Chapter Summaries

Hidezawa explained the Uchiha’s predicament to Shisui and arranged for him and Kabuto to plan an evacuation, then investigated Konan’s delegation and discussed Akatsuki’s goals with her. Konan revealed that Obito Uchiha planned to target Konoha soon, and Hidezawa agreed to let the operation proceed as a trial collaboration.

• Hidezawa told Shisui how Danzo had manipulated Kabuto and Nonō, then asked Shisui and Kabuto to work together on an Uchiha evacuation plan.
• Hidezawa and Kabuto explained how the Uchiha’s control of the understaffed Police Force had undermined their integration into Konoha, while Hidezawa also described why Hiruzen tolerated Danzo.
• Konan arrived in Konoha with Rain shinobi, and Hiruzen assigned Hidezawa, Kakashi, and their teammates to protect the visitors and investigate their purpose.
• Hidezawa used a Flying Thunder God Mark to meet Konan privately, challenged her belief that fear and overwhelming power could create lasting peace, and argued that strength should protect people and support negotiation.
• Konan warned Hidezawa that Obito Uchiha planned to target Konoha and might summon Akatsuki; Hidezawa agreed to let the plan proceed and treat it as a trial collaboration.

Hidezawa persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to pursue cooperation with the Rain Country and to investigate Danzo’s role in Akatsuki’s past. As Konan and Nagato agreed to help frame Danzo while seeking aid, Obito prepared to use Itachi in the Uchiha Clan’s extermination, and Itachi revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan before leaving with him.

• Hidezawa told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Rain Country had approached Konohagakure because it feared Akatsuki, and he proposed using the opportunity to win over Akatsuki members and investigate Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to learn what happened between Hanzō and Danzo and to offer the Rain Country aid if its intelligence proved useful.
• Konan reported Hidezawa’s proposal to Nagato, and they agreed to cooperate publicly with Konohagakure while placing the blame for the past on Danzo.
• Obito learned that Akatsuki would join his operation and resolved to use Itachi to exterminate the Uchiha Clan and sever Itachi’s ties to Konohagakure.
• Itachi left Sasuke and met Obito at their usual meeting place, agreeing to leave with him and help with the operation.
• Itachi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, surprising Obito, who promised that Itachi would witness the operation’s conclusion.

Hidezawa reflected on the Uchiha’s approaching rebellion, urged Hikari to distinguish the clan’s ordinary members from its leaders, and met with Nagato and Konan to discuss Akatsuki’s role. The chapter ended with Fugaku using his Mangekyo to convince Itachi to support the clan’s plan, while Hidezawa proposed blaming the rebellion on one person and letting himself emerge as a hero.

• Hidezawa discussed the Uchiha’s collective guilt with Hikari, who angrily questioned why they had to bear the sins of others, and he promised she would soon see the clan burned to ash.
• Fugaku gathered Uchiha elites to plan their rebellion, arranging to free prisoners and hire rogue ninja while rejecting Yashiro’s suggestion to enlist Akatsuki.
• Hidezawa met Naruto, Sasuke, and Izumi near the Ninja Academy and told Sasuke that he believed the brothers’ relationship would always remain strong.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyo to Itachi and showed him an illusion of the planned rebellion, persuading Itachi to promise he would not disappoint the clan again.
• Hidezawa met Nagato and Konan outside the Land of Fire, learned Akatsuki had entered the country for a mission tied to the Uchiha, and proposed that only one person be blamed so he could become a hero.

Itachi Uchiha agreed to destroy the Uchiha Clan in exchange for Sasuke Uchiha's survival, while Hidezawa prepared to save the innocent and use the attack to reshape the clan's future. As the massacre and Akatsuki's assault began, Hidezawa appeared beside Obito Uchiha.

• Itachi Uchiha offered Danzo to resolve the Uchiha problem and join Akatsuki if Sasuke Uchiha was spared, and Danzo accepted.
• Obito Uchiha set Akatsuki's operation for a week later, while Hidezawa told Kabuto and Shisui he planned to shelter the Uchiha and expose those who had provoked the rebellion.
• Danzo surrounded the Uchiha Clan Grounds with Root ninja, while Hidezawa brought Hikari above the grounds and told her the clan's power brokers would die but innocent people could be saved.
• Obito Uchiha sent Kakuzu and Biwa Jūzō to mobilize rogue ninja and bounty hunters, assigned Orochimaru and Sasori to the prison, and headed for the Uchiha Clan with Pain and Konan.
• Rogue ninja attacked Konoha as prisoners escaped, and Itachi Uchiha began slaughtering Uchiha residents throughout the clan grounds.
• Obito Uchiha emerged with Pain and Konan to witness the massacre, but Hidezawa suddenly appeared beside him.

