Chapter Summaries

At the war council, Hiko watched Danzo become commander of the Land of Wind front and ensured the Uchiha would not be blamed for staying out of the fighting. Afterward, he reviewed the next generation with the Third Hokage and said he would personally teach Kushina.

• Mitokado Homura and the other leaders endorsed Danzo, and the Third Hokage named him commander-in-chief for the Land of Wind front.
• Hiko offered to send Uchiha forces to the war, but Danzo rejected the offer, citing the need to protect Konoha.
• Hiko promised to lead the Uchiha in defending the village, then stayed quiet for the rest of the meeting.
• In the Hokage's Office, the Third Hokage asked Hiko about the war and showed him files on the newcomers he planned to have Orochimaru and Jiraiya lead.
• Hiko said Jiraiya would remain in the Land of Rain, praised Kushina and Minato Namikaze, and told the Third Hokage he had promised to teach Kushina personally.

Hiko refused the Third Hokage’s suggestion that he train Minato, then went to meet Mito Uzumaki at the Senju Clan Compound after she requested to see him. Mito questioned Hiko’s intentions regarding the Nine-Tails, and the chapter ended with her commenting on his achievements and his effect on Tsunade.

• Hiko rejected the Third Hokage’s suggestion that he guide the six-year-old Minato.
• An Anbu member told Hiko that Mito Uzumaki wanted to see him, and Hiko agreed to visit her at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Hiko followed the Anbu member through the compound while Senju Clan members watched and murmured about his arrival.
• Hiko respectfully greeted Mito Uzumaki, who remarked on his success at a young age and Tsunade’s feelings for him.

Hiko confronted Mito Uzumaki over her opposition to his taking the Nine-Tails and defended his clan against her invocation of Uchiha Madara. The village leaders remained committed to giving Hiko the Nine-Tails, and after Tsunade and Orochimaru returned, they calmed Mito while Tsunade asked Hiko what had happened.

• Mito Uzumaki asked Hiko why he wanted the Nine-Tails, and Hiko said his Uchiha power could control it.
• Mito compared Hiko to Uchiha Madara, and Hiko accused the Senju of helping drive Madara against the village.
• Hiko told Mito that the village leaders and the Third had approved giving him the Nine-Tails, then threatened to kill anyone chosen as its next jinchuriki.
• Mito sought the clan elders' help, but they avoided opposing the village leaders, while the Third worried about confronting her.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru returned with the main force, learned about the dispute, and comforted Mito.
• Tsunade met Hiko, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo at their usual spot and asked how the dispute had escalated.

Hiko explained that the village had removed him from the battlefield and approved his request to receive the Nine-Tails as compensation for his service. As Tsunade and the others discussed the arrangement and the war, Hiko left Tsunade embarrassed with a joke and predicted that the conflict might last several more years.

• Hiko told Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo that Danzo had become commander-in-chief and that he had secured approval to receive the Nine-Tails.
• Hiko explained that Mito Uzumaki had objected and argued with him, but he would wait until she was gone before taking the Nine-Tails.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo reacted to Hiko's plan to use the Nine-Tails as a Summoned Beast, and Tsunade accepted that he would have to wait.
• Hiko warned Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo that they might have to return to the battlefield, prompting them to complain about battlefield rations.
• Hiko teased Tsunade by implying she looked pregnant, and she angrily denied it while Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru laughed.
• Tsunade worried that Konoha would suffer heavy losses, and Hiko said the war could last anywhere from one or two years to three to five years.

Hiko discussed the war against Sunagakure and predicted that Kumogakure would keep Iwagakure occupied, while Konoha’s army set out under Danzo’s command. After the frontline assignments and village plans were settled, Uchiha elders came to Hiko to press for a clan-head election and Uchiha Fugaku’s promotion to the Elder Council.

• Hiko told Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo that Kumogakure would attack Iwagakure, leaving Konoha to face Sunagakure without Iwagakure’s help.
• Danzo led Konoha’s army toward the Land of Wind, with Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo joining the frontline and most of the Senju Clan mobilizing for war.
• Hiko noted that Danzo had excluded the Uchiha and Hyuga from the frontline, while Orochimaru became Nawaki Senju’s teacher and Hiko remained in the village.
• Several Uchiha elders came to Hiko’s home to demand a clan-head election and propose promoting Uchiha Fugaku to the Elder Council.

Hiko agreed to the elders’ request to hold an Uchiha Clan head election in three days, despite expecting the role to be mostly ceremonial for him. News of the election spread through Konoha, where the Third Hokage and others took notice.

• The elders urged Hiko to end the years-long vacancy and elect a new Uchiha Clan head, with Uchiha Fugaku also discussed as a candidate.
• Hiko agreed to hold the election in three days, and the elders left to make preparations and notify the clan members.
• Hiko expected the elders to manage routine clan affairs while he handled only major matters.
• News of the election spread through the Uchiha Clan Grounds and across the village, drawing attention from people focused on the war.
• The Third Hokage expressed surprise at the announcement, and others suggested the aging elders had pressed for the election.

