Chapter Summaries

The ninja world reacted to Uzumaki Katsuki killing the Third Mizukage, while Kirigakure struggled under its new leader, Karatachi Shitsukura. In Konoha, leaders discussed preparations for the Uzumaki, Yuki, and Kaguya clans to settle in the village, and Utatane Koharu questioned the Senju Clan’s eager assistance.

• Karatachi Shitsukura succeeded the Third Mizukage and publicized his death while avoiding talk of revenge.
• The Third Tsuchikage mourned the lack of a suitable successor and resented Konoha’s growing strength.
• The Third Raikage regretted not killing Katsuki years earlier and said he wanted to fight him again, but Kuroe warned him against provoking Konoha.
• Konoha’s leaders discussed how Katsuki’s victory had made him an idol and left Kirigakure too weakened to pose a threat.
• Orochimaru reported that Konoha had reserved land in the village’s north and arranged housing for the migrating Uzumaki, Yuki, and Kaguya clans.
• Utatane Koharu questioned why the Senju Clan was so eager to help, while the Third Hokage remained silent.

The Third Hokage and the village elders debated the Uchiha Clan’s proposal to invite other clans into the Police Force, while Danzo opposed any accommodation with the Uchiha. Hiruzen asserted his authority by stripping Danzo of his powers and assigning Root to Orochimaru.

• The Third Hokage postponed recalling troops from the eastern border until the three clans returned and the Land of Water’s intentions became clear.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura raised the Uchiha Clan’s proposal to bring the Uzumaki, Yuki, and Kaguya clans into the Police Force.
• Danzo denounced the Uchiha Clan as inherently dangerous and attacked Hiruzen for considering a way to ease its resentment toward the village.
• Hiruzen defended the Uchiha’s control of the Police Force as a promise made by the Second Hokage, then ordered Danzo to audit Anbu logistics and handed Root to Orochimaru.
• Danzo left in anger, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu departed, leaving Hiruzen and Orochimaru alone.

Katsuki led the Uzumaki, Kaguya, and Yuki clans from Aomori Island toward Konoha and explained that the Uchiha Clan wanted the Kaguya and Yuki clans to join the Police Force. The clans began their journey with uncertainty about their future, while Katsuki left them with news of a possible place in Konoha.

• Orochimaru accepted Root from his teacher and was given three months to prove himself.
• Katsuki ordered fifteen ships carrying more than two thousand clan members to depart from Aomori Island.
• The Kaguya and Yuki clans mourned leaving the Land of Water as Yuki Hatsuzuki and the Kaguya Clan Head discussed what awaited them in Konoha.
• Katsuki told the clan heads that the Uchiha Clan had invited them to join the Police Force.
• Katsuki explained that the Uchiha had moved quickly to recruit the clans and that both clans were powerful enough to attract interest in Konoha.

Katsuki discussed the Yuki and Kaguya clans’ plans to align with the Uchiha in Konoha, then spent the voyage training the Uzumaki children. The clans’ leaders hoped Katsuki would grow into his role as clan head, while he left the conversation worried about rebuilding his clan.

• Katsuki told the Kaguya Clan Head that the Uchiha could be decent allies, though arrogant and incompetent Uchiha could be beaten without being killed.
• Yuki Hatsuzuki agreed to send people to join the Uchiha Police Force, arguing that Kekkei Genkai clans needed to take a side in Konoha.
• The Kaguya Clan Head said the Yuki and Kaguya clans would align with the Uchiha because powerful bloodline clans needed to unite, and urged Katsuki to learn to act as a clan head.
• After Katsuki left, Yuki Hatsuzuki accused the Kaguya Clan Head of concealing that they wanted to rely on Katsuki, and he said Katsuki needed time to grow into his position.
• Katsuki used a shadow clone and a barrier to train the eleven Uzumaki youngsters aboard the ship, while considering how the clan could rebuild its numbers.

The Uzumaki, Yuki, and Kaguya clans arrived at Konoha, where Orochimaru personally welcomed and escorted them into the village. During the journey, Orochimaru surprised Katsuki by suggesting he take over Root, leaving Katsuki questioning why he had been chosen over Nawaki.

