Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Toko and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to blame the masked man and the Nine-Tails Incident on Danzo, while Hiruzen accepted Toko’s plan to review unregistered ninjas and retire Jiraiya. Three days later, Toko and his allies celebrated their victory with a group photograph and banquet, as Toko looked ahead to becoming the Fifth Hokage.

• Uchiha Toko told Sarutobi Hiruzen that the masked attacker had used Wood Style and proposed blaming the Nine-Tails Incident and the lockdown on Danzo.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to help Toko review the village’s unregistered ninjas and to strip Jiraiya of his ranks and retire him.
• Uchiha Toko and Sarutobi Hiruzen discussed reforms over tea until dawn, while Kakashi joined them afterward.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced the explanation for the lockdown, punished Nara Shikaku and others, and Sarutobi Clan ninjas began registering with the village.
• Uchiha Toko, Kakashi, and their allies took a group photograph at the Military Police Force headquarters three days later.
• Uchiha Toko and Kakashi toasted their allies at a victory banquet, and Toko said he had never been happier.

Uchiha Toko offered Kakashi the roles of Hokage Assistant and Military Police Force captain, then taught Sasuke that right and wrong depended on one’s position. The lesson ended with Toko comparing people to Shogi pieces and asking Sasuke what purpose the player outside the board served.

• Uchiha Toko offered Kakashi a future as Hokage Assistant and Military Police Force captain, and Kakashi agreed.
• Uchiha Toko gave Kakashi Obito Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and asked him to keep Obito’s identity secret.
• Sasuke asked Uchiha Toko about his brother’s actions during the coup, and Toko explained the clan’s predicament and the village’s conflict with it.
• Uchiha Toko taught Sasuke that Itachi and the clan had acted according to different positions, and that Itachi had chosen the village’s side.
• Uchiha Toko compared people to Shogi pieces and asked Sasuke about the role of the player outside the board.

Uchiha Toko taught Sasuke to think beyond the role of a piece, then used a visit to Itachi’s grave to try to draw out Black Zetsu. Black Zetsu took the bait and left Toko a message inviting him to Naka Shrine, while Toko’s election as Fifth Hokage advanced to the Fire Feudal Lord’s approval.

• Uchiha Toko taught Sasuke that he needed to become a player who could decide the pieces’ stances, leaving Sasuke stunned by the lesson.
• Uchiha Toko sensed someone near Itachi’s grave and visited the cemetery, where Black Zetsu was secretly collecting Itachi’s DNA for a future Impure World Reincarnation plan.
• Black Zetsu overheard Toko wishing for true peace, decided Toko might help him release Kaguya, and left without revealing himself.
• Uchiha Toko’s nomination received every jōnin vote, and Sarutobi Hiruzen sent the result to the Capital of Fire for the Feudal Lord’s approval.
• Uchiha Toko found a letter inviting him to Naka Shrine to discuss bringing peace to the Ninja World and concealed his reaction from Uchiha Keiko.

Uchiha Toko confronted Black Zetsu beneath Naka Shrine, where Black Zetsu claimed to be Indra’s will and offered a method for using Natural Energy to evolve the Mangekyō Sharingan. Black Zetsu began spinning a version of history that portrayed himself as a guide to peace, and Toko asked whether he had also guided Madara Uchiha.

• Uchiha Toko sensed Black Zetsu in Naka Shrine’s underground chamber and confronted him with Sage Mode active.
• Black Zetsu claimed to be Indra’s will and pointed Toko toward the stone tablet, but Toko found no proof in its visible text.
• Black Zetsu revealed a scroll describing how Uchiha Asato had combined Eye Power with Natural Energy to reach the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Toko memorized its contents while suspecting a trap.
• Black Zetsu told Toko a version of the Sage of Six Paths’ story that blamed Asura’s ideals for the Ninja World’s conflicts.
• Black Zetsu claimed he had guided Madara Uchiha, and Toko asked whether he had guided Lord Madara as well.