Shihara Hidezawa confronted Obito Uchiha and the Akatsuki during the chaos surrounding Itachi Uchiha’s massacre of his clan. After Kabuto and Shisui Uchiha rescued some Uchiha civilians, Hidezawa unleashed a colossal golden sword against his enemies, leaving Konohagakure stunned by the devastation.

• Shihara Hidezawa revealed that he had allowed the night’s events to unfold so he could use the confrontation for his own purposes.
• Itachi Uchiha slaughtered Uchiha clansmen while Shisui Uchiha intervened to protect Izumi Uchiha and threatened to use Sasuke Uchiha against him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Danzo had arranged for Itachi Uchiha to suppress the Uchiha rebellion in exchange for Sasuke Uchiha’s safety, as enormous monsters began battling at the Uchiha grounds.
• Shihara Hidezawa fought Obito Uchiha, Nagato, and the Akatsuki, surviving their combined attacks before preparing a powerful golden sword.
• Kabuto and Shisui Uchiha sent a signal after evacuating some Uchiha civilians, while Itachi Uchiha finished killing the clansmen he encountered, including Fugaku Uchiha and his mother.
• Shihara Hidezawa’s giant golden sword struck the battlefield, badly injuring the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and cleaving a distant mountain as Konohagakure’s ninja watched in shock.

Hidezawa’s attack drove the Akatsuki from Konohagakure, and he blamed the Uchiha massacre on Itachi and Danzo, leading Hiruzen to strip Danzo of his authority. As the village began recovering, Hidezawa offered to take over Root, while the Akatsuki speculated that he possessed the Sage Body and his system awarded him mission rewards.

• Hidezawa returned to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, and Sasuke, then described Itachi Uchiha’s massacre and accused the Akatsuki of conspiring with someone inside Konohagakure.
• Hidezawa’s account led Hiruzen Sarutobi to blame Danzo, remove him as Hokage Assistant and head of Root, and declare that the Uchiha had not rebelled.
• The Akatsuki escaped with Itachi Uchiha, and Black Zetsu proposed that Hidezawa was a new bearer of the Sage Body.
• Kakashi reported that the escaped prisoners had been dealt with and that no Uchiha survivors had been found, while Hiruzen and the elders discussed Root’s future.
• Hidezawa offered to lead Root and use the post to gain experience for his ambition to become Hokage; Hiruzen agreed to decide within three days.
• Hidezawa’s system awarded him 64 free points and special rewards for completing three missions.

Hidezawa arranged for the Uchiha survivors to join Root and planned to take control of the organization while using Akatsuki to redirect attention from the massacre by exposing Danzo. He considered his new rewards and began exploring a Yin Release and Yang Release fusion before Uchiha Hikari entered his room.

• Tsunade warned Hidezawa against taking over Root, but he explained that he would focus its operations outside Konohagakure and use its intelligence network.
• Hidezawa and Shisui told the surviving Uchiha that Itachi had slaughtered the clan, explained why they had to live under new identities, and offered them a place in Root; Izumi and the others pledged loyalty.
• Hidezawa assigned Shisui to oversee the Uchiha and asked Kabuto to manage Root's remaining members while he planned to prevent Danzo from returning.
• Nagato and Konan agreed to release materials blaming Danzo for his actions in Rain Country, helping divert attention from the Uchiha massacre and Akatsuki's role.
• Hidezawa examined his rewards, chose to fuse Yin Release with Yang Release Chakra Mode, and was interrupted when Uchiha Hikari entered his bedroom barefoot.

Hidezawa spent his accumulated Free Points upgrading his abilities and physical qualities, triggering a painful bloodline mutation that greatly enhanced his senses, strength, Chakra control, and vitality. Meanwhile, Hiruzen told Sasuke that Itachi had massacred the Uchiha to make Sasuke’s eyes evolve, leaving Sasuke consumed by hatred; Tsunade then found Hidezawa looking unusually pale after his transformation.

