Chapter Summaries

Sasuke gathered intelligence on Danzo’s guards as Danzo’s accusations that Sasuke was an alien spread through Konoha. After learning the Sixth Hokage selection meeting was about to begin, Sasuke entered the Council Hall under the hostile, fearful stares of the village.

• Sasuke copied information about Yamanaka Fu and Danzo’s other guards, surprising Jiraiya with what he knew.
• Neji and Kimimaro returned with food and showed Sasuke a flyer spreading Danzo’s accusations about his identity.
• Sasuke explained to Neji and Kimimaro that the public would ultimately accept whoever won the conflict, while they discussed Danzo’s smear campaign.
• Sasuke received Yamanaka Inoichi’s message that the Land of Fire Daimyo’s envoy had arrived and the Sixth Hokage candidate discussions would begin at two o’clock.
• Neji gave Sasuke a green capsule to make his vulnerable act more convincing, and Sasuke entered the Hokage Building as onlookers watched him with fear and suspicion.

At the Sixth Hokage selection meeting, Second Pillar denied rumors that he was a transmigrator while Konoha’s leaders debated Tsunade’s absence and Shimura Danzō’s candidacy. Kakashi nominated Second Pillar, and Danzō challenged the strength of his support before Might Guy defended him.

• Second Pillar entered the Council Hall and denied Might Guy’s blunt question about whether he was a transmigrator.
• Sakai Hideichi announced that the Daimyo had delegated the Sixth Hokage nominations to the meeting in Konoha.
• Mitokado Homura said Tsunade’s advisor position had been revoked and Utatane Koharu had resumed the role.
• Utatane Koharu nominated Shimura Danzō for Sixth Hokage, but Kakashi objected and nominated Second Pillar, citing his record and Jonin support.
• Shimura Danzō questioned whether Second Pillar still had enough prestige after the transmigrator rumors, and Might Guy insisted that Sasuke had denied them.

Konoha’s Hokage election began with Second Pillar facing Shimura Danzō, as clan leaders and senior ninja cast their votes amid arguments over Second Pillar’s identity. Second Pillar held a narrow lead when the vote paused with only the Aburame Clan yet to choose.

• Sakai Hideichi praised Second Pillar and called for the vote, while Jiraiya revealed that he had paid the envoy fifty million ryo.
• Shikamaru Nara, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza abstained, while Inuzuka Tsume, Kakashi Hatake, and Might Guy voted for Second Pillar.
• Hyuga Hiashi voted for Shimura Danzō, bringing the count to three votes for Second Pillar and one for Danzō.
• Sarutobi Asuma challenged Second Pillar over Flame Armor, then voted for Shimura Danzō after Second Pillar argued that the Anbu had refused to believe his explanation.
• Kurenai Yuhi abstained, leaving Second Pillar ahead three to two as the Aburame Clan remained to vote.

During the Hokage vote, Aburame Shibi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu backed Shimura Danzō, leaving the result tied until Danzō declared himself Sixth Hokage and ordered Sasuke killed. Sasuke’s furious challenge stirred the council, and the chapter ended with him calling on Sarutobi Asuma to make the first move.

• Aburame Shibi voted for Shimura Danzō, shocking Jiraiya and the other attendees.
• Mitokado Homura argued that Second Pillar lacked the Will of Fire, while Kakashi Hatake defended Sasuke’s record of protecting his comrades.
• Second Pillar denounced Mitokado Homura for factional politics, and Homura and Utatane Koharu both voted for Shimura Danzō.
• Shimura Danzō claimed the Daimyo’s vote gave him a two-to-one lead, then announced himself as Sixth Hokage and ordered the ninja to kill Sasuke.
• Second Pillar released his Chakra, and the frightened ninja backed away as he challenged Sarutobi Asuma to attack first.

Kakashi defended Second Pillar from Danzo’s demand for his execution, but Danzo rejected compromise and forced Kakashi and Second Pillar into open defiance. Danzo declared them rogue ninja and revealed his arm covered in Sharingan, leaving the assembly horrified and Jiraiya questioning what he had believed about Konoha.