Black Zetsu sent Uchiha Toko to evolve his eyes, while Toko had Orochimaru investigate the method. As Toko prepared to become Fifth Hokage, nobles opposed his appointment and rumors about his facial features spread through the village; the chapter ended with a physiognomist repeating the slander under pressure from the Military Police Force.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Toko to evolve his eyes to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and consult the Stone Tablet, and Toko left after warning him not to enter people’s homes uninvited.
• Uchiha Toko gave Orochimaru a scroll describing a Sage Art method for advancing the Mangekyō Sharingan and supplied sealed Eye Power and Sage Chakra for research.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Uchiha Toko that Land of Fire officials and nobles had petitioned against his succession as Fifth Hokage, while Kakashi reported rumors claiming Toko’s facial features would bring disaster.
• Uchiha Toko ordered Kakashi to investigate the nobles behind the opposition and told Uchiha Saito to treat the visiting fortune-tellers as guests.
• Sakurai Hideaki’s Military Police Force confronted a popular physiognomist and asked him to judge whether Uchiha Toko could become Hokage; the master called Toko’s features unfavorable and said he had no chance.

Sakurai Hideaki and the Military Police Force coerced religious figures into declaring Uchiha Toko fit to become Fifth Hokage, while villagers began to resist the news. After Kakashi exposed the nobles’ financial ties to the disgraced Utatane and Mitokado clans, he abducted the officials opposing Toko’s appointment and began interrogating them.

• Sakurai Hideaki’s men arrested religious figures who refused to praise Uchiha Toko, then beat them until they declared Toko worthy of becoming Hokage.
• The Military Police Force spread endorsements of Toko and announced his coming appointment, prompting villagers to discuss petitioning against him.
• Pakkun delivered Kakashi’s secret letter revealing that the opposing officials and nobles had received large annual payments from the Utatane and Mitokado clans.
• Uchiha Toko told Pakkun to let Kakashi handle the matter as he saw fit and to divide any gains according to their previous arrangement.
• Kakashi and Uchiha Clan elites abducted the opposing officials, nobles, and their families and took them to a mountain cave outside the Capital of Fire.
• Kakashi had Uchiha Inaho use the Sharingan’s Hell Viewing Technique on the captives, then praised him for his reliability.

Kakashi forced nobles and officials to surrender most of their wealth and promise support for the Uchiha Clan Head's Hokage appointment. After Kakashi reported back to Uchiha Toko, they discussed the Feudal Lord and his heirs.

• Kakashi reflected on Obito and questioned the state of the Ninja World before Kikuchi Tomokane and the other officials recovered from Genjutsu.
• Kakashi threatened the officials with evidence of their dealings with Konoha ninja clans and demanded seventy percent of their assets in exchange for their families' safety.
• The officials gathered the demanded wealth overnight, agreed to pay the Uchiha Clan seventy percent of their income for protection, and promised to support the Uchiha Clan Head as Hokage.
• Kakashi returned to Uchiha Toko with four billion in scrolls and gave Shiranui Genma and his companions a large share of the money.
• Uchiha Toko warned that the officials withdrawing their petition together could draw attention, then asked about the Feudal Lord's younger son.

Uchiha Toko prepared to become the Fifth Hokage as the Feudal Lord approved his appointment and the village held his inauguration ceremony. The ceremony ended with cheers and fireworks, while the Military Police Force quietly stopped a merchant from organizing a protest.

• Uchiha Toko told Kakashi to announce expanded Military Police Force recruitment and begin restructuring after he took office.
• The Feudal Lord approved Uchiha Toko as Fifth Hokage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him the Book of Seals as the Hokage office was prepared.
• Kakashi instructed the Military Police Force squad captains to keep the inauguration ceremony free of disruption.
• Uchiha Toko took the Hokage Hat from Sarutobi Hiruzen, swore to protect the village, and received cheers and fireworks at the ceremony.
• A Military Police Force member confronted a merchant planning to protest Uchiha Toko's inauguration, and the merchant hid his banner and backed down.

After taking office as Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Toko promoted allies and inspected the Military Police Force, winning the admiration of its new recruits. The next day, Kakashi summoned the force after villagers stormed the Hokage Building, while Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao gathered dissenters in secret.

