Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Toko and Kakashi forced Gato into a business partnership, offering the Uchiha and Hatake clans’ ninja techniques in exchange for most of his profits. After Kakashi demonstrated the Hell Viewing Technique, Gato agreed to cooperate and provide this year’s dividends.

• Uchiha Toko stopped Kakashi from simply taking Gato’s gold and explained that they had come to change Kakashi’s perspective.
• Uchiha Toko had Kakashi turn on the lights, then revealed that they represented the Uchiha and Hatake clans and wanted Gato to invest in Konoha.
• Uchiha Toko proposed that Gato’s business share profits with the clans in exchange for their ninja technology, assigning Gato thirty percent and the clans seventy percent.
• When Gato questioned the arrangement, Uchiha Toko told Kakashi to demonstrate the Hell Viewing Technique on him.
• After Kakashi’s genjutsu terrified him, Gato agreed to cooperate, and Uchiha Toko demanded this year’s dividends while promising the clans’ protection.

Uchiha Toko brought Kakashi to rob Gato’s treasury, then revealed that he wanted to change the world by breaking the system that made ninja tools of political powers. Kakashi chose to join him, and they left as partners in that goal.

• Uchiha Toko and Kakashi took seventy percent of Gato’s treasury, worth about six billion ryo, and Toko gave Kakashi a share to distribute among his allies and subordinates.
• After Toko placed a Cursed Seal Jutsu on Gato, Kakashi realized the robbery made them enemies of the Ninja World and asked what Toko was trying to accomplish.
• Uchiha Toko explained that war was a continuation of politics and that he wanted to free ninja from being tools of nobles and Feudal Lords.
• Uchiha Toko said he would bear any sin necessary to change the sick world, and Kakashi agreed to walk alongside him.

After his detention ended, Jiraiya learned that Hiruzen wanted him to oppose Uchiha Toko’s growing influence and become the next Hokage. The Great Toad Sage revealed that the prophecy’s future had fallen into chaos, and Jiraiya chose to accept a temporary role in Konoha’s leadership while the cause of the change remained uncertain.

• Jiraiya met with Hiruzen, who warned him that Toko’s Mangekyo Sharingan, ambitions, and growing support made him a threat to Konoha, then asked Jiraiya to become Hokage and check Toko’s rise.
• Jiraiya visited Mount Myoboku, where the Great Toad Sage said the prophetic future had become chaotic and could no longer be seen clearly.
• The Great Toad Sage refused to judge whether Toko should become Hokage, and Jiraiya decided to stop him and restore the original course of the future.
• Sage Shima suspected the Great Toad Sage had concealed information from Jiraiya, and the Great Toad Sage admitted that a similar disruption of the future had once preceded the arrival of visitors from beyond the heavens.
• Jiraiya returned to Hiruzen and agreed to serve as Hokage Advisor temporarily, with the understanding that he would step down when a suitable Sixth Hokage was found.
• Hiruzen summoned Nara Shikaku and told him that Jiraiya would take over as Hokage Advisor.

Shikaku considered Sarutobi Hiruzen’s request to help Jiraiya become the Fifth Hokage and began looking for a way to protect Ino-Shika-Cho’s future. Meanwhile, Uchiha Toko and Kakashi discussed Jiraiya’s candidacy, and Obito learned that Toko was close to Kakashi.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Shikaku to help Jiraiya become the Fifth Hokage, and Shikaku requested time to consult Inoichi and Choza.
• Shikaku learned from Shikamaru that Sasuke, Naruto, and Choji had become part of his son’s circle, and he decided to invite them over.
• Shikaku concluded that Ino-Shika-Cho might lose its standing by backing Jiraiya, but Shikamaru’s friendships gave him hope for their future.
• Uchiha Toko told Kakashi to wait before using Jiraiya’s past conduct against him, noting that the Jonin Squad would vote on the Hokage candidate.
• Kakashi visited Obito’s grave and said he had found his path, while the masked Obito listened and dismissed his hopes for a new world.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that two Mangekyo wielders had appeared in the Uchiha Clan and that one was close to Kakashi.