• Hikari thanked Hidezawa for helping her witness the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, and he reassured her that he would help uncover her past and described her as kind beneath her hatred.
• Yugao and Shizune took Hikari out to clear her mind, while Hikari reflected on her growing attachment to Hidezawa and his claim that he liked older women.
• Hidezawa spent his Free Points raising Yang Release Chakra Mode, Yin Release, Wood Release, Chakra, and Body Comprehensive Quality, triggering a severe bloodline mutation as his body collapsed and rebuilt itself.
• Hiruzen told Sasuke that Itachi had likely massacred the Uchiha to cause Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan to awaken, and Sasuke became consumed by hatred for his brother.
• Hidezawa discovered that his mutation had greatly expanded his perception and enhanced his physical abilities, Chakra control, nature transformations, and vitality.
• Tsunade returned, saw Hidezawa’s pale appearance, and demanded to know what had happened to him.

After Hidezawa’s bloodline evolved, Tsunade examined his unusually powerful body while a stolen Rain Country intelligence scroll exposed Danzo’s alleged schemes across the shinobi world. Danzo learned Hidezawa might take control of Root and tried to recruit him with information about Orochimaru, while Hidezawa spent the stormy night with Yugao.

• Hidezawa explained his changed appearance as a bloodline evolution, and Tsunade agreed to examine him while the women promised to keep it secret.
• Rain Country intelligence spread after bounty hunters stole it, implicating Danzo in events involving the Uchiha, Kumogakure’s Fukai, Sunagakure’s Pakura, and Yahiko’s death.
• Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, Rasa, and Jiraiya reacted to the revelations, and Danzo became the focus of discussion throughout the shinobi world.
• Hidezawa told Yugao that the scandal had shifted attention away from the Uchiha, then walked with her through Konohagakure as rain clouds gathered.
• Danzo learned that Hidezawa might replace him in Root and sent Aburame Ryūma to offer Hidezawa information about Orochimaru in exchange for help taking revenge.
• Hidezawa visited Yugao during the storm, and the two kissed and spent the night together.

Hidezawa became Root’s director and began reshaping its ranks while planning to force Danzo out of Konohagakure. He invited Hikari to join Root, prepared to meet Danzo, and the chapter ended with Pakura arriving near the village.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Hidezawa as Root’s director and instructed him to investigate Danzo and focus on rogue ninja.
• Hidezawa and Kabuto assessed Root’s personnel, set new rules, and discussed funding Root through outside operations.
• Hidezawa told the surviving Uchiha that he would pursue Itachi Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, and Izumi Uchiha agreed to become his personal guard.
• Hidezawa planned to use Pakura’s arrival and Danzo’s worsening reputation to make Danzo defect, then met Hikari and invited her to work in Root.
• Pakura reached a mountain overlooking Konohagakure and remembered Shihara Hidezawa.

Hidezawa manipulated Danzo into believing Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to remove him, then used a disguised meeting with Kabuto to push him toward defecting. He discussed possible cooperation between the Rain Country and Wind Country with Pakura, while Hikari decided to join Hidezawa’s work and arrived at Yugao’s room at an awkward moment; Danzo ended the chapter resolved to seize power elsewhere.

• Hidezawa warned Danzo that Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered an investigation of Root, convincing Danzo that his position in Konohagakure was threatened.
• Hidezawa met with Pakura, explained what Konohagakure would disclose about Hanzō and the Uchiha, and proposed a Rain Country–Wind Country water project.
• Hidezawa and Kabuto disguised themselves as Orochimaru and Kabuto to persuade Danzo that he would be killed if he stayed in Konohagakure.
• Hidezawa returned to Yugao, and Hikari decided to seek a new purpose and go see him, only to hear him with Yugao and wonder if she had come at the wrong time.
• Danzo concluded that he had to seize a new position of power and told himself not to blame Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hidezawa uncovered the Stone Tablet’s account of the Senju and Uchiha’s shared ancestry and suspected someone had manipulated Indra and Asura into conflict. As he reassured Hikari and discussed the mystery with Tsunade, his clone discovered that Danzo was preparing to flee Konohagakure with loyal Root members.

• Hidezawa told Tsunade that Danzo had pursued Wood Release experiments and shared records describing Indra and Asura’s conflict over succession to Ninshū.
• Hidezawa brought Tsunade and Hikari to the Uchiha shrine, where Hikari used her Mangekyō Sharingan to read the Stone Tablet’s account of the Sage of Six Paths, his sons, and their descendants.
• Hidezawa noticed altered Chakra traces on the Stone Tablet and later told Hikari he suspected someone had interfered in the brothers’ conflict; he also promised to investigate her identity and restore her memories.
• Danzo told Aburame Ryūma that he planned to leave Konohagakure and ordered him to find Root members still loyal to him, unaware that a shadowy figure was observing them.
• Hidezawa received word from his Wood Clone that Danzo was gathering several dozen loyal Root shinobi and planning to withdraw from Konohagakure at midnight the next day.

