Chapter Summaries

Kaze confronted Kakashi and the Anbu squad sent by the Third Hokage to take Shisui's remains and the Root ninjas' bodies from the Konoha Police Force. He refused to surrender them and challenged Kakashi and his men to fight him together, leaving the dispute poised for a showdown.

• Kaze and Kiyoshi arrived at the Police Force headquarters, where Kakashi and twelve Anbu blocked the entrance.
• Kakashi said the Third Hokage had ordered the Anbu to take Shisui's remains and the Root ninjas' bodies.
• Kaze refused, arguing that the Police Force needed the bodies as evidence until its investigation uncovered the truth.
• Kaze offered to hand over the remains if an Anbu ninja defeated him in a challenge.
• Kaze changed his offer and challenged Kakashi and all the Anbu to attack him together.

Kaze challenged Kakashi’s Anbu squad and defeated all eleven ninjas in under half a minute. Kakashi and the Uchiha witnesses were left stunned by Kaze’s overwhelming speed and power.

• Kaze demanded that all the Anbu attack him, and two Anbu ninjas charged before Kakashi could stop them.
• Kaze caught one attacker’s katana with his lightning power, then kicked the other ninja away.
• Kaze used Shave to outpace Kakashi and rapidly incapacitated the clustered Anbu with lightning-charged strikes.
• Kakashi raised an Earth Style wall to protect his remaining subordinates, but Kaze pierced it with a lightning punch and sent the last three Anbu flying.
• All eleven Anbu could no longer fight, leaving Kakashi and the Uchiha clansmen stunned.

Kaze defeated Kakashi’s Anbu squad to stop them from taking Shisui’s body and establish his strength among the Uchiha. After outmaneuvering Kakashi with a Shadow Clone, Kaze left him incapacitated and approached with a katana.

• Kaze explained that defeating the Anbu would thwart their plan, strengthen his standing with the Uchiha, and weaken Hiruzen’s forces.
• Kaze attacked Kakashi with Soru and a lightning-charged hand chop, but the Kakashi he struck vanished as a Shadow Clone.
• Kakashi trapped Kaze underground with the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique and aimed a kunai at his eye.
• Kaze revealed that Kakashi had trapped his Shadow Clone, which seized Kakashi’s ankle and electrocuted him until he collapsed.
• Kaze picked up a katana and advanced toward the convulsing Kakashi.

Kaze stopped Fugaku from handing Shisui’s remains to the Anbu and challenged the village’s handling of the investigation. He took responsibility for pursuing the truth, leaving Fugaku and the others stunned.

• Kaze halted his attack on Kakashi when Fugaku arrived, and explained that the Anbu had tried to take Shisui’s remains.
• Fugaku said he had agreed to transfer the bodies to the Anbu, but Kaze argued that the Police Force had a duty to investigate Shisui’s death.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and other clan members supported Kaze, while Fugaku explained that the Hokage had assigned the investigation to the Police Force but ordered the remains transferred.
• Kaze warned that Shisui’s missing Sharingan could mean someone had stolen a Kekkei Genkai, alarming the Uchiha present.
• When Fugaku invoked the Third Hokage’s decision, Kaze asked why Fugaku did not dare fight Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kaze said he would investigate Shisui’s death alone and told Kiyoshi to take the exhausted Fugaku to rest.

Kaze rallied the Uchiha against Fugaku’s objections and used Genjutsu to incapacitate him, then led a group toward the Root Organization to arrest Danzo. The Uchiha followed Kaze as he declared that no one would save Danzo that day.

• Kaze urged the Uchiha to arrest Danzo, and Uchiha Kiyoshi and several clansmen supported him.
• Fugaku opposed the arrest, citing the village’s stability and the risk of internal conflict.
• Kaze used Genjutsu to incapacitate Fugaku, and Uchiha Kiyoshi caught him before he fell.
• Kaze ordered Ichiyo and Setsuna to take Fugaku to the Police Department’s break room and gathered Kiyoshi and others to go with him.
• Kaze headed toward the Root Organization to arrest Danzo.