• Kakashi intervened when Asuma was about to confront Second Pillar and urged Danzo to delay judgment until the jonin confirmed his election and evidence was provided.
• Danzo condemned Kakashi and Jiraiya as weak, insisted Second Pillar was a threat, and rejected Kakashi’s offer of a way to avoid conflict.
• Second Pillar drew his Kusanagi Sword and challenged Danzo to take his life himself, while Asuma froze in fear.
• Kakashi asked Second Pillar whether he truly intended to risk mutual destruction, then sided with him and demanded Danzo’s death.
• Danzo declared Kakashi and Second Pillar S-Rank rogue ninja and removed the seals from his right arm.
• Danzo revealed an arm covered in Sharingan, shocking the assembly and making Jiraiya reconsider his beliefs about the Uchiha Clan massacre.

Jiraiya and Second Pillar watched Shimura Danzō expose the stolen Sharingan on his arm and launch an attack, while Tsunade intervened to stop the crisis from becoming a civil war. Tsunade challenged Danzō’s election and named Second Pillar as the rightful Sixth Hokage, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jiraiya felt disillusioned by the possibility that the Third Hokage had approved the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, while Second Pillar saw Danzō’s exposed arm as evidence against him.
• Shimura Danzō attacked Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke, but Might Guy struck him back and demanded to know what was happening.
• Tsunade entered the Council Hall, brought the absent envoy back, and took a seat on the podium beside Sakai Hideichi.
• Tsunade demanded a new election and said that invalidating Utatane Koharu’s vote would make Second Pillar the Sixth Hokage.
• Tsunade condemned Danzō for endangering Konoha’s peace and smashed the podium table as she declared she would not let him destroy it.
• Jiraiya became newly determined to marry Tsunade and pressed Second Pillar to fulfill the prophecy he had claimed would make her his wife.

Second Pillar challenged the Council Hall's demand that he prove his identity by exposing Mitokado Homura and Shimura Danzō's unsupported accusations as a trap. The room applauded his argument, and Might Guy left for a curry udon challenge while the dispute over Second Pillar's identity remained unresolved.

• Mitokado Homura insisted that Second Pillar remove all his clothes to prove he was not a transmigrator, and Second Pillar agreed before making another announcement.
• Might Guy began stripping alongside Second Pillar, but got his head stuck in his shirt until Second Pillar stopped him.
• Second Pillar accused Mitokado Homura and Shimura Danzō of being lovers and demanded that Mitokado Homura remove his pants to prove the claim false.
• Second Pillar explained that suspicion was not evidence and that accusers bore the burden of proof, earning applause from the assembled ninja.
• Kakashi gave Might Guy curry udon coupons, and Mitokado Homura waved him away as Guy hurried off to the curry shop.

Second Pillar’s emotional performance turned the Council Hall against Shimura Danzō, who called for another Hokage vote while excluding Kakashi. As the votes favored Second Pillar, Tsunade acknowledged Danzō’s concerns, leaving the council’s decision unresolved.

• After a capsule Neji Hyuga had hidden in his mouth burst with mustard, Second Pillar’s tears and speech about Might Guy and the conflict with Danzō won sympathy from the assembled ninja.
• Shimura Danzō denounced Second Pillar as an outsider, defended the Sharingan in his arm as village property, and claimed he had become the Sixth Hokage.
• When Tsunade said another vote was needed, Danzō insulted her, then offered a new vote while excluding Hatake Kakashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi voted for Danzō, Sarutobi Asuma abstained, and Aburame Shibi, Shikamaru Nara, and others voted for Second Pillar.
• As the vote turned against him, Danzō halted it and asked Tsunade for her opinion; she said she respected Second Pillar but understood some of Danzō’s concerns.

At Konoha’s Hokage election meeting, Sasuke exposed Shimura Danzō’s stolen Sharingan and use of Shisui’s Heavenly Eye of God to manipulate Tsunade. Danzo fled the Hokage Building after accusing Sasuke of being a transmigrator and declaring that he would kill him before claiming the title of Sixth Hokage.

