Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Toko welcomed Kakashi Hatake to his home and discussed the difference between bows and shuriken, encouraging Kakashi to try archery. After Kakashi’s first arrow veered off course, Toko shot an arrow that redirected it into the bullseye, leaving Kakashi astonished.

• Uchiha Toko settled into a calm routine after expanding Military Police Force recruitment and setting up an archery range at his new residence.
• Kakashi Hatake told Uchiha Toko that the operation to capture Orochimaru would depart the day after tomorrow, and Toko apologized for what had happened to White Fang.
• Uchiha Toko demonstrated his shuriken technique and explained why he preferred bows and arrows, prompting Kakashi to try archery.
• Kakashi released his first arrow, and Uchiha Toko struck it in midair so both arrows hit the bullseye.

Uchiha Toko chose Uchiha Inaho and Uchiha Saito to join the dangerous mission to pursue Orochimaru, then welcomed newly recruited Commoner Ninja into the Military Police Force. He won the recruits’ enthusiasm with generous pay, allowances, and immediate access to ninjutsu, ending with everyone saluting in loyalty to Konoha.

• Uchiha Toko selected Uchiha Inaho and Uchiha Saito for the mission to pursue Orochimaru and sent a Ninja Hawk away after inscribing a jutsu formula on it.
• Uchiha Fugaku assigned duties to 254 newly recruited Commoner Ninja and held an induction ceremony attended by Uchiha Toko.
• Uchiha Toko encouraged the Uchiha ninja and Commoner Ninja to sit together, and Uchiha Shisui, Inaho, and Saito helped bring the two groups together.
• Uchiha Toko announced monthly salaries of eighty thousand ryo for the recruits, a twenty-percent raise for existing members, and a six-thousand-ryo transportation allowance.
• Uchiha Toko promised the recruits immediate access to ninjutsu, and Uchiha Inaho led everyone in a loyalty salute to Toko and Konoha.

Uchiha Toko prepared to leave on a mission while arranging money for the journey and speaking with Uchiha Shisui about the clan and village. The next morning, Toko and his companions met Kakashi and the other mission participants at the village gate.

• Uchiha Toko told Uchiha Fugaku he would bring back more money and asked him to provide ten million ryo in cash for the mission.
• Uchiha Shisui met Toko outside the Military Police Force and admitted that Kotoamatsukami was too dangerous for him to use.
• Toko learned that the Hokage had sent Shisui to watch for unstable elements within the clan, and the two parted after discussing the mission and the clan's relationship with the village.
• Toko reviewed a scroll of nobles' and merchants' addresses tied to the Shimura Clan, marked locations along the mission route, and checked his ninja tools.
• The next morning, Toko, Uchiha Inaho, and Uchiha Saito joined the assembled mission group at the village gate, where Kakashi waited while reading Icha Icha Paradise.

Uchiha Toko joined Kakashi’s team for a mission to investigate Orochimaru near the border with the Land of Rice Fields. After clashing with Utatane Kui, Toko won over most of the team through his warmth and generosity, leaving the group relaxing together in Tanzaku Town.

• Uchiha Toko ignored Utatane Kui’s complaint about his arrival and greeted Nagai Seiichi and Kuroki Ryuta warmly.
• Kakashi intervened in the confrontation, then led the team out of the village toward Orochimaru’s reported location.
• Uchiha Toko fed Inuzuka Fu’s Ninja Dog, Sumimaru, and grew closer to Fu, Gekko Hayate, Uzuki Yugao, and the Hyuga ninja.
• Uchiha Toko paid for the team’s suites at Tanzaku Town’s finest hot spring inn and invited everyone to an expensive restaurant, leaving Utatane Kui and Mitokado Hayate behind.
• Uchiha Toko toasted the group and joked with Kakashi, easing the team into a lively evening together.

Uchiha Toko left his teammates and confronted Yamamoto Taro in his mansion, revealing that the lord had funded Shimura Danzō’s organization. He intimidated Yamamoto into submission and asked how much profit the town made each month.

• Uchiha Toko gave Gekko Hayate money to spend the evening with Uzuki Yugao while the others headed to the Kabuki District.
• Uchiha Toko secretly went to Yamamoto Taro’s mansion and incapacitated the women accompanying him.
• Uchiha Toko warned Yamamoto not to move because an Exploding Tag was planted behind him, then revealed that the mansion’s guards had been dealt with.
• Uchiha Toko confronted Yamamoto about giving Shimura Danzō 1.8 billion ryō over four years and asked whether the Feudal Lord would believe his explanation.
• Yamamoto begged Uchiha Toko to spare him, and Uchiha Toko asked how much profit he made each month from Tanzaku Town.

