Chapter Summaries

Sasuke helped Jiraiya prepare a proposal for Tsunade, then confronted Konoha’s advisory elders after returning with Naruto and Jiraiya. Jiraiya and Tsunade married in early spring, and Ino asked Sasuke to dance at their wedding.

• Ino sold Sasuke one hundred roses for Jiraiya’s proposal to Tsunade, and Sasuke gave Ino one rose before leaving with Naruto and Jiraiya.
• Tsunade argued with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura over sending Naruto to investigate Akatsuki, then became nauseated and suspected she was pregnant.
• Sasuke arrived, warned the advisors that the times had changed, and threatened Utatane Koharu before accompanying Tsunade to Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade held a grand wedding on February 8th in Konoha’s Year 66, and the village accepted the explanation that Jiraiya had faked his death to deceive Akatsuki.
• Jiraiya and Kakashi drunkenly celebrated at the reception while Sasuke and Ino looked after them.
• Ino praised Sasuke’s work organizing the wedding and invited him to dance.

After Jiraiya stepped away from political affairs to care for pregnant Tsunade, Sasuke was crowned Konoha’s Seventh Hokage. His blunt inaugural speech called for reforms to strengthen ninjas and improve villagers’ lives, put people first, and protect children from war, leaving the village stunned by his policies and revelations.

• After earning a C-Rank Scroll and mastering Yang Release, the host unlocked the Kekkei Genkai reward.
• Jiraiya refused to return to government work, while Utatane Koharu permanently retired as advisor.
• On March 27, Year 66 of Konoha, Sasuke was crowned the Seventh Hokage.
• Sasuke announced plans to expand Ninjutsu training, improve social fairness and living standards, and cultivate more powerful ninjas.
• Sasuke defended the need to protect exceptional ninjas and expose children to war less, citing the tragedies of the Konoha White Fang, Itachi, and Obito.
• Konoha’s younger ninjas embraced Sasuke’s people-first outlook, while older leaders worried about its challenge to the Will of Fire; Might Guy fell asleep and then toppled over.

Obito Uchiha visited Sasuke to explain the Eye of the Moon Plan and ask him to join, arguing that it could create a fair and prosperous world. Sasuke said Naruto was his family and rejected the plan, but Hanabi Hyuga’s death shook him, so he postponed his final answer for five days.

• Obito Uchiha entered Sasuke’s bedroom and said Pain was furious and determined to invade Konoha, despite Obito having repeatedly tried to stop him.
• Obito Uchiha explained that he and Pain were cooperating, then asked Sasuke to reconsider the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito Uchiha argued that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would provide fairness, material wealth, and a world shaped by the strong.
• Sasuke said his beliefs and Naruto’s place as his family made it difficult for him to support the plan.
• Obito Uchiha asked whether Hanabi Hyuga’s death meant nothing to Sasuke, visibly unsettling him.
• Sasuke told Obito Uchiha to return in five days for his final answer, then opened the System Forum after Obito departed.

On his first day as Seventh Hokage, Second Pillar handled Konoha’s personnel and governance issues while his advisers raised disputes over Hokage Rock and the Hyuga Clan’s defection. The meeting ended with Neji demanding accountability and Second Pillar beginning to give his decision.

• Second Pillar added Naruto to Kakashi Hatake’s list of eight ninjas for focused cultivation and ordered that Aburame Torune be made a Jonin.
• Second Pillar agreed to name the Root members who had no names, beginning with the leader Ming An, and asked Kakashi Hatake to say the names were chosen jointly.
• Mitokado Homura proposed restoring Hokage Rock, but Second Pillar mocked the idea and suggested carving the words “Love. Life.” instead.
• Neji Hyuga demanded that the Hyuga Clan be held accountable for siding with Shimura Danzō, while Kakashi Hatake and Mitokado Homura argued against harsh action.
• Second Pillar called the idea of letting the Hyuga atone through service absurd, then began to qualify his response.

Second Pillar argued that the Hyuga Clan’s punishment had to address its independent power and Caged Bird system, then learned Akatsuki would invade Konoha in about five days. Konoha rapidly prepared for war, and Obito confronted Second Pillar about using negotiations to stall.

