Chapter Summaries

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders plotted to shape the Fourth Hokage nominations around Minato Namikaze while delaying the final decision and keeping power in their hands. Outside Konoha, Uchiha Obito planned to attack Kushina Uzumaki during childbirth, as the war began moving toward an end.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu to promote Minato Namikaze as a young, commoner-born Hokage candidate and undermine Tsunade Senju.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed nominating Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Uchiha Yoru, and Minato Namikaze, then postponing the choice between Uchiha Yoru and Minato Namikaze to retain the elders’ control.
• Uchiha Obito learned that Konoha’s barrier and Kushina Uzumaki were guarded, and he planned to strike when she gave birth and her seal was weakest.
• Uchiha Obito dismissed Shimura Danzō’s moves against Uchiha Fugaku and focused on Rinnegan Nagato, while Black Zetsu secretly scorned Obito and favored Uchiha Yoru.
• The Four Great Shinobi Villages’ alliance collapsed as Sand Shinobi and Kirigakure fought over Isobu, and Kirigakure sent envoys to negotiate a ceasefire with Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya disrupted Sand Shinobi forces in the Land of Rivers, while Konoha’s mobilization signaled that the war was nearing its end.

As the war neared its end, Uchiha Yoru gathered a secret force of fifteen hundred Konoha shinobi to ambush a planned Kumogakure and Iwagakure attack. After laying out the battle plan, he gave Kakashi a seal to stop his Sharingan from draining chakra, while Kakashi quietly advised his friends on how to address Yoru’s companions.

• Uchiha Yoru reinforced Yugito’s seal and applied Cursed Seals to Yugito, Mabui, and Samui, then instructed them to train carefully.
• Uchiha Mikoto told Uchiha Yoru that she had cultivated the three women to support his ambitions, and they prepared to leave Kikyo Mountain with a secret force.
• Uchiha Yoru led more than five hundred elite Konoha shinobi to join over nine hundred gathered by Tsunade and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Uchiha Yoru revealed intelligence about a planned Kumogakure and Iwagakure surprise attack and assigned the Jonin an ambush plan.
• Kushina Uzumaki gave Uchiha Yoru a Talisman Seal, which he passed to Kakashi so Kakashi could seal his constantly draining Sharingan.
• Kakashi used the seal to stop the chakra drain and told Uchiha Shisui and Might Guy that they could privately call Yoru’s companions ‘Mistress.’

Minato Namikaze accepted a mission to escort Utatane Koharu to the Land of Fire Daimyo's Mansion as Konoha maneuvered around the scandal over its Wood Release experiments and the Fourth Hokage succession. Meanwhile, the Third Raikage led a surprise attack into a prepared Konoha ambush, where Tsunade ordered a counterattack and pursuit.

• Jiraiya told Minato Namikaze that stability mattered more than fairness and urged him to accept his suitability for the Fourth Hokage position.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to escort Utatane Koharu to the Land of Fire Daimyo's Mansion after learning that the Sand Shinobi planned peace negotiations under their chosen Fourth Kazekage.
• The Third Raikage led more than three thousand Cloud Shinobi through a storm toward Konoha, hoping to gain leverage before the war ended.
• A Konoha sensory ninja detected a large force ahead, and the Third Raikage ordered his troops to defend as Konoha's Exploding Tags and war tools struck from above.
• Tsunade ordered the Cloud Shinobi's retreat and led two thousand Konoha shinobi in pursuit while the other forces returned to defend.

Ōnoki abandoned his attack on Konoha and redirected Iwagakure’s forces to plunder the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Frost, while the Third Raikage stayed behind to help Cloud Shinobi escape Konoha’s ambush. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies planned to shape the war’s public narrative and undermine Tsunade’s bid for Hokage, leaving Minato Namikaze to seek support at the Daimyo’s Mansion.

• Ōnoki learned Konoha had prepared an ambush, retreated from the border, and decided to disguise Iwagakure’s forces as Cloud Shinobi while raiding the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Frost.
• The Third Raikage realized Ōnoki had abandoned the alliance, then named A the Fourth Raikage and stayed behind to cover Cloud Shinobi’s breakout from Uchiha Yoru and Konoha’s forces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade to pursue ceasefire negotiations and told his allies to publicize the war’s victories in a way that minimized Tsunade and Uchiha Yoru’s contributions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to take responsibility for the Human Experimentation rumors, revoke the Legendary Sannin’s Hokage candidacy, and send Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to influence the Land of Fire Daimyo’s Mansion in Minato Namikaze’s favor.