Kaze led the Uchiha Police Force to arrest Danzo, overcoming their doubts and blasting open the entrance to Root with lightning. Meanwhile, Fugaku recovered from Kaze’s Genjutsu and set out to alert the Third Hokage, though he claimed his leg was injured.

• Kaze asked Uchiha Kiyoshi where Root was, and Uchiha Setsuna guided the group toward its concealed entrance.
• Villagers recoiled from the approaching Uchiha, while Setsuna warned that crossing Root’s barrier would alert Danzo.
• Kaze insisted the Police Force represented justice and stepped through the barrier, followed by Kiyoshi and Setsuna.
• Kaze used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to blast a hole through Root’s metal gate, beginning the arrest operation.
• Fugaku dispelled Kaze’s Genjutsu, learned Kaze had gone after Danzo, and ordered clan members to help him reach the Third Hokage.

Kaze confronted Danzo at the Root Organization's base and tried to arrest him, hoping to provoke him into revealing his secrets. Danzo attacked Setsuna and ordered the Root ninja to kill Kaze and the Uchiha with him.

• Kaze arrived at the Root Organization's base with six Uchiha companions and accused Danzo of being connected to a murder.
• Kaze tossed handcuffs at Danzo and ordered him to submit to arrest, while privately hoping to expose the secrets behind Danzo's eye and arm.
• Danzo mocked Kaze and the Uchiha Clan, then refused to cooperate when Kaze told Setsuna to cuff him.
• Setsuna approached Danzo with a new pair of handcuffs, but Danzo struck him, broke his ribs, and sent him flying.
• Danzo declared that the Uchiha had attempted to assassinate Konoha's leadership and ordered the Root ninja to kill them all.

Kaze fought Danzo and Root after Setsuna was injured, using the confrontation to expose Danzo’s attack while protecting the Konoha Police Force. Kaze beheaded Danzo, and Danzo’s fallen arm shackles revealed the First Hokage’s face and several Sharingan.

• Kaze treated Setsuna’s injuries and told Kiyoshi to protect the camera recording Danzo’s assault.
• Four Root ninjas stabbed Kaze, but he used Elementalization and lightning to defeat them.
• Danzo ordered eight Root ninjas to hold Kaze back while he removed the restraints suppressing his right arm.
• Kaze dodged the Root ninjas’ Water Dragon Bullet Technique and used Soru to get behind Danzo.
• Kaze severed Danzo’s head with a lightning blade, and Danzo’s fallen shackles exposed the First Hokage’s face and multiple Sharingan.

Kaze used his Elementalization to survive Danzo’s Wind Release attack and countered by ripping out Danzo’s heart. Danzo spent another Sharingan to undo the fatal wound and summoned Baku, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Kaze revealed that he had waited for Danzo to open the seal on his arm so he could take both of Shisui’s eyes intact.
• Danzo used Izanagi to survive Kaze’s decapitation and attacked him from behind with a Wind Release Vacuum Blade.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi noticed that Danzo’s blade had pierced Kaze without drawing blood.
• Kaze Elementalized, turned to face Danzo, and tore out his heart with a lightning blade.
• Danzo used another Sharingan to undo the wound, retreated, and summoned Baku.

Kaze fought Danzo in the Root Organization, countering the Baku and striking Danzo with a Lightning Sword before Danzo used Wood Release: Deep Forest Burial. Danzo believed the technique had crushed Kaze, but Kaze’s voice came from beside him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Danzo summoned the Baku and ordered it to attack Kaze while the Root ninjas kept their distance.
• Kaze used a Great Fireball Technique boosted by the Baku’s inhalation to burn it, then used Mind Net to predict Danzo’s approach and pierce his heart with a Lightning Sword.
• Danzo survived with Izanagi and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Burial, trapping himself and Kaze inside a giant mass of trees.
• Danzo reappeared beside the giant tree after another Sharingan closed and boasted that Izanagi and Wood Release made him invincible.
• Kaze’s voice sounded beside Danzo, challenging his claim of invincibility.

