Chapter Summaries

Kaedeji told Kushina he wanted to become Hokage, even though he would stage a coup if Konoha denied him dignity. As public pressure mounted for him to use the One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique to revive the dead, he ignored it, and Obito arrived after Madara's death to propose killing Konan.

• Kaedeji told Kushina that he wanted to become Hokage and would consider a coup if the village forced his hand.
• Kaedeji reported that Yahiko and Nagato had attacked Sunagakure and captured Chiyo, while Konan vowed to make ten billion Explosive Tags before leaving him.
• People in Konoha spread rumors that Kaedeji could revive the dead with the One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique and pressured him to do so, but he remained silent.
• Obito arrived at Kaedeji's home and revealed that Madara was dead and that he had awakened the Sharingan.
• Obito suggested killing Konan to provoke Nagato, but Kaedeji challenged him to kill Jiraiya's disciple himself, leaving Obito frozen.

Kaedeji kept his plans hidden while political tensions rose in Konoha, then sent Hidan to recruit Kakuzu for a mission. Hidan confronted Kakuzu outside a bounty office and demanded that he come along or be beaten.

• Kaedeji told Konan that Nagato and possibly Yahiko were part of his plans, then controlled her to stop her from asking more questions.
• Obito discussed Madara’s advice about awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan and Kaedeji’s desire for Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, but said he would not defect yet.
• Danzo demanded permission to recruit more Root ninja, but the Third Hokage ordered him to report Root operations and criticized his failures.
• Hidan left the village on Kaedeji’s orders, while Hyūga Takashi and Shizune discussed their squad’s uncertain future.
• Kakuzu collected Garo’s bounty at an office where staff had begun requiring heads as proof because of the Corpse Manipulation Secret Technique.
• Hidan confronted Kakuzu outside the bounty office and told him to join the mission or be beaten to death.

Hidan brought Kakuzu to Konoha after defeating him with zombies, while Dan Katō’s revelation that Kaedeji had resurrected him intensified the village’s political turmoil. Kaedeji responded by announcing that anyone who served the village could earn a chance at resurrection through accumulated merit.

• Kakuzu attacked Hidan for seeking his services without payment, but Hidan survived, summoned zombies, and forced Kakuzu to accompany him to Konoha.
• Dan Katō publicly revealed that Kaedeji had resurrected him, causing public debate to intensify and angering the two advisors who had tried to pressure Kaedeji.
• Tsunade confronted the advisors over their treatment of Kaedeji and Dan Katō while the Third Hokage worried that the conflict had spiraled out of control.
• Kaedeji showed Kakuzu how Konan could create explosive tags and offered Kakuzu a place on his team, then explained that he would not submit to the village’s pressure.
• Kaedeji announced that anyone who served the village could exchange accumulated merit for a chance at resurrection.

Konoha’s debate over Kaedeji’s resurrection-for-merits policy brought the village close to civil war, while Danzo failed to manipulate Obito into specializing in Genjutsu. Kaedeji recruited Sasori of the Red Sands, who prepared to travel to the Land of Wind and turn an enemy into a Human Puppet.

• The other villages and Konoha reacted intensely to Kaedeji’s resurrection policy, and the Third Hokage’s council decided to avoid force and negotiate with him.
• Fugaku explained Konoha’s fragile standoff with Kaedeji to Obito, who left without the Uchiha Clan making a political commitment.
• Danzo approached Obito and urged him toward Genjutsu, but Obito rejected him and walked away.
• Kaedeji ignored the crowd demanding details about resurrection and used the Void Realm Technique to visit Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Sasori of the Red Sands described his White Zetsu-enhanced puppet body and chose to go to the Land of Wind to kill an enemy and make him his trump card.

Kaedeji unleashed zombies in Sunagakure while Sasori of the Red Sands challenged the Third Kazekage, preventing the village’s forces from interfering. After Sasori killed the Third Kazekage, Rasa proposed that Sunagakure surrender to Konoha again.