• Second Pillar established that the Hyuga Clan’s punishment would be based on its longstanding autonomy and Caged Bird practice, and Neji accepted the outcome of the discussion.
• Shikamaru reported on the successful arrangement in Sunagakure, delivered Kakuzu’s book and petroleum sample, and updated Second Pillar on his investigation of Sasori’s Fourth Scroll.
• Second Pillar announced that Akatsuki would launch a full-scale invasion of Konoha in about five days.
• From March 28 to April 1, Second Pillar and Konoha’s ninja organized intelligence briefings, border guard posts, disaster drills, shelters, and Level One Combat Readiness.
• On April 1, Obito visited Second Pillar and accused him of using negotiations to delay while preparing for war.

Sasuke rejected Obito's demand for a treaty under the threat of invasion, and Akatsuki attacked Konoha with the Six Paths of Pain and Konan. Konoha's defenses slowed the assault and evacuated civilians as Sasuke awaited the village's planned counterattack.

• Sasuke told Obito he would consider the Eye of the Moon Plan but would not make decisions under the threat of an Akatsuki invasion, and Obito warned that he might die.
• On April 6, Shino Aburame detected seven Akatsuki members approaching Konoha, and Neji Hyuga shot down Animal Path Pain as the village raised the alarm.
• Nagato revived the fallen Animal Path Pain and summoned the other Paths, while Asura Path Pain and Animal Path Pain began destroying buildings with missiles and giant summons.
• Sasuke ordered Naruto out of the Hokage Office, while Ino Yamanaka reported that evacuation was underway and Konoha's counterattack preparations were ready.
• As Sasuke watched the battle from the Hokage Office, a thousand dogs howled throughout Konoha.

Inuzuka Tsume mobilized her clan to track Akatsuki’s invasion, and Team 5 confronted Asura Path Pain while protecting Konoha’s civilians. Shimizu Ichigaku survived the battle but suffered severe chakra pathway damage, while Tenzou and Uzuki Yugao continued fighting summoned beasts as Jiraiya raced toward Animal Path.

• Uchiha Wind pressed the alarm, and Inuzuka Tsume sent her clan’s ninja and hounds through Konoha to track the invading Akatsuki members.
• The Inuzuka Clan located the seven enemies inside the village and guided Elite Jonin toward them, while Asura Path Pain attacked civilians with missiles.
• Akimichi Makarō rescued civilians, and Team 5 confronted Asura Path Pain as Shimizu Ichigaku slowed him with Ice Release.
• Kimimaro struck Asura Path Pain with Dead Bone Pulse, while Ichigaku’s extreme cold delayed the enemy’s laser attack and left him gravely exhausted.
• Kimimaro shielded Ichigaku from Asura Path Pain’s final blast; Sakura treated Ichigaku and ordered him to avoid Chakra use for six months.
• Tenzou and Uzuki Yugao defeated a giant centipede, then faced a charging rhinoceros as Jiraiya hurried toward Animal Path.

Second Pillar’s preparations helped Konoha eliminate several of Pain’s bodies and protect its civilians, while Nagato ordered Plan Two and sent other Akatsuki members toward the village. As Pain’s forces regrouped for the Hokage Building, Sasuke left to confront them.

• At the mobilization meeting, Second Pillar assigned Tenzou and Aburame Torune to restrain and defeat Animal Path’s summoned beasts, while Jiraiya agreed to fight the summoner and Genma Squad took over Tsunade’s protection.
• Tenzou restrained the rhinoceros with Wood Release, and Aburame Torune poisoned it; Jiraiya defeated Animal Path again and recovered its corpse for sealing.
• After losing two Pains, Nagato ordered Plan Two, confirmed Konoha had deliberately disclosed Naruto’s location, and killed a Genin who taunted Deva Path Pain.
• Gaara and Deidara set out toward Konoha, Kisame submerged himself in the Naka River, and Sarutobi Asuma and Kimimaro fought the other Pain bodies.
• Ino reported that Konoha had evacuated its civilians and that several Pain bodies had been defeated and sealed; she then warned Second Pillar that Pain’s forces were regrouping and heading for the Hokage Building.
• Second Pillar sent Ino to assist her father and strode out of the Hokage Office, calling for Naruto.

