Chapter Summaries

Shinichi, Shisui, and Itachi discovered that Karin, known as Sun God, possessed the Rinnegan, and Hyuga Kagami prepared to help Itachi and Shinichi endure the First Hokage Cells. Itachi chose the dangerous procedure over taking his father Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan, holding on to hope that Hyuga Kagami could prevent the Uchiha Clan’s downfall.

• Shinichi mistook Karin’s Rinnegan for Nagato’s and feared she was one of the Six Paths of Pain until Hyuga Kagami clarified that Sun God was neither Nagato nor his creation.
• Hyuga Kagami confirmed Karin had a second pair of Rinnegan, shocking Shinichi, Shisui, and Itachi, then sent Shisui to stand guard and led the others into the operating room.
• Hyuga Kagami warned Itachi and Shinichi that Sun God could keep the First Hokage Cells from killing them, but they would have to subdue the cells themselves.
• Itachi considered taking Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan to gain Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, but chose to undergo the First Hokage Cells transplant because he trusted Hyuga Kagami to find a way through the Uchiha crisis.
• Itachi resolved that if he ever had to oppose Fugaku, he would not take his father’s eyes and would leave them for his younger brother, Second Pillar.

Hyuga Kagami performed First Hokage Cell transplants on Itachi and Shinichi, who struggled to suppress the cells with their Mangekyō Sharingan. When both began to lose control, Hyuga Kagami entered their soul worlds and challenged them to fight harder.

• Hyuga Kagami explained the transplant procedure and warned Itachi and Shinichi that they had to suppress the implanted cells during the fusion solution’s first half hour.
• Hyuga Kagami implanted First Hokage Cell tissue in Itachi and Shinichi, and both activated their Mangekyō Sharingan to resist it.
• After the first half hour passed, the First Hokage Cells began to run wild in Itachi and Shinichi, so Hyuga Kagami ordered Karin to absorb the raging Yang Release chakra from both of them.
• Hyuga Kagami entered Itachi’s and Shinichi’s soul worlds with his Tenseigan and challenged them as they lay exhausted.

Hyuga Kagami pushed Itachi and Shinichi to keep fighting the First Hokage Cells, then resumed their transplant operation with a second dose of fusion solution. Both Uchiha began suppressing the cells, and Kagami ordered Karin to return the Yang Release chakra she had absorbed.

• Hyuga Kagami provoked Itachi by suggesting Sasuke would have to endure the test if Itachi gave up, reigniting Itachi's resolve.
• Hyuga Kagami reminded Shinichi of his grudge over Uchiha Yui, and Shinichi rose and promised to do his best.
• Hyuga Kagami left Shinichi's soul world, and Karin noticed that the Yang Release chakra inside Itachi and Shinichi had become obedient.
• Hyuga Kagami told Karin to stop absorbing chakra and injected Itachi and Shinichi with a second dose of fusion solution.
• Itachi and Shinichi began fighting the First Hokage Cells again, and Hyuga Kagami ordered Karin to return the chakra she had absorbed.

Itachi and Shinichi survived the fusion with the First Hokage Cells, recovered their eyesight and ocular power, and awakened the Power of All Creation. After the operation, they returned to the Uchiha Compound, while Shinichi remarked that Karin seemed as strong as Nagato.

• Karin returned the Yang Release chakra she had absorbed, and Itachi and Shinichi struggled against the First Hokage Cells as their vital signs worsened.
• Itachi and Shinichi suppressed the cells, fused Yin and Yang chakra, and produced the Power of All Creation.
• Shinichi tested his restored eyesight with Timehold, and Hyuga Kagami warned him not to use Mangekyō abilities during recovery.
• Itachi and Shinichi thanked Karin, and Hyuga Kagami instructed them to avoid using their Sharingan for three days.
• Hyuga Kagami sent Itachi, Shinichi, and Shisui back to the Uchiha Compound, where Shinichi said Karin's strength was no less than Nagato's.

Shinichi, Shisui, and Itachi returned to the Uchiha Compound while Shinichi sensed that Karin was watching them from afar. The next day, Kakashi warned Hyuga Kagami that the Fifth Hokage confidence vote would take place tomorrow and that a Uchiha rebellion might follow, leaving Kagami facing his imminent appointment as Hokage.