Uchiha Toko forced Yamamoto Taro to surrender seventy percent of his wealth and sign evidence against the Shimura, Mitokado, and Utatane Clans. Back at the inn, Kakashi asked Toko for Kyudo advice and agreed to leave Anbu after the mission so he could look after Naruto; the next day, Kakashi and the others stood against Utatane Kui and Mitokado Hayate when they objected to the group's dinners.

• Uchiha Toko threatened Yamamoto Taro into agreeing to give the Uchiha Clan seventy percent of his income and sign evidence implicating the Shimura, Mitokado, and Utatane Clans.
• Yamamoto Taro guided Uchiha Toko to the Lord's Mansion warehouse, where Toko took seventy percent of its two billion in cash.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Toko that he had recognized the Shadow Clone and asked for advice on beginning Kyudo; Toko urged him to take care of Naruto, and Kakashi said he would apply to leave Anbu after the mission.
• The group set out from the city the next morning, while Utatane Kui and Mitokado Hayate remained isolated from the others.
• Utatane Kui criticized the group for treating the mission like a picnic, and Mitokado Hayate threatened to report them.
• Kakashi asserted that he was in charge of the mission and told Utatane Kui and Mitokado Hayate they could return home, while Inuzuka Fu also challenged their complaints.

Uchiha Toko hosted a feast for the mission team, praising the Third Hokage and the Will of Fire while building support for his leadership. He offered Nagai Seiichi’s son a possible place in the Military Police Force and learned that the Inuzuka Clan’s elders opposed their youngsters joining it.

• Uchiha Toko’s supporters challenged Utatane Kui and Mitokado Hayate’s treatment of the mission team, then the group entered town and the two headed to a cheap inn.
• Uchiha Toko hosted a feast, and Nagai Seiichi argued that the mission could rely on Orochimaru, Uchiha Toko, and Captain Kakashi rather than the absent jonin.
• Uchiha Toko led the gathered ninjas in toasting the Third Hokage and the Will of Fire.
• Nagai Seiichi worried that his son might not get a suitable team leader after graduating, and Uchiha Toko offered to ask Captain Fugaku to consider him for the Military Police Force.
• Inuzuka Fu said the Inuzuka elders had stopped their youngsters from applying to the Military Police Force, but their clan leader had considered selling it a batch of trained Police Dogs.

Uchiha Toko’s pursuit team tracked Orochimaru to the Land of Rice Fields, where Orochimaru decided to test Toko’s Mangekyō Sharingan. The team was ambushed by giant snakes, leaving Mitokado Hayate swallowed and Utatane Kui gravely injured as an enormous snake approached.

• Inuzuka Fū offered Uchiha Toko information and the Inuzuka Clan’s goodwill, and Toko welcomed the prospect of help from their Ninja Dogs.
• Kakashi led the group to the Land of Rice Fields border and assigned Inuzuka Fū and Sumimaru to follow the scent while the others watched for threats.
• Orochimaru learned that Uchiha Toko was among the pursuers and chose to test the Mangekyō Sharingan rather than flee immediately.
• Hyuga Keito detected underground Chakra signatures and a huge approaching snake, and several giant snakes burst from the ground to attack the team.
• Uchiha Toko used Lightning Release Chakra Mode to rescue the endangered Special Jonin, but Mitokado Hayate was swallowed and Utatane Kui lost his right arm.
• A gigantic snake appeared amid the collapsing trees as the survivors faced the next threat.

Uchiha Toko confronted Orochimaru and Manda, unleashing his Azure Dragon technique before engaging Orochimaru in a sword fight. The chapter ended with Toko charging again as Orochimaru challenged him to reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Toko ordered Inaho and Saito to evacuate the others while Kakashi protected them, then unleashed Lightning Style: Azure Dragon.
• Toko's lightning dragon forced Orochimaru to dismiss Manda and summon Triple Rashomon, whose gates blunted the attack but caused a massive explosion that knocked Utatane Kui unconscious.
• Toko pursued Orochimaru with Swift Lightning, and the two exchanged several sword strikes while Kakashi's group watched from a distance.
• Orochimaru asked to see Toko's Mangekyō Sharingan, and Toko charged at him again amid a burst of azure lightning.

Uchiha Toko defeated Orochimaru’s manifested body with Kotoamatsukami, but Orochimaru escaped by reviving at a nearby base. When Toko’s team searched the abandoned laboratory, Gekko Hayate found records linking Danzo’s Root and several clans to Orochimaru’s human experiments, and Toko stopped him from speaking.