• Uchiha Toko signed promotions appointing Kakashi as Military Police Force Commander and Hokage Assistant, Inuzuka Gaku and Aburame Shibi as Hokage Advisors, and Uchiha Fugaku as Jonin Squad Leader.
• Uchiha Toko inspected the Military Police Force and instructed its commanders to provide warm winter uniforms and bad-weather allowances for patrol members.
• Kitano Masahiro recorded his improved life in the Military Police Force and his admiration for Uchiha Toko in his diary.
• The day after villagers stormed the Hokage Building with signs disrespecting Uchiha Toko, Kakashi ordered the Military Police Force to assemble in the conference room.
• Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao met with villagers dissatisfied with Uchiha Toko and the Military Police Force in the Utatane Clan Territory.

Utatane Yuta rallied villagers against Uchiha Toko while Hyuga Kazuki and the Main Family elders plotted to remove Hyuga Hiashi and seize the Hokage position. After the elders placed Hiashi under house arrest, Uchiha Toko learned of the unrest and prepared to use it to expose his opponents.

• Utatane Yuta told villagers that Uchiha Toko had led a coup and urged them to surround the Hokage Building, with Hyuga Kazuki appearing as their ally.
• Hyuga Kazuki and two other elders demanded that Hyuga Hiashi help drive Uchiha Toko from office in exchange for support in making the Hyuga Clan head Hokage.
• Hyuga Hiashi rejected the elders’ plan, then sent Neji Hyuga with Hinata and Hanabi to deliver a letter to Uchiha Fugaku and stay at the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
• Hyuga Kazuki and the elders led armed branch family members to oust Hyuga Hiashi, who stopped resisting after Neji and his daughters had left.
• Uchiha Fugaku read Hiashi’s letter and hurried to the Hokage Building, while Uchiha Toko used the Crystal Ball to discover that Hiashi had been placed under house arrest.
• Uchiha Toko declined Kakashi’s offer to act early and said he would use the crisis to catch the remaining conspirators in one sweep.

Uchiha Toko faced a mass protest outside the Hokage Building while Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao plotted to use the unrest to undermine his new leadership. The chapter ended with elite Anbu surrounding the Mitokado Clan Territory.

• Tens of thousands of villagers, incited by the Utatane and Mitokado families, blocked the Hokage Building and demanded Uchiha Toko step down.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Toko that Sarutobi Hiruzen had left the village for the Fire Temple and that the Utatane and Mitokado forces had organized the protest.
• Hyuga Kazuki challenged Uchiha Toko's handling of the protest, and Uchiha Toko ordered him out of the Hokage Office.
• Nagai Seiichi and two Anbu beat Hyuga Kazuki after he left, and Uchiha Toko reprimanded Nagai Seiichi while secretly rewarding him with two B-rank ninjutsu scrolls.
• Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao plotted to use the protest to pressure the Feudal Lord and weaken Uchiha Toko, unaware that elite Anbu had surrounded the Mitokado Clan Territory.

Kakashi exposed Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao’s conspiracy, and Uchiha Toko ordered the Military Police Force to crush the resulting riot. After learning that Iwagakure had supported the plot, Toko planned further crackdowns and assigned Kakashi to intervene in the Hyuga Clan dispute; the chapter ended with Watanabe Masashi finding a suspiciously thick red envelope at home and heading back out.

• Kakashi severed Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao’s arms, captured them, and led the Anbu in arresting members of their clans.
• Uchiha Toko’s warning failed to disperse the protesters, so he ordered the Military Police Force to move out and suppress the riot.
• Sakurai Hideaki and the Military Police Force attacked the rioters while Anbu and elite officers struck at the hidden clan ninja, driving the crowd to flee.
• Kakashi reported that Utatane Yuta and Mitokado Isao had received help from Iwagakure spies, and Toko ordered the captured clan ninja punished and proposed a Three Purities Education Squad for rioters.
• Toko sent Kakashi to deal with the Hyuga elders and rescue Clan Head Hiashi, while the Military Police Force continued searching for protesters through the night.
• Watanabe Masashi returned home exhausted, learned his commander had visited his family, found a thick red envelope beside his pillow, and left with his police baton.

After suppressing a rebellion within the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi met with Uchiha Toko, who used the incident to challenge the clan’s Caged Bird system. Toko proposed taking branch-family member Neji as his disciple, leaving Hiashi to accept the political consequences and prepare for the mark’s removal.

