Chapter Summaries

Senya, Fugaku, and Itachi stormed Root’s underground base and slaughtered its ninja, including the dying Gekko Senjitsu. Senjitsu asked Senya to spare Hayate; Senya promised to teach him his sword technique, then destroyed the remaining traces of the battle with fire.

• Itachi used his Sharingan to make a Root guard kill himself, and Senya kicked open the base’s gate.
• Senya summoned Qianyue and unleashed spirit flames that burned through Root’s Water Release defenses, while Fugaku and Itachi fought the other ninjas.
• Senya defeated Gekko Senjitsu with Swallow Return and learned that Danzo had taken people from the Gekko Clan, leaving Hayate as its only remaining bloodline ninja.
• Senjitsu begged Senya to spare Hayate, and Senya promised to pass his sword technique on to him before Senjitsu died.
• Senya continued killing Root’s ninjas, then burned the corpses and bloodstains from the base with Great Fire Destruction.

Danzo completed a surgery that implanted seven Sharingan and strengthened him with Hashirama cells, then learned that Itachi Uchiha, Senya Uchiha, and Fugaku Uchiha had attacked Root. After finding his underground base destroyed, Danzo became fixated on taking Senya's Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Danzo underwent surgery to implant seven Sharingan, using Hashirama Cell solution to stabilize his body when his heartbeat and chakra went out of balance.
• Danzo awoke with increased chakra and seven three-tomoe Sharingan in his arm, then admired his new power and Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Ryoma Aburame explained that Uchiha Chizakura had used Izanagi and revealed that he had secretly brought Toru Aburame to Root; Danzo spared him and ordered an arm transplant.
• A Root ninja reported that Itachi Uchiha, Senya Uchiha, and Fugaku Uchiha had attacked Root, and Danzo led his elite ninjas back to the base.
• Danzo found the Root base burned and its guards dead, then learned Senya Uchiha appeared to have Mangekyō Sharingan and vowed to seize the eyes.

Hiruzen learned that Senya Uchiha, Fugaku Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha had wiped out the Root base, and Danzo used the report of Senya’s unusual Sharingan to deepen his suspicions of the Uchiha. Hiruzen ordered the village’s forces to assemble and planned to summon Senya and Fugaku to the Forest of Death, where he might have them killed and purge the clan.

• Danzo told Hiruzen that the Root base had been attacked and every Root member inside had been killed.
• Danzo named Senya Uchiha, Fugaku Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha as the culprits and claimed a surviving Root ninja had seen a different pattern in Senya’s Sharingan.
• Hiruzen feared that Senya possessed power like Uchiha Madara’s and accepted Danzo’s claims that the Uchiha were plotting against Konoha.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to gather the remaining Root ninja and summoned the Hokage Guard Platoon and Anbu to assemble.
• Hiruzen planned to summon Senya Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha alone to the Forest of Death and kill them if their answers were unsatisfactory, then purge the Uchiha clan.

Senya and Fugaku confronted Hiruzen and Danzo over Root’s attack on twelve Uchiha returning from a mission, and Senya admitted that they had attacked the Root base. The evidence Senya presented implicated Root in the Uchiha deaths, leaving Hiruzen furious at Danzo.

• Senya told Fugaku to retrieve the mission information while Fugaku handled the paperwork on Senya’s desk.
• At the Forest of Death’s Central Tower, Danzo accused Senya and Fugaku of failing to bring Itachi, and Senya replied that Hiruzen had not asked for him.
• Senya admitted that he, Fugaku, and Itachi had attacked Root, then used his Mangekyō Sharingan and Chakra to confront Hiruzen and Danzo.
• Senya said the twelve Uchiha on the mission had died on their way back and challenged Hiruzen to consider Root’s involvement.
• Fugaku summoned a black cat and gave Hiruzen a scroll bearing Cat Granny’s handprint as evidence; Hiruzen recognized it and angrily confronted Danzo.

Senya defied Hiruzen and Danzo’s attempt to punish the Uchiha by revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan and overwhelming them with Susanoo. Hiruzen backed down and left, while Senya established that the Police Force would enforce its authority independently of the Hokage.

• Danzo blamed Ryoma Aburame for Root’s unauthorized attack and joined Hiruzen in demanding that Senya accept a cursed seal as punishment for attacking Root’s base.
• Senya rejected Hiruzen’s demand, awakened Susanoo, and argued that the Uchiha Police Force had the authority to arrest and execute Root members who resisted its law enforcement.
• Senya expanded Susanoo into a giant over thirty meters tall and killed more than a dozen jonin-level Root operatives with a single blade strike.
• Senya told Hiruzen that the Police Force’s authority was independent of the Hokage administration and that it could execute first and report later.
• Hiruzen ended the confrontation and fled with Danzo and the Hokage-direct Anbu, leaving the dead Root operatives behind.