• Shinichi told Shisui and Itachi that Karin's sensing ability surpassed his and that he could feel her watching them from a great distance.
• Karin confirmed to Hyuga Kagami that the three Uchiha had safely returned to their compound, and Kagami explained that her Rinnegan had strengthened her Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
• Kakashi visited Hyuga Kagami after recovering from his injuries and thanked him for accepting the agreement with the Third Hokage.
• Kakashi warned Hyuga Kagami that a rebellion might occur after the election and said the Fifth Hokage confidence vote would be held the next day.
• Kakashi told Hyuga Kagami that he would become Hokage, leaving Kagami momentarily dazed by the prospect.

Konoha gathered for the restarted Fifth Hokage election, with the Uchiha and Hyuga clans arriving to support their candidates. Hyuga Kagami stayed home with Rin until the last moment, leaving his entrance—and the election’s outcome—to come.

• Villagers heading to the Hokage Building expected Uchiha Fugaku to win because of his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.
• Fugaku led the Uchiha clan to the election, while Uchiha Shinji and young Sasuke took pride in the clan’s standing.
• Hiashi led the Hyuga clan to support Hyuga Kagami, with Hizashi and Neji among the Branch Family members, but Kagami was absent from their procession.
• At home, Rin helped Kagami get ready and asked whether he would become Hokage and have his face carved onto Hokage Rock.
• Rin said she would hire the Land of Fire’s finest craftsman to make Kagami’s statue, and Kagami reminded her to get a receipt.

Konoha held a vote of confidence to choose its Fifth Hokage as Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Kagami competed for the position. Kagami arrived just before the vote opened, and the eligible Jonin began casting ballots.

• Tsunade and the Third Hokage worried that Fugaku might react dangerously if he lost, given the Uchiha Clan's three pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku asked to begin the election while Hyuga Kagami was still absent, and the master of ceremonies said they needed to wait.
• Hyuga Kagami arrived at the Hokage Building with Hyuga Rin, drawing the attention of the crowd and those gathered on the roof.
• The Third Hokage declared the vote of confidence officially open, and Anbu brought out a sealed ballot box.
• Eligible active-duty, retired, injured, disabled, and Special Jonin began voting in an orderly queue.

During the confidence vote for Hokage, the Uchiha and Hyuga clans sent their Jonin to cast ballots, revealing the strength each clan could bring to the election. Fugaku grew increasingly confident as other clans voted, while the outcome remained undecided.

• The villagers watched dozens of Uchiha Jonin head to the ballot boxes, and Sasuke told Naruto, Neji, and Hinata that they belonged to his clan.
• Neji reassured Hinata that their teacher would win, while Sasuke insisted his father would become the Fifth Hokage.
• Fugaku sent Shisui and Shinichi to vote and watched the Uchiha ballots being cast with growing satisfaction.
• The Hyuga Clan followed with its Jonin, including elderly retired members supported by attendants, while Fugaku mocked Hyuga Kagami and Kagami stayed composed.
• The remaining Jonin voted in turn, and Fugaku's smile widened as he recalled other clans hinting they would support him.

Konoha's Jonin confidence vote ended with Hyuga Kagami defeating Uchiha Fugaku and being named the winner. Certain the count was rigged, Fugaku demanded a recount and went to count the ballots himself.

• The Jonin finished casting their votes as Fugaku calculated that he had a ten-vote lead over Hyuga Kagami.
• The Fourth Kazekage, Third Tsuchikage, and Fourth Raikage discussed the candidates and Konoha's likely response if Fugaku lost.
• The Third Hokage announced that Hyuga Kagami had won the confidence vote, prompting cheers from the Hokage faction and Hyuga Clan.
• Fugaku demanded a recount, and the Third Hokage allowed him to count the votes himself.
• Fugaku approached the ballot boxes, convinced that someone had tampered with the count.

Hyuga Kagami watched Fugaku discover that he had lost the confidence vote by hundreds of votes, then saw the Uchiha Clan leave after realizing the village had misled them. The Third Hokage handed Kagami the Hokage's hat, making him Konoha's Fifth Hokage.

• Fugaku inspected the votes, found that the clans he expected to support him had voted against him, and overturned the counting table in fury.
• Hyuga Kagami realized the village had deliberately misled Fugaku and reflected that its distrust had helped drive the Uchiha Clan toward rebellion.
• Fugaku coldly ordered the Uchiha Clan to leave, and they departed without a farewell.
• Rin celebrated as the Third Hokage handed Hyuga Kagami the Hokage's hat and named him the Fifth Hokage.

Obito and Hyuga Aoki learned that Hyuga Kagami had been elected Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, shattering Aoki’s belief that a Branch Family member could never rise above the Caged Bird’s fate. They decided Kagami’s victory could help them exploit tensions between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan, potentially driving the clan to rebel.

