Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yoru negotiated with Orochimaru to secure control of the future Otogakure in exchange for research materials, funding, and support. After forming their agreement, Yoru met Karin, the Uzumaki child he had come to find.

• Orochimaru showed Yoru the children prepared for his new ninja village in the Land of Rice Fields, and Yoru recognized that the village would fund Orochimaru’s research.
• Yoru demonstrated his Mangekyō Sharingan and gave Orochimaru a Three Tomoe Sharingan and a Mangekyō belonging to Uchiha Fugaku, noting that the other Mangekyō had likely gone to Shimura Danzō.
• Yoru offered Orochimaru control of mission resources and support from the Uchiha and Konoha Military Police Force in exchange for the future ninja village, and revealed his Wood Release and a sample of his flesh to secure the deal.
• Orochimaru and Yoru agreed to work together, with Kabuto Yakushi and Guren set to help manage the village, and Yoru asked Orochimaru to look after them.
• Orochimaru led Yoru to Karin, a young Uzumaki whose mother had died after they were rescued, and Yoru greeted the frightened girl warmly.

Uchiha Yoru and Orochimaru worked to exploit the Reaper Death Seal by using White Zetsu as a substitute body, allowing Orochimaru to summon the Shinigami without sacrificing his soul. After the experiment succeeded, Orochimaru gained a way to reincarnate more freely, while Obito arranged to spread Konoha-Uchiha tensions and stoke unrest in Kirigakure.

• Kabuto Yakushi, Guren, and Karin met at Orochimaru's base, where Guren began establishing herself as a capable future manager and Kabuto welcomed her help.
• Uchiha Yoru urged Orochimaru to perfect the Reaper Death Seal, promising that Karin could serve as a vessel for the Nine-Tails and offering White Zetsu as a solution to Orochimaru's soul damage.
• Orochimaru examined the White Zetsu body and agreed to study it, while Uchiha Yoru planned to use Karin to obtain the other half of the Nine-Tails.
• Obito learned that his White Zetsu clone monitoring the Uchiha had disappeared and ordered Zetsu to spread intelligence about Konoha's conflict with the Uchiha and Kirigakure's rebels.
• Orochimaru performed the Reaper Death Seal while inhabiting White Zetsu, then escaped into his original body before the Shinigami could claim his soul.
• Orochimaru and Uchiha Yoru realized White Zetsu bodies could serve as replaceable vessels, and Orochimaru's altered reincarnation technique could now be used more often, though only with weak bodies.

Nagato accepted Uchiha Yoru’s mission and received medicine from him, while Ōnoki moved to exploit Konoha’s internal conflict. Yoru and Orochimaru prepared Sora as a weapon, and Shisui revealed to Kakashi how deeply corruption had spread through Konoha.

• Nagato learned that Yoru’s political movement had begun, accepted the Uchiha Clan’s mission to target shinobi attacking its trade, and received a medical formula from Yoru.
• Ōnoki ordered Stone Village to prioritize Uchiha trade and eliminate anyone sabotaging it, intending to build military strength while Konoha was divided.
• Yoru and Orochimaru accelerated Sora’s growth with nutrient fluid, treating the imitation Nine-Tails Jinchuriki as a weapon they could deploy.
• In a Konoha tavern, Shisui told Kakashi that the Hokage’s faction and allied clans profited from medical care, village reconstruction, training, and access to jobs.

Iruka and Mizuki began work as Ninja Academy teaching assistants and built connections with an examiner, while Mizuki was promoted into the Excellent group through their gift. In the Hokage Office, Hiruzen approved Danzo’s Root funding request but redirected Root’s recruits to form Anbu squads, then agreed to test the Uchiha and considered offering them an Anbu position.

• Iruka and Mizuki celebrated their new teaching assistant jobs, and Iruka gave Mizuki a copy of My Struggle after saying Uchiha Yoru read it.
• Mizuki revealed that he had already given the examiner a gift on Iruka’s behalf, and the examiner moved Mizuki from the Reserve files to the Excellent group.
• Danzo requested funding to expand Root, and Hiruzen approved it while ordering Root to provide recruits for three Anbu elite squads.
• Hiruzen offered Danzo permission to recruit from the major clans, and Danzo proposed using Root recruitment to test whether the Uchiha would cooperate with Konoha.
• Hiruzen and Koharu approved the funding and discussed the Uchiha threat, with Hiruzen deciding to offer the Uchiha an Anbu position.

