Chapter Summaries

Sasuke and Itachi exposed Danzo’s theft of Shisui’s eye and accused him of ruining Konoha’s geniuses and driving the Uchiha Clan toward rebellion. Sasuke asked the Daimyo to witness their actions and demanded Danzo’s crimes be publicized, the White Fang’s name cleared, and Naruto recognized as the Fourth Hokage’s son.

• Itachi revealed that Danzo had taken Shisui Uchiha’s right eye, while Sasuke explained how Danzo had forced Shisui to leave Konoha and give his remaining eye to Itachi.
• Sasuke accused Danzo of contributing to the White Fang’s suicide and the Fourth Hokage’s death, and of helping cause the Uchiha Clan’s rebellion.
• Sasuke tore open Danzo’s right arm and exposed the Sharingan implanted in it, then accused Danzo of betraying Itachi’s promise to protect him.
• Sasuke told the Daimyo that they had been forced to act and asked him to serve as a witness so they would not be branded missing-nin.
• The Daimyo accepted that Danzo’s crimes were grave and asked what should be done.
• Sasuke requested that Danzo’s crimes be made public, the White Fang’s name be cleared, and Naruto’s status as the Fourth Hokage’s son be restored.

Sasuke exposed Danzo’s crimes before the Daimyo and officials, then stopped Danzo’s attempt to seal everyone and killed him. The Daimyo invited Sasuke and Itachi to discuss Konoha’s crisis, while Sasuke went outside to keep the arriving guards from entering.

• Sasuke rejected Homura’s and Shikaku’s objections and pushed for Danzo to bear responsibility for the crimes.
• Sasuke accused Danzo of conspiring against White Fang, exploiting Orochimaru, and causing deaths connected to Tsunade’s family.
• Danzo attempted to activate Four Symbols Sealing, but Sasuke disrupted the technique with Thunderclap Chains.
• Sasuke killed Danzo and sealed away his remains, especially the Sharingan.
• The Daimyo asked Sasuke and Itachi for their thoughts on Konoha’s crisis, and Sasuke sat down with him.
• When the guards arrived, Sasuke went outside and blocked them from entering.

Sasuke recommended Kakashi as acting Hokage while Tsunade recovered and explained how he had planned around Akatsuki’s attack on Konoha. He revealed that Nagato had survived and that he had retrieved the Rinnegan, leaving Nagato nearby after promising to give him a pair of eyes.

• Sasuke told the Daimyo that Konoha did not need a new Hokage yet, but needed an acting Hokage to handle possible threats and diplomacy.
• Sasuke recommended Kakashi Hatake as acting Hokage until Tsunade recovered, explaining that her standing could not yet be matched.
• Sasuke revealed that he had waited outside Konoha during Pain’s attack, expecting Naruto to confront Nagato, and said he had already dealt with Orochimaru.
• Sasuke explained that Pain’s Rinnegan abilities could not have been stopped by his presence alone and described what he knew about the Rinnegan and the Uchiha tablet.
• Sasuke revealed that he had saved Nagato after the attack and retrieved the Rinnegan, and said Nagato was nearby because Sasuke had promised to give him a pair of eyes.

The Daimyo appointed Kakashi Acting Hokage, revoked Itachi Uchiha’s rogue-ninja status, and approved Sasuke’s reconstruction plan for Konoha. Sasuke brought Nagato, Konan, and Itachi back to the village, where Itachi’s open return astonished the residents.

• The Daimyo announced Kakashi would act as Hokage, officially welcomed Itachi Uchiha back, and ordered Danzo’s crimes and past reputations addressed.
• Sasuke presented a new Konoha layout that concentrated key institutions near the Hokage Tower, and the Daimyo approved the plan.
• Sasuke explained that Nagato had not truly controlled Akatsuki and proposed keeping him in Konoha to draw out the masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara.
• Sasuke introduced Jugo, Suigetsu, and Karin as Itachi’s prospective subordinates, and brought Nagato and Konan to live in the Uchiha compound.
• Sasuke transplanted Three-Tomoe eyes into Nagato and told him he could soon see Jiraiya.
• The group returned to the ruined Konoha, where residents were surprised to see Itachi wearing a Konoha Forehead Protector beside Sasuke.

