Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Asuka and the Great Elder blamed Danzo for a string of conspiracies while Konoha’s leaders investigated rumors that Hashirama Senju had been revived. The next day, as the village awaited the Daimyō’s arrival and debated who would become Hokage, the Daimyō’s procession reached Konoha.

• Asuka explained that he had adapted other nations’ conspiracy claims to make Danzo their target, and the Great Elder joined the crowd to pin more accusations on him.
• Homura and Koharu learned Danzo had gone to seek evidence, then discussed investigating Hashirama’s possible revival, Danzo’s movements, and his past work with Orochimaru on the Reanimation Jutsu.
• Danzo returned from the Uchiha empty-handed, blamed them for the incident, and said he would search their clan grounds if he became Fifth Hokage.
• The next day, villagers discussed the rumor that Hashirama had been revived and speculated that the Daimyō had come to choose the next Hokage.
• The Daimyō’s procession approached Konoha beneath a red banner bearing the Fire symbol.

The daimyo visited Konoha, where Uchiha Saburo explained the Land of Fire’s power and Homura struggled to conceal the village’s Uchiha-related rumors. That night, the daimyo reread a note predicting Hashirama Senju would become Hokage again and realized Konoha had sent it ten days earlier.

• The daimyo mistook Uchiha Saburo for the Third Hokage, then asked publicly whether the First Hokage had been resurrected; Konoha’s people dismissed it as a rumor.
• Saburo explained to Uchiha Asuka that the Land of Fire’s wealth and territory reflected its rulers’ competence, joking about other countries’ daimyo.
• The daimyo bought an adult book at a Konoha stall and asked Homura about the village’s hostility toward the Uchiha.
• An Uchiha clansman crashed through a window while fleeing a woman, and Homura blamed the incident on the book and postwar widows.
• After returning to his residence, the daimyo read a note predicting Hashirama Senju would become Hokage again and realized it had arrived ten days earlier.

Konoha gathered at the Hokage Building to witness the Daimyō appoint a Hokage, while the Daimyō focused on Uchiha Asuka and asked about his love life. Before Asuka could name the woman he liked, Tsunade dragged him through the floor, and the Daimyō ordered the ceremony to begin.

• Konoha’s clans and civilians assembled in force outside the Hokage Building to witness the Hokage appointment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane watched the crowd as the Daimyō arrived and praised Konoha’s ninja.
• The Daimyō called Uchiha Asuka to the platform because he wanted to meet the Uchiha praised by nobles from the Land of Waves.
• The Daimyō asked Asuka whether he was married and whether he liked a woman, and Asuka said he did.
• Asuka began to name Pakura, but Tsunade dragged him through the floor, leaving a hole in the platform.
• The Daimyō asked Hiruzen what had happened, then tapped the table and ordered the ceremony to begin.

Tsunade confronted Uchiha Asuka about his Summoning Beast, leading him to summon Kushina while Hashirama Senju encountered Shukaku elsewhere in Konoha. During the meeting to choose the Fifth Hokage, Danzo began making his case, but Mitokado Homura interrupted him with an accusation of human experiments.

• Tsunade demanded to know why Hashirama Senju had stopped moving after encountering Asuka's Summoning Beast, so Asuka summoned Kushina, whose canned cat food enraged Tsunade.
• While the Hokage Building shook from the commotion, Utatane Koharu and the daimyo discussed filling the Hokage vacancy.
• Hashirama Senju recognized Shukaku as a Tea Kettle and approached it, but Shukaku sensed danger and fled.
• Asuka arrived at the rooftop meeting with an Orange Cat on his head, and the daimyo asked the gathered leaders to proceed with their vote.
• Danzo stood to argue that he deserved the Fifth Hokage Position, but Mitokado Homura accused him of conducting human experiments.

At Konoha’s Hokage selection meeting, Danzo challenged Hiruzen and argued that his hardline stance had gained support, while Asuka unexpectedly nominated himself. Asuka then hinted that his summoning beast had brought back a treasure, and the gathering saw a strange creature racing toward them.

• Mitokado Homura gave the daimyo an envelope detailing Danzo’s past scandals, and the daimyo passed it to Danzo.
• Danzo questioned whether Hiruzen deserved to become Hokage again and defended his opposition to the peace treaty that offered Konoha no compensation.
• Uchiha Asuka declared that he wanted to be carved onto Hokage Rock, but Danzo and the clan heads rejected his bid.
• Asuka hinted that his Summoning Beast had brought back a great treasure, and a Tea Kettle with a tanuki head raced toward the meeting.
• Hyuga Hiashi activated his Byakugan, stood up, and cried out in alarm at the dust cloud behind the Tea Kettle.