• Uchiha Toko unleashed a massive lightning attack that destroyed Orochimaru’s giant snake body, but Orochimaru emerged unharmed and attacked him.
• A hawk’s Mangekyō Sharingan allowed Uchiha Toko to use Kotoamatsukami on Orochimaru, after which Toko beheaded him.
• Orochimaru’s body turned to ash, and Toko realized Orochimaru had escaped; he ordered Sumimaru to search for a nearby base.
• Orochimaru revived inside a cultivation tank at a base twenty miles away, then altered the laboratory and fled before Toko’s group arrived.
• Toko’s team found evidence of human experiments, and Gekko Hayate discovered documents saying Danzo’s Root had delivered kidnapped children with bloodline limits to Orochimaru.
• Gekko Hayate connected the records to a missing young clansman, but Uchiha Toko signaled him to stay silent.

Kakashi and Uchiha Toko discovered evidence of Orochimaru and Danzo’s crimes, then agreed to conceal it from the rest of their team and report it to the Third Hokage. Uchiha Toko revealed that he planned to use the evidence to undermine three powerful families, while Kakashi continued seeking the truth about his father.

• Kakashi and Uchiha Toko told the team to pretend they had not found evidence implicating Orochimaru and Danzo in hunting Uchiha for their Sharingan.
• Uchiha Toko instructed Kakashi to write a mission report that concealed what the team had discovered, and the others agreed to keep silent.
• Kakashi asked Uchiha Toko about his plans, and Uchiha Toko said they would use the evidence to destroy the Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado families and replace them.
• Uchiha Toko gathered the evidence, and Uchiha Inaho and Uchiha Saito burned Orochimaru’s base before the team set out for home.
• The team celebrated their mission in town, and Kakashi promised to speak to the Hokage so everyone’s merits would be recognized.

Uchiha Toko secured Orochimaru’s help with his plans to grow stronger, then returned to the village and presented Sarutobi Hiruzen with evidence of crimes committed by members of three clans. The Hokage considered how to respond as a commotion erupted outside his office.

• Orochimaru brought Uchiha Toko the Ryūchi Cave summoning contract, and Toko signed it and asked to visit the cave in a few days.
• Uchiha Toko ordered Orochimaru to cultivate Hashirama Cells and monitor the Akatsuki.
• The group hurried back to the village and reported their mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Uchiha Toko and Kakashi privately gave Sarutobi Hiruzen documents showing crimes by members of three clans.
• Uchiha Toko urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to order the Military Police Force and Anbu to arrest all ninety-three implicated clan members.
• A commotion broke out outside the Hokage Office as Sarutobi Hiruzen considered the evidence.

Uchiha Toko faced the Two Advisors’ accusations over two dead teammates, while Kakashi resigned from Anbu and gained permission to care for Naruto. Later, Uchiha Fugaku visited Toko to ask about the mission, which Toko said had gone fairly smoothly despite failing to capture Orochimaru.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura accused Uchiha Toko of causing Shu and Hayabusa’s deaths, but Kakashi defended the mission report and denied any personal grudge.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Two Advisors to leave after Uchiha Toko pointed out how quickly they had learned of the team’s return.
• Kakashi asked to resign from Anbu and look after Naruto, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to entrust Naruto to him and assign him to the Jonin Squad.
• Uchiha Toko returned home, bathed, and maintained Swift Lightning before welcoming Uchiha Fugaku for tea.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked about the mission, and Uchiha Toko said it had gone fairly smoothly, though the team had failed to capture Orochimaru.

Uchiha Toko returned with mission spoils worth 1.5 billion ryo and discussed rising complaints against the Military Police Force’s newly recruited Commoner Ninjas with Uchiha Fugaku. He agreed to teach Sasuke Lightning Style, then went to his redecorated office the next day to address the complaints.

• Uchiha Toko showed Uchiha Fugaku mission scrolls containing a total of 1.5 billion ryo and asked him to send two jonin to Tanzaku Town for a long-term protection mission.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Toko that complaints against newly recruited Commoner Ninjas had increased, and Uchiha Toko said he would handle the problem.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Toko to teach Sasuke because Sasuke excelled at Lightning Style but lacked a suitable teacher in the family.
• Uchiha Toko agreed to have Sasuke come to him after school, and Uchiha Fugaku thanked him as a father.
• Uchiha Toko finished maintaining his sword, rested, and inspected his redecorated Military Police Force office the next day.

Uchiha Toko gave red envelopes to Military Police Force members who had been burdened by malicious complaints, boosting the morale of the Commoner Ninja. After distributing them, he welcomed Shisui and offered him an envelope.

• Uchiha Toko reviewed complaints and summoned the most frequently reported officers and their captains to his renovated office.
• Uchiha Toko reassured Tamura Rannosuke and the others that complaints would not affect their performance evaluations.
• Uchiha Toko praised the officers and distributed red envelopes to everyone in the Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Toko reflected that the payments could steady the force temporarily, but they still needed a chance to vent their frustration.
• Shisui arrived at Uchiha Toko's office, and Uchiha Toko offered him a red envelope.