Obito learned that Uchiha Toko had united the Uchiha Clan and decided the threat had to be eliminated, while Jiraiya struggled to gain support as Hokage Advisor. Jiraiya visited Kakashi and Naruto, and after dinner he began a private conversation with Kakashi.

• Obito learned from Black Zetsu that Uchiha Toko's unusual Lightning Style disrupted White Zetsu's intelligence gathering, and he ordered that the destabilizing Uchiha be removed.
• Jiraiya found that most Anbu and Jonin Squad ninja did not eagerly follow his orders, and Shiranui Genma and other former subordinates of Minato applied to transfer to the Military Police Force instead of joining him.
• Kakashi picked Naruto up from the Ninja Academy and discovered that Naruto had been eating ramen every evening rather than the dinners prepared for him.
• Jiraiya arrived at Kakashi's home with gifts for Kakashi and Naruto, then joined them for dinner.
• After Kakashi put Naruto to bed, he refilled Jiraiya's cup and asked why Jiraiya had come to see him.

Jiraiya asked Kakashi to help prevent Toko from becoming Hokage, citing a prophecy from Mount Myoboku, but Kakashi refused to support him. Jiraiya then assigned Kakashi a mission against Kirigakure rogue shinobi at the border, and Toko advised Kakashi to use it to build a public record and improve his strength.

• Kakashi told Jiraiya that he was unsuited to political affairs, and Jiraiya asked him to help stop Toko from becoming Hokage.
• Jiraiya said Mount Myoboku had warned that Toko's becoming Hokage could bring disaster, while Kakashi questioned what Jiraiya would do as Hokage.
• Kakashi refused Jiraiya's appeal, and Jiraiya assigned him to lead a team against the growing number of Kirigakure rogue shinobi at the border.
• Kakashi visited Toko at his training ground and told him about the mission and his concern for leaving Toko alone in the village.
• Toko said the assignment could benefit Kakashi's reputation and suggested he focus on completing it and strengthening himself.

Uchiha Toko taught Kakashi the Railgun and lent him Swift Lightning before Kakashi prepared to leave on a long-term mission. Kakashi placed Naruto in Mikoto and Fugaku’s care, then clashed with Jiraiya over the decision, leaving Jiraiya to report back to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Uchiha Toko demonstrated his precise Chakra control and taught Kakashi the Railgun, trading the technique for Kakashi’s Chidori scroll.
• Uchiha Toko lent Kakashi Swift Lightning for his mission to the Land of Fire’s southeastern border.
• Kakashi took Naruto to the Uchiha Clan Territory and asked Mikoto to care for him while he was away; Sasuke welcomed Naruto into the house.
• Jiraiya confronted Kakashi about leaving Naruto, a Jinchuriki, with the Uchiha, but Kakashi defended his choice and sent Jiraiya to speak with Fugaku and Mikoto.
• Jiraiya reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen that Kakashi trusted the Uchiha more than the village, then asked whether a new Anbu Captain had been chosen.

Jiraiya persuaded Uchiha Itachi to become Anbu Captain by warning him that Uchiha Toko might be changing the future, and Itachi accepted. Uchiha Toko later submitted the report on the Three Clans’ case to Sarutobi Hiruzen, along with two million ryo in remaining confiscated funds, prompting Hiruzen to question the amount.

• Jiraiya proposed Uchiha Itachi as Anbu Captain to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who agreed that Itachi was worth considering but urged Jiraiya to speak with him first.
• Kakashi and Shiranui Genma departed for the border, and Uchiha Toko saw them off at the village gate.
• Uchiha Itachi reported that Land of Lightning spies had been eliminated, and Jiraiya asked him to accept the Anbu Captain position.
• Jiraiya told Uchiha Itachi about the Child of Prophecy and his suspicion that Uchiha Toko had altered the future, persuading Itachi to help by becoming Anbu Captain.
• Uchiha Itachi took the post, and Nagai Seiichi informed Uchiha Toko of his appointment.
• Uchiha Toko delivered the Three Clans investigation report and two million ryo in remaining funds to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who questioned how little money remained.