• Kaedeji and Sasori of the Red Sands returned to Sunagakure, where Kaedeji created zombies and spread chaos through the village.
• Sasori of the Red Sands ambushed the Third Kazekage and poisoned him while Kaedeji blocked Sunagakure’s ninja from joining the fight.
• Sasori of the Red Sands gradually gained the advantage, revealing that his body used White Zetsu flesh to produce and wield Chakra.
• Sasori of the Red Sands killed the Third Kazekage and collected his Iron Sand before leaving Sunagakure with Kaedeji.
• Rasa ordered the village to reorganize and proposed that Sunagakure surrender to Konoha once more.

Kaedeji confronted the Third Hokage and Konoha’s elders over their attempts to control him, forcing the village to suspend its suppression while warning that their fragile balance could collapse. He then prepared to pursue the Box of Paradise in the Land of Grass, hoping to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Pakura rejected surrender, but Rasa proposed that Sunagakure surrender directly to Kaedeji because Konoha’s internal conflict could protect the village’s interests.
• Morino Ibiki delivered Sunagakure’s surrender letter to Konoha, where news spread that Sasori of the Red Sands had killed the Third Kazekage.
• Kaedeji told the Third Hokage and the elders that their political control had driven him away from the village, and the Third Hokage agreed to end Konoha’s suppression of him.
• Kaedeji warned that his force must act independently, then left the meeting as Danzo and the elders discussed his power and resurrection technique.
• Kaedeji told Kakuzu and the others that he would use the respite to obtain a stronger pair of eyes by taking the Box of Paradise from the Land of Grass and wishing for the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kaedeji used Sunagakure’s invasion of the Land of Grass to drive Kusagakure into activating the Box of Paradise, then confronted the artifact himself. He resisted its corrupting influence and began feeding it more victims, including ninja from the Land of Grass and Sunagakure.

• Kaedeji told Sasori of the Red Sands and the others that Sunagakure would be tested through a reconnaissance mission in the Land of Grass.
• Sunagakure troops led by Pakura invaded the Land of Grass, looting towns while advancing toward Kusagakure.
• Kusagakure’s leader ordered the Box of Paradise activated and sacrificed civilians and ninja to it, hoping to replace Sunagakure as the Land of Wind’s ninja village.
• Pakura noticed that Kusagakure was evacuating people and suspected the strange response was part of Kaedeji’s plan.
• Kaedeji entered Kusagakure, transformed its ninja into zombies, and shoved its leader toward the Box of Paradise.
• Kaedeji touched the Box of Paradise, resisted its malice, and declared he would feed it ninja from the Land of Grass and Sunagakure.

Kaedeji sacrificed the people of the Land of Grass and six hundred Sunagakure Ninja to empower the Box of Paradise, but its wish-granting power still fell short of guaranteeing the Mangekyō Sharingan he wanted. After returning to Konoha, he waited for the box to absorb more negative energy while the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura watched him, and Obito began suspecting his goal.

• Kaedeji turned the Land of Grass’s population into sacrifices for the Box of Paradise, then infected the Sunagakure Ninja sent there and caused six hundred of them to be devoured.
• The Box of Paradise became powerful enough to grant a wish, but Kaedeji judged it insufficient to reliably awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan he wanted and left the ruined Land of Grass.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura discussed Kaedeji’s slaughter and agreed to keep observing rather than interfere.
• Kaedeji returned to Konoha, where rumors about the Land of Grass spread and Uchiha Clan Members arrested and beat villagers accused of spreading them.
• Obito connected Kaedeji’s use of the Box of Paradise to his pursuit of the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Fugaku worried that Kaedeji might eventually turn against the village.

Kaedeji recruited Orochimaru and revealed his plan to use a Tsukuyomi-based virtual ninja world to gather Chakra and strengthen himself. After Konoha appointed him an alternate advisor, he issued a policy exchanging military merit for resurrection eligibility, setting the village on a path toward conflict and feeding negative emotions to the Box of Paradise.