Uchiha Toko gave Shisui a red envelope while considering how the evidence against the village might test his loyalty. Fugaku arranged for Sasuke to study under Toko, while Kakashi found Naruto and hinted that he had a connection to Naruto’s father, leaving the truth unspoken.

• Toko gave Shisui a red envelope and privately wondered whether he would side with the Will of Fire or the village after seeing Orochimaru’s evidence.
• Kakashi finished preparing a room at the Hatake Clan's Old Residence and went to collect Naruto from the Academy.
• Fugaku told Sasuke that Itachi was away on a mission and arranged for Toko to teach him Lightning Style.
• Toko welcomed Fugaku and Sasuke at his home, where Sasuke greeted him as his new Teacher.
• Kakashi took Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen and said Naruto’s father had a connection to him, then silently stopped Ichiraku from revealing his suspicions.

Kakashi kept Naruto’s parentage secret while taking him in, and Uchiha Toko began teaching Sasuke with moral classics instead of ninjutsu. The chapter ended with Uchiha Toko agreeing to show Sasuke ninjutsu.

• Naruto asked Kakashi and Ichiraku about his father, and Kakashi promised to reveal his identity when Naruto was stronger.
• Kakashi took Naruto home, saw his poor living conditions and expired milk, and brought him out to buy new things while taking the red scarf from his wardrobe.
• Uchiha Toko gave Sasuke a booklet of adapted Confucian classics to memorize and explained the passages after Sasuke learned them.
• Sasuke asked Uchiha Toko whether he would teach him ninjutsu, and Uchiha Toko told him to come along.

Uchiha Toko trained Sasuke in precise Lightning Ball control, then sent a calling card to the Inuzuka Clan through the Military Police Force. The Inuzuka leaders decided to support Uchiha Douhuan’s growing influence by contributing Ninja Dogs and clan members to the force.

• Uchiha Toko showed Sasuke how to condense and control a small Lightning Ball, then told him to practice the technique.
• Uchiha Toko asked Uchiha Keiko to send a calling card to the Inuzuka Clan under the Military Police Force’s name and another to the Aburame Clan under his own name.
• Inuzuka Gaku convened a clan meeting to discuss the card, and Inuzuka Fu described his experience working with Uchiha Douhuan at Orochimaru’s base.
• Inuzuka Gaku proposed sending twenty adult Ninja Dogs to the Military Police Force, while Inuzuka Kotsu urged the clan to also send handlers and seek positions in the force.
• Inuzuka Kotsu and Inuzuka Fu supported aligning the Inuzuka Clan with Uchiha Douhuan, viewing the offer as an opportunity for the clan to gain influence.

Uchiha Toko visited the Inuzuka Clan to recruit Ninja Dogs and skilled clan members for the Military Police Force. The Inuzuka Clan agreed to support the force, and Uchiha Toko promised a further show of appreciation when they delivered the dogs the next day.

• Uchiha Toko arrived at the Inuzuka Clan Territory, where Inuzuka Gaku and the clan's senior members welcomed him.
• Uchiha Toko asked the Inuzuka Clan to provide trained Ninja Dogs for the Military Police Force and offered each dog a monthly food allowance of thirty thousand ryo.
• Uchiha Toko invited the clan to send Dog Trainers, Veterinarians, and Ninja Dog Handlers to work for the force, offering salaries based on their roles and ranks.
• Inuzuka Fu asked about jonin pay, and Uchiha Toko offered a four-hundred-thousand-ryo base salary with potential monthly earnings of six hundred thousand ryo.
• Inuzuka Gaku agreed that the clan would deliver Ninja Dogs that afternoon and send its workers to report the next day, while Uchiha Toko promised to show the clan his appreciation.

Inuzuka Fu and his clan joined the Military Police Force in a public ceremony, while the Aburame Clan feared Uchiha Toko might target them over Aburame Ryoma’s death. At home, Toko finished Sasuke’s first lessons and told him to reflect on what he had learned until he felt its principles could no longer explain the world.

• Uchiha Toko and Uchiha Fugaku welcomed Inuzuka Fu, seven clan members, and twenty Ninja Dogs to the Military Police Force with a formal ceremony and new uniforms and identification tags.
• The Aburame Clan’s leaders grew anxious after learning of the ceremony, fearing Toko would act against them because Ryoma’s death suggested he had tried to assassinate Toko.
• Uchiha Toko returned home and continued teaching Sasuke, completing the selected passages from the Three Character Classic, Thousand Character Classic, and Analects.
• Toko told Sasuke to stop coming for lessons temporarily and to return when he found that the principles he had learned could not fully explain the world.