Danzo pressured Hiruzen into giving him the sealing scroll so he could use its techniques against the Uchiha, while Senya planned to wait for Root to strike and prepared to contact allies. The chapter left Senya about to involve Jiraiya in his next move.

• Hiruzen rejected Danzo's demand to use the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and blamed Root for the conflict with the Uchiha.
• Danzo threatened to expose Hiruzen's past orders, so Hiruzen gave him the sealing scroll.
• Fugaku asked Senya what he planned to do, and Senya explained that Hiruzen would not attack after seeing his Susanoo.
• Senya told Fugaku to contact the Hyuga and Ino-Shika-Cho while Senya planned to inform Jiraiya.
• Fugaku left, and Senya began planning how to involve Jiraiya.

Jiraiya overheard conflicting rumors about Root and the Uchiha, then visited Senya to learn what had happened. Senya manipulated Jiraiya into leaving Naruto alone, creating an opening for Danzo to act.

• At the Izakaya, Jiraiya heard Fujino and Tianjian discuss the deaths of twelve Uchiha ninja and a clash between Root and the Police Force.
• Jiraiya went to Senya’s home, where Senya explained the conflict over a hot pot meal.
• Senya asked whether Naruto was being watched by Anbu or Root, prompting Jiraiya to realize Danzo might target Naruto.
• Jiraiya rushed to Naruto’s home, and Senya followed, privately revealing that he had planted the rumors to draw Jiraiya away and give Danzo an opportunity.

Danzo kidnapped Naruto after suppressing his Nine-Tails transformation, and Jiraiya and Senya discovered the abduction when they returned. Jiraiya blamed himself, while Senya reassured him and quietly resolved to repay his help.

• Danzo trapped Jiraiya's Shadow Clone with a curse seal and confronted Naruto at home.
• Naruto entered his inner world, encountered the Nine-Tails, and began transforming before memories of Jiraiya helped him resist.
• Danzo's Sealing Force restrained Naruto, and Danzo used the Five Elements Seal before carrying him away.
• Jiraiya and Senya arrived to find the wrecked home, and Jiraiya learned from his Shadow Clone's memories that Danzo had kidnapped Naruto.
• Jiraiya regretted failing to protect Naruto and involving the Uchiha, but Senya told him Danzo was to blame and privately planned to find him a wife.

Jiraiya went to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi about Danzo taking Naruto and learned that Hiruzen had refused to recruit Naruto into Root but had given Danzo the sealing scroll. Jiraiya left furious and disappointed, while keeping Senya's plan and Danzo's connection to Obito Uchiha secret.

• Jiraiya decided to visit Hiruzen Sarutobi and demand to know whether Hiruzen had supported Danzo's actions, and Senya warned him to keep their plan moving regardless of the answer.
• Jiraiya reached Hiruzen's home, fought off the four Anbu who tried to stop him, and followed Hiruzen inside to speak privately.
• Jiraiya asked whether Hiruzen had ordered Danzo to take Naruto, and Hiruzen said he had refused to place Naruto in Root but had given Danzo the sealing scroll.
• Jiraiya grew furious when Hiruzen admitted he knew the scroll held the Nine-Tails' sealing formula and explained that he feared the unidentified mastermind behind the Nine-Tails Attack.
• Jiraiya held back his knowledge of Danzo's collusion with Obito Uchiha, rejected Hiruzen's reasoning about Naruto and the Uchiha, and left disappointed.

Danzo used Shisui's Mangekyō and Kotoamatsukami to control the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, transforming Naruto into a seven-tailed form. He then led Root and the drugged, unconscious Naruto toward the Uchiha clan compound to slaughter the clan.

• Naruto resisted the Nine-Tails' attempts to make him break free of the seal while Root's Sealing Force failed to loosen it.
• Danzo revealed Shisui's Mangekyō and used Kotoamatsukami to take control of Naruto and the Nine-Tails.
• Danzo forced the Nine-Tails' Chakra through Naruto until he became a seven-tailed Nine-Tails Fox, then ordered Medical Ninja to inject him with drugs.
• After the Medical Ninja warned that the drugs could keep Naruto's Chakra heightened for only about two hours, Danzo ordered Root to kill every member of the Uchiha clan.
• Danzo led Root toward the Uchiha compound through a secret passage, with the unconscious Naruto following in his seven-tailed form.

Senya fought Danzo and a seven-tailed Naruto during Root’s assault on the Uchiha compound. After interrupting Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb and surviving the blast, Senya bound him with sealing chains.