• Tsunade urged the ninjas to wait before making Sasuke Hokage and pledged to protect him, allowing the election meeting to appear settled in Danzo’s favor.
• Danzo ordered Sasuke to remain under surveillance, but Sasuke challenged him to reveal the right eye hidden beneath his bandages.
• Sasuke identified Danzo’s eye as one stolen from Shisui and explained that Shisui’s Heavenly Eye of God could secretly control people’s actions.
• Shikamaru accused Danzo of using the genjutsu on Tsunade, and the gathered ninjas demanded that Danzo reveal his eye.
• Danzo admitted using Heavenly Eye of God, accused Sasuke of being a transmigrator, then smashed through a window and escaped while threatening to kill Sasuke and become Sixth Hokage.

Second Pillar pursued Shimura Danzō and pierced him with a lightning-wreathed sword, but Danzō survived through Izanagi and fought back with Wind Release and the Dream Tapir. Neji Hyuga and Kimimaro joined the battle, but Danzō escaped into the air with Sai.

• Neji Hyuga used his Byakugan to see that Shimura Danzō was fleeing while the Council Hall remained behind, and Second Pillar leapt through the broken window to pursue him.
• Second Pillar used Fleeting Splendor and stabbed Shimura Danzō through the chest, but Danzō reappeared nearby after sacrificing a Sharingan with Izanagi.
• Danzō attacked Second Pillar with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, while Kimimaro charged in and Neji Hyuga prepared to support them with his Dragon Scale Bow.
• Danzō summoned the Dream Tapir, whose suction forced Second Pillar to brace himself, until Neji Hyuga shot the beast in the throat and made it disappear.
• Sai arrived on an ink-painted giant bird, grabbed Shimura Danzō, and carried him away as Danzō rebuked Sai for smiling.

Second Pillar stopped pursuing Shimura Danzō after Kakashi Hatake warned him about the damage and civilians, then returned to the Council Hall as Tsunade was chosen as acting Sixth Hokage. The chapter ended with Tsunade asking how Second Pillar knew about the secret intelligence in Danzō’s right eye concerning Uchiha Shisui’s “Heavenly Eye of God.”

• Second Pillar tried to stop Shimura Danzō’s escape, but Yamanaka Fu blocked his attacks while Danzō taunted him from the flying bird.
• Kakashi Hatake calmed Second Pillar and pointed out the destruction and frightened civilians, while Jin Dafeng, Konohamaru, and Hanabi Hyuga defended their teacher and urged the village to spare him.
• Kakashi escorted Second Pillar back to the Hokage Building, and Second Pillar gave Jin Dafeng three scrolls containing a combat puppet from Sunagakure before leaving his students.
• Mitokado Homura proposed Tsunade as Sixth Hokage, and she accepted the position as acting Hokage amid the gathered ninjas’ unanimous support.
• As the meeting ended, Tsunade asked Second Pillar how he had learned that Danzō’s right eye held secret intelligence about Uchiha Shisui’s “Heavenly Eye of God.”

Second Pillar defended his credibility by saying Uchiha Itachi had told him about the Heavenly Eye of God, then learned that Shimura Danzō had vanished with around ten elite Root Organization ninjas. Deceitful Monkey Kitsu proposed a plan to seize control of Root and revealed that its first step was to tell Tsunade that Jiraiya had faked his death, prompting Jiraiya to panic.

• Second Pillar named Uchiha Itachi as his source about the Heavenly Eye of God, and Mitokado Homura ended the debate over whether he was a transmigrator.
• Uzuki Yugao told Second Pillar that Shimura Danzō was missing and that around ten elite Root Organization ninjas had disappeared with him.
• Second Pillar returned to Neji and Kimimaro, explained the news, and summoned Deceitful Monkey Kitsu for advice.
• Deceitful Monkey Kitsu said Shimura Danzō had to come after Second Pillar and outlined a plan to recruit Tsunade, absorb Root, and reassign or kill its members.
• Jiraiya panicked at the plan to tell Tsunade he had faked his death, and Second Pillar relayed Jiraiya's objection to Deceitful Monkey Kitsu.

