Chapter Summaries

After Obito's attack destroyed Senya's house, Senya sought shelter at Shizune's home and offered her a specially made Ration Pill. The chapter left Senya staying the night with Shizune after she demanded further compensation.

• Obito's uncontrolled black branches wrecked Senya's house, but Senya burned them away with Qianyue and told Kakashi that Obito had escaped.
• Kakashi left, planning to compensate Senya for the damage to his home.
• Obito reached the secret base in the Land of Water after losing an arm and overusing his powers, then told Black Zetsu that Senya's Mangekyō techniques countered his abilities.
• Black Zetsu decided to fetch a White Zetsu so Obito could replace his arm.
• Senya went to Shizune's home for a place to stay and gave her a specially made Ration Pill.
• Shizune demanded more compensation for letting Senya stay, and Senya continued to indulge her until she fell asleep.

Senya’s lunch at an Akimichi barbecue restaurant brought him into contact with the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads, who suspected his visit concerned Root’s abduction of their children. Senya confronted them with Danzo’s role in Shisui’s death and the Uchiha clan’s growing influence over the Police Force, leaving Shikaku wary of his negotiating skill.

• Senya woke late, went to the Akimichi barbecue restaurant, and ordered a large meal.
• Dōdō told Akimichi Choza, Nara Shikaku, and Yamanaka Inoichi that Senya was dining alone in the adjoining room.
• Choza, Shikaku, and Inoichi discussed Root taking children from their clans and worried that the Uchiha had noticed Root’s actions.
• Shikaku led Choza and Inoichi to meet Senya, and they joined him in his private room.
• Senya inferred that Root had taken Ino-Shika-Cho children and told the clan heads that Danzo had caused Shisui’s death and that Uchiha had opened Police Force authority to their shinobi.

Senya persuaded Shikaku, Choza, and Inoichi that Danzo’s demands threatened their clans and revealed that Hiashi had also resisted Root. Ino-Shika-Cho agreed to stand with the Uchiha against Hiruzen, then decided how to divide the Police Force positions Senya offered them.

• Shikaku learned from Senya that the Nara branch family was restless, and Senya revealed that Hiashi was considering rebellion against Root.
• Senya explained that Danzo had used the Third Hokage’s order to take Neji Hyuga and had also demanded children from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans.
• Shikaku, Choza, and Inoichi condemned Danzo’s actions and declared that the clans could no longer support Hiruzen as Hokage.
• Shikaku said Ino-Shika-Cho would stand with the Uchiha, and Senya offered them one Police Force director position and six squad leader positions.
• After Senya left, the three clan heads agreed to give each clan two squad leader positions and appoint Nara Suzaku as director.

Senya gathered eleven Uchiha clansmen to form a band and demonstrated the dance they would learn. After the men eagerly copied him, he prepared to show the girls their dance as well.

• Senya brought eleven talented-looking Uchiha clansmen to an open field and told them they would form a band, with Izumi and him handling the singing.
• Uchiha Shuu questioned whether dancing was useful, so Senya played music and demonstrated a dance while singing.
• Shuu and the other men used their Sharingan to copy Senya’s moves, and they agreed the dance was nothing like geisha dancing.
• Senya told the men they would not perform yet, then agreed to demonstrate the girls’ dance after Uchiha Ori and the others asked.
• Senya transformed into Uchiha Ori and started the music for the girls’ demonstration.

Senya taught Uchiha Izumi a duet called “answer” while Shadow Clones coached the other Uchiha in singing. After a frustrating day of practice, Senya resolved to train the group strictly over the next three days.

• Senya finished the dance performance, then assigned Shadow Clones to teach the male and female groups while he prepared a duet with Uchiha Izumi.
• Senya gave Izumi the lyrics to “answer” and teased her after her hair struck his cheek, prompting her to complain that he would never get a wife.
• Senya used a Shadow Clone transformed into Izumi to teach her the song line by line, and Izumi interrupted the lesson with questions.
• At sunset, Senya dispelled his Shadow Clones and received their memories of a disorderly practice, including Izumi’s mischief and the students’ poor singing.
• Senya decided to become a strict instructor and drill the group over the next three days.