• Hyuga Hiashi handed the rebellion’s ringleaders over to the Military Police Force and went to meet Uchiha Toko at the Hokage Building.
• Uchiha Toko questioned Hiashi about the traitors, and Hiashi offered to strip the elders of their Byakugan and erase their names from the clan registry.
• Uchiha Toko warned Hiashi about the Hyuga Clan’s private armed force and revealed his intention to take Neji as a disciple.
• Hiashi recognized that Neji’s appointment would threaten the Caged Bird system, but accepted Toko’s offer as compensation for Hizashi.
• Uchiha Toko told Hiashi he expected Neji to arrive without the Caged Bird mark.

Uchiha Toko learned that Orochimaru had attacked the Feudal Lord in the Capital of Fire and rushed there with Kakashi gathering reinforcements behind him. Orochimaru overwhelmed the Guardian Ninja Twelve, but an unknown arrival interrupted his attack on the last palace building.

• Uchiha Toko questioned the captured Two Advisors, then ordered Kakashi to kill them after a messenger reported that Orochimaru had attacked the Feudal Lord and killed the Heir.
• Uchiha Toko hurried toward the Capital of Fire with the messenger, while Kakashi gathered the village's Elite Jonin to follow.
• Orochimaru and Manda rampaged through the palace as Asuma, Chiriku, Kazuma, and the Guardian Ninja Twelve tried to protect the Feudal Lord.
• Orochimaru defeated most of the Guardian Ninja Twelve, leaving Asuma and Kazuma exhausted as his Earth Dragon Bullet targeted the last palace building.
• A flash of azure lightning shattered Orochimaru's Earth Dragon Bullet.

Uchiha Toko drove Orochimaru away, then used Kotoamatsukami to secure the dying Minamoto Mitsuhide’s appointment of him as Grand Minister, Grand Tutor, and guardian of the young heir, Minamoto Mikoto. After the Feudal Lord died, Toko arranged the funeral and announced that Leaf ninja would take control of the capital’s defense and impose martial law, drawing opposition from Abe Taiichi.

• Uchiha Toko arrived at the palace, sent Asuma and Chiriku to protect the Feudal Lord, and forced Manda and Orochimaru to retreat.
• Uchiha Toko used Kotoamatsukami as Minamoto Mitsuhide looked toward him, then watched the Feudal Lord appoint three regents and name Toko Grand Minister and Grand Tutor.
• Minamoto Mitsuhide ordered Minamoto Mikoto to become Uchiha Toko’s disciple, and the Feudal Lord died after entrusting his son’s protection to Toko.
• Kakashi arrived with Leaf forces, and Uchiha Toko assigned the three regents to oversee the Feudal Lord’s funeral.
• Uchiha Toko declared that Leaf ninja would take over the capital’s defense and that martial law would begin the next morning, while Abe Taiichi challenged the unprecedented order.

After the old Feudal Lord died, Uchiha Toko used the threat to the young Minamoto Mikoto to impose martial law and place the Capital of Fire under the Hidden Leaf Village’s control. At the new Feudal Lord’s first court session, Toko secured the Grand Minister position while Kakashi gathered intelligence on Miura Kazuo.

• Uchiha Toko accused Matsuda Seisuke and Abe Taiichi of obstructing efforts to protect Minamoto Mikoto, while Miura Kazuo backed Toko and challenged Abe.
• Minamoto Mikoto put the response in Toko’s hands, and Toko ordered the Hidden Leaf shinobi to take over the capital’s defenses and impose martial law.
• After Anbu and Military Police Force reinforcements arrived, Toko secured the capital, moved near the royal castle, and had Kakashi investigate the officials.
• Following the old Feudal Lord’s burial and Minamoto Mikoto’s coronation, Toko theatrically offered to give up the Grand Minister post, but Miura Kazuo and other officials urged him to accept.
• Minamoto Mikoto pleaded with Toko not to abandon him, and officials dressed Toko in the Grand Minister’s robes as Toko smiled knowingly at Miura Kazuo.

Uchiha Toko consolidated his power as Grand Minister and prepared to relocate the capital, while Abe Taiichi's faction secretly plotted to assassinate him. Kakashi uncovered the plan, and Uchiha Toko chose to wait for the conspirators to act so he could punish them openly.