Konoha’s leaders began organizing reconstruction and a temporary government after the attack, while Itachi and Sasuke returned amid questions about Itachi’s status and Danzo’s crimes. With Tsunade unconscious, Kakashi was appointed acting Hokage, leaving him positioned to lead the village in the future.

• Villagers questioned Itachi’s return as Root and Anbu members quietly coordinated after Sasuke had killed Danzo.
• Sasuke urged the Anbu leader to stabilize Root and secure its roster before its members returned to their clans.
• Shizune reported that Tsunade remained unconscious but was out of danger, and the elders confirmed Kakashi would act as Hokage until she recovered.
• The village’s leaders announced that the Daimyo and officials would fund reconstruction and that additional labor could be hired.
• Utatane Koharu announced that Tsunade would remain Fifth Hokage while Kakashi temporarily assumed her duties, and Kakashi accepted the decision.

Kakashi became acting Hokage and announced Danzo’s crimes, while Sasuke justified executing him as a traitor who had targeted him and harmed the Uchiha Clan. Nagato and Konan were welcomed into Konoha, and Sasuke left the village to decide their next steps.

• The Third Hokage appointed Kakashi acting Hokage and asked him to publicly announce Danzo’s crimes, including framing the White Fang and stealing Shisui Uchiha’s eye.
• Kakashi announced that Itachi Uchiha would return to Konoha and be promoted to Elite Jonin, then ended the meeting.
• Sasuke introduced Nagato and Konan to Jiraiya, and Nagato explained that Naruto had persuaded him to revive Konoha’s people before Sasuke helped replace his damaged Rinnegan with Sharingan taken from Danzo’s arm.
• Sasuke told Jiraiya and the Third Hokage that Akatsuki might pursue Nagato for the transplanted Rinnegan, so Nagato and Konan would need to live in Konoha.
• Sasuke admitted that he had acted on a guess and argued that Danzo’s attacks on him and crimes against the Uchiha justified his execution, leaving Kakashi unable to refute his self-defense.

Sasuke defended his actions against Danzo, discussed Orochimaru’s uncertain fate with the Third Hokage, and gave Kakashi a plan for rebuilding Konoha. After Sasuke and his companions received Konoha identities, they left to address Jugo’s condition while three people approached the village.

• Sasuke told the Third Hokage that Danzo served only himself and argued that Orochimaru had attacked Konoha to kill his former teacher.
• Jiraiya agreed that Sasuke had been right to kill Danzo, and he and the Third Hokage discussed Kakashi’s prospects as the Sixth Hokage.
• Kakashi thanked Sasuke for clearing White Fang’s name, and Sasuke gave him a reconstruction blueprint and a Sealing Technique for Konoha’s defenses.
• Sasuke arranged Konoha identities for Jugo and the others, then told Jugo to convert his Chakra into Yang Attribute Chakra while they watched over him.
• Three people neared Konoha as one of them fretted aloud about female ninja becoming infatuated with him.

Konoha continued rebuilding after its destruction while Kakashi and the others considered the Raikage’s call for a Five Kage Summit. Sasuke questioned whether the masked Akatsuki attacker had truly captured the Eight-Tails, and the chapter left Konoha debating who should accompany Kakashi to the summit.