• Kushina and Souma Uzumaki reached Konoha with the clans, and Souma was moved to tears by their arrival.
• Katsuki introduced Orochimaru to the Kaguya and Yuki clan heads, and the clans entered under heavy Police Force and Root security.
• Orochimaru told Katsuki that Root had been placed under his command while Danzo handled accounts in the logistics department.
• Orochimaru asked Katsuki to take over Root, citing his qualifications and Danzo's poor health.
• Katsuki questioned why Orochimaru had chosen him instead of Nawaki.

Katsuki reflected on how Nawaki’s survival had changed Orochimaru’s path and declined Orochimaru’s offer to join Root, recommending Minato instead. He then helped the Uzumaki, Yuki, and Kaguya clans settle into their new northern territories, where the Senju had prepared houses and supplies.

• Orochimaru dismissed Nawaki as unsuitable for Root, and Katsuki refused the position because his fighting style was too conspicuous.
• Katsuki recommended Minato Namikaze to Orochimaru as a potential leader for Root.
• Katsuki turned his attention to the arrival of two thousand people from the Uzumaki, Yuki, and Kaguya clans at their new territories in northern Konoha.
• The Yuki and Kaguya clans sent jonin to patrol and clear the surrounding land of dangerous animals.
• The clans began assigning houses built by the Senju, along with a month's supply of basic necessities, and the Kaguya Clan Head worried about the debt they owed.

Katsuki met with Senju Tsuchiya, who brought him to the Senju Clan to restore their lost Wood Release power. Katsuki began preparing to demonstrate his method, with Tsunade arriving as the Senju elders watched.

• A Uzumaki clansman told Katsuki that the Senju Clan had come to visit, and Katsuki agreed to meet them.
• Senju Tsuchiya hurried Katsuki to the Senju Clan and asked whether he could truly restore Wood Release; Katsuki said he would prove it in person.
• Katsuki asked the Senju elders for a sixteen-year-old test subject and an empty room with an operating bed.
• The Senju Clan brought in Senju Zen, who recognized Katsuki as the famous Calamity.
• Tsunade entered the room, and Katsuki greeted her while keeping a wary eye on her earlier killing intent.

Katsuki used his blood and Lineage Factor theory to awaken Senju Zen’s dormant Wood Style. Zen successfully grew a large tree in the courtyard, leaving Tsunade and the Senju elders overwhelmed with joy.

• Tsunade questioned Katsuki about how he planned to awaken Zen’s extremely dormant Wood Style, and Katsuki promised not to endanger him.
• Katsuki cut Zen’s chest and added a drop of his own blood to the wound, triggering intense pain and convulsions as Zen’s dormant factors awakened.
• Katsuki finished the procedure, and Tsunade examined Zen before he went into the courtyard to test his new power.
• Zen produced a large tree with Wood Style, and the Senju elders celebrated the clan’s return to the ability.

Katsuki explained that only his blood and precise control could safely awaken Wood Style Jutsu, and the Senju Clan began the procedure after Senju Zen passed a month of medical observation. As the clan trained its newly awakened powers, the Third Hokage worried about the shift in Konoha’s balance, while Orochimaru looked forward to testing himself against Nawaki.

• Katsuki warned Tsunade that awakening Wood Style Jutsu was dangerous and that his blood and bodily control made him uniquely capable of ensuring success.
• Tsunade had Senju Zen examined at Konoha Hospital and kept him under observation for a month before the Senju Clan began Katsuki’s procedure for its members.
• A month later, Senju Tsuchiya watched Senju clan members train Wood Style Jutsu while Nawaki used Wood Clones to spar with them and studied advanced techniques.
• The Third Hokage visited the training grounds and recognized that Wood Release’s return could end the Senju Clan’s dormancy and shift Konoha’s balance of power beyond his control.
• Orochimaru teased Nawaki about his training, and Nawaki challenged him to a future spar after gaining Wood Style Jutsu.

Uchiha Maki left a drunken clan banquet to think about his daughter Otome’s future, then found her talking with Katsuki in a park and mistook their discussion of a sword for something improper. He left reluctantly after learning they were examining swords from the Mist Ninja, still wary of Katsuki.

