Chapter Summaries

Rin Nohara outmatched Obito in Kirigakure, forcing him to flee while she and Mei Terumi turned to the controlled Fourth Mizukage. In Konoha, the village elders discussed Uchiha Fugaku’s leadership, and Danzo offered to handle the situation.

• Rin Nohara used Kamui to strike Obito through his intangibility and drove him into a house.
• Obito attacked with Fire Style: Explosive Hurricane Dance, but Mei Terumi blocked the flames with Water Style: Water Wall while he escaped in the steam.
• Mei Terumi, Rin, and Shizune turned their attention to Karatachi Yagura, the controlled Fourth Mizukage and Three-Tails' Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Danzō discussed reports about Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo offered to handle the Uchiha situation.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tasked Danzo with handling the Uchiha, and Danzo secretly offered Fugaku a way to get his family out safely. After Danzo left, Fugaku addressed someone still hiding inside his home.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Danzo to cut out the Uchiha's tumor while leaving the healthy parts intact.
• Danzo visited Fugaku and claimed the village higher-ups had ordered the Uchiha exterminated.
• Danzo said he would take responsibility and let Fugaku's family leave for Amegakure if they kept quiet.
• Danzo inferred that Fugaku wanted to take his Military Police Force comrades and subtly warned him to keep the plan from the higher-ups.
• After Danzo departed, Fugaku asked the person hiding inside the house why they were still there.

Fugaku warned Itachi that Konoha’s leadership and Danzo threatened the Uchiha, then secretly prepared to turn the clan’s anger toward a revolt while planning to protect his own followers. After Fugaku incited the clan at Naka River Shrine, Hiruzen and Danzo watched the meeting and ordered forces ready to crush any Uchiha uprising.

• Itachi told Fugaku he planned to accept the Anbu’s recruitment to serve as a bridge between the Uchiha and Konoha, but Fugaku said the village leadership was untrustworthy and revealed that someone had tampered with the clan’s graves.
• Fugaku told Itachi that Kagami had warned him Amegakure’s elite forces were waiting at the Land of Fire’s border, and promised to protect the clan.
• A week later, Fugaku addressed the Uchiha at Naka River Shrine, inflamed their anger at Konoha, and called for them to storm the Hokage Building and install an Uchiha as Fifth Hokage.
• Fugaku claimed he could not seek the Hokage’s seat because his eyes were failing, while the elder faction celebrated the prospect of taking power.
• Hiruzen and Danzo watched the meeting through a crystal ball after Fugaku lowered the clan grounds’ barrier, and Danzo urged Hiruzen to mobilize Anbu and allied clans against the Uchiha.

Fugaku rallied the Uchiha to leave Konoha for Amegakure, then led the Military Police Force away from the clan’s planned march and met Kagami Uchiha at a concealed double-decker bus. The clan’s escape was about to begin.

• Fugaku learned that Tekka and the Guard Unit supported leaving Konoha, and he agreed to set out in three days.
• At the final family assembly, Fugaku ordered the Uchiha to avoid attacking unless attacked and directed the elders to lead the main force toward the Hokage Building.
• Anbu and Root members gathered around the Uchiha Compound as Fugaku led the Military Police Force out of Naka River Shrine.
• Fugaku’s group changed into Konoha Infinite Unlimited Company uniforms at a prepared residence and boarded Kagami Uchiha’s concealed double-decker bus.

Fugaku and Kagami led the Uchiha clan’s buses out of Konoha, negotiating with Danzo when he tried to stop them. As they departed, Hiruzen Sarutobi waited ahead, intent on keeping Sasuke from joining Sakuta Rinto.

• Fugaku and Kagami helped the Uchiha clan board buses and began leading them out of Konoha.
• Kagami and Fugaku encountered Danzo, who demanded to know where Sakuta Rinto was and challenged their return to the village.
• Kagami offered Danzo the Eighth Hokage position and Amegakure’s support, then pretended to summon Sakuta Rinto until Danzo stepped aside.
• Kagami and Fugaku led the buses out of Konoha while Hiruzen Sarutobi waited ahead, targeting Sasuke Uchiha because of a dream about his future.