Hiruzen confronted Danzo over Root’s abduction and sealing of children, then declared he would no longer permit attacks on the Uchiha. Watching the Police Force celebration preparations, Hiruzen reflected on his predecessors’ charge to resolve the Uchiha conflict and wondered whether he had fulfilled their wishes.

• Villagers gathered outside the Police Force to attend the Uchiha celebration and heard that Akimichi's BBQ Restaurant would offer free food afterward.
• Danzo confronted Hiruzen for approving the celebration, and Hiruzen rebuked him for abducting clan children and forging a Hokage directive.
• Danzo revealed that he had branded the children with the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal, and Hiruzen agreed to let the matter go while halving Root’s next-year funding to compensate the clans.
• Hiruzen recalled Senju Tobirama’s private charge to handle the Uchiha properly and told Danzo he would not allow another move against them.
• After Danzo left, Hiruzen watched the completed celebration stage and remembered the wishes entrusted to him by Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama, then questioned whether he had fulfilled them.

At the Uchiha Police Force celebration, Fugaku made a flamboyant entrance and announced the force’s reorganization and civilian recruitment. Villagers challenged the reform’s sincerity, and the Hokage’s Assistant arrived as they demanded support.

• Senya and Uchiha Inohibi finished preparing the stage, and Fugaku took the stage in a red suit as villagers cheered.
• Mikoto and Sasuke watched Fugaku, while Inuzuka Hana, Aburame Sakamoto, and Gekko Jiro cheered for Inohibi.
• Fugaku announced that the Police Force had been divided into five divisions of six squads, with ten members per squad, and that fifty civilian shinobi had joined.
• Villagers objected that only fifty of the three hundred positions had gone to civilians and accused the Uchiha of making a token reform.
• The Hokage’s Assistant spoke from behind the crowd, and villagers turned to ask him to stand up for civilians.

Danzo tried to disrupt Fugaku’s presentation of the Police Force reforms, but Fugaku revealed that civilian ninja held half the administrative posts, winning the villagers’ approval. Danzo left believing the Uchiha had lost authority, while Fugaku understood that Senya’s regulations kept control of the Police Force with the Uchiha; the celebration continued with Senya’s squad preparing a performance.

• Danzo arrived with Root ninja and demanded that Fugaku explain the reforms to the villagers.
• Fugaku announced that civilian ninja held half of the Police Force’s administrative positions, prompting cheers from the crowd.
• Danzo abandoned his attempt to stir up opposition and left with Root ninja and his planted operatives.
• Fugaku credited Senya’s regulations with preserving Uchiha control over the Police Force despite opening positions to outsiders.
• Fugaku announced a performance by Senya Uchiha and the members of his squad.

Senya and Uchiha Izumi performed the song “Answer” at the Police Force celebration, winning over the crowd and improving the village’s view of the Uchiha. The celebration ended with free food at Akimichi's BBQ Restaurant, while Hiruzen Sarutobi considered Senya a possible future Hokage.

• Fugaku and Uchiha Inohibi opened the performance with a clash of fire and water ninjutsu, revealing Senya, Uchiha Izumi, and eleven Uchiha performers.
• Senya and Izumi sang “Answer,” captivating the audience as Shizune and Yūhi Kurenai watched and argued over who had been Senya’s first love.
• Senya dedicated the song to the young and old, and the audience responded with renewed affection and hope for Konoha.
• Fugaku announced that the Police Force would pay for food and drinks at Akimichi's BBQ Restaurant, sending villagers and ninja rushing there.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the celebration with the Telescope Technique and reflected that Senya might someday be worthy of becoming Hokage.

After spending the night wrestling with her feelings for Itachi and Senya, Izumi realized she no longer liked Itachi and confessed to her mother that she liked Deputy Clan Head Senya. Her mother approved, while Izumi began comparing herself unfavorably to Yurisha.

• After the celebration, Senya took Izumi, Shuu, Ori, Yurisha, and the others to the Akimichi Barbecue Restaurant, then later spent the night with Kurenai and Shizune.
• Izumi lay awake remembering Senya's private training and her childhood memories with Itachi, torn between guilt and her growing attraction to Senya.
• After waking, Izumi told herself that her feelings for Itachi had come from his childhood appeal and accomplishments, not genuine affection.
• At breakfast, Uchiha Hazuki assumed Itachi had upset Izumi, but Izumi said she no longer saw a future with him and that she liked someone else.
• Izumi confessed that she liked Deputy Clan Head Senya, and Hazuki praised her choice and began teasing her.
• Izumi compared herself to Yurisha and felt insecure, while Hazuki decided her daughter still had much to learn about becoming a woman.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha and gathered news about the village before finally meeting Naruto at Ichiraku Ramen. Seeing Minato and Kushina in the neglected boy, Jiraiya was overcome with emotion as Naruto apologized for supposedly frightening him.