Kaze used speed, clones, and a coin-powered electromagnetic cannon to force Danzo to expend five Sharingan on Izanagi. Danzo activated the True - Four Symbols Sealing believing he had trapped Kaze, but the seal only captured twelve marble floor tiles, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Kaze bisected Danzo with a Lightning Sword, then retreated as Izanagi restored him and Danzo grew suspicious of Kaze's precise attacks.
• Kaze launched a coin with the Super Electromagnetic Cannon Jutsu while a hidden Shadow Clone grabbed Danzo's ankle, but Danzo used Izanagi and destroyed the clone.
• Danzo attacked Kaze with Vacuum Wave Barrage, strengthened by the Baku's suction, and activated the True - Four Symbols Sealing.
• Danzo used Izanagi to escape the seal and believed he had won, but the Kaze caught by the Baku was a Shadow Clone.
• The True - Four Symbols Sealing enclosed and sealed twelve marble floor tiles from the Root Organization base.

Kaze outmaneuvered Danzo, took Shisui’s left eye, and revealed that Genjutsu had fooled Danzo into wasting his Izanagi uses. Danzo was left without an active Izanagi, while Kaze held Shisui’s Sharingan.

• Danzo realized that Kaze had sent a Shadow Clone to fight him and pleaded to cooperate with the Konoha Police Force’s investigation.
• Kaze rejected Danzo’s offer and declared that he would make him atone for Shisui and the other Uchiha who had died.
• Kaze crossed Danzo’s Wind Release attack and gouged out Shisui’s left eye, then stored it in a bottle of Nutrient Solution.
• Danzo tried to use his final arm Sharingan to reverse the loss of his eye, but Izanagi failed to activate.
• Kaze revealed that Genjutsu had made Danzo believe he had died twice during a single Izanagi use, causing Danzo to waste his remaining chances.

Danzo lost control of the Hashirama Cells in his arm as Kaze and the others prevented Root from saving him. Before Danzo was consumed by the Wood Release, Kaze rejected Danzo’s accusations and vowed to forge a new Will of Fire.

• Danzo’s depleted Chakra and injuries left him unable to suppress the Hashirama Cells, which transformed his arm into a towering tree.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and the others blocked Danzo’s Root agents while his Baku tried and failed to pull him free.
• Kaze’s earlier Lightning Release paralyzed Danzo, allowing the Wood Release to consume his body.
• Danzo accused Kaze and the Uchiha Clan of endangering Konoha, and Kaze answered that Root had killed Shisui despite his strong Will of Fire.
• Kaze declared that he would forge a new Will of Fire, and the Hashirama Cells consumed Danzo’s head.

Kaze killed Danzo and turned his body into a tree before Hiruzen and Fugaku arrived with the Anbu. Kaze openly admitted executing Danzo and presented a recording of his crimes, while Hiruzen objected that Danzo should have been brought to him for judgment.

• Kaze confirmed Danzo was dead and considered moving the Danzo Tree aboveground as a signpost.
• Hiruzen, Fugaku, and a large Anbu force arrived at the Root base and found Danzo transformed into a tree.
• Kaze announced that he had executed Danzo, shocking Hiruzen, Fugaku, Itachi, and the assembled ninjas.
• Kaze said Uchiha Kiyoshi had recorded the enforcement, and Kiyoshi described Danzo's stolen Sharingan, transplanted First Hokage cells, and use of Izanagi.
• Hiruzen said Kaze should have handed Danzo over for judgment, though he knew the chance had passed.

After Kaze killed Danzo for stealing Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan, Hiruzen weighed the risk of punishing him amid threats to Konoha and rising Uchiha support. Kaze defended the operation as lawful, and Hiruzen let him leave while reserving judgment until he watched the enforcement video.

• Hiruzen considered Danzo’s crime, Kaze’s strength, and the danger of provoking the Uchiha Clan or weakening Konoha.
• Fugaku asked Hiruzen to deal leniently with Kaze and offered to take responsibility for the operation.
• Kaze rejected the idea of punishment and argued that he and the Police Department officers had upheld Konoha’s laws.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and other clansmen increasingly supported Kaze, while Fugaku could not answer his defense.
• Hiruzen said he would review the enforcement video before deciding, and Kaze promised to send him a backup while keeping the original.
• Hiruzen allowed Kaze and the officers to leave, deciding Konoha could not afford an internal conflict.

Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Itachi about Kaze and raised fears that he might lead the Uchiha Clan toward rebellion. Itachi awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and agreed to monitor Kaze and safeguard Shisui's eyes.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Kaze and the others to organize the law enforcement footage, then absorbed Danzo's Root ninja into Konoha's forces.
• Hiruzen summoned Itachi and asked what he thought of Kaze, and Itachi described him as powerful and guided by the supremacy of power.
• Hiruzen warned Itachi that Kaze might inherit Madara Uchiha's will and threaten Konoha, especially with Shisui gone.
• Itachi vowed to prevent the Uchiha Clan from going astray, and his grief over Shisui's death awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hiruzen asked Itachi to monitor Kaze and safeguard Shisui's Sharingan, and Itachi agreed.

Itachi considered the danger of leaving Shisui’s Mangekyō in Kaze’s hands, while Hiruzen sought to suppress the revelations about Danzo and rebuild Root under Homura. Itachi went to Naka Shrine to investigate Shisui’s death, where Fugaku confronted him and asked what Hiruzen had said.

• Itachi reasoned that Kaze might discover Kotoamatsukami if he obtained Shisui’s Mangekyō and decided the eyes should not remain in Kaze’s hands.
• Homura and Koharu questioned Hiruzen about Danzo’s death, and Hiruzen insisted that the news and evidence of Danzo’s experiments be suppressed.
• Hiruzen asked Homura to take over Root and strengthen surveillance of the Uchiha, especially Kaze, and Homura agreed.
• Itachi went to Naka Shrine to search for clues about Shisui’s death and found that Earth Release had erased the traces of battle.
• Fugaku confronted Itachi near the shrine and asked what Hiruzen had told him.

Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Itachi and urged him to claim Shisui’s eyes, hoping to secure his son’s future. After returning to the Uchiha Compound, Kaze was approached by Sasuke, who asked him to teach him Lightning Release Ninjutsu, prompting Kaze to think of Naruto Uzumaki.

• Fugaku told Itachi that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and warned him about its cost and the need for an Eternal Mangekyō.
• Fugaku planned to support Itachi in claiming Shisui’s eyes at a clan meeting and privately considered him a future Hokage.
• Kaze took the enforcement-operation recording from Uchiha Kiyoshi and sent the injured Police Department members to Leaf Village Hospital.
• Kaze returned to the Uchiha Compound alone, humming despite Shisui’s death.
• Sasuke found Kaze and earnestly asked him to teach him Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
• Kaze thought of Naruto Uzumaki and considered how easily he could fool him.

Kaze brought Sasuke to a small grove, where they found Naruto being beaten by several children for claiming he would become Hokage. Kaze sent Sasuke to help, and Sasuke defeated the bullies before checking on Naruto.

• Kaze decided he might take Naruto as a disciple and told Sasuke that becoming his disciple required physical training.
• Kaze ran through Konoha at a pace Sasuke could follow while searching for Naruto, and Sasuke kept up despite becoming exhausted.
• Kaze spotted Naruto in a grove arguing with several children, including Isshin Sakamoto, who mocked his dream of becoming Hokage.
• The children knocked Naruto down and beat him when he refused to take back his ambition.
• Kaze told Sasuke to teach the bullies a lesson, and Sasuke knocked them all down before asking Naruto if he was okay.

Sasuke defended Naruto from a group of children, then the two boys argued over their dreams and abilities. After Kaze demonstrated Lightning Release, Naruto became eager to learn powerful ninjutsu.

• Sasuke knocked down the children bullying Naruto, and they fled after recognizing the Uchiha Crest.
• Naruto and Sasuke argued about who would become Hokage and how quickly they could graduate from the Ninja Academy.
• Sasuke bragged that his master Kaze could split the sea with Lightning Release and asked Kaze to show Naruto.
• Kaze struck a nearby tree with Lightning Release, leaving Naruto amazed and imagining how the technique could help him face his bullies.