Chapter Summaries

Rumors accused Danzo of conducting human experiments and stealing the major clans’ Kekkei Genkai, prompting Chen, Nawaki, and Hiashi to confront Root. The Third Hokage discovered Danzo had lied about leaving the village, while Danzo prepared to face Chen with a newly acquired eye.

• Rumors that Danzo had implanted Wood Release, the Sharingan, and the Byakugan spread through Konoha, forcing the Third Hokage to consider investigating him.
• The Third Hokage told Homura Mitokado that Danzo had gone to the Land of Rain to investigate Fugaku and the Akatsuki Organization.
• An Anbu ninja reported that Chen, Nawaki, and Hiashi had led ninja into Root to demand an explanation from Danzo.
• Chen revealed that Danzo was hiding in Root, contradicting his claim that he had left the village, and the Third Hokage headed there.
• As Danzo unwound the bandages around his right arm, he said he would test his new eye on Kagami’s son.

Chen brought Nawaki, Hiashi, and other ninja into Root to investigate Danzo’s human experiments, reclaim Kagami’s eye, and help Orochimaru dismantle the organization. Root’s forces attacked, and Jia’s Lightning Release struck an invisible force before it could reach Chen.

• Chen led Nawaki, Hiashi, and the others into Root to demand an explanation for rumors implicating their clans.
• Danzo’s Root Shinobi assembled in the hall, using barriers and coordinated formations to prepare for the intruders.
• Chen warned the Root Shinobi to move aside, but Jia ordered them to attack and sent some toward Nawaki and Hiashi.
• Jia attacked Chen with a Lightning Release spike, but an invisible force shattered it before it touched Chen.

Chen fought through Root’s forces and confronted Danzo, who questioned how Chen learned about his Wood Release and Sharingan transplantation. Chen revealed he knew Danzo possessed his father Kagami’s eyes, and the chapter ended as Danzo lunged to take Chen’s eyes.

• Chen used Sage Mode and Snake Kata to kill Jia and several Root shinobi, then continued fighting through the encirclement.
• Chen signaled Nawaki and Hiashi to guard an exit so Danzo could not escape, while Orochimaru and Minato watched the other exits.
• Danzo emerged and demanded to know who had revealed his transplantation of Wood Release and Sharingan.
• Chen told Danzo he knew Danzo had been using his father Kagami’s eyes, and Danzo suspected Uchiha Yama had leaked the secret.
• Danzo lunged at Chen and thrust his fingers toward Chen’s eyes as Chen’s Mangekyo Sharingan began to spin.

Danzo relived the mission at the Land of Lightning border through Chen’s genjutsu and changed the events by saving Koharu, spotting traps, and volunteering to cover the group’s retreat. The illusion ended with Danzo horrified that the Second Hokage accepted his offer, while Chen’s Rasengan struck only the Danzo who vanished with Izanagi.

• Danzo saved Koharu from an Explosive Tag blast, leaving Kagami injured in his place.
• Danzo insisted the group seal and recover their fallen comrades, then guided the survivors through enemy traps.
• When the Second Hokage announced that someone had to stay behind, Danzo volunteered, but the Second Hokage accepted and led the others away.
• Hiruzen embraced Danzo and promised to wait for him, leaving Danzo frozen with despair.
• Chen’s Rasengan missed Danzo after Danzo vanished using Izanagi, and Chen wondered why his genjutsu had overwhelmed him.

Chen overwhelmed Danzo with Susanoo and forced him to flee deeper into Root, while Danzo spent several Sharingan using Izanagi to survive. Chen contacted Dong Mo, who reported setting up a barrier near the exit where Danzo was headed.

• Danzo escaped Chen’s Genjutsu with Izanagi and charged, but Chen’s Susanoo crushed him after his binding curse marks failed.
• Danzo revived and summoned Baku, but Chen’s Great Fireball dispelled it before Flying Thunder God and a Great Ball Rasengan killed Danzo again.
• After using Izanagi a third time, Danzo realized he could not defeat Chen and fled deeper into Root, ordering the Root Shinobi to hold Chen back.
• Chen shattered Root’s barrier with Susanoo and discovered Danzo had escaped the hall.
• Chen sent a message through a slug to Dong Mo, who confirmed that he had set up a barrier at the exit; Minato heard the report near Konoha’s back mountain.