Uchiha Yoru killed the Third Raikage in a final clash, allowing Konoha to celebrate victory as the war neared its end. In Konoha, Shimura Danzō urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to have Uchiha Fugaku killed and blame the Cloud Shinobi, while Hiruzen objected.

• The Third Raikage gouged out his eyes and fought Uchiha Yoru to buy time for Fourth Raikage A and the Cloud Shinobi to escape.
• Uchiha Yoru struck the Third Raikage with Lightning Style: Kirin, then defeated him with Sage Art: Lightning Style: Lightning Blade.
• The Third Raikage died after entrusting Kumogakure to Uchiha Yoru, and the Konoha Shinobi celebrated their victory as the war drew toward its end.
• Fourth Raikage A led the surviving Cloud Shinobi back to the Land of Lightning by sea.
• Shimura Danzō told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Yoru was too dangerous and proposed killing Uchiha Fugaku while making the Cloud Shinobi seem responsible.
• Hiruzen objected that the Uchiha were Konoha's companions, but Shimura Danzō smiled as he understood his reluctance.

After the Third Raikage’s death brought the war to an end, Tsunade confronted Jiraiya over the elders’ plan to keep power while grooming two Hokage candidates, then left to support Uchiha Yoru at the Daimyo’s Mansion. In Konoha, Danzō ordered a covert attack on Uchiha Fugaku’s group, while Obito prepared to target the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki during the peace talks.

• Tsunade accused Jiraiya of benefiting from the elders’ plan to promote Minato and Yoru as Fourth Hokage candidates while retaining real authority.
• Tsunade warned Jiraiya that she would act in the name of the Senju if the elders betrayed fellow Konoha ninja, then left with Shizune and Kurenai to meet Yoru at the Land of Fire Daimyo’s Mansion.
• After the Uchiha Clan Leader died, Danzō ordered Root to attack Uchiha Fugaku’s group, steal their Sharingan, and make the deaths look like Cloud Shinobi work.
• An ANBU reported Danzō’s order to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who chose not to investigate it.
• Obito learned that Nako Uzumaki was expected to give birth around mid-October and that Kushina Uzumaki had gone to the Daimyo’s Mansion with Tsunade.
• Obito told Zetsu to find a way to target Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki before the village’s powerful ninja returned from the peace talks.

Uchiha Yoru and Tsunade discussed their plans to challenge Konoha’s leadership and the Daimyo’s Mansion’s divisions. Yoru then confronted Minato Namikaze with Nawaki’s survival and evidence of the elders’ alleged abuses, ending by asking Minato to help overthrow them.

• Kushina Uzumaki complained that Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu had arrived early, while Uchiha Yoru told Tsunade that Root was investigating forbidden research and that Kushina had secretly broken the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird seal.
• Tsunade explained the Senju Clan’s split and the Daimyo’s Mansion’s military strength, then said she would handle matters there while Yoru approached Minato Namikaze.
• Nawaki revealed himself to Minato and introduced Yamato, who demonstrated Wood Release to explain how they had lured Minato out.
• Nawaki told Minato that Tsunade had said he no longer needed to hide, and Yoru appeared to invite Minato to join their efforts against Konoha’s leadership.
• Yoru accused Konoha’s elders of exploiting children and conducting research on the Senju and Uchiha, then demanded to know whether Minato was willing to overthrow them.

Tsunade confronted the Senju Clan’s opposition to her relationship with Uchiha Yoru by revealing that the Senju and Uchiha shared an ancestry and could develop each other’s abilities. After she demonstrated her own Sharingan, the clan accepted the alliance, leaving Nawaki stunned by their sudden change of heart.

• Minato Namikaze returned to Konoha with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu while Uchiha Yoru, Konan, and Uchiha Mikoto prepared to leave.
• Senju clansmen challenged Tsunade’s relationship with the Uchiha and her request for the clan to support Uchiha Yoru, while Nawaki voiced his concerns.
• Tsunade proposed that Uchiha Yoru take the Senju surname and revealed research claiming the Senju and Uchiha shared the Sage of Six Paths’ ancestry.
• Tsunade awakened a Three-Tomoe Sharingan before the clan and explained that Senju and Uchiha abilities could be acquired by making up for missing bloodline genes.
• After Tsunade said she and Uchiha Yoru both possessed Wood Release, the Senju clansmen abandoned their objections and declared the Uchiha their family.

Asuma Sarutobi confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over corruption, wartime sacrifices, and the Hokage’s fear of the Uchiha, but their argument ended with Asuma storming out. As Nako Uzumaki went into labor, Obito entered the secret hideout to reach the Nine-Tails, while Asuma and Ebisu sensed a disturbance at Konoha’s gates.