Uchiha Toko strengthened his influence while Sarutobi Hiruzen moved to nominate Jiraiya as the Fifth Hokage. As rumors turned villagers against the Military Police Force, Toko sent a confidential letter and prepared for what came next.

• Uchiha Toko presented the compensation ledger to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who signed the report, while Toko said the Two Former Advisors were still under investigation for their role in the previous coup attempt.
• Uchiha Toko congratulated Uchiha Itachi on becoming Anbu Captain and pressed him to join his side, but Itachi rejected him and left; Toko told Uchiha Tieyou to let him go.
• News of Itachi's rift with the clan spread, weakening his authority in the Anbu as Uchiha Toko's feasts helped the One Heart Society gain support among Anbu and Jonin Squad ninja.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent a nomination letter for Jiraiya to become Fifth Hokage, and rumors that Jiraiya would curb the Military Police Force emboldened villagers to resume filing complaints.
• Uchiha Toko sent a confidential letter east by Ninja Hawk, then checked the calendar marking Konoha Year 56, December 10.

Uchiha Toko and Kakashi planned to arrest Jiraiya and seize control of Konoha, while Uchiha Itachi struggled with his isolation in the Anbu. The chapter ended when a masked man claiming to be Madara Uchiha approached Itachi and revealed a Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Uchiha Toko met Kakashi and the others under Sage Mode's concealment and showed them evidence linking Jiraiya to the Rinnegan-wielding leader of Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Toko proposed using the Hokage's approval to have the Military Police Force arrest Jiraiya, while Kakashi brought border forces back to stabilize the village.
• Uchiha Toko set the operation for December 12 and sent Uchiha Keiko to deliver invitations to a gathering at his home.
• Uchiha Itachi left work exhausted and hoped Jiraiya's appointment as Fifth Hokage would restrain Uchiha Toko's ambitions.
• A masked man approached Uchiha Itachi, phased through his shuriken, and introduced himself as Madara Uchiha while revealing a Mangekyō Sharingan.

After Uchiha Itachi reported meeting a masked Mangekyō Sharingan user claiming to be Madara, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya recognized him as the man behind the Nine-Tails Incident. Jiraiya arranged with Uchiha Toko and Kakashi to take Naruto to Mount Myoboku for safety, leaving Naruto in the Uchiha Clan’s care until school ended.

• Obito Uchiha appeared to Uchiha Itachi, claimed to be Madara, and offered his help before vanishing with Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Itachi reported the encounter to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who recognized the masked man from the Nine-Tails Incident and ordered Itachi to keep the matter confidential.
• Jiraiya learned of the encounter and went to Uchiha Toko, where he asked to take Naruto somewhere safe because the masked man could control the Nine-Tails.
• Toko objected to Jiraiya’s request until Jiraiya explained his plan to hide Naruto at Mount Myoboku and sought Kakashi’s approval.
• Kakashi agreed by letter that Jiraiya should protect Naruto, and Toko told Jiraiya to pick him up after school.

Uchiha Toko gathered his allies and persuaded them to launch a revolution, accusing Jiraiya of aiding the enemy and conspiring to arrest him. The faction agreed to act on December 12, with Toko planning to secure the Third Hokage’s signature and lead Jiraiya’s arrest.

• Uchiha Toko told Jiraiya he would search the clan records for clues about the Masked Man’s Mangekyō Sharingan, then studied a village map after Jiraiya left.
• At a banquet, Nagai Seiichi praised Uchiha Toko as a candidate for Fifth Hokage, while Uchiha Tieyou noted that the Third intended to appoint Jiraiya.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived, and Uchiha Toko distributed a report accusing Jiraiya of aiding the enemy and proposed arresting him.
• Uchiha Toko urged the gathered leaders to overthrow the existing order, calling the planned coup a revolution and promising a thorough cleansing of the village’s leadership.
• Inuzuka Gaku, Aburame Shibi, and the other attendees agreed to join the operation, which Uchiha Toko scheduled for December 12.
• Nagai Seiichi and Yoshimura Ryoto outlined the Anbu and Jonin Squad forces they could mobilize, while Uchiha Toko promised ten Three Tomoe Uchiha jonin to support the operation against the Three Clans.