• Senju Touka warned Tsunade that Konoha's conflict with Kaedeji could lead to civil war, while Tsunade questioned his unauthorized actions but defended their benefits to the village.
• Orochimaru met with Kaedeji, agreed to support him in exchange for the One's Own Life Reincarnation Technique, and dismissed an Anbu ninja's summons from the Third Hokage.
• Kaedeji explained that he intended to become Fourth Hokage and create a virtual ninja world using Tsukuyomi to harvest Chakra, while pursuing the Mangekyō Sharingan and his broader ambition.
• Konoha appointed Kaedeji an alternate advisor, prompting villagers to believe that he and the village had reached an understanding.
• Kaedeji issued a policy allowing people to exchange military merit or contribution points for resurrection slots in return for serving him unconditionally for ten years.
• Kaedeji waited for the policy to provoke missions, grave robbing, and other unrest, as the resulting negative emotions strengthened the Box of Paradise.

Kaedeji’s resurrection-for-military-merit policy drove Konoha and the wider ninja world into a frenzy of missions, grave robbing, and escalating violence. After the policy generated enough negative emotions to open the Box of Paradise, Kaedeji opened it and wished for Indra’s strongest Sharingan.

• Konoha’s ninja rushed to claim B-rank and higher missions to earn resurrection slots, while Uchiha Yashiro devised a plan to provoke battles during C-rank missions.
• Yashiro’s squad set out to spark conflicts abroad, and ninja across the world began stealing corpses and competing for resurrection slots.
• The policy’s spread intensified attacks, vendettas, and black-market trading as factions fought over corpses and resurrection opportunities.
• Kaedeji watched the disorder produce enough negative emotions to open the Box of Paradise.
• Kaedeji revealed Hashirama’s face on his back, opened the box, and wished for Indra’s strongest Sharingan.

Kaedeji obtained Indra’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan through the Box of Paradise and prepared to challenge Konoha’s leadership. He tried to secure Tsunade’s neutrality by offering to revive Nawaki, then told Kushina that the time to act had come.

• Kaedeji used the Box of Paradise to obtain Indra’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, with Tsukuyomi and Yachihoko as its dojutsu, while the Sage of Six Paths sensed Indra’s Chakra being taken.
• Kaedeji returned to Konoha and saw that his resurrection policy had increased his influence as villagers pursued mission points to revive the dead.
• Tsunade asked Kaedeji to revive Nawaki, and he explained how he could do so if she and Dan stayed out of his coming conflict with the village.
• Tsunade rejected the idea of harming the village and left uncertain, while Kaedeji warned that he would not spare her if she opposed him.
• Kaedeji met Kushina and told her to prepare for action; he said he would suppress her if she lost control of the Nine-Tails.
• Kaedeji confronted the Nine-Tails through Kushina’s seal, warned it to behave when the time came, and sensed something that prompted him to end the exchange.

Kaedeji watched Konoha launch a coordinated attack on his hidden Sados, then sent his allies into battle as the village mobilized against him. Yahiko, Nagato, and Chiyo approached Konoha to rescue Konan, but a spiral-headed white figure blocked their way.

• Kaedeji attempted to use his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to place the Nine-Tails under genjutsu, but the attempt failed.
• Konoha teams began destroying hidden Sados, and Minato Namikaze helped clear them using his scattered kunai.
• Senju Touka led the Senju Clan into battle, while Fugaku held the Uchiha Clan back and the Hyūga Clan sealed its compound.
• Kakuzu, Hidan, and Sasori of the Red Sands emerged to fight Konoha, and Sasori attacked with the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand.
• Konan unleashed a vast storm of Explosive Tags against Jiraiya and the Konoha Ninja, while Jiraiya tried to persuade her to switch sides.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Chiyo prepared to enter Konoha and rescue Konan, but a spiral-headed white figure emerged from the ground and stopped them.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Chiyo confronted Tobi and Obito, who claimed to be Uchiha Madara and tried to recruit Nagato while demonstrating Wood Release. Yahiko revealed a mysterious power strong enough to shatter Obito’s Wood Dragon and pierce his shoulder, and Obito withdrew toward Kaedeji while leaving White Zetsu to hold the group back.