• Asuma Sarutobi accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of clinging to power, sacrificing shinobi, and allowing clans to profit from the war, while Hiruzen defended his policy as necessary to balance the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi struck Asuma after Asuma compared his rule to the Second Hokage’s, then ordered ANBU to protect the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki as she began giving birth.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root to keep watch on the Uchiha after learning that the Jinchuriki was in labor.
• Uchiha Obito killed the ANBU guarding the randomly selected hideout, entered through its barrier, and moved toward Nako Uzumaki as her seal weakened during childbirth.
• Asuma Sarutobi drank with Ebisu and lamented Hiruzen’s justifications, then both men sensed something approaching Konoha as the village’s animals panicked.

Uchiha Obito released the Nine-Tails in Konoha while Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Yoru rushed back from a distant town. Yoru arrived first and blasted the beast out of the village with a lightning attack, while the Nine-Tails rampage left Konoha in chaos and Danzo moved against the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Obito extracted the Nine-Tails from Nako Uzumaki and sent it toward Konoha as Nako lay dying and called for Minato.
• Uchiha Yoru sensed the Nine-Tails chakra from a hundred li away, and Minato Namikaze abandoned his mission to race back to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yoru warned Minato that the village’s leaders might have engineered the crisis, then carried Uchiha Mikoto ahead with his lightning technique.
• The Nine-Tails appeared inside Konoha, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the village’s shinobi to evacuate civilians and fight it.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root to keep the Uchiha from approaching the Nine-Tails and reported that Sharingan chakra was controlling it.
• Uchiha Yoru reached Konoha and struck the Nine-Tails with Sage Art: Lightning Style: Lightning Blade, driving it through the village wall and out of Konoha.

Uchiha Yoru, Uchiha Mikoto, and the Uchiha Clan fought to drive the Nine-Tails away from Konoha while Minato Namikaze confronted the masked attacker. The Nine-Tails remained trapped for a sealing attempt, and the wounded Uchiha Obito escaped after vowing to take it back.

• Uchiha Yoru struck the Nine-Tails with lightning and drove it outside Konoha, prompting Uchiha Yashiro to mobilize the Uchiha Clan and Konoha Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Mikoto used her Mangekyo and Gunbai to reflect the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball, while Uchiha Yoru summoned Susanoo and seized the beast's tails.
• Uchiha Yoru ordered Uchiha Mikoto to organize a barrier and directed Konoha's forces to prepare to seal the Nine-Tails, while Hiruzen Sarutobi issued supporting orders and worried that the Uchiha would gain control of its Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Mikoto and the Uchiha Elites raised the Uchiha Flame Formation around the Nine-Tails as Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered ANBU to investigate Nako Uzumaki and summon a backup Jinchuriki.
• Minato Namikaze fought Uchiha Obito in the Forest of Death, learned that he had Sharingan, Wood Release, and a connection to the Nine-Tails' rampage, and wounded him with Exploding Tags.
• Uchiha Obito escaped the confrontation after telling Minato Namikaze that he would return to take the Nine-Tails.

Minato Namikaze found Naiko Uzumaki and their newborn Naruto after the Nine-Tails was extracted, then secretly refused to make either Naruto or Root’s spare candidate the Jinchuriki. As Uchiha Yoru and the others restrained the Nine-Tails, Minato approached Yoru, leaving the identity of the new Jinchuriki unresolved.

• Minato Namikaze discovered that his attacker’s severed hand had manifested Wood Release, strengthening his suspicions about Uchiha Yoru’s claims, and hurried to find Naiko Uzumaki.
• Asuma Sarutobi praised Uchiha Yoru’s strength and argued that Konoha needed a powerful Hokage to protect the village.
• Shimura Danzō urged Minato to take Root’s spare Jinchuriki to the battlefield, then suggested using newborn Naruto instead; Minato secretly teleported the candidate to his home and left Naiko with Naruto.
• Minato knocked out Root’s candidate and returned to the battlefield, where Uchiha Mikoto reflected the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball and the Uchiha Susanoo and sealing chains restrained the beast.
• Minato approached Uchiha Yoru while the Barrier Team remained occupied, with Root’s candidate unconscious nearby and the Nine-Tails still awaiting a new Jinchuriki.

Minato Namikaze chose to support Uchiha Yoru to prevent further turmoil, and they sealed the Nine-Tails into the infant Sasuke while using some of its chakra to save Naiko Uzumaki. The Nine-Tails crisis ended, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō planned to use the Sharingan’s involvement against the Uchiha as Konoha struggled to recover.