Uchiha Toko launched a coordinated operation to impose martial law and arrest Jiraiya for allegedly aiding Orochimaru and concealing a Rinnegan awakener. The chapter ended with Toko’s Shadow Clone confronting Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Hokage Office as the Military Police Force took position behind him.

• Uchiha Toko’s allies finalized their plan, assigning Shisui to deal with Itachi and Kakashi’s returning unit to maintain order.
• The Military Police Force and other One Heart Society members received money and personalized ninjutsu before the operation began.
• Kakashi arrived to oversee the village’s defenses while Uchiha Toko coordinated the operation and communications.
• At six, the Military Police Force imposed martial law across most of the village, and Uchiha Toko confronted Jiraiya with evidence about Nagato and the Rinnegan.
• Jiraiya used a Shadow Clone to evade arrest and prepared to fight Uchiha Toko, who revealed Sage Mode and his lightning-pattern Sharingan.
• Uchiha Toko’s Shadow Clone presented Sarutobi Hiruzen with Jiraiya’s arrest warrant, and the Military Police Force took position behind Hiruzen.

Uchiha Toko forced the village into lockdown, captured Jiraiya, and confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over a document that he demanded the Hokage sign. Uchiha Itachi and Nara Shikaku learned the coup was underway and began gathering forces, while the chapter ended with Yoshimura Ryoto answering Itachi’s radio call.

• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan in the Hokage Office, and Uchiha Toko demanded that Sarutobi Hiruzen sign a document.
• Uchiha Toko confronted Jiraiya, overwhelmed him with accusations about his prophecy, sealed his Chakra, and had Uchiha Inaho and Uchiha Saito escort him away.
• Uchiha Toko returned to the Hokage Office and pressed Sarutobi Hiruzen to sign, while the Hokage questioned whether Toko believed victory was already assured.
• Uchiha Itachi and Nara Shikaku discovered that the Military Police Force had locked down the village and drawn most Anbu into a joint operation; Yamanaka Inoichi reported that Jiraiya had been captured and the Hokage Building surrounded.
• Uchiha Itachi arranged to assemble the remaining forces of the Three Clans and called Gekko Toru, but Yoshimura Ryoto answered the radio instead.

Uchiha Itachi rallied the remaining forces against the shinobi holding Jiraiya, while the Ino-Shika-Cho clans faced a choice between joining the conflict and protecting their descendants. The chapter ended as Akimichi Choza reached the Anbu compound, where Nara Shikaku told him the earring box was on his desk.

• Uchiha Shisui tried to calm Uchiha Itachi over the radio, but Itachi threatened to attack the Military Police Force and set out to stop him.
• Inuzuka Gaku and the Uchiha shinobi blocked Akimichi Choza's force, prompting Choza to consult Yamanaka Inoichi and Nara Shikaku.
• Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi ordered the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to withdraw and designated Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji as the 16th Generation.
• Akimichi Choza agreed to withdraw his clansmen but asked Kakashi to let him pass alone, then ordered the next generation's Earring Vow arrangements.
• Kakashi left Aburame Shibi to guard Uchiha Toko's office as Uchiha Itachi gathered the seventeen fighters he could still command.
• Akimichi Choza arrived at the Anbu compound, and Nara Shikaku told him the earring box was on his desk.

Uchiha Toko pressured Sarutobi Hiruzen to sign the arrest document as Kakashi returned with the Border Army and the confrontation at the Military Police Force began. Hiruzen signed, but a masked man suddenly attacked, leaving Uchiha Shisui collapsed and Kakashi facing a new threat.