Uchiha Ili and Whirlpool Kana staged Hashirama Senju’s return during Konoha’s Hokage candidate selection, but their plan quickly became a public spectacle. Hashirama was exposed and surrounded by villagers, while Ili reflected that the elaborate scheme could have been replaced with simply summoning him into the crowd.

• Hyuga Hiashi saw something in the smoke that frightened him, while Shukaku fled from the pursuing Hashirama Senju and accidentally shouted his name.
• Hashirama Senju emerged from the smoke, denied being Hashirama, and tried to leave, but a Hyuga clansman recognized him and called out to him.
• Uchiha Ili used a Summoning Technique to appear beside Whirlpool Kana, who severed his contract with White Zetsu.
• Whirlpool Kana announced that the man in black was the First Hokage, and Hashirama Senju appeared before the crowd, who surged toward him.
• Uchiha Ili reviewed the five-stage plan to make Hashirama Hokage and concluded that they could have summoned him directly into the crowd.

Hashirama Senju was mistaken for an ordinary villager while the clans’ old grudges erupted into battles during the Hokage selection. Hearing a narration about his vision of peace, Hashirama revealed himself and used Wood Release to halt the fighting.

• Hashirama Senju denied his identity as Hyuga clansmen recognized him, and the Hyuga and Uchiha began fighting over insults to their clans.
• A speaker’s narration about the Warring States Period stirred elders from several clans to revive old feuds and challenge one another.
• Shimura Danzō ordered masked ninja to separate the fighters, but the elders continued their battles and spoke of settling their old hatred before they died.
• A narration about Hashirama’s vision of peace made Hashirama Senju stop his escape and drop the Transformation Technique.
• Hashirama Senju revealed himself, silenced the battlefield with his Chakra, and used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to fill the street with a dense forest.

A sudden clash between the Hyuga and Uchiha clans erupted into a street-wide brawl, but Hashirama Senju appeared amid a forest of Wood Release and stopped the fighting. The clans then tried to explain their violence as harmless games and grievances, with the Aburame elder demanding “fairness” over the Uchiha and Kurama clans’ use of insects for genjutsu training.

• Hyuga and Uchiha elders launched into a fierce brawl, while other elderly villagers and ninja joined the chaos despite Shimura Danzō’s efforts to stop them.
• A primordial forest sprang up around the Hokage Building, and Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that Kinoe was not responsible for the Wood Release.
• Hashirama Senju appeared atop a tree, challenged anyone who still wanted to fight, and made the combatants halt.
• Uchiha Saburo and the Hyuga Branch Family Elder claimed they had only been playing ninja games, while Aburame and Kurama elders offered their own explanations for fighting.
• The Aburame elder accused Uchiha Asuka of teaching the Kurama clan to train genjutsu on insects and complained that the Uchiha also caught the Aburame’s insects, insisting his clan wanted fairness.

Hashirama Senju was revealed to Konoha’s villagers while they aired grievances about the village and its clans. As the Daimyo asked Hashirama to become the next Hokage, Hashirama and Danzo both objected, and Asuka challenged Danzo’s inconsistent objection.

• Konoha ninja complained to Hashirama about clan abuses, unfair mission assignments, and other grievances, while foreign spies recognized him and discussed reporting his return.
• The Third Hokage and the clan heads arrived, and Danzo claimed that Hashirama was only using the Transformation Technique; the Hyuga Clan vouched for Hashirama, and the villagers distrusted Danzo.
• Tsunade emerged from the damaged Hokage Building, recognized her grandfather, and declared that he could not become Hokage.
• The Daimyo arrived to choose the next Hokage and asked Hashirama to take the position, prompting Hashirama and Danzo to object at the same time.
• Danzo began arguing that Hashirama had preceded the previous Hokage, but Asuka fed him candy and pointed out that he had not raised the same objection when the Third Hokage resumed office.

Uchiha Asuka exposed the other Hokage candidates’ failures while presenting himself as a suitable leader, but the ninja clans invoked their alliance with Hashirama Senju and urged him to take office. Hashirama accepted the Hokage role, while Tsunade confronted Asuka about Kushina sleeping in his room.

• After the narration praised Hashirama Senju’s peaceful tenure, Uchiha Asuka decided to compare the candidates’ flaws rather than argue over who was most qualified.
• Hashirama Senju claimed Madara had revived him and killed himself, and a silver-haired old man urged him to lead Konoha through its growing divisions.
• Uchiha Asuka accused Danzo, Tsunade, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Jiraiya of enabling Orochimaru’s human experiments, then announced his own qualifications for Hokage.
• When an old man suggested Asuka could become Hokage, the Hyuga, Aburame, and Uchiha clans declared their loyalty to Hashirama Senju under an alliance treaty.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that Tobirama had secured the clans’ oaths, and Asuka placed a Hokage hat and cloak on Hashirama Senju.
• Tsunade dragged Asuka aside and threatened to expose Kushina sleeping on him, while Asuka insisted the person had been Fei Fei transformed.