• Senya, Fugaku, and Itachi defended the Uchiha compound from Root while civilians sheltered underground.
• Danzo arrived controlling Naruto in a rampaging tailed-beast transformation, and Senya sent Fugaku and Itachi to summon reinforcements.
• Senya used Qianyue’s flames to counter Danzo’s Wood Release, while Naruto’s transformation reached seven tails and he prepared a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Senya blocked the blast with Shield Guard, evaded Danzo’s attempt to seize his eyes, and used Susanoo to pin Naruto and interrupt the attack.
• Naruto’s Tailed Beast Bomb exploded inside him, but he recovered; Senya then turned Qianyue into sealing chains and bound him as his tailed-beast chakra receded.

Minamimura Senya overwhelmed Shimura Danzō, repeatedly killing him as Izanagi revived him, then controlled him and removed Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan. The chapter left Danzō defeated and Senya holding the stolen eye.

• Senya tossed the unconscious Naruto to Inabi Uchiha and ordered him to protect the boy, while Inabi escaped with Naruto and asked for a raise.
• Danzo attacked Senya’s Susanoo with a Wind Release-coated kunai, but Senya crushed him and mocked him as Izanagi revived him.
• Danzo summoned Baku to trap Senya in a gale, but Senya’s Great Fire Destruction set the beast ablaze and forced it to vanish.
• Danzo charged Senya in a rage, and Senya repeatedly defeated him until the Sharingan in Danzo’s arm had all gone dark.
• Senya used Genjutsu to control Danzo, removed Shisui’s Mangekyo Sharingan from Danzo’s right eye, and stored it in nutrient solution.

Senya prepared to kill Danzo after trapping him in Shisui's Genjutsu, but Hiruzen intervened and tried to protect his friend. As the clans gathered to judge Danzo, he accused Senya of plotting a coup and exposed his transplanted Sharingan-covered arm.

• Senya used Shisui's Sharingan to trap Danzo in a Genjutsu where Shisui and Uchiha clan members repeatedly stabbed him.
• Hiruzen arrived and urged Senya to spare Danzo, claiming the Hokage's Assistant would never attack Konoha's villagers.
• Senya agreed to wait for the clan heads to arrive and decide Danzo's fate together.
• The Hyuga, Nara, and other clans spoke up, while Jiraiya took the wounded Naruto from Uchiha Inohibi.
• Hiruzen dispelled Danzo's Genjutsu, and Danzo accused Senya of planning a coup and controlling the Nine-Tails.
• Danzo's accusation exposed his pale right arm covered in transplanted eyes, shocking Hiruzen and the assembled clans.

Senya exposed Danzo’s crimes before Hiruzen and the major clan heads, turning their grievances into a united accusation against him. The clans learned that Danzo’s arm contained stolen Sharingan and Wood Release Chakra, while Jiraiya demanded accountability for Danzo’s attempt to exploit Naruto.

• Danzo tried to blame his attack on deception, but Senya and the clan heads challenged his account and accused him of abducting children from their clans.
• Hyuga Hiashi, the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders, Shibi Aburame, and other clan heads denounced Danzo’s kidnappings, while Hiruzen promised to return the children.
• Fugaku reminded Hiruzen that Danzo had intercepted and killed twelve Uchiha, but Hiruzen continued to blame Ryoma and defend Danzo.
• Senya bound Danzo’s right arm with Qianyue, tore it off, and asked Yamanaka Inoichi to examine it.
• Yamanaka Inoichi identified seven Sharingan and a large amount of Wood Release Chakra in Danzo’s arm, exposing his human experiments.
• Jiraiya joined Senya and demanded that Hiruzen answer for Danzo’s attempt to abduct Naruto and exploit the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Jiraiya and Kakashi exposed Danzo and Hiruzen’s roles in several tragedies, including the Nine-Tails attack and Hatake Sakumo’s death, while revealing Naruto as Minato’s son. As Hiruzen offered to step down and pleaded for Danzo’s life, Itachi manifested Susanoo and confronted Danzo over Shisui’s eyes.

• Jiraiya revealed that Naruto was the orphaned son of Minato Namikaze and accused Danzo of having ties to the Masked Man behind the Nine-Tails attack.
• Kakashi testified that the Masked Man was Obito Uchiha and that Obito had Wood Release abilities like Danzo’s, then accused Danzo and Hiruzen of engineering Hatake Sakumo’s disgrace and death.
• Hiruzen admitted guilt in Sakumo’s death, offered to relinquish his position as Hokage, and asked the clans to spare Danzo’s life.
• Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, summoned Susanoo, and demanded that Danzo answer for taking Shisui’s eyes and betraying him.