• Tobi confronted Yahiko, Nagato, and Chiyo, and Nagato blasted him with Shinra Tensei, but Tobi rose unharmed because Obito was inside his body.
• Obito claimed to be Uchiha Madara, said he had caused Uzumaki Mito’s death, and urged Nagato to join him; Yahiko rejected his story.
• Obito used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique against the group.
• Yahiko activated the strange markings on his body, shattered the Wood Dragon with one punch, and pierced Obito’s shoulder before Obito forced him back.
• Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, and White Zetsu clones surrounded Yahiko, Nagato, and Chiyo while Obito withdrew underground toward Kaedeji.

Kaedeji waited as Konoha’s forces gathered, then confronted the Third Hokage and the village leaders, refusing their offer to leave. After they trapped him in the Four Red Yang Formation and Minato Namikaze carried Kushina away, Kaedeji summoned Susanoo inside the barrier.

• Kaedeji told Obito that Yahiko’s strange power was Karma and that using it would likely kill him after a few more uses.
• Kaedeji revealed his identity to Kushina and emerged to confront the Third Hokage, Danzo, Tsunade, Dan Katō, and the assembled Konoha forces.
• Tsunade and Dan Katō urged Kaedeji to leave the village, but he refused to compromise.
• The Third Hokage ordered an attack, and the leaders restrained Kaedeji with the Shadow Binding Technique and the Mind Body Switch Technique before forming the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Minato Namikaze entered the barrier and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Kushina away.
• Kaedeji declared that the barrier trapped his opponents as well as him and activated Susanoo.

Kaedeji survived Konoha’s ambush and revealed a Susanoo wrapped around a Wood Dragon, overwhelming the village’s forces. As zombies spread through Konoha, he prepared to unleash his reanimated fighters and turned his attention to Tsunade and Dan Katō.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Kushina away from the civil war, while she insisted Kaedeji would not need her help to defeat the village.
• Shikaku’s forces trapped Kaedeji in the Four Red Yang Formation and attacked with combined Fire and Wind Release, but the Nara and Yamanaka ninja began suffering mental damage from Kaedeji’s power.
• Kaedeji emerged inside a Susanoo, revealed a Sharingan implanted in a face cultivated from Hashirama’s cells, and left the barrier using the Void Realm Technique.
• Kaedeji summoned a Wood Dragon and spread Susanoo across it, then began turning Konoha’s ninja into zombies as the village’s sealing squads struggled to contain them.
• Kaedeji summoned Sandstorm Araki, Bunpuku, and Rōshi, and addressed Tsunade and Dan Katō before Tsunade realized what he intended and cried out for him to stop.

Kaedeji exposed the dormant Zombie Virus he had planted in Dan Katō, disabling Konoha’s strongest counterattack and overwhelming the village with zombies and powerful fighters. As Konoha’s forces collapsed, Dan Katō told Tsunade that their attempt to drive Kaedeji away had become a desperate battle they no longer recognized.

• Kaedeji triggered the Zombie Virus in Dan Katō, forcing him to collapse and rendering the Four Red Yang Formation useless.
• Orochimaru explained that Kaedeji had tampered with Dan Katō when he resurrected him, and Kaedeji defended his plans to take control of Konoha.
• Kaedeji attacked with the Susanoo Wood Dragon and unleashed zombies, turning Konoha’s numerical advantage into chaos.
• Bunpuku entered a Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, while Rōshi attacked with Lava Balls, worsening Konoha’s losses.
• The Third Hokage used Enma as the Adamantine Staff to block the Wood Dragon, but the zombies kept advancing.
• Tsunade supported Dan Katō as he admitted that their plan to drive Kaedeji away had spiraled into a battle that had changed the village beyond recognition.

Kaedeji overwhelmed the Hokage faction with his Wood Release, Susanoo, and zombie army, while Orochimaru refused to help and the defenders suffered heavy losses. Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode to support the Third Hokage, but Kaedeji used Tsukuyomi to bring him down and prepared to finish the rest.