Uchiha Sasuke, Neji Hyuga, Kimimaro, and Deceitful Monkey Kitsu planned to undermine Shimura Danzō through Tsunade’s action against Root and a village-wide campaign exposing alleged crimes. As Sasuke gathered material from the system forum, a poster proposed that Danzō and the other members of the Four-Man Squad had murdered Kagami Uchiha after the Second Hokage’s death.

• Uchiha Sasuke urged Jiraiya to stop hesitating, and Deceitful Monkey Kitsu proposed striking at Shimura Danzō while he was politically vulnerable.
• Deceitful Monkey Kitsu advised Sasuke’s group to spread pamphlets accusing Danzō of crimes after Tsunade acted against Root.
• Deceitful Monkey Kitsu suggested holding Danzō’s relatives hostage, but Sasuke explained that Danzō had no living family; Kimimaro and Neji had offered to carry out the plan.
• Sasuke asked the system forum for material against Danzō, and the posters suggested accusing him of abandoning Konoha during attacks and conspiring with the Masked Man and Orochimaru.
• A Swath of Spring Wind proposed that the Second Hokage had chosen Kagami Uchiha as his successor and that the Four-Man Squad had killed Kagami on the journey back.

Sasuke Uchiha gathered forum users’ accusations against Shimura Danzō and brought Tsunade evidence of Danzō’s dealings with Orochimaru. Tsunade and Sasuke agreed to keep their conflict contained and resolve it quickly, and Sasuke placed the booklet before her.

• Li Xiaoyao proposed that Shimura Danzō and Obito Uchiha had secretly exchanged murders, linking Danzō to Minato Namikaze’s death and Yahiko’s killing.
• Forum users poured out accusations against Shimura Danzō, and Deceitful Monkey Kitsu compiled a list of his alleged crimes.
• Sasuke Uchiha reminded Neji Hyuga of a booklet from Yakushi Kabuto’s room documenting exchanges between the Sound Ninja Village and Danzō.
• Tsunade told Sasuke that Danzō had disappeared and said the village needed their conflict contained and settled quickly.
• Sasuke agreed with Tsunade’s terms and placed the booklet on her desk.

Tsunade reviewed Sasuke’s evidence against Danzo but refused to move against Root, then learned that Jiraiya had faked his death and was trapped inside a puppet. She returned the puppet to Sasuke, leaving Jiraiya alive and Tsunade’s reaction unresolved.

• Sasuke gave Tsunade a booklet documenting Danzo’s collusion with Orochimaru, but she said it was not enough proof to justify absorbing Root.
• Sasuke told Tsunade that Jiraiya had personally asked him to make the request, and then revealed that Jiraiya had faked his death as part of a plan to lure Danzo out.
• Sasuke presented the Mind Secret Technique Puppet containing Jiraiya’s spirit and explained how the fake death had been arranged.
• Tsunade learned that Sasuke and Jiraiya had concealed the plan from her so she could endorse the death certificate, and Sasuke blamed Deceitful Monkey Kitsu.
• Tsunade asked whether pain inflicted on the puppet would reach Jiraiya, then stopped and handed the puppet back to Sasuke.

Tsunade agreed to let Second Pillar revive Jiraiya on the condition that she be present, while Konoha dismantled Root and Second Pillar exposed Shimura Danzō’s crimes to the village. After Danzō failed to appear for their announced duel at Hokage Rock, Neji detected an approaching presence as Second Pillar and Kimimaro prepared for a confrontation.

• Tsunade agreed to Second Pillar’s plan to revive Jiraiya and demanded to witness it, while she angrily reacted to his report of his master’s obscene promise.
• Anbu dismantled the Root Organization, and Tsunade avoided the senior advisors’ protests as she hurried to visit Shizune and her newborn child.
• Temari said farewell to Shikamaru Nara, who stayed in Konoha to finish his business and promised to return to her soon.
• Shikamaru found flyers and booklets exposing Shimura Danzō’s crimes, including evidence linking him to the death of Nara Shikaku, and learned that Second Pillar had challenged Danzō to meet at Hokage Rock.
• Second Pillar waited at Hokage Rock past the announced time while Konoha’s villagers watched and grew angry at Danzō’s absence.
• Neji Hyuga activated his Byakugan after sensing something, and Second Pillar and Kimimaro also readied themselves.