The Inuzuka Clan debated how to answer Root’s order to provide recruits, while Uchiha Yoru gathered his allies and openly challenged Root’s authority and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s leadership. The chapter ended with Yoru burning the Military Police Force’s transfer order and signaling his ambition to become Hokage.

• Inuzuka Tsume protested Root’s demand for recruits and refused to send her children, while Inuzuka Gaku proposed bringing illegitimate children into the clan and selecting recruits from among them.
• The Inuzuka Clan agreed to welcome its outside children and use a drawing to decide who would join Root, as Root’s forced recruitment of civilian ninja families was also described.
• Hizashi Hyuga, Shibi Aburame, and Uchiha Shisui reported that Root had ordered their clans to provide young ninja, while Uchiha Yoru revealed that the Military Police Force had been ordered to provide five civilian youths.
• Uchiha Yoru burned the transfer order, denounced Root’s authority over the Military Police Force, and openly criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi for returning to office after resigning.

Uchiha Yoru confronted Konoha’s leaders over plans that would isolate the Uchiha and limit the Military Police Force, asserting their founding-clan status and authority. The meeting ended with him declaring that the Uchiha Military Police Force would handle anything Root could or would not handle.

• Mitokado Homura proposed stationing Konoha ninja around the Land of Fire and assigning the Uchiha and Military Police Force a designated region.
• Uchiha Yoru rejected the proposed limits, revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and insisted that the Uchiha and Military Police Force retain their special status and autonomy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi eased the dispute, but Shimura Danzō accused Uchiha Yoru of failing to contribute to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yoru defended the Uchiha’s sacrifices and criticized Root’s cruel treatment of their own people, while directing his challenges at Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Yoru declared that the Uchiha Military Police Force would handle whatever Root could not or would not handle, leaving Shimura Danzō furious.

Uchiha Yoru confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō over Root’s pressure on the clans, using his Mangekyō and the Uchiha’s strength to resist their authority. Hiruzen defused the challenge, but then raised the prospect of recruiting Uchiha Itachi into the Anbu, leaving Yoru wary of a political move against him.

• Uchiha Yoru revealed his Mangekyō and immense Chakra, then accused Shimura Danzō’s Root of meddling in clan affairs and violating Konoha’s founding rules.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that Root’s recruitment orders were voluntary, and the other clans backed away from Yoru’s challenge while offering funding instead.
• Yoru called Root a failed department and warned that the Uchiha and Konoha Military Police Force would resist interference in their affairs.
• Hiruzen proposed that Uchiha Itachi join the Anbu, and Yoru disclosed that the nine-year-old Genin had awakened a Three Tomoe Sharingan after Fugaku’s assassination.

Mei Terumi strengthened the Revolutionary Ninja Legion in the Land of Whirlpools while arranging treatment for Rinji Yuri and meeting with Uchiha Yoru. They struck a secret trade agreement to build their strength, though both recognized that the villages backing them might become enemies once they gained power.

• Mei Terumi reported that more Kirigakure ninja, especially oppressed Kekkei Genkai ninja, were joining the Revolutionary Ninja Legion, while Kisame Hoshigaki and Juzo Biwa argued over My Struggle.
• Mei Terumi sent Rinji Yuri to meet Tsunade at the Land of Fire border for treatment and gave Zabuza Momochi a copy of My Struggle to study.
• Uchiha Yoru emerged from a snake as a Shadow Clone and discussed mutual support with Mei Terumi, warning that other ninja villages would oppose them once they became strong.
• Uchiha Yoru asked Mei Terumi to help trade Chakra Metal for the Uchiha Clan's Explosive Tags, and they negotiated a profit split before agreeing to further resource deals.