Kagami confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi at Konoha’s gates over taking the Uchiha clan to Amegakure and refused to leave anyone behind. Itachi offered to stay as a hostage to prevent conflict between the villages, but his younger brother cried out that he wanted to stay with him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded that Kagami leave one Uchiha behind, but Kagami refused and declared that he would take them all to Amegakure.
• Hiruzen hesitated to risk war with Amegakure while Kagami and the Uchiha stood ready to resist.
• Itachi stepped off the cart and offered to remain as a hostage, but Shisui tried to send him back, insisting that Amegakure would not sacrifice one of its own.
• Itachi embraced Shisui and said that they would protect peace between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire together.
• Itachi’s younger brother cried from the cart that he wanted to stay with Itachi, leaving everyone stunned.

Kagami and Fugaku drove away from the Uchiha dispute after Fugaku let Itachi and his younger son choose whether to stay. At Akatsuki's base, Konan discovered that new recruits Kakuzu and Hidan were her two biggest readers, while Nagato planned to send them on dangerous mercenary missions.

• Kagami blamed Amegakure's weakness and the older generation for the Uchiha's troubles, while Fugaku accepted his sons' choices to stay.
• Kagami wondered where Fugaku's teacher had gone as the buses continued along the Land of Fire's trade road.
• Rinto and Sakumo put on Akatsuki uniforms, and Konan met them in the base corridor.
• Sakumo revealed his pen name, Pale Memories, and Rinto revealed his as doge, leaving Konan embarrassed that her top readers had found her.
• Konan asked Nagato what to do with the newcomers, and he assigned Kakuzu and Hidan wartime mercenary work in the Small Nations, intending to use them up.
• Walking back through the corridor, Konan felt moved by her readers' support and resolved to live well.

Rinto and Sakumo returned to Amegakure after Konan sent them to infiltrate the Bounty Exchange and wait for orders. At the village entrance, Kagami caught them trying to slip away, but Sakumo’s blunt testimony about Rinto and Konan left Rinto facing a far more personal interrogation.

• Konan told Rinto and Sakumo that the leader would not see them and ordered them to infiltrate Amegakure’s Bounty Exchange and await instructions.
• Rinto decided that he and Sakumo should return to Amegakure rather than try to earn Akatsuki’s trust, and they arrived on the third morning after crossing the Land of Grass.
• Rinto and Sakumo joked about applying for gate-guard jobs while waiting to enter the village, where three buses rolled across Chimarumaru Bridge and drew a crowd.
• Kagami Uchiha arrived with Uchiha clan members in the buses and caught Rinto and Sakumo trying to sneak away from him.
• Rinto claimed that he and Sakumo had investigated Akatsuki as a threat to the village, but Sakumo blurted out that Rinto had spent over five hundred thousand Ryo on Konan and denied that he had made eyes at her.

Rie explained how the Uchiha Clan could find work and integrate into Amegakure, while Rinto and Sakumo later set out to hunt Orochimaru in the Land of Grass. They spotted no sign of Orochimaru yet, and Sakumo ended up admitting he had joined the Minami Family's Third Sister Book Club for his literary talent.

• Fugaku asked Rie about work for the Uchiha Clan, and she described openings in security, research, construction, administration, and the village gate guards.
• The Uchiha Clan integrated smoothly into Amegakure, where positions were assigned by ability and Kekkei Genkai were commonplace.
• In Konoha's sixtieth year, Sakumo told Rinto that the Bounty Exchange had asked them to hunt Orochimaru in the Land of Grass.
• Rinto requested leave and joined Sakumo on the journey after handing over his gate guard shift.
• Rinto teased Sakumo about the Minami Family's Third Sister Book Club, and Sakumo admitted he had joined because of his literary talent.
• A Sunagakure column marched through the Land of Grass, unaware that its leader, Fourth Kazekage Rasa, had secretly become Orochimaru.

Rinto and Sakumo encountered Orochimaru disguised as the Fourth Kazekage, and Rinto tried to trade for Living Corpse Reincarnation. After Sakumo fled to report their mission, Rinto crossed into the Land of Fire alone to confront Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Rinto and Sakumo met Orochimaru, who was disguised as the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and recognized Rinto as an Akatsuki member.
• Rinto showed Orochimaru a Rinnegan and asked to trade for Living Corpse Reincarnation, but Orochimaru said he needed time to consider.
• Rinto left Orochimaru and explained the technique to Sakumo, teasing him about its ability to transfer a soul into a young body.
• Sakumo split from Rinto and headed to Takigakure to report the mission results.
• Rinto crossed into the Land of Fire alone, intending to see Hiruzen Sarutobi off on his final journey.