• Kakashi directed Konoha’s reconstruction, prioritizing the Hokage Tower, school, hospital, and Barrier Team.
• Samui, Karui, and Omoi delivered the Raikage’s letter reporting an attack on the Eight-Tails by a masked Akatsuki member and calling for a Five Kage Summit.
• Kakashi and Shikaku discussed the summit, and Kakashi decided to consult the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Sasuke.
• The Third Hokage said Kakashi should represent Konoha, while Sasuke and Jiraiya argued the other Kage would have to accept him because Naruto was the only Jinchuriki left.
• Sasuke said Killer B was strong enough to escape and questioned whether the masked attacker was truly Uchiha Madara or had captured the Eight-Tails.
• The Third Hokage asked who should accompany Kakashi, but the group struggled to decide amid Konoha’s need for personnel and protection.

Sasuke persuaded Konoha's leaders to send Kakashi and two squads to the Five Kage Summit, with Naruto under their protection. The group traveled toward the Land of Iron without incident and discussed where the Itachi Squad would meet them.

• Sasuke argued that Naruto would be safer attending the summit with Kakashi's two squads than staying in vulnerable Konoha, and the Third Hokage approved the plan.
• Sasuke told Nagato and Konan to stay near Jiraiya and conceal Nagato's former Rinnegan from Akatsuki.
• Kakashi informed Samui's group that Konoha would attend the summit, then he and the two squads departed the next morning.
• The journey to the Land of Iron remained peaceful as Gaara and the other Kage also set out with two guards each.
• Sasuke chose a small town near the summit mountain as the Itachi Squad's meeting point and suggested visiting Tenbu Shinzo, the Land of Iron's Forging Master.

Kakashi and his team reached the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit, where Mifune admitted them despite their extra personnel. At the summit, Gaara began speaking, and the Tsuchikage’s mockery set a tense tone.

• Sasuke’s group stayed at an inn owned by Tenbu Shinzo’s family, and Sasuke sent his regards to Tenbu.
• Kakashi led Naruto, Yamato, and Sakura up the mountain and explained to Mifune why Konoha needed to bring Naruto and extra protectors.
• Naruto wondered whether the village had been attacked because of him, and Sasuke reassured him by explaining that the attack targeted the Nine-Tails.
• Kakashi and his team attended the summit after waiting three days, and Mifune opened the proceedings.
• Gaara began speaking, but the Tsuchikage mocked his age and manners, stirring tension among the Kage.

At the Five Kage Summit, Gaara urged the villages to take Akatsuki seriously, while the Tsuchikage's taunts provoked Naruto and Sasuke and nearly sparked a fight. The Raikage accused the villages of having used Akatsuki as mercenaries and brought up Sunagakure's past dealings, leaving Gaara confronted with his village's hidden history.

• Gaara recounted how Akatsuki had captured him and extracted Shukaku, and said the villages had waited too long to unite against the organization.
• The Tsuchikage mocked Gaara and Konoha, prompting Naruto and then Sasuke to challenge him as the guards tensed for a fight.
• Sasuke urged the Kage to stand down and respect the summit, and Gaara, Mei, the Tsuchikage, and the Raikage ordered their guards to withdraw.
• The Raikage said he had convened the summit to hold the villages accountable, claiming they and their predecessors had used Akatsuki's services.
• The Tsuchikage explained that villages had hired Akatsuki as a cheap substitute for maintaining large forces, and the Raikage accused Sunagakure of working with Orochimaru in the Konoha Destruction Plan.

At the Five Kage Summit, Sasuke and Kakashi clarified Konoha’s ties to Akatsuki and prevented the tense meeting from becoming a fight. Sasuke then revealed that Akatsuki’s true leader was a masked man calling himself Uchiha Madara, leaving the Kage questioning his identity.

• Kakashi explained that Orochimaru had left Akatsuki long ago, Danzō had been executed, and Mei Terumi revealed that Yagura may have been controlled by an Akatsuki member.
• Sasuke interrupted the Kage’s arguments and urged them to focus on dealing with Akatsuki, while Mifune also called for discussion.
• Sasuke said that he and Itachi had killed Danzō, that Itachi had returned to Konoha, and that Konoha had defeated several Akatsuki members.
• The Raikage demanded that Konoha hand over Itachi, and Sasuke and the Raikage nearly fought before Mifune and Gaara urged restraint.
• Sasuke presented Itachi’s intelligence, identifying Akatsuki’s true leader as a masked man with a Sharingan who called himself Uchiha Madara.
• Gaara, the Tsuchikage, the Raikage, and the Mizukage questioned how the masked man could be Uchiha Madara when Madara was believed to have died decades earlier.