Chen and Orochimaru took control of Root after Danzo escaped, while the Third Hokage went after his old friend. The Third Hokage’s decision about Danzo remained uncertain, and Chen prepared to demand an explanation in exchange for Danzo’s life.

• After Danzo fled, the Third Hokage left to find him, while Minato’s pursuit failed to stop him from escaping through one of Root’s secret exits.
• Hiashi sent Hyuga Shinobi to search Root, and they discovered two hidden exits but found no trace of Danzo.
• Orochimaru took over Root and captured Danzo’s loyalists, intending to keep the organization’s personnel and resources.
• Orochimaru began replacing Root’s Curse Marks and explained that Konoha could not afford to disband the organization.
• Chen anticipated that the Third Hokage might spare Danzo and planned to make him answer for that choice, with Kagami’s Mangekyo Sharingan as a potential bargaining chip.

Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Danzo at the Naka River over his crimes and demanded an explanation. He declared Danzo a Rogue Ninja but ordered him to infiltrate Akatsuki as Konoha’s spy.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen found Danzo waiting by the Naka River, pretending to be badly injured.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen attacked Danzo and demanded to know whether Kagami’s eyes were in his possession.
• Danzo claimed he had taken Kagami’s eyes to protect Konoha and had gathered other Sharingan from Uchiha ninja killed in battle.
• Danzo told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he had transplanted Sharingan to oppose Akatsuki and its Rinnegan-wielding leader.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen spared Danzo, declared him a Rogue Ninja, and ordered him to join Akatsuki as Konoha’s spy.
• Danzo laughed after Sarutobi Hiruzen left, praising him as the rain poured down.

After Danzo escaped Konoha as a Rogue Ninja, the village faced renewed threats from Hidden Cloud and turmoil within its leadership. The Third Hokage recognized Chen’s ambition and entrusted him with carrying Konoha forward.

• The Third Hokage ordered Konoha to intensify the search for Danzo while preventing other villages from capturing him, and appointed Orochimaru to take charge of Root.
• The Third Hokage told Chen that the Fourth Raikage seemed ready to start a real war, and Chen offered to threaten the Eight-Tails in Hidden Cloud Village to make him withdraw.
• The Third Hokage asked Chen what he would do as Hokage, and Chen said he wanted to become the First Hokage and then the Second Hokage before becoming Hokage himself.
• The Third Hokage admitted he had hesitated to kill Danzo and said En had gone after him, while Chen sensed that the Third Hokage was nearing the end of his strength.
• The Third Hokage saw his former vigor in Chen and handed him the umbrella, telling him that he would have to hold it up from then on.

Danzo fled to the Land of Rice Fields, where Fugaku, disguised as Uchiha Madara, pressured him into joining Akatsuki. Akatsuki then decided Kakuzu would go to bring Danzo in, while Fugaku stayed behind to avoid testing Danzo's Sharingan himself.

• Danzo escaped Homura Mitokado and rested in a forest in the Land of Rice Fields, blaming Sarutobi Hiruzen for his downfall.
• A masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara confronted Danzo and threatened to expose his role in the Iron Mirror Mountain ambush to Nagato unless he joined Akatsuki.
• Danzo agreed to join Akatsuki after the masked man promised that Nagato would not kill him and hinted that Fugaku was already a member.
• Zetsu reported Danzo's whereabouts to Akatsuki, and Deva Path asked who would guide him to the organization.
• Fugaku declined to go, and Kakuzu won the assignment after arguing with Sasori over who should take it.

Uchiha Chen infiltrated the Hidden Cloud Village to take some of the Eight-Tails' Chakra and attacked Killer B at Cloud Lightning Gorge. Killer B fought back despite being outmatched, and Chen's assault left the two facing off.

• Chen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to infiltrate Cloud Lightning Gorge and left a Kunai there as a future marker.
• Chen entered Sage Mode, sensed the Cloud Shinobi Anbu guarding Killer B, and killed all twenty of them.
• Chen struck Killer B's house with a Sage Chakra-enhanced Great Fireball Jutsu, destroying it and confronting Killer B.
• Killer B recognized Chen, suspected he had come for the Eight-Tails, and prepared to fight him with his Eight-Sword Style.
• Chen said he wanted the Eight-Tails' Chakra but did not intend to kill Killer B, who vowed to avenge the Third Raikage.