Rinto encountered Shisui and learned that Amegakure had sent him to the Chunin Exams, but refused an invitation to observe. He later disguised himself as a proctor, watched the written test, and tried to enter the Forest of Death before Anko recognized his age and stopped him, leaving him to use the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Rinto met Shisui and Amegakure's young examinees, who told him their village was searching for him and invited him to observe the exams.
• Rinto refused to attend, but appeared at the written test disguised as a Konoha proctor alongside Mori Ibiki and watched Naruto Uzumaki loudly declare his resolve to become Hokage.
• After the written test, Rinto followed the examinees to the Forest of Death and saw Anko Mitarashi introduce the second test.
• Anko stopped Rinto from entering the Forest of Death, then recognized him as Sakuta Rinto from his shinobi registration card and refused to let him in.
• Rinto moved behind a large tree and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to vanish.

Rinto watched Orochimaru attack Team 7, then followed him to a confrontation with Anko Mitarashi. As Anko used Twin Snakes Mutual Death to try to kill them both, a chilling laugh sounded behind her.

• Rinto watched Orochimaru put Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura in danger, while Itachi reported that the Third Hokage had summoned Rinto.
• Orochimaru gave Sasuke the Cursed Seal, and Rinto stopped Itachi from intervening, saying it was a chance for Sasuke to encounter senjutsu.
• Shisui and Meichū Uzumaki arrived, and Rinto ordered Meichū to watch over Team 7 as Itachi went to report Orochimaru's attack.
• Rinto followed Orochimaru's Flying Thunder God marker and found him fighting Anko Mitarashi at the edge of the forest.
• Anko Mitarashi pinned Orochimaru and began the Twin Snakes Mutual Death technique, but a chilling laugh sounded behind her.

Rinto examined and removed Anko’s Heavenly Curse Mark while Shisui watched Team 7’s fight and intervened when Sasuke lost control under his Cursed Seal. Shisui identified himself as Uchiha Shisui and urged Sasuke to rely on his own eyes instead of the seal’s power.

• Orochimaru escaped Anko by leaving behind a mud clone, and Rinto extracted the White Snake from her Heavenly Curse Mark to study how it produced Sage Chakra.
• Three Sound Ninja attacked Sakura while Naruto and Sasuke were unconscious, and Rock Lee arrived to protect her.
• Sakura fought back, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio joined her before the Sound Ninja overwhelmed them.
• Shisui stepped between the Sound Ninja and the others, but Sasuke awakened his Cursed Seal and attacked until Shisui slammed him to the ground.
• Shisui introduced himself as Itachi’s friend, calmed Sasuke, and told him the Uchiha’s own eyes were stronger than the Cursed Seal.

After the crisis, Shisui reunited with Sasuke and the others, effortlessly stopped Neji’s challenge, and shared gossip about their families. Rinto carried the exhausted Anko to Konoha Hospital, where his nostalgic memories of her followed him.

• Shisui politely declined Neji’s challenge at first, then agreed to face him for one move when Neji insisted.
• Shisui vanished with his speed and caught Neji’s wrist before Neji could use Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, then offered to teach Sasuke his basic taijutsu.
• Naruto woke and noticed Sakura’s cut hair, while Shisui teased Sasuke about Sakura and revealed that Itachi’s girlfriend was Uchiha Izumi.
• Shisui told Sasuke that Fugaku and Mikoto were doing well, then left after Sasuke had mostly recovered.
• Rinto carried the exhausted Anko Mitarashi out of the Forest of Carnage and headed for Konoha Hospital, reminiscing about his first impression of her.

Rinto treated Anko after Jiraiya accused him of cheating, then learned that Orochimaru had attacked Team 7 and secretly arranged for Amegakure to protect them. Five days later, as the Chunin Exams' one-on-one duels approached, Rinto embarrassed Kakashi in front of his students.

• Rinto ran into Jiraiya at the hospital, traded insults with him, and took Anko inside for treatment.
• Rinto told a nurse that he was Anko's father, then left with Jiraiya for drinks.
• Itachi reported to Hiruzen that Orochimaru had reinforced Naruto's seal and placed a Cursed Seal on Sasuke, while Rinto had arranged secret protection for Team 7.
• Hiruzen reflected on Rinto's long-running schemes and the profits he had made from Konoha's insurance and rebuilding work.
• Five days later, Rinto joined the instructors for the final Chunin Exam round and teased Kakashi about his childhood in front of Naruto and the others.