Uchiha Asuka complained that Tsunade’s evidence could harm his future son’s chances of becoming Hokage, while the other ninja villages reacted to Konoha’s claims about Hashirama Senju’s revival and a Wood Release Ninja. The chapter left Rasa preparing to demonstrate Sunagakure’s strength, the Raikage ordering surveillance of Konoha, and Obito accepting White Zetsu’s claim that the revived Hashirama could not defeat him.

• Uchiha Asuka told the Orange Cat that Tsunade had recorded evidence of it transforming into Kushina and sleeping on him, which could make people think he liked married women.
• Rasa dismissed Konoha’s question about Shukaku, suspected Konoha was using Wood Release to build its prestige, and decided to find a way to show Sunagakure’s strength.
• The Raikage and Mabui considered whether Konoha’s Hashirama Senju was genuine or a deception, and the Raikage ordered spies to watch for Konoha’s next move.
• Uchiha Obito read Konoha’s report about Wood Release and Hashirama Senju, then questioned White Zetsu about the threat.
• White Zetsu claimed the revived Hashirama was much weaker than before and could not beat Obito, while warning him that Tsunade made confronting them dangerous.

Uchiha Mikoto attended a clan meeting where the elders lamented the Uchiha’s failure to secure the Hokage position and argued over making Tsunade an Uchiha. Uchiha Asuka proposed that Mikoto divorce Fugaku and pursue Tsunade, then left the meeting in chaos as Mikoto walked out feeling sick.

• Mikoto brought Itachi to the clan meeting and learned that Danzo had summoned Fugaku to discuss something.
• The Uchiha elders complained that Asuka’s bid for the Hokage position had failed and debated how the clan could produce the Fifth Hokage.
• Uchiha Mado argued with an elder over their repeated plans to claim the Hokage position, while Asuka watched in boredom.
• Asuka suggested that Mikoto divorce Fugaku and pursue Tsunade, prompting Mikoto to attack him with the Body Flicker Technique.
• A clansman speculated that Tsunade liked married women with status and power, and Mikoto left with Itachi before dry-heaving outside.

Uchiha Asuka corrected rumors that Hashirama had been sidelined, then visited Tsunade in the hospital and teased her with oranges. The chapter ended with Tsunade realizing Asuka had brought several crates for her to eat.

• Asuka told two gossiping villagers that Hashirama was supported by the leading figures of every ninja clan.
• Elder clan members argued over who would serve Hashirama, then discussed helping him take control of or rebuild the Anbu.
• Asuka visited the recovering Tsunade and recalled how Ichikishimahime's poison had left her bedridden.
• Tsunade refused Asuka's orange, but he teased her by feeding her one she had spat out and joking about an indirect kiss.
• Asuka explained that shinobi across the village had been forced to buy oranges, and Tsunade spotted several crates he had brought into her room.

Uzuki Yugao celebrated her medical training with Asuka, who recalled the patients and families that had made him pay compensation for years. At a barbecue restaurant, a plate flew onto Asuka’s grill as he discussed Uchiha Mikoto’s strained home life and a proposal to reduce the Uchiha Police Force’s authority; the proposal remained undecided.

• Uzuki Yugao met Asuka and asked how he had managed to spend three years paying compensation while she had stopped after four months.
• Asuka explained that many patients’ families had exploited him for money, and he clarified the grim meaning behind his old reputation for keeping patients alive until dawn.
• At a Konoha barbecue restaurant, Asuka told Uzuki Yugao that Mikoto had stopped cooking after someone stole her dinner, plates, and bowls.
• A plate flew onto Asuka’s grill, and Fugaku stormed out of the restaurant while Mikoto stayed behind.
• Asuka explained that an unnamed old Hyuga man had proposed changing the Police Force to balance Uchiha power, and he said the First Hokage would likely add oversight rather than disband it.
• Asuka told Uzuki Yugao that the First Hokage regarded the Uchiha as people, and that the proposal had not yet been settled.

Danzo adjusted to losing his position after Hashirama Senju became Hokage and began plotting against the Uchiha Clan. At the Hokage Building, Hashirama read Tobirama’s old diary and listened as the elders argued over the Uchiha.