• Jiraiya put off visiting the Hokage Building to learn about recent events in Konoha under his alias, Laiye.
• Jiraiya spent the evening drinking with an izakaya owner, then remembered he had kept the Hokage waiting.
• Jiraiya stopped at Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi explained that he stayed open late to feed Naruto, whom the villagers shunned.
• Naruto entered the shop after hearing his name, and Jiraiya recognized Minato and Kushina in the boy.
• Naruto apologized to Jiraiya for scaring him, leaving Jiraiya stunned by the boy's ingrained self-blame.

Jiraiya treated Naruto to ramen, stayed at Naruto’s apartment, and used Shadow Clones to clean the messy home. After Naruto fell asleep, Jiraiya went to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi, who asked him to investigate the Uchiha clan.

• Jiraiya bought Naruto extra-large ramen at Ichiraku, and the two bonded over their meal.
• Naruto led Jiraiya to his apartment, where Jiraiya used Shadow Clones to clean the room before they settled in for the night.
• After Naruto fell asleep, Jiraiya left a Shadow Clone in his place and went to the Hokage Building to see Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Jiraiya to investigate the Uchiha clan’s movements because the Uchiha had been linked to the Nine-Tails Attack.

Jiraiya agreed to investigate the Uchiha, then confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Naruto’s mistreatment and learned that Hiruzen had kept Naruto isolated to control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Jiraiya resolved to stay in the village and take care of Naruto.

• Jiraiya agreed to investigate the Uchiha Clan’s internal situation for Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Jiraiya demanded to know why Naruto was shunned and treated as an omen of misfortune.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Danzo had spread the rumors to recruit Naruto into Root and defended his decision to keep Naruto under control.
• Jiraiya condemned Hiruzen for leaving Naruto hungry and alone, then acknowledged his own absence from the village.
• Jiraiya told Hiruzen he would take care of Naruto and leaped out the window.

Jiraiya stayed the night with Naruto, then offered to become his master and live with him. Naruto accepted, and the two began building a new master-disciple bond as Naruto declared his dream of becoming Hokage.

• Jiraiya tucked Naruto into bed and stayed beside him through the night.
• Naruto woke to find Jiraiya gone, panicked, then found him preparing breakfast in the living room.
• Jiraiya offered to teach Naruto as his disciple in exchange for living at Naruto's place, and Naruto happily accepted.
• Jiraiya remembered becoming a disciple alongside Tsunade and Orochimaru and resolved to protect Naruto and face the future with him.
• Jiraiya urged Naruto to eat his vegetables by invoking the Fourth Hokage, and Naruto said he wanted to become Hokage too.

Jiraiya infiltrated the Uchiha Police Force to investigate the clan’s recent activity, then went to Senya Uchiha’s home to question him. Senya recognized Jiraiya and invited him inside, suggesting he knew the Third Hokage had sent him.

• Jiraiya spent the day with Naruto, then left a Shadow Clone with him and infiltrated the Uchiha Police Force at night.
• Jiraiya reviewed Senya’s files and found mostly Police Force regulations, including Senya’s note about female officers handling cases more smoothly.
• Jiraiya found no important intelligence in the files and infiltrated the Uchiha compound to meet Senya.
• Senya woke Shizune, went outside, and attacked Jiraiya before Jiraiya explained he had come to talk.
• Senya opened his courtyard gate and invited Jiraiya inside, saying he assumed the Third Hokage had sent him.

Jiraiya questioned Senya about the Uchiha clan’s role in the Nine-Tails Attack, and Senya revealed that Danzo’s Root had confined the clan during the crisis. After learning that Uchiha Obito survived and used a space-time technique and Wood Release, Jiraiya concluded that Obito and Danzo had colluded, and Senya replicated Jiraiya’s Mount Myōboku Sage Mode.