Sasuke explained Danzo’s role in the Uchiha Clan massacre and revealed what he knew about Akatsuki to the Five Kage. White Zetsu appeared, and Sasuke exposed the masked man’s ambush of Naruto before confronting him on the summit balcony.

• Sasuke told the Five Kage that Danzo had targeted Shisui and that Itachi had massacred the Uchiha Clan to protect Konoha while infiltrating Akatsuki.
• Sasuke said Akatsuki had three members left and seven incomplete tailed beasts, and questioned whether Killer B had truly been captured.
• White Zetsu appeared in the conference room, and the Raikage grabbed him to demand Killer B’s whereabouts.
• Sasuke spotted the masked man’s ambush and struck toward Naruto, prompting Naruto and Sakura to pull Yamato out of the way.
• The masked man appeared on the balcony and invited Sasuke to join him, but Sasuke challenged him over the Uchiha Clan’s destruction.

Obito Uchiha explained Akatsuki’s plan to the Five Kage, claiming it would revive the Ten-Tails and place the world under the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Sasuke watched and searched himself for White Zetsu’s spores as Obito finished describing the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Obito Uchiha told the Raikage that Killer B had escaped by using an Eight-Tails tentacle as a substitute, and the Raikage killed the captured White Zetsu.
• Obito identified himself as Uchiha Madara and described the Uchiha stone tablet, while Sasuke confirmed that it existed beneath Konoha.
• Obito explained that the tailed beasts were fragments of the Ten-Tails, which the Sage of Six Paths had sealed within himself before separating its Chakra.
• Sasuke considered Obito’s failed attempt to ambush Naruto and checked his body for White Zetsu’s spores.
• Obito said he planned to revive the Ten-Tails, become its Jinchuriki, and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi over the world.

Obito Uchiha declared war after the Five Kage rejected his plan to trap the world in a dream, then tried to take Naruto and the Kage hostage with White Zetsu’s Spore Technique. After he escaped, Mifune proposed forming the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the Tsuchikage questioned Sasuke about the Uchiha stone tablet and the Rinnegan.

• The Raikage, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and the Tsuchikage rejected Obito Uchiha’s dream-world plan, while Gaara refused to hand Naruto over.
• Obito Uchiha declared the Fourth Great Ninja War and used White Zetsu’s Spore Technique to attack the gathered leaders and Naruto.
• Sasuke confronted Obito Uchiha, while the tailed beasts inside Naruto and Gaara expelled the spores and foiled Obito’s hostage attempt.
• Obito Uchiha withdrew, and Mifune led the leaders to another room and proposed forming the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• The Tsuchikage asked Sasuke about the Uchiha Clan’s stone tablet and the Rinnegan, and Sasuke confirmed both existed and said he suspected the Rinnegan belonged to Uchiha Madara.

The Five Kage agreed to form the Allied Shinobi Forces after Sasuke revealed what he knew about Akatsuki and its tailed-beast threat. Mifune appointed the Raikage commander, and the leaders discussed protecting the remaining tailed beasts as Naruto was barred from battle.

• Sasuke explained that the Masked Man's Rinnegan likely belonged to Uchiha Madara and warned that Akatsuki's intelligence was incomplete and its forces included at least seven tailed beasts.
• The Mizukage, Kazekage, Hokage, and Tsuchikage agreed to form the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Mifune proposed the Raikage as commander-in-chief, and the village leaders approved his appointment.
• Mifune announced that the Samurai Clan of the Land of Iron would join the allied forces.
• Ōnoki said the alliance had to find the Eight-Tails before Akatsuki captured it, while Gaara, Yamato, and Sakura stopped Naruto from volunteering to fight.