• Miura Kazuo and his faction pledged loyalty to Uchiha Toko, who became Grand Minister and gained control over the court's decisions.
• Uchiha Toko withheld palace-repair requests and spread rumors about the Capital of Fire's depleted Dragon Vein, signaling that he intended to move the capital.
• Abe Taiichi's faction met in secret and complained about Uchiha Toko's growing authority and their worsening political position.
• Kazuma offered to summon the Lightning Release Four-Man Squad and use Lightning Style: Lightning Dream Lightning Person to kill Uchiha Toko, and Abe Taiichi agreed to fund the plan.
• Kakashi reported the assassination plot to Uchiha Toko, who dismissed the Lightning Style threat and decided to wait for the conspirators to make their move.
• Uchiha Toko told Kakashi to keep an eye on Asuma and send him back to the village if necessary.

Kakashi brought Asuma back toward Konoha as Uchiha Toko and Kikuchi Tomokane maneuvered to move the Land of Fire’s capital to the Hidden Leaf Village. After Kazuma attempted to assassinate Toko, Toko killed him and led a purge of Abe Taiichi’s allies, leaving the story with Toko and Kakashi entering Abe’s residence at dawn.

• Kakashi persuaded Asuma to leave the Capital of Fire with Chiriku and escort a supply shipment back to Konoha, while also bringing the Third Hokage back from the Fire Temple.
• Kikuchi Tomokane raised rumors that the Dragon Vein beneath the Capital of Fire was exhausted, then proposed moving the capital to the Hidden Leaf Village so Uchiha Toko could remain in charge of the country’s military affairs.
• Minamoto Mikoto agreed to the move, and Abe Taiichi realized Toko and Kikuchi had staged the proceedings; after court, he sent Kazuma a letter through a secret passage.
• Kazuma attacked Toko with Lightning Dream Lightning Person, but Toko controlled the gathered lightning, defeated Kazuma, and beheaded him.
• Toko and Kakashi led the Elite Jonin in killing the conspirators from Abe Taiichi’s secret chamber, then entered Abe’s residence at dawn.

Uchiha Toko killed Abe Taiichi and the officials involved in the assassination plot, then revealed their treason at court and asserted control over the ministers. Miura Kazuo called for the capital to be relocated because Orochimaru remained at large and the Feudal Lord might still be in danger.

• Uchiha Toko confronted Abe Taiichi with Kazuma's head, and Kakashi beheaded Abe Taiichi.
• Uchiha Toko arrived at court after dawn, where his bloodied presence frightened Minamoto Mikoto into vomiting and crying.
• Uchiha Toko told the ministers that Kazuma had been the assassin and that Abe Taiichi had conspired with Orochimaru to kill the Late King.
• Kakashi reported that everyone implicated in the plot, along with their families, had been executed and their bodies taken to a mass grave.
• Miura Kazuo and Nagano Kiri praised Uchiha Toko's actions, and Uchiha Toko assigned the ministers to handle the aftermath.
• Miura Kazuo warned that Orochimaru remained uncaptured and urged relocating the capital to protect Minamoto Mikoto.

After the previous Feudal Lord’s assassination, Uchiha Toko relocated Minamoto Mikoto and the court to Konoha, where Yamato began building the new palace. At Ryūchi Cave, Orochimaru revealed that he had discovered Uchiha Toko’s technique influencing his loyalty, then reported on experiments combining Mangekyō Sharingan Eye Power with Sage Chakra.

• Miura Kazuo urged Uchiha Toko to move the Feudal Lord from the dangerous Capital of Fire, and Uchiha Toko ordered plans for a new palace in Konoha.
• Uchiha Toko told Minamoto Mikoto about the relocation, and Minamoto Mikoto agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Uchiha Toko brought Minamoto Mikoto to Konoha, where Yamato used Wood Style to build the Feudal Lord’s residential quarters.
• Uchiha Toko met Orochimaru at Ryūchi Cave and praised him for carrying out the assassination, which had made him a top target for bounty hunters and the Akatsuki.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Toko that he had discovered the technique influencing his loyalty, but said he wanted to watch how Uchiha Toko changed the Ninja World.
• Orochimaru handed Uchiha Toko his research scroll and reported that experiments combining Mangekyō Sharingan Eye Power and Sage Chakra still seemed to be missing something.