• Uchiha elders celebrated the Senju Clan’s awakening of Wood Release, while Maki worried about Otome marrying outside the clan.
• Uchiha No teased Maki about Otome, and Maki beat him before leaving the banquet to sober up.
• Maki overheard Otome and Katsuki discussing a long object and rushed into the park, where he found Otome holding Nuibari.
• Otome examined Nuibari, Hiramekarei, and Kabutowari while Katsuki explained how he had acquired the swords.
• Maki sat beside Katsuki to keep watch, then eventually went home after telling Otome to be careful and return soon.

After Katsuki’s devastation of Kirigakure, Fourth Mizukage Shitsukura faced pressure from the Water Daimyo and the village’s losses. Madara Uchiha seized control of Shitsukura and ordered him to prepare revenge against Konoha, then tasked Zetsu with contacting the Stone Ninja.

• Katsuki joked with Otome about how he would react if someone courted his daughter.
• Shitsukura brooded over Kirigakure’s losses at Aomori Island and the Water Daimyo’s dissatisfaction.
• Zetsu appeared in Shitsukura’s office and survived his Water Release attack by melting into the wall.
• Madara Uchiha emerged and immobilized Shitsukura with his Sharingan.
• Madara used genjutsu to replace Shitsukura’s core personality and plant a desire for revenge against Konoha.
• Madara told Zetsu to contact the Stone Ninja and help bring about his vision of a world without sorrow.

Konoha’s Police Force handled everyday crimes and a brawl between two noble families, reflecting the village’s growing order under Orochimaru’s administration. Yuki Yashuo arrested the nobles’ retainers and ordered the families charged for the damage and expenses.

• Minato Namikaze became the second leader of Root while Danzo continued working in logistics, and Orochimaru took over most of the Third Hokage’s duties.
• Yuki Yashuo ordered two wallet thieves locked up, while hungover Uchiha Otoha slipped away to sleep during his shift.
• Yuki Yashuo gathered officers and rushed to Ishiya 3-chome after learning that two nobles’ retainers were fighting.
• Yuki Yashuo’s officers arrested the fighters and learned that the dispute began over an ancient pottery jar.
• Yuki Yashuo ordered the two noble families charged for injuries, property damage, and the officers’ travel and labor expenses.

Kuyue and Rin watched the Police Force pass before heading to weekend tutoring, where the hungover Katsuki slept through class. The classroom was attacked by rogue ninja from Iwagakure, and Kakashi and an unknown Ice Release user resisted them as the chapter ended.

• Kuyue and Rin spotted Yuki Yashuo leading the Police Force through the streets before they left for tutoring.
• Katsuki, suffering from a hangover after a drinking party, fell asleep at his desk instead of teaching.
• Obito challenged Kakashi in class, but Rin intervened and calmed him down.
• Rogue ninja blasted through the classroom wall and attacked Kakashi.
• Kakashi broke one attacker’s wrist, then an Ice Release: Ice Pillar deflected two more attackers’ blows.
• The smoke cleared, revealing three rogue ninja from Iwagakure.

Rogue ninja attacked Kakashi and the students at the Ninja Academy, but the children fought back until Katsuki arrived and stopped their attack. The Third Hokage revealed that Konoha had been monitoring the invaders and sent Minato and Orochimaru to handle the aftermath and investigate their motives.

• Kakashi ordered the students to retreat as a Yuki girl unleashed a blizzard, while the students followed Kuyue's instructions and Asuma hurled Explosive Tags at the attackers.
• Asuma's barrage damaged the classroom and injured the rogue ninja, who responded with an Earth Release technique to soften the ground beneath the students.
• Katsuki arrived with Rin and Kurenai and used the Solidifying Mud Technique to stop the ground from shifting.
• The Third Hokage watched the attack through a crystal ball with Orochimaru and Minato, and Orochimaru explained that Root and the Anbu had been monitoring the Iwagakure rogue ninja.
• The Third ordered an investigation into why the attackers targeted Kakashi, and Orochimaru sent Minato to prevent Katsuki from killing the prisoners.

After Katsuki found his classroom wrecked, he sent Minato to catch the three Stone Ninja rogues while making his students clean up. Minato enlisted Otoha and the Police Force to flush out the fugitives, and the team captured all three.