• Obito and Hyuga Aoki watched Konoha celebrate and assumed Uchiha Fugaku had been chosen as Fifth Hokage.
• Zetsu told them that Hyuga Kagami had won the vote and become Konoha’s Fifth Hokage.
• Hyuga Aoki rejected the news in anguish, insisting that Kagami could not be better than him or his younger brother, Hyuga Aoba.
• Obito and Hyuga Aoki calmed down and recognized that Fugaku’s defeat could deepen the rift between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan.
• Obito and Hyuga Aoki considered how an Uchiha rebellion could plunge Konoha into a devastating war.

After Hyuga Kagami became Konoha's Fifth Hokage, the Uchiha mourned Fugaku's failed bid and grew angry at the village, while Neji's father saw new possibilities for his son's future. The chapter left Shinichi wary of rebellion and Hizashi hopeful that Neji could escape the fate imposed by the Caged Bird Seal.

• Itachi comforted Sasuke after Sasuke asked why Fugaku had not been chosen as Hokage, and agreed that the Hokage should be the village's strongest ninja.
• Uchiha Shinichi listened as clansmen cursed the village, while drunken Shinji called for rebellion and Shinichi dismissed it as suicidal.
• Hizashi told Neji that, as Hyuga Kagami's disciple, he had to uphold strict standards and avoid bringing trouble upon the Hokage.
• Hizashi reflected that Neji's position as the Hokage's disciple gave him a chance to become a future Hokage and resist the Caged Bird Seal's constraints.

Hyuga Kagami took charge of the Hokage's Office and received a classified report on the God Organization from Kakashi. The report offered little reliable information about Yama, leaving Hyuga Kagami amused by the village's mistaken theories about his past.

• Hyuga Kagami settled into the Hokage's Office and sensed that six Anbu squads were guarding it.
• Kakashi brought Hyuga Kagami a classified God Organization Analysis Report and explained that the new Hokage needed to know its contents.
• Kakashi described Yama's rapid completion of black-market bounty missions and the Intelligence Division's theory that he had been honing a technique.
• Hyuga Kagami read the sparse account of Yama's battles with Nagato and learned that Konoha and the other major villages could not identify his techniques.

Hyuga Kagami reviewed Konoha’s analysis of the God Organization and discussed its members’ abilities and suspected identities with Kakashi. The report left River Lord unidentified, while the village had linked Jizo to Deidara and remained uncertain about the Flame Demons’ origins.

• Kakashi explained that Kirigakure could not identify River Lord because records of its bloodline clans had been lost during the rebellions.
• Hyuga Kagami and Kakashi examined the similarities between the male Flame Demon’s Susanoo and Uchiha Fugaku’s, and Kakashi said the village suspected the Flame Demons were Uchiha who had faked their deaths or their descendants.
• Hyuga Kagami noticed that Kurenai had not reported Wind Chime’s Byakugan, while Kakashi assessed Wind Chime as the God Organization’s strongest member after Yama.
• Kakashi said Deidara was almost certainly the God Organization’s Jizo, and Hyuga Kagami praised the village’s analysis report as flawless.

As Fifth Hokage, Hyuga Kagami considered how to use his dual position as leader of the God Organization while hiding the Hyuga Clan’s dealings with Otsutsuki Toneri. He formed a Shadow Guard from four Anbu members and appointed Kurenai acting captain.

• Kakashi told Hyuga Kagami that the village was contacting Deidara and urged him to prepare for a possible meeting with the God Organization.
• Kakashi asked Hyuga Kagami to investigate the Hyuga Clan’s concealed dealings, but Hyuga Kagami chose to keep the matter secret and planned to use the Giant Tenseigan to lure Hyuga Aoki and Otsutsuki Toneri into action.
• Kakashi gave Hyuga Kagami the Anbu roster and persuaded him to form a Shadow Guard for his protection.
• Hyuga Kagami invited Kurenai, Hayate, Yugao, and Anko to join his Shadow Guard, and all four accepted.
• Hyuga Kagami appointed Kurenai acting captain of the Shadow Guard.

Yakushi Kabuto mastered Ryūchi Cave’s Senjutsu and became a Perfect Sage before returning to Otogakure. After the Sound Four uncovered evidence that Orochimaru’s soul fragments were stored in the Heaven Curse Marks, Kabuto prepared to use his own body to revive him.