Uchiha Itachi joined the Anbu to help Uchiha Yoru and investigate his father's death, while Yoru openly embraced his political ambitions and gave Itachi a Fire Temple Sage Art scroll. Meanwhile, rival villages promoted Yoru’s book to stir conflict in Konoha, and Kirigakure’s ban made it even more popular.

• Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Shisui he intended to join the Anbu, help Uchiha Yoru, and uncover the truth behind his father's death.
• Uchiha Yoru explained that the Third wanted Itachi to spy on the Uchiha, then instructed him to report Yoru’s actions openly as a declaration of his ambitions.
• Uchiha Yoru gave Uchiha Itachi a Fire Temple Sage Art scroll and promised to teach Sasuke.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to buy and promote My Struggle and favor Uchiha goods, hoping to inflame Konoha’s political divisions.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to support Ōnoki’s campaign, while Rasa quietly allowed Sunagakure’s elites to act against Konoha’s interests.
• Kirigakure classified My Struggle as forbidden literature, causing the book to attract even more attention.

Uchiha Yoru’s popular speeches and radical book alarmed Jiraiya, who feared they could trigger a Konoha civil war and a wider conflict. Tsunade dismissed the old leadership’s failures, revealed she had found a younger partner, and left Jiraiya heartbroken.

• Uchiha Yoru delivered a speech condemning the suffering of ninjas and civilians, while foreign shinobi and merchants listened with fervent interest.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that Yoru’s ideology had attracted followers across the Shinobi World and could become a fuse for war.
• Tsunade argued that Yoru had grown too powerful to control and blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village leadership for losing Konoha’s trust.
• Jiraiya urged Tsunade to help prevent civil war, but she rejected the idea of supporting the old leadership against Yoru.
• Tsunade revealed that she had found a younger, wealthy partner, prompting Jiraiya to call her an old cow eating tender grass and draw her angry rebuke.

Uchiha Yoru confronted Jiraiya in the forest and revealed that his strength and political influence had grown enough to challenge Konoha’s leadership. The two entered Sage Mode and began a battle, which remained unresolved as Jiraiya vanished across the blazing chasm.

• Jiraiya confronted Uchiha Yoru, who dodged his opening attack and overwhelmed his fire technique with a stronger one.
• Jiraiya summoned Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima, raised a barrier, and entered Sage Mode while Yoru transformed his Sharingan into Mangekyo.
• Yoru accused Jiraiya and the Third Hokage of endangering Konoha, while Jiraiya warned that conflict between the Uchiha and the village could trigger a wider war.
• Yoru activated his Cursed Seal as Jiraiya entered Sage Mode, shocking Tsunade, who watched from the shadows.
• Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima unleashed Sage Art: Fire Style - Goemon, and Yoru used Earth Core to divert the flaming oil into a deep chasm.
• Jiraiya vanished as the two faced each other across the sea of fire.

Uchiha Yoru tested his strength against Jiraiya, then argued that the village was driving the Uchiha toward conflict. After Jiraiya confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, Tsunade met Yoru and questioned his acceptance of aid from Kumogakure and Iwagakure.

• Uchiha Yoru and Jiraiya fought in Sage Mode until Tsunade and Shizune approached, prompting them to end the test and withdraw their powers.
• Yoru told Jiraiya that the Uchiha had repeatedly yielded while others continued to pressure them, and Jiraiya warned that Konoha could not endure another war.
• Jiraiya confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, defended the Uchiha, and declared that anyone who started a war would have to answer to him.
• Tsunade met Yoru at a tavern and asked why he had accepted aid from Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
• Yoru asked whether accepting the aid broke the law, and Tsunade understood his point and laughed with him.

Uchiha Yoru learned that the Third Hokage was preparing to move against the Uchiha as Kirigakure’s civil war neared its end, and he sought closer cooperation with Mei Terumi. The chapter left Konoha’s leaders weighing their options while Uchiha Itachi secretly served both sides.

