa and a mantis puppet after Chisen’s Wood Clone, and Juzo narrowly escaped the spider’s blade assault.
• Chisen’s Wood Clone let the mantis puppet cut him apart while charging Sasori, then released Amaterasu from a Fire-Sealing Formula Scroll.
• Sasori severed Hiruko’s burning tail to stop the flames, threatened Yakushi Kabuto, and ordered their group to leave after Juzo destroyed the spider puppet and fled.
• Juzo decided he could no longer remain with the Akatsuki or return to the Blood Mist Village, so he headed toward the Land of Fire to seek Chisen.
• Fugaku visited Itachi’s memorial grave and lamented that Chisen’s absolute justice had divided his family and defeated both father and son.
• Chisen and three Uchiha Jonin returned to Konoha.

Uchiha Chisen became captain of the Konoha Military Police Force as Konoha reeled from revelations about Sarutobi Fuyuko’s conspiracy. At home, Uchiha Fugaku tried to isolate Sasuke from Chisen’s influence, but his harsh punishment alarmed Mikoto.

• Uchiha Chisen accepted the captaincy of the Konoha Military Police Force, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to fear that Chisen would impose extreme laws.
• Utatane Koharu questioned Hiruzen’s failure to oppose Chisen while imprisoned in Konoha Prison.
• Konoha learned that Sarutobi Fuyuko had staged the murder plot and conspired with a Kumogakure spy, damaging Hiruzen’s standing among his clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Sasuke to stop attending the Ninja Academy and remain at home for training, but Sasuke refused because he wanted to follow Chisen’s path of absolute justice.
• Fugaku used his strange Sharingan to choke Sasuke, then threw him against a wall and imposed confinement; Mikoto feared that her husband had become dangerously extreme.

Uchiha Mikoto reported Uchiha Fugaku to the Konoha Military Police Force after he nearly strangled Sasuke, and Chisen arrived to arrest him. Fugaku rejected the force’s authority and unleashed his Sharingan on an officer, leaving the surrounded ninja reacting to his violent resistance.

• Uchiha Mikoto went to the Military Police Force Building and told Uchiha Izumi that Fugaku had nearly strangled Sasuke.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Sasuke to finish dinner and train, then warned him not to mention absolute justice.
• Uchiha Chisen and the Military Police Force surrounded Fugaku’s estate and announced his arrest for nearly killing Sasuke.
• Uchiha Fugaku disputed the charges and accused Chisen of abusing his authority by changing the law without approval.
• Uchiha Mikoto admitted she had reported Fugaku, explaining that she wanted to protect Sasuke and their family.
• Uchiha Fugaku declared that he rejected the laws of absolute justice and used his Sharingan to make a questioning officer scream in agony.

Uchiha Fugaku confronted Uchiha Chisen, resolved to stop the path he believed was leading the Uchiha Clan to ruin. Their Susanoo clashed with devastating force, and Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized the purple Susanoo as Fugaku’s.

• Uchiha Fugaku blamed his past indecision for the Uchiha Clan’s crisis and vowed to bring the clan back onto the right path.
• When Konoha Military Police Force ninjas attacked, Fugaku unleashed his purple Susanoo and drove them back.
• Uchiha Chisen ordered the civilians evacuated and the wounded taken to Konoha Hospital, then activated his crimson Susanoo and sentenced Fugaku to death.
• Fugaku confronted Chisen over Uchiha Itachi’s death and attacked with his Susanoo blade, but Chisen’s Lava Release-infused Susanoo overpowered it.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen woke to the distant clash, saw the two Susanoo fighting in the Uchiha Compound, and realized the purple one belonged to Fugaku.