• Yakushi Kabuto emerged from Ryūchi Cave with improved vision and the ability to enter Sage Mode instantly.
• Kabuto returned to Otogakure and asked Kimimaro, Yamato, Haku, and Jugo about the laboratories they had investigated.
• Kimimaro, Yamato, and Haku reported finding Orochimaru’s research on sealing techniques, the Chimera Technique, and human cloning.
• Jugo revealed that Orochimaru had implanted parts of his soul in the Heaven Curse Marks and could potentially be revived in a suitable body.
• Kimimaro offered his body, but Kabuto proposed using his own and placed his hands on the Heaven Curse Marks on Yamato and Haku.

After becoming Fifth Hokage, Hyuga Kagami grew frustrated with the duties and scrutiny of his new position. Yakushi Kabuto infiltrated Konoha and came to see him, but Orochimaru took control of Kabuto’s body and revealed himself, leaving Hyuga Kagami to infer that Orochimaru had suffered a setback.

• Hyuga Kagami struggled with the paperwork and attention that came with being Hokage and dismissed the elders’ objections to his chosen Shadow Guard.
• A dark figure infiltrated Konoha, evaded the increased patrols, and entered Hyuga Kagami’s courtyard.
• Kurenai recognized the intruder as the rogue Yakushi Kabuto, and Hyuga Kagami ordered the Shadow Guard to let him in.
• Kabuto told Hyuga Kagami that someone else wanted to meet him, then his presence and chakra changed as Orochimaru took control.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized Orochimaru and guessed that his presence in Kabuto’s body meant he had suffered a setback.

Hyuga Kagami deduced that Orochimaru had tried to take Danzo’s body and suffered a crushing defeat, leaving his spirit weakened. Orochimaru retrieved the Heaven Curse Mark from Anko and discovered that the Uchiha Clan was preparing to move against Hyuga Kagami.

• Orochimaru admitted that he had made a mistake fighting Danzo and warned Hyuga Kagami that Danzo had surpassed the Kage level.
• Orochimaru told Hyuga Kagami that he had come to reclaim the Heaven Curse Mark implanted in Anko.
• Orochimaru explained that splitting his soul had severely weakened his spirit body, so he needed to recover his soul fragments.
• Hyuga Kagami agreed to let Orochimaru remove Anko’s Curse Mark and called her into the room.
• Orochimaru drew the Curse Mark and a large amount of chakra from Anko, leaving her unconscious.
• Orochimaru read Anko’s recent memories and warned Hyuga Kagami that the Uchiha Clan appeared ready to act against him.

Orochimaru warned Hyuga Kagami that the Uchiha had four pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan, including Itachi’s, and urged him to consider working together. Meanwhile, Fugaku’s secret meeting resumed with the Uchiha leaders discussing when to begin their rebellion.

• Orochimaru offered to help Hyuga Kagami deal with the Uchiha in exchange for one pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, but Hyuga Kagami refused.
• An alarm sounded after an intruder entered the village, and Hyuga Kagami ordered Kurenai to lift it after confirming Orochimaru had harmed no one.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized Kabuto’s concealed aura as a sign of Senjutsu and warned Orochimaru not to interfere in the village’s affairs.
• Orochimaru revealed that Itachi possessed the Uchiha’s fourth pair of Mangekyō Sharingan and was more dangerous than the clan’s other wielders.
• Fugaku resumed his secret meeting with Shisui, Shinichi, Itachi, and three Uchiha Elite Jonin after the village alarm ended.
• Uchiha Yusuke reported that the other four Kage would leave Konoha at the end of the month, and Uchiha Mitsuto urged Fugaku to act once they departed.

Fugaku and the Uchiha leaders prepared a rebellion against Konoha, assigning attacks on the Hokage, the Advisory Elder Council, the Anbu, and other key groups. Itachi questioned Fugaku about an undisclosed ally who would deal with the Hyuga Clan.

• Fugaku agreed to rebel, and Uchiha Yusuke and Uchiha Mitsuto reported recruiting prisoners, bounty ninja, and wandering swordsmen for the uprising.
• Uchiha Kiga reported that Deidara had refused to reveal how to contact the God Organization, so Fugaku set aside plans to approach them.
• Fugaku assigned Itachi to attack the Fifth Hokage, Kiga to assault the Anbu base, Mitsuto to strike village institutions, and Yusuke to block the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans from supporting the Hokage Building.
• Fugaku ordered Shisui and Shinichi to join him in attacking the Advisory Elder Council, which included the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi.
• When Kiga asked who would handle the Hyuga Clan, Fugaku said an unnamed ally would take care of them, prompting Itachi to ask whether they had other allies.