• Sasuke showed Uchiha Yoru his test results, and Uchiha Itachi returned from an Anbu mission as Yoru again invited him to join the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Itachi warned Yoru that Anbu, Root, and Sarutobi forces were mobilizing, and that the Third Hokage planned to act before Kirigakure’s civil war ended.
• Uchiha Yoru and Shisui discussed the village’s preparations and revealed that the Uchiha had two Mangekyō Sharingan users.
• Uchiha Yoru met Mei Terumi in the Land of Whirlpools and proposed helping her take Kirigakure in exchange for cooperation, while Mei pressed for a deeper alliance.
• Uchiha Itachi reported the Uchiha Clan’s strength and its growing support among other clans to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who believed Itachi was his spy despite Itachi also serving the Uchiha.

Uchiha Yoru rallied Konoha’s ninja to demand a Fifth Hokage, condemning the village’s economic hardship and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s leadership. A staged bombing exposed the conflict between Yoru and the Third, while Hiruzen revealed to Sarutobi Asuma that he was willing to sacrifice others to suppress the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Yoru condemned Konoha’s housing costs, declining birth rate, and weakened military, then called for the village to choose a new Hokage.
• Sarutobi Asuma acknowledged Konoha’s military decline and argued that Jiraiya or Tsunade should be considered for the position.
• Ebisu, Kamizuki Izumo, and Kotetsu Hagane caused explosions in the tavern and denounced Yoru before Yūhi Kurenai’s team arrested them.
• Sarutobi Asuma asked Yoru to release the three men, then hurried to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi about their actions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that he considered sacrifice necessary and insisted he had to suppress the Uchiha before leaving office.

Uchiha Yoru responded to the deaths of Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki by accusing them of colluding with enemy spies, escalating protests into a confrontation with the Third. At the Jonin Meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised both the Military Police Force’s influence and the selection of the Fifth Hokage, while Yoru prepared to challenge his political maneuvering.

• Uchiha Yoru declared the dead tavern suspects enemy collaborators, handed Ebisu to the Anbu for investigation, and ordered the suspects’ families arrested.
• The Military Police Force’s accusations and harsh decrees sparked village protests, which Uchiha Yoru suppressed by ordering the families of Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki expelled and threatening protesters with expulsion.
• Ebisu appealed to the Hokage, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to convene a Jonin Meeting; Uchiha Yoru prepared the Military Police Force and entrusted a critical task to Itachi.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, the village leadership, and Konoha’s Jōnin gathered for the meeting, where Uchiha Yoru arrived with a large faction of supporters.
• A Sarutobi-affiliated ninja accused the Military Police Force of creating chaos, and Uchiha Yoru openly challenged the Sarutobi Clan’s position in the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that the meeting would address the Military Police Force’s impact and begin selecting the Fifth Hokage, while Uchiha Yoru privately resolved not to be distracted by the proposal.

At the Jonin Meeting, Uchiha Yoru confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisors over accusations against the Konoha Military Police Force, defending its actions and condemning the village leadership. Hiruzen admitted his selfish reasons for delaying the Fifth Hokage’s selection, while Yoru argued that the force’s aid to ninja families explained its influence.

• Shimura Danzō accused the Konoha Military Police Force of secretly acquiring supplies, dealing with Orochimaru, and accepting supplies from Kumogakure and Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Yoru challenged the advisors’ authority, then argued that the force had procured goods openly for self-defense and that its dealings with Orochimaru and other nations were not forbidden or unique.
• Uchiha Yoru condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi’s leadership over Konoha’s decline, the Third Shinobi War, and the delay in choosing a Fifth Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that he had selfish motives for remaining in power, citing the unresolved Nine-Tails’ Rampage investigation and the Konoha Military Police Force’s growing influence.
• Uchiha Yoru explained that the force supported families of dead or disabled ninja, orphaned children, and descendants of meritorious ninja, then suggested its influence threatened the leaders’ interests.

At the Jonin Meeting, Uchiha Yoru exposed the Third Hokage’s surveillance of the Uchiha and accused Konoha’s leadership of stealing kekkei genkai and framing the clan for the Nine-Tails’ Rampage. After Shisui and Yoru revealed Danzō’s stolen Sharingan and Wood Style Cells, Tsunade took control of village security while Yoru demanded an investigation and accused Hiruzen of unlawfully claiming the Hokage position.