Chen defeated Killer B, extracted Chakra from the Eight-Tails, and planted the Three-Tails in the Hidden Cloud Village before escaping. The resulting destruction forced the Fourth Raikage to withdraw, and Chen later became the Fourth Hokage.

• Chen outmatched Killer B in combat, severed one of the Eight-Tails’ tails, and restrained the fully transformed beast with Rashomon and Kirin.
• Chen extracted a large amount of Chakra from the Eight-Tails, then used a Flying Thunder God marker to reach the Hidden Cloud Village.
• Chen released the Three-Tails in the Hidden Cloud Village and vanished.
• In June of Konoha Year 41, the Fourth Raikage withdrew his army after Chen destroyed nearly half the Hidden Cloud Village.
• One month later, the Third Hokage retired, and Uchiha Chen succeeded him as the Fourth Hokage.

Chen became the Fourth Hokage in Konoha Year 41 after the Sannin declined the role and a political reconciliation with the Uchiha Clan cleared the way. After a grand succession ceremony, he moved into the Hokage Building and began reshaping the village leadership.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya refused the Hokage position, while Orochimaru chose research and Root over becoming Hokage and supported Chen.
• The Third Hokage accepted Chen as his successor, partly to reconcile with the Uchiha Clan and protect his former friend from the consequences of Danzo's defection.
• Chen's military achievements and growing prestige, strengthened by his invasion of Hidden Cloud Village, secured his succession despite opposition from Homura Mitokado.
• In July of Konoha Year 41, Chen became the Fourth Hokage in a grand ceremony and moved into the Hokage Building.
• Chen appointed the Third Hokage as a High Advisor and village elder, sidelined Homura Mitokado, and retained Utatane Koharu's authority until Himeji could succeed her.

After reshaping Konoha’s leadership, Chen returned to Root and prepared to help Hiruko complete the Chimera Technique by fusing him with White Zetsu and the First Hokage’s Cells. Chen planned for Hiruko to join Akatsuki after Danzo died and serve as Konoha’s new insider.

• Himeji entered Konoha’s core leadership, while Kushina volunteered to lead Kakashi’s squad and Minato, Nawaki, and Shikaku became Chen’s secretaries.
• Three months later, Chen returned to Root, now Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Hiruko lay ready for research.
• Chen planned to have Hiruko fuse with a captured White Zetsu and gain the First Hokage’s Cells before absorbing Ice Release, Swift Release, Shikotsumyaku, and Dark Release.
• Orochimaru warned that the Chimera Technique could leave Hiruko neither human nor monster, but Chen proceeded because Hiruko wanted to complete it and could assist with missions.
• Chen said Hiruko would join Akatsuki after Danzo died, replacing Konoha’s lost source inside the organization and helping recover Madara’s remains.

Fourth Hokage Chen inspected Root with Orochimaru and explained his plans for its research and leadership. Chen prepared to leave Earth for the moon, whose entrance the White Snake Sage had revealed, while Orochimaru asked him to bring back living Otsutsuki for study.

• Chen valued Root as Konoha’s advanced research and intelligence organization, preserving its departments and funding work on technologies such as Joint Softening and Scientific Ninja Tools.
• Orochimaru asked Chen how he liked being Fourth Hokage, and Chen said he had adjusted to the work while delegating Konoha’s departments to trusted allies.
• Chen told Orochimaru he would leave Konoha, and Orochimaru guessed that Chen had found the moon’s entrance.
• Chen explained that the White Snake Sage had finally revealed the entrance after the Toad Sage and other ancient sages claimed not to know it.
• Orochimaru asked Chen to leave some Otsutsuki alive so he could study their bloodline.

The Akatsuki Organization held an expanded meeting to begin the Eye of the Moon Plan and discuss the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki’s whereabouts. Danzo asked for a new partner after his fight with Kakuzu cost him several Sharingan.

• Nagato questioned Danzo about why Chen had left the Eight-Tails alive and released the Three-Tails to the Hidden Cloud Village.
• Danzo suggested Konoha might be confident enough to give away Tailed Beasts, prompting Nagato to order Zetsu to locate the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Nagato declared that the Eye of the Moon Plan had officially begun.
• Danzo interrupted the mission assignments to ask for a new partner after losing two of Kakuzu’s hearts and five of his own Sharingan in their fight.