• The Third Hokage shattered Kaedeji's Susanoo Wood Dragon with a combined assault from four Shadow Clones, but Kaedeji remained unharmed and the Hokage's chakra was reduced to one-fifth.
• Orochimaru withdrew from the battle, while Danzo urged Dan Katō to use the Spirit Transformation Secret Technique and Tsunade objected.
• Kaedeji unleashed Deep Forest Emergence, trapped the Hokage faction among the trees, and used his zombies to slaughter Anbu, Root, and other defenders.
• Kaedeji teleported through the forest and killed Utatane Koharu, declaring that she would become a zombie under his command.
• Jiraiya arrived in Sage Mode and learned that the Hokage faction was close to defeat, while Danzo's implanted Sharingan and Wood Release drew condemnation from Jiraiya and the toads.
• Kaedeji confronted Jiraiya and the two toads, then activated Tsukuyomi and made Jiraiya collapse before declaring that he would take over the village.

Kaedeji defeated the Third Hokage’s forces with Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, and Yachihoko, killing the Third Hokage and turning him and Enma into zombies. As Konoha fell under Kaedeji’s control, Danzo and Jiraiya escaped marked by Yachihoko, while Obito confronted Nagato and Yahiko as they tried to reach Konan.

• Kaedeji incapacitated Jiraiya with Tsukuyomi, leaving the two sage toads to maintain his Sage Mode balance as his allies fought on.
• Kaedeji’s Susanoo and Wood Dragons overwhelmed the Third Hokage’s forces, while Danzo used Izanagi to flee and Kaedeji sent pursuers after him.
• Kaedeji marked the Third Hokage with Yachihoko, drained his Chakra, and killed him before turning him and Enma into zombies.
• Kaedeji marked the escaping Jiraiya with Yachihoko, then learned that the battle had ended and Konoha was under lockdown as surviving ninja reacted to the defeat.
• Hatake Sakumo surrendered to protect his companions, and Hidan stopped Sasori of the Red Sands from attacking him.
• Nagato and Yahiko found Konan, but White Zetsu restrained her, and Obito warned them to leave Kaedeji’s village.

After Kaedeji took control of Konoha, he appointed Obito, disguised as Madara, as a village advisor and ordered the clans to identify Danzo’s accomplices. The chapter ends with Hizashi summoned to meet Kaedeji, worried about what the new Hokage wants from him.

• Obito persuaded Yahiko and Nagato to abandon their attempt to rescue Konan, while Sasori and Kakuzu examined and claimed White Zetsu bodies.
• Kaedeji arrived, dismissed Sasori’s objection to letting Nagato escape, and appointed Obito as Konoha’s advisor; Obito was too stunned to refuse.
• At dawn, Konoha’s villagers heard that Danzo and his allies had attempted a coup and that Kaedeji had become the Fourth Hokage.
• Kaedeji ordered village clans to attend a mobilization meeting and arrest suspected coup participants; Uchiha members helped search clans that had not attended.
• The Uchiha and other clans weighed their positions as Kaedeji promised revival and the chance to awaken Mangekyō Sharingan; Hizashi headed to the Hokage Building after receiving Kaedeji’s summons.

Kaedeji became the Fourth Hokage and used his powers of resurrection and immortality to secure the nobles’ cooperation and tempt Hizashi with the possibility of breaking the Caged Bird Seal and obtaining the Tenseigan. His policies and public demands for corpses pushed the ninja world toward an arms race, while Jiraiya and Minato struggled to see a way to oppose him; Kaedeji then turned his attention to reviving the Four-Tails.

• Kaedeji took office as the Fourth Hokage, turned a noble into a zombie after he objected to a budget increase, and demonstrated immortality to win the daimyō and nobles’ support.
• Kaedeji offered Hizashi information about the Tenseigan and a possible way to escape the Caged Bird Seal, leaving Hizashi torn over whether to sacrifice the eyes of dead Hyūga clansmen.
• Kaedeji ordered Shikaku to announce his appointment to every nation and issued policies that encouraged ninja recruitment and made corpses a resource for resurrection.
• News of Kaedeji’s rule and demands spread across the ninja world, prompting factions to fear war and begin expanding their military forces.
• At Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya and Minato discussed Kaedeji’s consolidation of power, and the Toad Sages urged them to seek greater strength and consider Nagato.
• Kaedeji shifted his attention to the approaching revival of the Four-Tails.