• Jiraiya asked Senya to explain the Uchiha clan’s intentions and its connection to the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Senya said Danzo had surrounded the Uchiha compound and forbidden Fugaku’s clan from joining the rescue effort during the attack.
• Jiraiya pieced together the attack’s clues and feared a larger conspiracy behind Minato and his wife’s deaths.
• Senya told Jiraiya that Uchiha Obito had survived, attacked him and Kakashi with a tiger-striped mask, and escaped using a space-time ocular technique.
• Senya revealed that Obito had learned Wood Release, prompting Jiraiya to suspect Danzo had saved and used him to seize power.
• Senya explained that Obito sought revenge over Rin’s death, and Jiraiya concluded that Obito had colluded with Danzo during the attack.

Senya persuaded Jiraiya to join the Uchiha’s effort to remove Danzo and replace Hiruzen Sarutobi, revealing that the Hyuga and Ino-Shika-Cho had already allied with them. The chapter ended with Senya explaining that they would wait for Danzo to make the first move, then comforting Shizune as she wondered why Orochimaru had betrayed the village.

• Senya told Jiraiya that Hiruzen Sarutobi should step down and Danzo should be removed, and Jiraiya agreed the village needed change.
• Senya revealed that the Hyuga and Ino-Shika-Cho had allied with the Uchiha after Danzo’s Root abducted children from major clans.
• Jiraiya joined Senya’s cause on the condition that Hiruzen be allowed to leave with dignity, and Senya agreed.
• Senya told Jiraiya to wait for Danzo to act first so they could win the villagers’ and other clans’ support, then went inside while Jiraiya left.
• Senya returned to Shizune and comforted her as she struggled to understand why Orochimaru had betrayed the village.

Danzo tried to convince Hiruzen to hand Naruto over to Root, arguing that Jiraiya might have ulterior motives. Hiruzen chose to trust Jiraiya and let him remain by Naruto’s side, leaving Danzo’s plan thwarted.

• Ryoma Aburame reported to Danzo that Jiraiya had returned to Konoha and moved into Naruto’s home.
• Danzo confronted Hiruzen and demanded that Naruto be handed over to Root for training.
• Danzo questioned Jiraiya’s motives and compared him to Orochimaru, making Hiruzen hesitate.
• Hiruzen reaffirmed his trust in Jiraiya and said Naruto deserved to have Jiraiya stay by his side.
• Hiruzen ended the argument by asserting his authority as Hokage, and Danzo left in resentment.

Uchiha Chizakura and eleven Uchiha guards were ambushed by Root on their return from the Fire Daimyo’s palace, where they had been hired to demonstrate marching formations. Chizakura sent word of Root’s attack to the clan before dying after crippling Ryoma Aburame, leaving Senya to avenge the Uchiha and care for his family.

• Feudal Lord Ashitaka showed the nobles the Uchiha guards’ marching formation, and Uchiha Chizakura led the twelve ninja away from the palace that night.
• Ryoma Aburame led Root ninja in an ambush, killing five Uchiha chunin and Uchiha Ri while injuring Uchiha Tetsuame.
• Chizakura summoned a ninja cat to warn the clan head that Root had attacked, then cut off his burned arm and continued fighting.
• After Root appeared to kill him, Chizakura used Izanami to reappear and severed Ryoma’s arm with Sword Leap Flame.
• Root’s ninja tools pierced Chizakura, and he died asking Vice Clan Head Senya to avenge them and protect his wife and child.

After Root killed Uchiha Chizakura and eleven other Uchiha ninja, Senya, Fugaku, and Itachi prepared to attack Root's base. The three Mangekyo wielders arrived outside the base, agreeing that all of them could use their Mangekyo while conserving their ocular power.

• Fugaku received a message that Root had killed Uchiha Chizakura and eleven other Uchiha ninja.
• Senya refused to wait and persuaded Fugaku to join him in attacking Root for revenge.
• Senya and Fugaku woke Itachi and asked him where Root's base was.
• Itachi agreed to join the attack, and the three Uchiha found Root's base in the forest behind Konoha's Hokage Rock.
• Senya told Fugaku and Itachi not to reveal their Mangekyo, but both insisted on fighting with it, so he allowed them to use it and warned them to conserve their ocular power.