The Akatsuki members argued over their team assignments until Deva Path ordered them to keep the original pairings and announced their missions to capture the Tailed Beasts. After the meeting ended, Kakuzu eyed Danzo as a valuable bounty target.

• Danzo proposed teaming up with Fugaku, while Juzo objected to being abandoned and Pakura silently resented being paired with Sasori.
• Deva Path ended the arguments, kept the assigned teams unchanged, and warned Kakuzu not to attack teammates again.
• Deva Path assigned teams to capture the One-Tail through Six-Tails and said he would handle the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
• Kakuzu considered asking where the Akatsuki's collected money had gone, but stayed silent under Deva Path's icy gaze.
• Nagato dismissed the Magic Lantern Body Technique, and Kakuzu opened his eyes in a forest and smiled at Danzo's bounty.

Chen and Himeji traveled to the Land of Snow to investigate a glowing lake tied to Hamura, but multicolored bubbles trapped them in memory genjutsu. Chen found himself reliving the childhood moment when he first met Himeji, which ended with her accidentally knocking him into the river.

• Chen and Himeji secretly left Konoha, leaving a Wood Clone in the village to maintain his duties as Fourth Mizukage.
• Chen and Himeji reached a cave in a valley and used the Byakugan to locate a glowing lake below it.
• As they dove through the lake, multicolored bubbles rose toward them, and both closed their eyes to avoid the memory genjutsu.
• Chen awoke in a childhood memory by a river and saw four-year-old Himeji crying near the bridge.
• Young Chen called out to Himeji while holding a giant King Carp, but the fish dragged him through the water.
• Himeji tried to help Chen by throwing a stone, struck him on the head, and watched him sink beneath the water.

Chen watched a memory of his first meeting with Himeji, when he comforted her beside a river and introduced himself as Uchiha Chen. After escaping the memory-filled Genjutsu, Chen and Himeji continued onward, avoiding the remaining bubbles, while Himeji kept what she had seen to herself.

• Chen watched Himeji's memory of their childhood meeting beside the river.
• Chen's younger self comforted Himeji with a clay figurine and encouraged her to keep going despite the Caged Bird Seal.
• The boy introduced himself as Uchiha Chen, and Himeji said her brother believed Uchiha children were bad.
• Chen dispelled the Genjutsu and waited before freeing Himeji from it.
• Chen and Himeji avoided the remaining Genjutsu bubbles, and Himeji told Chen to guess what she had seen.

Chen and Himeji reached the final cave, where Chen defeated a giant guardian crab and wondered how best to cook it. On the moon, the dwindling Otsutsuki Clan learned that someone had entered the passage from Earth, and Soki suggested the intruder might be an Earth-born descendant rather than the one who awakened the Rinnegan.

• Chen and Himeji reached the final cave, and Himeji sensed a mass of Chakra approaching.
• A giant crab attacked Chen and Himeji with genjutsu bubbles, but Chen swept it away with Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion.
• Five Otsutsuki awoke in the Reincarnation Chamber after someone entered the Forbidden Land through the passage between Earth and the moon.
• Otsutsuki Ishii revealed that someone had summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path away twenty years earlier and explained how war had nearly wiped out the moon's Otsutsuki Clan.
• Otsutsuki Soki suggested the intruder might be descended from the bloodline the Otsutsuki left on Earth, giving the clan hope.

Kawakui and Original Human discussed the lunar Otsutsuki Clan’s decline, their inability to leave the moon, and the intruder their family had captured. Kawakui questioned the clan’s plans and longed to see Earth, leaving her disgusted by the prospect of the Otsutsuki using a stolen Byakugan to pursue their destructive beliefs.

• Kawakui and Original Human sat beneath the Artificial Sun and reflected on how the Main-Branch War and generations of inbreeding had left only five lunar Otsutsuki, all with defective Byakugan.
• Kawakui told Original Human that she wanted to see Earth and feared spending her whole life trapped on the moon, but the Tenseigan Seal still prevented Otsutsuki from passing through the passage.
• Original Human explained that his father and the others would kill an intruder with the giant Tenseigan if he had awakened the Rinnegan, but would take the intruder’s pure Byakugan if he came from the Hyuga Clan.
• Kawakui suspected that Original Human would receive the transplanted Byakugan and use his awakened Tenseigan to destroy humanity on Earth, and she called the clan hopeless cases.