Kakashi, Guy, and Naruto fought Pain’s forces in front of the Hokage Building, while Sasuke and Kakashi trapped Deva Path Pain and Konan in a barrier of darkness. Naruto forced Pain to use Shinra Tensei, leaving him exposed as Sasuke prepared a fire technique.

• Kakashi confronted Pain and was pulled into the air, but his lightning shadow clone drew out Shinra Tensei’s cooldown while he attacked from underground.
• Konan sealed Guy in paper, but Guy broke free; Naruto arrived and destroyed Preta Path with a Rasengan.
• Naruto battled Deva Path Pain while Guy attacked Human Path, and Kakashi watched the fighting.
• The Seventh Hokage, Second Pillar, entered the battlefield, and Kakashi raised Earth Walls as Sasuke created a barrier of absolute darkness.
• Naruto sensed Pain in the darkness and threw a Rasenshuriken, which Pain repelled with Shinra Tensei, collapsing the Earth Walls.
• At the edge of the darkness, Second Pillar pressed his hand to the ground and began Exploding Flame Formation.

Sasuke and Naruto crippled Deva Path Pain with a coordinated attack, but Gaara and Deidara arrived, and Nagato resolved to destroy Konoha. As Pain began Planetary Devastation, Second Pillar warned Might Guy to focus on surviving.

• Second Pillar detonated the Exploding Tags beneath Deva Path Pain, then joined Naruto in forcing Pain to use his last Shinra Tensei before Naruto struck him with a Rasenshuriken.
• Gaara emerged in a towering Sand Giant and captured the weakened Deva Path Pain, while Deidara arrived on his clay bird.
• Nagato learned what had happened through Konan and declared that he would completely destroy Konoha.
• Deidara attacked with explosive clay spiders and multiplying puppets, but Second Pillar and Kakashi trapped and neutralized the puppets.
• Deidara flew back toward Gaara after Pain called him away, while Second Pillar spotted Pain begin Planetary Devastation and warned Might Guy to survive.

Second Pillar and the others fought Deva Path Pain as Planetary Devastation threatened Konoha, but Kakashi used Kamui to destroy its core. Second Pillar then killed Pain before he could unleash Ultra Almighty Push, while Gaara continued to challenge him and Naruto prepared to join the fight in Sage Mode.

• Second Pillar consulted the system forum and learned that powerful long-range attacks could break Planetary Devastation, but Naruto could not activate Sage Mode because he had failed to gather Natural Energy.
• Kakashi used Kamui to make Planetary Devastation vanish, exhausting his Chakra and inadvertently disrupting Obito Uchiha's Kamui; Obito fled, and Might Guy carried Kakashi to medical care.
• As Deva Path Pain prepared to use Ultra Almighty Push, Second Pillar combined Mangekyō Sharingan, Sage Mode, and Curse Mark Two, then used Fleeting Splendor to cut Pain down.
• Gaara attacked Second Pillar with sand bullets, but Second Pillar blocked them with his wings and accused Gaara of losing his purpose; Naruto also warned Gaara that he would not repeat his past mistake.
• Naruto's Shadow Clone finished gathering Natural Energy inside the Hokage Building, leaving Naruto in Sage Mode beside Second Pillar as they faced Gaara's Sand Giant and Deidara's white bird.

Deidara and Kisame retrieved Deva Path Pain’s corpse while Gaara’s sand attack devastated Konoha, and Jiraiya arrived to confront them. As the Akatsuki members withdrew, Deidara chose to fight alongside Gaara, and his explosives caught Neji in a land mine blast.

• Deidara received a mission to retrieve Deva Path Pain’s corpse and help resurrect Pain, while Gaara turned the battlefield into a sea of sand.
• Kisame emerged with Pain’s corpse, and Deidara collected him as Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode and struck down the Sand Giant.
• Jiraiya offered to pursue Pain’s true body with Naruto, but Second Pillar rejected the plan, and Konan ordered the Akatsuki to withdraw.
• Kisame left with Pain’s corpse, while Gaara deflected Neji’s arrow and saved Deidara from being hit.
• Deidara summoned a clay dragon and attacked with tracking explosives, while Gaara blocked Jiraiya’s assault and declared that he would not stand aside.
• Neji fell into Deidara’s concealed land mine, which exploded as his allies shouted in alarm.