• Danzo decided that Hashirama’s weakness would eventually lead to war and resolved to target the Uchiha Clan, especially Fugaku and Itachi.
• Hashirama watched children share snacks with elders from different clans and reflected on how much relations in Konoha had improved.
• Hashirama found Tobirama’s diary and read its harsh claims that the Uchiha threatened order and peace.
• An old woman repeated Danzo’s claim that the Uchiha were born evil, and another elder challenged her reasoning.
• Hashirama sighed at the argument and remarked that he still preferred playing with men.

Danzo met Uchiha Itachi at Konoha Cemetery and urged him to consider the village’s future, warning that the Uchiha would never be allowed to produce a Hokage. Itachi returned to the clan grounds shaken and doubting whether his clan could escape its predicament.

• Danzo went to Konoha Cemetery and encountered Uchiha Itachi beneath the flame emblem.
• Danzo offered to guide Itachi and argued that he judged people by whether they put the village before their clan.
• Danzo warned Itachi that the Uchiha’s internal divisions could lead to disaster and that neither he nor his successors would let the clan produce a Hokage.
• Danzo left Itachi alone, and Itachi returned to the clan grounds troubled by the children’s talk of becoming Hokage.
• Itachi concluded that the Uchiha could not produce a Hokage.

Asuka attended a meeting where Senju Hashirama asked the Uchiha leaders to discuss the Police Force, while Danzo revealed to Itachi his suspicions about the Uchiha’s connection to the Nine-Tails attack. Itachi feared his mother might have learned something from Kushina and rushed home to investigate.

• Asuka summoned the Orange Cat, which went off shopping with Mikoto, then arrived at the Hokage Office as Uchiha leaders gathered.
• Senju Hashirama asked the Uchiha leaders for their views on the Police Force, and Danzo explained that it had been created to monitor the clan.
• Danzo privately told Itachi that the Uchiha had possessed at least two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan on the night the Nine-Tails attacked, raising the possibility of more hidden users.
• Danzo revealed that Kushina had been the previous Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and described how he had investigated people who had been close to her.
• Itachi remembered Kushina visiting his home and wondered whether his mother had learned something from her, then ran home in alarm.

Hashirama proposed changing the Police Force and encouraging intermarriage to help the Uchiha gain allies and acceptance in Konoha. The proposal stirred controversy across the village, while Mikoto suspected Asuka had supported it because he intended to marry the Orange Cat.

• Hashirama offered the Uchiha a choice between sharing Police Force authority with other clans or letting him lead the force while investigating their problems.
• Hashirama said the Uchiha needed allies and proposed intermarriage, which Asuka publicly supported as a way to reduce clan conflicts.
• Hashirama joined the Uchiha in debating intermarriage, and news of the proposal spread across Konoha, drawing support and opposition.
• Mikoto wondered whether Asuka had backed the proposal because he planned to marry the Orange Cat, and the cat began to suspect his reasons for reviving her were not as he claimed.

Black Zetsu and Spiral Zetsu discussed Konoha’s readiness for war and their next moves, while Spiral Zetsu planned to approach Uchiha Asuka. At Asuka’s home, Kushina confronted him about reviving her, but he ended up kissing and tormenting her Orange Cat body as onlookers misunderstood what they saw.

• Spiral Zetsu reported that Hashirama Senju had consolidated support in Konoha and that Uchiha Asuka’s Hashirama Cells could sustain his ocular power during a major war.
• Black Zetsu said he would observe Obito, ordered Spiral Zetsu to watch over Konan, and warned him to stay away from the Uchiha Clan and Uchiha Asuka.
• After Black Zetsu left, Spiral Zetsu decided to visit Asuka and ask about becoming a Ninja Academy teacher.
• Kushina, controlling Fei Fei’s Orange Cat body, questioned Asuka about why he had revived her and whether he liked married women.
• Asuka lifted the Orange Cat and repeatedly kissed it, while nearby clansmen mistook the scene for an attempt to bond with a Summoning Beast.
• Uchiha Mikoto witnessed the scene, understood what was happening, and quietly left without intervening.

After Asuka ate noodles with Ichikishimahime, the Orange Cat argued with Kushina in its mental space and proposed her as a bride for Asuka. The Orange Cat rejected her after she attacked it, then returned to find a man named Tobi sitting in the room.

• Ichikishimahime served boiled instant noodles to Asuka, whose face was covered in scratches from the Orange Cat.
• The Orange Cat confronted Kushina in its mental space about scratching Asuka and teased her about her past Hokage ambitions.
• The Orange Cat presented Kushina with a proposal for her to marry Asuka, citing Konoha’s need to rebuild its population and her Uzumaki bloodline.
• Kushina attacked the Orange Cat, which escaped and decided she was too bad-tempered to be a suitable wife for Asuka.
• The Orange Cat returned to find the noodles gone and a black-haired man on the sofa who introduced himself as Tobi.