The Kage agreed to form the Allied Shinobi Forces and appointed the Raikage commander-in-chief, while leaving the question of Naruto and Killer B fighting open. Sasuke returned to Konoha with Kakashi and the others, where he went to report to the Third Hokage and Jiraiya.

• Sasuke argued that Naruto and Killer B should fight as elite forces, but Gaara remained unconvinced, so Mifune adjourned the summit and the Raikage ordered preparations for war.
• Sasuke reunited with Tenbu Shinzo, who examined War Soul and explained that the voice Sasuke heard while wielding it was a psychological effect tied to his potential as a master swordsman.
• Sasuke and the others set out for Konoha, while the Raikage took Killer B back to Kumogakure and then secured the Land of Lightning Daimyo's approval of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Sasuke and his companions returned to a Konoha undergoing reconstruction, and Kakashi took Sasuke to report to the Third Hokage and Jiraiya.

Konoha’s leaders organized war preparations after the Five Great Villages formed an alliance, and Tsunade took command again after waking. The chapter ended with Sasuke offering more supplies while Konoha began mobilizing its villages and craftsmen.

• Kakashi told the Third Hokage that the Daimyos had approved the joint resolution, and Jiraiya urged Konoha to recall its shinobi and scout the enemy’s bases.
• Sasuke presented the Sky Ninja’s Kunai Launcher and proposed that the villages and neighboring nations divide its production and supply kunai.
• An Anbu reported that Tsunade had awakened, and the group found her eating as Shizune tried to provide more food.
• Kakashi briefed Tsunade on the negotiations and Danzo’s removal, and Tsunade ordered Shikaku to begin war preparations and coordinate weapon production with the other villages and smaller nations.
• Sasuke offered blank Sealing Scrolls from Uzushio Village, and Tsunade ordered the Sealing Corps and Anbu specialists to fill them with balanced selections of B-rank ninjutsu.

As Konoha and the other nations prepared for a sudden war, Sasuke supplied resources and argued that battlefield pressure would overcome lingering resentment. After Anko Mitarashi's squad found suspicious traces in the Land of Frost, Sasuke agreed to reinforce them and investigate the enemy's base.

• Sasuke offered sealing supplies for the war effort and negotiated for a storefront for his barbecue business.
• Konoha canceled commissioned missions, recalled its ninjas, and began producing weapons as the allied villages and smaller nations prepared for war.
• At a meeting in the Hokage Tower, Sasuke told Tsunade and Shikaku that the threat of death would unite the allied ninjas despite old hatreds.
• Tsunade reported that Anko Mitarashi's reconnaissance squad had found strange traces in the far north of the Land of Frost.
• Sasuke warned that Zetsu might use his parasitic ninjutsu and the Tailed Beasts' chakra to create more enemies.
• Sasuke agreed to travel by Summoning Animal and reinforce Anko's squad.

Tsunade’s meeting uncovered signs that graves had been dug up, and Sasuke warned that Yakushi Kabuto might use the Impure World Reincarnation. As Anko’s team located Kabuto and Obito’s hidden base in the Land of Frost, the villages prepared to coordinate their intelligence and Sasuke raced to reach the scouts.

• Sasuke identified Yakushi Kabuto as the likely culprit behind the cemetery digging, and Tsunade ordered him to set out after notifying the other villages.
• Sasuke visited the Uchiha Clan’s rebuilding site, then flew toward Anko’s team in the Land of Frost.
• Anko continued following the trail Kabuto had deliberately left, despite suspecting it was a trap.
• Tokuma spotted the Masked Man and Yakushi Kabuto entering an underground base, and Anko ordered Ran'ka to report its location to Konoha.
• The Raikage called for a Five Kage meeting, while Tsunade traveled to Kumogakure with Shikaku to consolidate intelligence.
• Sasuke crossed into the Land of Frost and continued toward Anko’s team.