Second Pillar confronted Shimura Danzō on Shadow Rock Summit as Danzō’s Root squad ambushed them. Second Pillar crushed Danzō with Susanoo, but Danzō reappeared unharmed through Izanagi, and Neji warned that four more people were approaching.

• Shimura Danzō arrived at the summit with two attendants while Konoha’s civilians and ninjas watched from below.
• Neji Hyuga detected Sai’s four-person squad approaching, and Second Pillar taunted Danzō for relying on an ambush.
• Neji defended his chosen path as a ninja and challenged Sai’s squad, but Root member Fire attacked with Fire Release: Flame Meteor.
• Neji raised a Water Formation Wall to block the flames, and Second Pillar manifested Susanoo and crushed Danzō with a giant fist.
• Danzō reappeared unharmed ten meters away, revealing that he had survived through Izanagi, as Neji warned that four more people were approaching.

Neji Hyuga and Kimimaro fought Danzō’s Root squad inside an earthen corridor while Sasuke confronted Shimura Danzō outside. Sasuke recognized Yamanaka Fu’s puppet curse technique and avoided striking its puppet, leaving Danzō shaken by how thoroughly Sasuke knew his secrets.

• Kimimaro and Neji Hyuga engaged the Root squad after a ninja raised an earthen corridor around them.
• Sai’s team used ink beasts, wind, fire, and stone techniques to pressure Kimimaro while Neji searched for an exit.
• Kimimaro saw Neji reach the corridor’s exit, but four more enemies blocked his way as Kimimaro was trapped by a flaming tornado.
• Sasuke attacked Shimura Danzō with Susanoo, then recognized Yamanaka Fu’s Mind Transfer Puppet Curse Seal Technique behind a flying sickle and straw puppet.
• Sasuke halted Susanoo’s attack and carefully retrieved the sickle without harming the puppet, stunning the onlookers and frightening Danzō.

Second Pillar outmaneuvered Yamanaka Fu’s possession attempt but found Konohamaru captured by Shimura Danzō. While rescuing Jin Dafeng and Hanabi Hyuga, Sasuke transformed and killed Danzō with a redirected Wind Release shuriken, leaving the watching villagers to view him as divinely protected.

• Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Choza, and Shikamaru Nara watched Sasuke counter the Mind Transfer Puppet Curse Seal Technique as Sasuke used a Shadow Clone to attack the scarecrow.
• Konohamaru destroyed the scarecrow with a Fire Release technique, but Yamanaka Fu possessed him and retreated to Shimura Danzō’s side.
• Sasuke shielded Jin Dafeng and Hanabi Hyuga, then transformed into his Cursed Seal form and tried to carry them away as the villagers recoiled from his appearance.
• Danzō hurled Wind Release shuriken at Sasuke and the children, but Sasuke used his Mangekyo eye technique to slow them and returned one toward Danzō.
• The redirected shuriken severed Danzō’s head, and the villagers began interpreting Sasuke’s terrifying form and power as signs of divine protection.

Sasuke agreed to let Jin Dafeng and Hanabi Hyuga remain in the battle under his command after they insisted on choosing their own fate. Elsewhere, Kimimaro defeated one of Sai’s allies and pressed the remaining enemies, while Neji faced four Root ninjas blocking his way.

• Sasuke explained that Konohamaru had been possessed by Shimura Danzō’s guards through a Yamanaka Clan technique, and worried that Konohamaru might be trapped in the burned puppet.
• Jin Dafeng and Hanabi Hyuga argued that they would rather fight beside Sasuke than wait helplessly, and Sasuke finally agreed to let them stay under strict orders to prioritize their survival.
• Sasuke told Hanabi to check on Neji and Kimimaro with her Byakugan, then Kimimaro endured Sai’s group’s Flame Tornado with bone armor.
• Kimimaro rode his bone sword across the shifting ground and killed the earth-release ninja A Tu, then advanced on Sai and the two remaining fighters.
• Neji encountered four ninjas led by a bald, muscular man, who said they had orders to keep him from reaching open ground.