Hidezawa set a plan in motion to expose Danzo’s crimes, coordinate with Pakura, and make Danzo’s departure serve Root’s ambitions. When Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived to confront Danzo, Danzo launched an attack and was seen fleeing alongside a long-haired man, triggering a crisis in Konohagakure.

• Hidezawa told Kabuto to leak intelligence about Danzo to foreign villages and arrange a public interception that would win support for Root’s external operations.
• Hidezawa persuaded Pakura to report Danzo’s expected escape and oppose the Kazekage if necessary, promising that she would benefit from cooperation with the Rain Country.
• Kabuto leaked the intelligence to foreign spies, and Hidezawa presented Hiruzen Sarutobi with records of Danzo’s crimes, including an attempted assassination of the Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to confront Danzo that night, while Hidezawa spent the evening with Yugao and Hikari at the Senju Clan’s Ancestral Home.
• Orochimaru warned Danzo that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade had surrounded the Shimura Clan compound, prompting Danzo to gather his people and flee.
• Danzo’s forces unleashed a combined Wind Release attack on Hiruzen Sarutobi’s group, and Danzo appeared on a rooftop with a long-haired man as Konohagakure identified him as a defector.

Hidezawa took command of the operation to hunt down Shimura Danzō after Danzō defected from Konohagakure, while villages and factions across the ninja world mobilized to capture him. Hidezawa's forces reached Grass Country, where his disguised Wood Clone led Danzō into an ambush as enemies gathered around them.

• Tsunade returned to the Senju Clan Residence, told Hidezawa that Shimura Danzō had defected with Orochimaru's help, and sent him to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Hidezawa supreme commander and authorized him to mobilize Root, Anbu, and border forces to bring Danzō back or stop him from leaving the Land of Fire.
• Nagato and Konan agreed to cooperate with Hidezawa against Danzō, while Obito Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, and Rasa considered joining the hunt.
• Hidezawa led Root members, including Uchiha recruits, toward Grass Country and warned them to keep their emotions under control as other forces gathered nearby.
• Hidezawa's Wood Clone, disguised as Orochimaru, traveled with Danzō and accepted a scroll containing Hashirama Senju's cells and five pairs of Sharingan.
• Aburame Ryūma detected an ambush, and explosions engulfed Danzō's group as the disguised Orochimaru revealed that Danzō's enemies had surrounded him.

Hidezawa confronted Danzo as the rival villages gathered in the Grass Country to claim him, and the negotiations erupted into a massive battle. As Akatsuki joined the fight, Hikari revealed overwhelming Mangekyō powers against Itachi and Obito, leaving Black Zetsu wondering whether Indra and Asura’s reincarnations had appeared together.

• Hidezawa left Danzo surrounded by attackers, while Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, Chiyo, and Ebizo arrived to capture him and dispute who would take him.
• Hidezawa challenged the gathered Kage and elders, then fought them with Wood Release, copied Earth Release techniques, and flight as Kakashi’s team hurried toward the battlefield.
• Pakura encountered Konan and the Rain ninja in the forest and agreed to accompany them toward the fighting.
• Obito, Pain, Itachi, and Kakuzu arrived seeking Danzo; Obito assigned Itachi to capture him and Kakuzu to deal with Root’s forces.
• Shisui and Hikari fought the opposing Anbu, and Hikari warned Izumi before confronting Itachi and Obito when they appeared.
• Hikari activated Susanoo, used black flames, and attacked Itachi, prompting Black Zetsu to suspect that Indra and Asura’s reincarnations had appeared together.

Hikari revealed overwhelming Mangekyo and combat abilities, then unleashed a colossal Susanoo against Itachi Uchiha and Obito Uchiha. Meanwhile, Hidezawa pushed the other Kage and their allies to the brink before summoning Hashirama Senju’s giant Thousand-Hand Buddha, leaving them facing his full power.

• Hikari fought Itachi Uchiha and Obito Uchiha, countered their abilities, and suppressed them with her Warring States-era combat skills.
• Hikari formed a giant, armored Susanoo and struck the ground with its Amaterasu-covered blade, creating a canyon and severing distant mountains.
• Konan and Pakura headed toward the battle, where they saw Hikari’s Susanoo and then recognized Hidezawa’s golden light.
• Hidezawa used Wood Release and poisonous mist to trap Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, Chiyo, and Pain, forcing them to join forces.
• Ōnoki cleared the burning forest with Dust Release, while Killer B released the Eight-Tails and Nagato summoned beasts to prepare a counterattack.
• Hidezawa summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: Several Thousand-Hand Buddha, towering over the battlefield and confronting the assembled fighters.