Second Pillar left Konoha to find Nagato after his allies cleared the mines and revealed Nagato’s location. Konan tried to stop him, then used her final strength to activate the Art of the Divine Paper Person as he entered her prepared area.

• Neji survived Deidara’s blast in a scaled form as Gaara, Uchiha Wind, Jiraiya, and Might Guy joined the fight against Deidara and his allies.
• Jiraiya urged Second Pillar to pursue Nagato, and Second Pillar used a Black Receiver to trace Nagato’s location outside Konoha City.
• Naruto sent Shadow Clones across the battlefield to trigger the underground landmines, allowing Second Pillar to fly toward Nagato.
• Konan urged the weakened Nagato to retreat, then sent herself to confront Second Pillar when she sensed his approach.
• Second Pillar struck Konan down with Chidori Stream, but she sent paper butterflies after him and decided to use a technique she had prepared to protect Nagato.
• Konan activated the Art of the Divine Paper Person as Second Pillar entered her prearranged area, and the ground beneath him began to shake.

Second Pillar survived Konan’s vast Exploding Tag trap, restored his injuries, and defeated Nagato in the giant tree. Obito arrived to negotiate, but Second Pillar revealed Obito’s role to Nagato and beheaded him.

• Konan transformed the landscape into a huge Exploding Tag trap, but Second Pillar used Shunka to fly through it toward Nagato’s hiding place.
• After surviving the explosions, Second Pillar used Cloud Arising to restore his injuries and entered Nagato’s Dark Room.
• Second Pillar caught and broke Nagato’s Black Receiver, then pierced him with Chidori Sharp Spear when Nagato began to answer his question.
• Nagato argued that justice was determined by power, while Second Pillar condemned his attack and prepared to kill him.
• Obito arrived and asked Second Pillar to spare Nagato so they could talk, and Second Pillar acknowledged that Obito’s intelligence had helped Konoha win.
• Nagato realized Obito had been the infiltrator, but Second Pillar cut off Nagato’s head before he could reveal more.

Uchiha Sasuke killed Nagato and used the Eye of the Moon Plan to bring Obito Uchiha toward cooperation, then killed Black Zetsu before he could interfere. The chapter ended with Sasuke eliminating a major threat to his plans.

• Uchiha Sasuke killed Nagato, then told Obito Uchiha that Nagato’s death was a prerequisite for negotiating.
• Obito Uchiha admitted that he had planned to use Nagato’s Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Sasuke said he would take over the Eye of the Moon Plan and use Konoha’s power, and Obito Uchiha agreed that they would not be enemies.
• Uchiha Sasuke asked to meet Black Zetsu, then used Shunka to approach and kill him.
• Black Zetsu cried out for his mother as Uchiha Sasuke carved a cross-shaped mark into him, and the nearby White Zetsu collapsed.

After the war, Second Pillar secured Black Zetsu, persuaded Obito to remain his partner, and helped rebuild Konoha through Kakuzu’s economic plan. As he walked through the village with Naruto, Naruto spotted Hinata, who reacted to his greeting by trying to flee.

• Second Pillar sealed Black Zetsu’s electrified remains in a scroll, then convinced Obito that Madara and Black Zetsu were unnecessary to their Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Kakuzu and Tenten negotiated a major loan for Konoha, while Kakuzu’s long-term plan linked the village’s trade and transportation with Sunagakure.
• Konoha’s defenders defeated Gaara and Deidara without casualties; Naruto earned the village’s respect, while Rock Lee was badly injured after attempting to use the Seventh Gate.
• Second Pillar received Lava Release and a memory-reading skill after opening system rewards tied to Nagato and Obito.
• Naruto persuaded Second Pillar to leave his paperwork and walk through Konoha, where Tobi caused a disturbance by trying to help an elderly woman cross the street.
• Naruto called out to Hinata as she hurried past, and she turned around in panic and tried to run away.

Sasuke discovered that Hinata had been branded with the Caged Bird mark and ordered Naruto to protect her, then summoned Hyuga Seyo to confront the Hyuga Clan over its crimes and independence. The chapter ended as Sasuke demanded that Seyo explain why the clan had remained independent of Konoha.