• Asuma blamed Obito, Genma, and Guy for the ruined classroom, but the Stone Ninja rogues recognized Katsuki and fled underground.
• Katsuki assigned Minato to pursue them, canceled tutoring, and ordered the students to repair the classroom, especially the blasted foundation.
• Minato realized he needed an Earth Release user to force the fugitives out, so he brought Otoha to help.
• Yuki Yashuo and the Police Force prepared an ambush while Otoha used Earth Release to drive the three rogues aboveground.
• Yuki Yashuo trapped one fugitive in ice, a Root ninja restrained another with Super Beast Imitation Drawing, and Minato knocked out the third with a Rasengan.

Katsuki learned that the rogue ninja who attacked the Ninja Academy had targeted Kakashi because someone placed a bounty on his head. The attackers were captured, and Minato’s investigation found no larger force behind the attack.

• Minato ordered Aoyagi to take the three captured rogue Stone Ninja for interrogation, while Otoha joked about her and Yashuo dragged him back to work.
• At the damaged Ninja Academy, Katsuki assigned the students work to complete during the repairs and offered a reward to anyone who finished within three days.
• The students argued over whether they would rather receive a meal or another reward, so Katsuki changed his offer to one reasonable request.
• Katsuki met Minato on the school rooftop and asked why the attackers had targeted Kakashi.
• Minato told Katsuki that the three rogue ninja had acted for money after someone placed a bounty on Kakashi’s head, and that they likely attacked at school to avoid Sakumo.

Katsuki and Minato discussed the bounty placed on Kakashi and the investigation into the attackers at the Ninja Academy. As Kakashi and Asuma waited to be collected after school, Kakashi left with Sakumo while Asuma was taken home by his older brother to face Hiruzen.

• Katsuki learned from Minato that Konoha was investigating the bounty on Kakashi and that Minato had secretly marked the attackers.
• Katsuki declined Minato's invitation to join a discussion about the bounty.
• Rin caught Kuyue spacing out and asked what he had been thinking about as they walked home.
• Kakashi and Asuma argued in the teachers' office until the Principal threatened to punish them.
• Sakumo arrived for Kakashi, and one of Katsuki's shadow clones accompanied them to explain what had happened.
• Hiruzen's eldest son apologized to the Principal, then took Asuma home to face Hiruzen's discipline.

Katsuki learned that Orochimaru was expected to succeed the Third Hokage and was assigned to organize the villagers' vote. After the Principal also told him to improve the students' academic discipline, Kuyue showed Katsuki that she had completed her difficult homework.

• The Principal told Katsuki that the Third Hokage planned to retire and Orochimaru would be nominated as the next Hokage, with a village-wide vote to follow.
• The Principal ordered Katsuki to organize the villagers' vote and submit a proposal within two days.
• The Principal instructed Katsuki to tighten academic discipline because most upper-grade students had failed a recent test.
• Kuyue gave Katsuki the homework he had assigned, and he reviewed it and found her work very good.

Katsuki agreed to consider Kuyue’s request to become his disciple, then learned that Orochimaru and Minato wanted him to become Anbu Chief. They left him to decide by the next day, while he remained unsure about abandoning his quiet life at the academy.

• Kuyue asked Katsuki to take her as his disciple, and he considered accepting after reviewing her diligent homework.
• A teacher told Katsuki that Orochimaru and Minato were waiting outside, so Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take them to the academy rooftop.
• Minato told Katsuki that the village had decided to crack down on the black market bounty targeting Kakashi.
• Orochimaru explained that Sakumo had recommended Katsuki to replace the aging Anbu Chief, making him responsible for the crackdown.
• Katsuki asked for a day to consider the offer, and Orochimaru agreed to wait for his answer.

Katsuki took Kuyue on as his first disciple and brought her to Q Barbecue to celebrate, where she met Otome. The chapter left Katsuki grilling meat while Otome and Kuyue chatted together.

• Katsuki reflected on his growing responsibilities, including the Hokage election and Orochimaru's offer to lead the Anbu.
• Kuyue brought Katsuki tea, and he formally accepted her as his first disciple before taking her out to celebrate.
• At Q Barbecue, Kuyue asked about Katsuki's future wife and shared gossip about her classmates, including Kakashi.
• Otome arrived and questioned Katsuki's casual decision to take a disciple, then joined them for dinner.
• Otome introduced herself to Kuyue, and the two chatted while Katsuki grilled and served the meat.