• Uchiha Toko warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that resisting would expose the Sarutobi Clan’s private army, while Kakashi and Uchiha Shisui prepared to confront Uchiha Itachi and the 15th Generation Ino-Shika-Cho.
• Kakashi’s return with the Border Army deterred Kirigakure from landing, as Swift Lightning and a man in a green bodysuit frightened off its forces.
• Uchiha Shisui fought Uchiha Itachi while Kakashi faced the 15th Generation Ino-Shika-Cho, and reinforcements captured Itachi’s accompanying unit.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen signed the arrest document after Uchiha Toko urged him to end the conflict.
• A masked man appeared and attacked Uchiha Shisui and Kakashi with a chained scythe and Exploding Tags; Shisui protected Kakashi and the Ino-Shika-Cho with Susanoo before collapsing, and the masked man offered help to Uchiha Itachi.

Uchiha Toko confronted the masked attacker claiming to be Madara Uchiha while Kakashi and the others fought him, and their battle moved to the Death Forest. Back at the village, Uchiha Itachi prepared to fight the people accusing him, but Jiraiya arrived and told him to stop.

• Uchiha Toko left the Hokage Office to confront the invaders, while Uchiha Fugaku prevented Sarutobi Hiruzen from following.
• Kakashi fought the masked attacker, and Nara Shikaku rescued him; the attacker revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and claimed to be Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Toko arrived, drove the attacker back, and led their battle from the village to the Death Forest.
• Kakashi accused Uchiha Itachi of colluding with an outside ninja, but Itachi denied knowing the attacker and drew his Ninja Blade to fight.
• Uchiha Inaho and Uchiha Saito brought Jiraiya to the scene, and Jiraiya told Uchiha Itachi to stop.

Uchiha Itachi surrendered after Sarutobi Hiruzen pleaded with him, but his Mangekyō awakening consumed his life. He died after saying goodbye to Sasuke, whose Sharingan awakened with two tomoe.

• Uchiha Fugaku asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to talk Itachi down, and Hiruzen's voice persuaded Itachi to drop his Ninja Blade.
• Shisui and several Uchiha clansmen defended Itachi and asked that he be given a chance after an investigation.
• Overcome by despair, Itachi awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, but the resulting Chakra storm drained his life force and left him dying.
• Sasuke reached the battlefield, and Itachi apologized, asked Shisui to leave his eyes to Sasuke, and told his brother to listen to his Teacher.
• Itachi tapped Sasuke's forehead and died, and Sasuke's eyes awakened with two tomoe.

Uchiha Toko battled Obito Uchiha in the Death Forest and exposed his identity and past. After Obito tried to escape using Izanagi and Kamui, Toko followed him into the Kamui Dimension and killed him, taking his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Jiraiya watched Sasuke mourn Itachi while Uchiha Fugaku confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over the choices that had led to Itachi’s death.
• Uchiha Toko fought Obito Uchiha with Susanoo, lightning techniques, and Kirin, while Kakashi and the others remained outside the battle zone.
• Obito tried to retreat, but Toko revealed that he knew Obito had survived the Third Shinobi World War and blamed him for the Nine-Tails Incident and Rin’s death.
• After Toko’s lightning attack weakened, Obito rushed him, but Toko struck him with Natural Energy and began turning him and White Zetsu into stone.
• Obito used Izanagi and Kamui to escape into the Kamui Dimension, but Toko followed, removed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and killed him as his stone body crumbled.

After Uchiha Toko’s forces defeated the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails Incident, Toko consolidated control and dealt with the captured village leaders and clans. He left Jiraiya with Naruto and sent Kakashi to take the child home before returning to the Hokage Building.

• Uchiha Toko announced that the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails Incident had been executed, and he ordered the forces to clean up while Kakashi returned with him.
• Uchiha Fugaku confined Sarutobi Hiruzen to the Hokage Building, and Uchiha Toko ordered Uchiha Itachi buried simply in the family cemetery.
• Uchiha Inaho’s men escorted Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza to prison, where the Two Former Advisors were also held.
• Uchiha Toko offered Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza either demotions or resignation and retirement; they chose to resign, and Kakashi acknowledged their merit for saving him.
• Uchiha Toko and Kakashi released Jiraiya, who summoned the sleeping Naruto from Mount Myoboku, and Kakashi took Naruto home before heading back to the Hokage Building.