Hidezawa unleashed True Several Thousand Hands in the Grass Country, devastating the battlefield while sparing the surviving leaders and bringing them to face the consequences of interfering with his mission. He exposed how he had manipulated Danzo’s downfall and prepared to kill him, stopping Danzo from activating Izanagi or the Reverse Four Symbols Seal.

• Hidezawa’s giant Buddha overwhelmed Nagato’s summons, the Eight-Tails, Ōnoki’s stone golem, and Chiyo’s puppets, leaving the Grass Country’s terrain shattered.
• The enormous Chakra eruption shook Konoha, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure, while Kakashi’s team survived the shockwave and continued searching for Danzo.
• Hidezawa met Hikari, eased the pain in her eyes, and joined Konan and Pakura in approaching the surviving Ōnoki, the Fourth Raikage, Chiyo, and Ebizo.
• Hidezawa told the injured leaders they would accompany him to Konohagakure, then a wood clone posing as Orochimaru stabbed Danzo and revealed itself as Hidezawa.
• Hidezawa explained that he had manipulated Danzo’s influence, estrangement from Hiruzen, and flight from Konoha, then declared that Danzo’s death was due and blocked his escape techniques.

Hidezawa negotiated a water-pipeline partnership between Sunagakure and the Rain Country while pitching plans to expand Konoha’s influence through developing smaller nations. After reporting Danzo’s death to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hidezawa received powerful system rewards, and Hiruzen collapsed while reading his ambitious plans.

• Hidezawa told Konan, Nagato, Pakura, Chiyo, and Ebizo that Sunagakure could fund pipelines carrying Rain Country water to the Wind Country, with Konoha providing support in exchange for Sunagakure’s controlled minor nations.
• Hidezawa explained to Kabuto how Konoha could build influence and profit by developing small countries, training their shinobi, and constructing infrastructure.
• Konan and Nagato agreed to cooperate with the plan and resolved to show Hidezawa greater sincerity after he helped them defeat Danzo and Hanzō.
• Hidezawa told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Danzo had died and repeated Danzo’s bitter words about having lived in Hiruzen’s shadow, prompting Hiruzen to question his past choices and consider retirement.
• Hidezawa received 50 free points, Truth-Seeking Orb insight, Ōnoki’s Way of Balance, and insight into Obito Uchiha’s spatial ability.
• Hiruzen approved Hidezawa’s external-affairs proposal, then collapsed onto his desk while reading the full plan for Sunagakure, the Rain Country, and the minor nations.

Hidezawa fused Yin Release and Yang Release into a powerful new mode, then discussed Hikari’s eyes and encountered Sasuke, who asked him for training. The chapter left Sasuke inspired by Hidezawa’s dubious advice to work hard before dawn.

• Tsunade examined Hiruzen Sarutobi, who reread Hidezawa’s proposal to develop small countries as Konohagakure’s satellite villages and considered Tsunade for the Hokage position.
• Hidezawa upgraded Wood Release, Yin Release, and Yang Release, then used Obito Uchiha’s spatial insight to raise Flying Thunder God Technique to LV10.
• Hidezawa used Ōnoki’s Way of Balance to fuse Yin-Yang Release, and Hikari sensed the transformation and entered his room.
• Hidezawa attended a gathering with Hikari, reassured her about her eyes, and encouraged her to make friends.
• Sasuke approached Hidezawa and asked him to train him, but Hidezawa told him to work harder and suggested seeing Konohagakure at four in the morning.

As the ninja world reacted to the Kage captured by Konohagakure, Hidezawa supported preparations for Rain Country negotiations and helped Hikari recover her memories. Hikari learned that her birth name was Uchiha Hikari and embraced Hidezawa, while Tsunade’s growing role left the village’s political future uncertain.

• News spread that the Kage and ninja sent to the Grass Country had not returned, and Nagato and Konan discussed their coming visit to Konohagakure and the need to hide their identities.
• At a gathering for Kakashi’s departure from the Anbu, Kakashi asked Hidezawa to keep a low profile until he finished his final shift.
• Hidezawa noticed Tsunade’s unusual activity and wondered whether she would become Hokage ahead of schedule.
• Hidezawa used Yin Release and a small dose of White Zetsu cells to stimulate Hikari’s memories, then examined a new space-based technique adapted from his abilities.
• Hikari recovered memories of her parents and discovered that her real name was Uchiha Hikari; after reading Hidezawa’s note, she embraced him and thanked him.