• Minato Namikaze agreed to back Uchiha Yoru, and they subdued the Nine-Tails with their Sharingan and sealing techniques.
• Uchiha Yoru suggested that some Nine-Tails chakra could save Naiko Uzumaki, and Minato used it to stabilize her life.
• Uchiha Yoru sealed the remaining Nine-Tails into the infant Sasuke, while Minato stopped the sealing once Naiko was safe.
• After the barrier fell, Minato told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Naiko had been saved, while Shimura Danzō resented losing the chance to control the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Yoru ordered the Uchiha and the Konoha Military Police Force to begin rescue efforts, while Hiruzen and Danzō focused on restoring order and planning to implicate the Uchiha.

After the Nine-Tails devastated Konoha, Uchiha Yoru exposed evidence of conspiracies and forbidden research while the Uchiha and Hokage's forces began watching each other. Minato Namikaze lost faith in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s leadership and secretly headed for Root’s base as the Jonin meeting and a possible coup approached.

• Konoha residents emerged from shelters to find widespread destruction, and Uchiha Yoru organized relief efforts while learning that Uchiha Itachi’s mother had died and Uchiha Fugaku was missing.
• Uchiha Yashiro revealed evidence that Uchiha Fugaku had been ambushed and killed, while Uchiha Yoru argued that the Nine-Tails attack and Fugaku’s death were part of a plot to provoke conflict.
• Uchiha Yoru presented a severed hand and material displaying Wood Release, Sharingan, and Nano Venomous Insects, accusing people within Konoha of forbidden experiments.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers ordered the Uchiha monitored, while Minato Namikaze argued that Uchiha Yoru and Uchiha Mikoto could not have controlled the Nine-Tails because they were away at the Daimyo’s Mansion.
• Hiruzen told Minato he planned to step down and make him Fourth Hokage, but Minato left feeling distrustful of Hiruzen and doubtful of his own suitability for the role.
• Minato left a Shadow Clone with Naiko Uzumaki, disguised himself as ANBU, and went to Root’s base to seek the truth before the Jonin meeting.

Minato Namikaze discovered Root’s corpses and intelligence on the Uchiha, leaving him furious at the Third Hokage’s apparent approval. As Konoha mourned and suspicion fell on the Uchiha, Uchiha Yoru prepared for the next day’s Jonin meeting while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō planned to suppress the clan.

• Shimura Danzō learned that Root had recovered Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan and ordered an eye transplant.
• Minato Namikaze infiltrated Root, found its Uchiha intelligence and the corpses of Fugaku and others, and concluded that Hiruzen Sarutobi had tacitly allowed Root’s actions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced at the memorial that he would nominate a new Hokage and resign, while rumors about the Nine-Tails’ Sharingan fueled suspicion of the Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yoru reassured Uchiha Itachi about Sasuke’s safety, assigned guardians to the infant, and discovered that Itachi had awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yoru told Uchiha Mikoto to gather the clan for the Jonin meeting as Tsunade, Kushina, and the Senju prepared to return.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to prepare for a confrontation at the Jonin meeting, while Shimura Danzō proposed isolating the Uchiha and privately celebrated his advantage.

Uchiha Yoru and his allies prepared to confront the Hokage faction after evidence of Root’s crimes surfaced. As the Jonin gathered for a meeting, Yoru mobilized shinobi to seize key locations and surround the Hokage Building.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade returned to Konoha for the Jonin meeting, where Tsunade denounced the accusation that the Uchiha had caused the Nine-Tails’ rampage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi steered the meeting toward reconstruction while the advisors used the Nine-Tails disaster to cast suspicion on the absent Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yoru presented evidence of Root’s human experimentation and gathered Minato Namikaze, Hizashi Hyuga, and other shinobi behind him.
• Mikoto told Yoru that Nawaki’s Senju elites had entered the village, and Yoru rallied the assembled shinobi with a call for certain victory.
• Yoru ordered his forces to neutralize the ANBU and Root operatives, seize the Konoha Main Gate, and surround the Hokage Building.

At a Jonin meeting, Shimura Danzō proposed relocating the Aburame and Uchiha clans, prompting Uchiha Yoru to confront Konoha’s leadership over their distrust and wartime failures. As the room edged toward open conflict, Tsunade challenged Danzō by asking what would happen if the Uchiha cleared their suspicions that day.