Rinto watched the Chunin Exam preliminaries, joking with Naruto and Shisui before becoming suspicious that his past in Sunagakure connected him to the Sand Village siblings. When Rock Lee’s fight against Gaara ended with Lee badly injured, Rinto left the arena, unable to prevent the damage.

• Rinto watched Sakura and Ino draw, then saw Naruto defeat Kiba and Neji fight Hinata during the preliminaries.
• Shisui told Rinto that the Sand Village siblings, especially Gaara, looked like him, and Rinto threatened Shisui to keep quiet.
• Kakashi overheard Rinto’s reaction and concluded that Rinto had done something shameful in Sunagakure.
• Rinto noticed Gaara’s sand looked like Iron Sand, then watched Rock Lee open the Fifth Gate and overwhelm Gaara’s Sand Armor.
• Rinto warned Guy to prepare to intervene, but Gaara’s sand crushed Lee’s arm and leg before Guy swept it away and protected him.
• Rinto sighed that he had still failed to save Lee and left the preliminary examination arena.

Rinto watched Orochimaru launch his attack on Hiruzen Sarutobi during the Chunin Exams, thrilled that the confrontation he had come to see had begun. The battle escalated when Orochimaru summoned the First and Second Hokage, and Rinto watched eagerly as they emerged.

• Rinto arrived at the Chunin Exams determined not to interfere and settled in to watch Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi fight.
• Orochimaru, disguised as Rasa, put a kunai to Hiruzen Sarutobi's throat as his subordinates cast genjutsu and four Sound Ninja raised the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dodged Orochimaru's attack with the Body Replacement Technique and countered with Earth Style and Fire Style techniques, but Orochimaru escaped underground.
• The two fighters shed their Hokage robes and resumed their battle, and Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon the First and Second Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped a third coffin marked Fourth from rising, while Rinto watched Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju emerge from their coffins.

Rinto interrupted Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation to speak with Tobirama Senju, but learned nothing about the Pure Land before leaving the battle. As Konoha came under attack, Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka caught up with him, and Shikaku asked him to look after his son.

• Tobirama Senju recognized that Orochimaru had used Impure World Reincarnation again, while Rinto called out to him from outside the barrier.
• Rinto stopped Orochimaru from controlling the resurrected Hokage, pulled Tobirama aside, and told him he had married Tsunade and owned every casino in the Shinobi World.
• Rinto asked Tobirama about the Pure Land, but Tobirama could not remember anything about it, so Rinto vanished and left Hiruzen Sarutobi to face Orochimaru.
• Rinto wondered whether the dead lost their memories in the Pure Land or whether the Sage of Six Paths took them, as Choza Akimichi fought a giant two-headed serpent nearby.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka found Rinto, and Shikaku asked him to look after his son, but Rinto refused.

Rinto rescued Shikamaru and followed him to the battlefield, where Naruto and Gamabunta fought Gaara’s released Shukaku. Shukaku sensed Rinto nearby, panicked, and fled despite Gamabunta striking him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Rinto saved Shikamaru from nine enemy ninja and set off with him to find his companions.
• Rinto arrived as Naruto used Thousand Years of Death on Gaara, and Naruto then summoned Gamabunta to battle Shukaku.
• Gamabunta severed one of Shukaku’s arms, prompting Gaara to use the Sleeping Lion Jutsu and fully release the One-Tail.
• Shukaku sensed Rinto nearby, became terrified, and ran away from him.
• Gamabunta hit the fleeing Shukaku with a Water Style: Iron Cannonball, but Shukaku kept running.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi died, Jiraiya refused the elders’ offer to become the next Hokage and suggested bringing Tsunade back instead. The elders considered her candidacy despite her marriage to Rinto, the man Konoha’s leadership feared.

• Shukaku fled with Gaara after Rinto appeared, and Rinto left with Shikamaru following behind him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi died after using the Reaper Death Seal to seal the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and one of Orochimaru’s hands.
• At Hiruzen Sarutobi’s funeral, Jiraiya reflected on his teacher’s decline and his own decision not to save him.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura nominated Jiraiya as Hokage, but he refused and suggested they bring Tsunade back.
• Mitokado Homura recognized that Tsunade could be a strong candidate despite being married to Rinto, and he left to discuss the proposal with Utatane Koharu.