• Uzuki Yugao and Yūhi Kurenai admitted that they had spied on Uchiha Yoru and the Konoha Military Police Force under orders from Hiruzen’s circle.
• Uchiha Yoru impeached Hiruzen and began presenting the Uchiha Clan’s findings about the Nine-Tails incident.
• Might Guy and Hatake Kakashi restrained Jiraiya as Uchiha Yoru and Uchiha Shisui attacked Shimura Danzō, taking his arm and an eye.
• Uchiha Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Danzō’s exposed arm showed multiple stolen Sharingan and Wood Style Cells.
• Tsunade ordered the village sealed and divided control of its forces among herself, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Yoru while Danzō and the advisers were detained.
• Uchiha Yoru demanded a full investigation into the Nine-Tails’ Rampage and accused Hiruzen of fabricating his succession as Third Hokage.

Uchiha Yoru exposed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s suspicions and ordered the Military Police Force to seize control of Konoha as Root’s Nine-Tails experiment erupted in the Sarutobi compound. Tsunade took over the Hokage Office Building while Konoha descended into turmoil.

• Uchiha Yoru accused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s faction of abandoning the Second Hokage and conspiring over the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, while Hatake Kakashi defended his loyalty to Konoha.
• A report revealed that Anbu and Root’s elite forces were gone, and Uchiha Yoru exposed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to attack the Uchiha during the meeting.
• Mitokado Homura admitted his role in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan, and a bloodied Anbu reported that a Root Nine-Tails Jinchuriki experiment had gone berserk in the Sarutobi compound.
• Uchiha Itachi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and pledged himself to Uchiha Yoru, who ordered Kakashi and Itachi to take over Anbu and assigned other Military Police Force divisions to seize Root and key departments.
• Uchiha Yoru declared that the Military Police Force would take over Konoha, while Tsunade ordered the remaining Jōnin to secure the Hokage Office Building.

Uchiha Yoru’s hidden forces seized control of Konoha as a False Nine-Tails Jinchuriki rampaged through the village. Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered Naruto was still in his custody, but Uchiha Itachi trapped him in Tsukuyomi.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Uchiha Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami had changed the Anbu and Root orders, while a Four-Tails Jinchuriki shattered the barrier with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Uchiha Yoru told Tsunade that he was prepared to tear down Konoha and build a new village, and Uchiha Itachi claimed responsibility for unleashing the False Jinchuriki, Sora.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Yoru fought Sora as the Konoha Military Police Force took control of the village, and Uchiha Yoru blocked Sora’s Tailed Beast Ball with Quadruple Rashomon.
• Jiraiya’s genjutsu and sealing attempts failed, and he realized the rampaging figure was Sora’s remaining Nine-Tails Chakra rather than Naruto.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered that Enma had kept Naruto at the summoning grounds, but the real Naruto began reacting to Sora’s Chakra; Uchiha Itachi then cast Tsukuyomi on Hiruzen.

Uchiha Yoru defeated a rampaging false Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and used the crisis to consolidate the Konoha Military Police Force’s control over Konoha. After Hiruzen Sarutobi yielded rather than risk civil war, Yoru ordered arrests and an investigation into Root.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s explosive-tag trap injured Hatake Kakashi and exposed the supposed Naruto Uzumaki as a monkey decoy, while the Third’s forces and the Konoha Military Police Force faced off.
• Hatake Kakashi called for both sides to contain the rampaging Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the village’s ninjas to prioritize rescue operations.
• Uchiha Yoru overwhelmed the Jinchuriki in hand-to-hand combat and killed him with Chidori, revealing an unfamiliar boy who Uchiha Yoru identified as a Root test subject.
• Uchiha Yoru announced that the crisis was over, kept Konoha under lockdown, and ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to arrest Anbu and Root personnel involved in preparing a clan annihilation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed silent as Uchiha Yoru assigned Uchiha Shisui, Might Guy, and Hatake Kakashi to investigate the battlefield for a Root human-experimentation base.