Itachi sealed Danzo’s soul in the Totsuka Blade, and Hiruzen stepped down as Hokage after Senya confronted him. Three months later, Senya proposed Tsunade as the Fifth Hokage to an exhausted Shikaku.

• Danzo’s Reverse Four Symbols Sealing failed, and Itachi sealed his soul inside the Totsuka Blade before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Fugaku caught Itachi as he fell, while Hiruzen closed Danzo’s eyes.
• Senya told Hiruzen that the village could not forgive his past and ordered him to step down; Hiruzen removed his Hokage robes and hat and left.
• Three months later, Shikaku complained to Senya that he had been left to handle the village’s documents without a Hokage.
• Senya suggested Tsunade for the Fifth Hokage, and Shikaku initially misunderstood him before Senya clarified that he meant the Hokage position.

Senya enlisted Itachi to help deal with Root’s abandoned laboratory and proposed seeking Orochimaru’s knowledge to counter the vision loss caused by Mangekyo use. Itachi accepted the task of finding Orochimaru, whom Senya expected to lure out with the Sharingan.

• Shikaku questioned whether Senya could bring Tsunade back, then ordered him to clean up Root’s remaining mess.
• Senya recruited Itachi from the Uchiha training grounds, leaving Sasuke disappointed that his brother was leaving again.
• Senya showed Itachi Root’s collection of Sharingan eyes and explained that Mangekyo use gradually damaged vision.
• Senya suggested that Wood Release cells might help preserve eyesight, and Itachi realized they needed to find Orochimaru.
• Senya assigned Itachi to locate Orochimaru and obtain a way to contact him, believing Orochimaru would emerge upon learning Itachi was searching for him.

Senya and Itachi uncovered records of Danzo’s crimes, including his role in their parents’ deaths, and found intelligence about Root agents and Orochimaru. Senya sent Itachi to investigate Orochimaru while warning him about the Akatsuki Organization, then encouraged him to say goodbye to Sasuke before starting another long-term mission.

• Senya found reports showing Danzo had ordered Uchiha deaths at Kikyo Mountain and Kannabi Bridge, and realized Danzo had orchestrated his parents’ deaths.
• Senya read that Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō were Root spies in Iwagakure and considered recruiting them and recalling Root’s infiltrators.
• Itachi showed Senya records of Danzo’s dealings with Orochimaru and Orochimaru’s membership in the Akatsuki Organization.
• Senya ordered Itachi to locate Orochimaru’s bases and warned him to flee if he encountered Akatsuki members working in groups.
• Senya and Itachi returned to the clan compound, where Senya told Itachi to spend the night with Sasuke and say goodbye before his next long-term mission.

Senya Uchiha, Jiraiya, and Naruto left Konoha to find Tsunade, who they hoped could treat the damage Danzo had caused to Naruto. At their first night’s camp, Naruto blamed himself for slowing them down, and Senya began telling him a story.

• Jiraiya explained that Danzo had damaged Naruto’s seal and nearly destroyed the veins in his body, so he wanted Tsunade to treat him.
• Senya reassured Jiraiya that Tsunade would help Naruto, and the three set out from Konoha.
• Naruto excitedly explored the world outside the village before falling asleep on Jiraiya’s back during the journey.
• Senya and Jiraiya made camp in a cave and prepared a barbecue while Naruto watched.
• Naruto worried that he was useless because Senya and Jiraiya had carried him, so Senya offered to tell him a story about a protagonist like him.

Senya told Naruto the truth about his parents’ sacrifice and revealed that the villagers had feared and rejected him because they did not know he was the Fourth Hokage’s son. After Naruto found comfort in his friends and fell asleep, Senya shared evidence of Danzo’s role in Orochimaru’s experiments and said he had sent Itachi to find Orochimaru, while declaring his ambition to bring peace to the village and ninja world.

• Senya told Naruto how his parents died protecting him and the village, and explained why the villagers had hated him.
• Naruto cried, then drew strength from learning that his parents had loved him and resolved to become a great ninja like them.
• Naruto ate grilled meat with Senya and Jiraiya, then fell asleep feeling reassured that they cared for him.
• Senya told Jiraiya that Root had supplied Orochimaru with test subjects and that Danzo had secretly continued funding his experiments after his defection.
• Senya gave Jiraiya a scroll documenting Danzo and Orochimaru’s dealings and revealed that Itachi was searching for Orochimaru.
• Senya said he wanted Orochimaru to return to Konoha and vowed that the Uchiha would help bring peace to the village and the ninja world.