• Naruto chased after Hinata, and Sasuke saw that she bore the Caged Bird mark and had been abused and displaced since he became Hokage.
• Sasuke ordered Naruto to keep Hinata safe at the Hokage Residence and accompany her if she retrieved her belongings.
• Hyuga Seyo visited Sasuke and accepted responsibility for the Hyuga Clan's crimes while pleading for a chance to atone.
• Sasuke threatened to kill the Hyuga Clan, then asked Seyo why the clan had remained independent of Konoha.
• Sasuke warned Seyo to think carefully before answering, and Seyo began to respond.

Sasuke used Mind Probe to verify Hyuga Seyo’s account of the Hyuga Clan’s ties to the daimyo, then decided the Main Family would have to die to make way for reform. He and Ino, with Neji’s help, set a plan in motion and arrived with Seyo at the Hyuga estate, where the Main Family elders waited anxiously.

• Hyuga Seyo explained the Hyuga Clan’s history and its continuing ties to the Land of Fire daimyo, and Sasuke used Mind Probe to confirm his claims and uncover his plans involving Hinata.
• Sasuke gave Ino a code phrase, prompting her to use the Mind Body Switch Technique on Seyo while Neji emerged from the Dark Room to catch Ino’s unconscious body.
• Sasuke told Ino that the Hyuga Main Family would resist surrendering its privileges and declared that its members had to die; he then assigned Ino and Neji roles in the plan to capture them.
• At the Hyuga estate, Hyuga Tie urged the elders to flee, but Hyuga Tanaka insisted the clan had done nothing wrong and should stay.
• Hyuga Tokuma reported that Seyo had returned with the Seventh Hokage, and the elders panicked before Sasuke and Seyo entered the council hall.

Second Pillar gathered the Hyuga Main Family and condemned their treatment of Hinata Hyuga and the Branch Family, arguing that privilege should be earned rather than dictated by birth. After Ino ended her Mind Body Switch, Second Pillar trapped the gathering in darkness, while Neji Hyuga killed Hyuga Tie and other escapees with arrows; the remaining clan members faced Second Pillar’s promised discussion of a secret technique.

• Hyuga Seyo announced that the case against Hyuga Hiashi was closed, then summoned every Hyuga Main Family member to hear Second Pillar speak.
• Second Pillar confronted Hyuga Tanaka and the other elders over Hinata Hyuga’s Caged Bird seal and the Branch Family’s forced subservience, demanding fairness of opportunity.
• Second Pillar revealed that Ino had been using the Mind Body Switch Technique, and Ino returned to the Ninja Academy beside Neji Hyuga.
• Second Pillar transformed and used Secret Technique Sun Eclipse to engulf the courtyard in darkness as Neji Hyuga waited outside with a bow.
• Hyuga Tie tried to escape the dark barrier, but Neji Hyuga shot him dead, then killed several more Main Family members who attempted to flee.
• Hyuga Seyo ordered everyone to stay still and demanded to know Second Pillar’s intentions, while Second Pillar said he had come to discuss a secret Hyuga technique.

Second Pillar used the Sun Eclipse Light Blade Array to destroy the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and then pushed through plans to abolish the Main and Branch Family system and establish a Byakugan Corps. He left Shikamaru concerned that Konoha’s growing influence in trade and infrastructure, combined with the Hyuga Clan’s destruction, would worsen tensions with the daimyos.

• In Sage Mode, Second Pillar unleashed the Sun Eclipse Light Blade Array against the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family, while Neji Hyuga shot down those who tried to escape.
• Neji Hyuga wept after witnessing the massacre, and Ino Yamanaka asked whether it was over.
• At a council meeting, Second Pillar defended reforming the Hyuga Clan and accepted Shikamaru Nara’s proposal to compile study materials on the spirit of Putting People First.
• Second Pillar assigned Uchiha Wind to establish a Byakugan Corps, placed the remaining Hyuga under Neji Hyuga, and made Neji the new clan head.
• Shikamaru Nara warned that the Land of Wind Daimyo opposed Sunagakure’s shift away from agriculture and that Konoha’s road projects and the Hyuga Clan’s destruction could intensify tensions with the daimyos.