• Shimura Danzō proposed moving the Aburame Clan to the village outskirts and relocating the Uchiha Clan and Military Police headquarters to an isolated site.
• Might Duy objected to the relocation as unjustified exclusion, but Shimura Danzō defended it as necessary because of suspicions about the Sharingan and the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Uchiha Yoru entered the meeting with Uchiha shinobi and supporters, challenged who had agreed to the proposal, and condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village elders for their wartime conduct.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would accept responsibility for the Third Shinobi World War and resign, while Shimura Danzō declared that the meeting would select a Fourth Hokage and sought to bar the Uchiha from participating.
• Jiraiya urged everyone to avoid another conflict, but Uchiha Yoru accused the leadership of having Root and ANBU elites waiting in ambush; Shimura Danzō renewed his accusations against the Uchiha.
• Tsunade asked what would happen if the Uchiha cleared their suspicions that day, leaving the meeting room stunned.

Uchiha Yoru and Tsunade Senju launched a coordinated armed takeover of Konoha after Yoru exposed Shimura Danzō’s stolen Sharingan and Hashirama’s cells, accusing the Third Hokage’s faction of conspiring in the Nine-Tails attack. With Minato Namikaze and Nawaki Senju revealed as allies, Yoru declared the Konoha Military Police Force in control and placed the village under emergency alert.

• Uchiha Yoru attacked Shimura Danzō, removed the Mangekyō Sharingan from beneath his bandages, and exposed the Sharingan embedded in Danzō’s arm.
• Uchiha Yoru accused Danzō and the Third Hokage’s faction of stealing bloodline powers and helping orchestrate the Nine-Tails attack, while Tsunade Senju demanded an explanation for Hashirama’s cells in Danzō’s body.
• Uchiha Yoru and Tsunade Senju sealed Konoha and ordered its highest emergency alert as the Uchiha and their allies prepared to seize control.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s orders failed when Might Duy restrained Jiraiya, Minato Namikaze refused to obey him, and Minato revealed he had blocked ANBU and Root communications.
• Shimura Danzō escaped with Izanagi, but the Konoha Military Police Force surrounded the Hokage Building, and Nawaki Senju announced that the Senju Clan had taken the Root and ANBU bases.
• Uchiha Yoru ordered Nawaki Senju and Minato Namikaze to take over Root and ANBU, assigned the Military Police Force to secure Konoha’s departments, and declared that the force now controlled the village.

Uchiha Yoru and Tsunade Senju seized control of Konoha while accusing the Third Hokage’s faction of conspiring behind the Nine-Tails attack. After the village turned against Shimura Danzō, they stripped him of his identity as a Konoha ninja, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Hokage Advisors facing the consequences.

• Uchiha forces sealed Konoha, mobilized the Konoha Military Police Force, and ordered villagers to shelter as the village entered its highest state of combat readiness.
• Uchiha and Senju supporters took control of the Medical Department and Intelligence Department, while the Hyuga Branch Family joined the takeover and Asuma Sarutobi sided with Uchiha and Senju.
• Konoha shinobi learned of the accusation that the Third Hokage’s faction had orchestrated the Nine-Tails attack, and they surrounded the faction at the Hokage Building instead of intervening on its behalf.
• Jiraiya rebuked the Third Hokage, Kushina Uzumaki threatened the faction in her Five-Tails state, and the gathered shinobi condemned Shimura Danzō for his crimes.
• Shimura Danzō attacked Uchiha Yoru with Wind Release, but Uchiha Yoru struck him down and then joined Tsunade Senju in stripping him of his identity as a Konoha ninja.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu looked to Hiruzen Sarutobi for support, but Hiruzen watched in despair and regretted having shown mercy to Uchiha and Senju.

Uchiha Yoru and his allies defeated Shimura Danzō’s attempt to kill them, seized control of Konoha, and began detaining the former leadership for investigation. The chapter ended with Yoru calling a Jonin meeting as sunlight fell on the Hokage Building, signaling his rise as Konoha’s new ruler.

• Shimura Danzō fell under Uchiha Yoru’s Genjutsu, mistook Hiruzen Sarutobi for Yoru, and triggered the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, sealing the limbs of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.
• Uchiha Yoru and Minato Namikaze sealed Danzō’s Chakra with the Five Elements Seal, and Yoru cut off Danzō’s Sharingan arm.
• Danzō’s uncontrolled Wood Release cells began growing into a tree that tore down the Third Hokage’s face on Hokage Rock, causing Hiruzen Sarutobi to faint.
• Uchiha and Senju forces took control of Konoha, and Tsunade ordered surveillance of the Sarutobi, Shimura, Mitokado, and Utatane clans.
• Uchiha Yoru ordered Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu detained for investigation, while Hiruzen Sarutobi was returned to the Sarutobi Clan under guard.
• Uchiha Yoru called a Jonin meeting on the Hokage Building rooftop as sunlight broke through the clouds.