The Third Hokage and Mitokado Homura discussed the Uchiha’s future as Konoha’s clans faced a generational transition. After Hiko was announced as the new Uchiha clan leader, he discovered that years of important clan business had been left untouched and dumped on him.

• The Third Hokage told Mitokado Homura that Hiko might bring reforms to the Uchiha, though the clan’s elders would delay major changes.
• Mitokado Homura left the Hokage’s Office, and the Third Hokage hoped privately that Hiko would improve the clan.
• The Uchiha spent three days preparing for the leadership announcement while Hiko relaxed, and the elders formally declared him clan leader.
• Hiko found a mountain of unresolved documents in the Clan Leader’s Compound and demanded to know why they had not been handled.
• The Third Elder explained that the Great Elder had initially handled the matters, but they were abandoned as his health declined and no one else had authority.

Hiko struggled through the Uchiha Clan’s backlog after becoming clan head, while Mikoto visited him and complained about her new ninja team. He invited Mikoto to join his training sessions with Kushina, then wondered whether Uchiha Itachi would still be born.

• Hiko accepted the clan head position and began working through the mountain of backlogged documents.
• After days of exhausting paperwork, Hiko finished the documents and welcomed Mikoto, who had come by on her day off.
• Mikoto complained to Hiko about her two teammates and their Special Jonin teacher.
• Hiko told Mikoto she could join the lessons he planned to give Kushina, and Mikoto happily agreed.
• Hiko thought about Uchiha Itachi and wondered whether he would still exist.

Hiko spent time with Mikoto Uchiha and the others while Konoha’s war against Sunagakure resumed under Danzo’s command. As Konoha and Sunagakure clashed in the Land of Wind, Kumogakure launched a surprise attack on Iwagakure, forcing Ōnoki to rush back to defend his village.

• Hiko agreed to take Mikoto Uchiha, Kyuku Uzumaki, and Kushina to a barbecue restaurant after Mikoto insisted on barbecue.
• Danzo led Konoha’s army into the Land of Wind, where Sunagakure’s forces managed to stabilize the frontline.
• The Third Kazekage brought Sunagakure’s assembled army to the frontline and fought Konoha without either side gaining an advantage.
• Kumogakure’s army invaded the Land of Earth while Iwagakure was unprepared, inflicting heavy losses.
• Ōnoki abandoned concerns about the Konoha–Sunagakure war and hurried back with his army to support Iwagakure.

Kirigakure sent an envoy to the Land of Whirlpools to ask the Uzumaki Clan to provide Jinchuriki, while also searching for Seven-Tails Chōmei. Uzumaki Kin rejected the request, leaving Kirigakure’s attempt to secure the clan’s cooperation unresolved.

• The Third Raikage’s attack on Iwagakure deepened the hostility between Kumogakure and Ōnoki’s village.
• Kirigakure stayed out of the Second Ninja War while the other four great villages fought and watched its movements.
• Kirigakure decided to seek Jinchuriki from the Uzumaki Clan and sent search parties after Seven-Tails Chōmei.
• Uzumaki Kin refused Kirigakure’s request, insisting the clan would cooperate only with Konoha.
• Kirigakure’s envoy asked whether the Uzumaki Clan would reconsider, citing the Third Mizukage’s sincerity.

Uzumaki Kin rejected Kirigakure’s request for Uzumaki Clan members to become the Three-Tails and Six-Tails Jinchuriki, insisting the Land of Whirlpools feared no nation. After hearing the envoy’s report, the Third Mizukage summoned Kirigakure’s major clan heads to discuss the matter.

• Uzumaki Kin mocked Kirigakure’s offer and ordered the envoy out of the Land of Whirlpools.
• The Great Elder worried that Kirigakure might retaliate, but Uzumaki Kin trusted the clan’s seals to protect them.
• The Kirigakure Envoy returned to Kirigakure and reported the rejection to the Third Mizukage in full.
• The Third Mizukage dismissed the envoy, then summoned the heads of Kirigakure’s major clans to an urgent meeting.

Kirigakure launched a surprise invasion of the Land of Whirlpools, using seal specialists to breach the Uzumaki Clan’s defenses and slaughter its members. Uzumaki Kin confronted the Third Mizukage as the attack devastated the village.

• Kirigakure ninja landed under cover of fog and used old, damaged seals to enter the Land of Whirlpools.
• Uzumaki sentries discovered the invaders and raised the alarm, throwing the clan into chaos.
• The Third Mizukage ordered an immediate assault, and Kirigakure ninja overwhelmed the Uzumaki Clan as the village burned.
• Uzumaki Kin rushed outside, recognized Kirigakure, and saw his clansmen being hunted.
• The Third Mizukage entered the Clan Leader's Compound with three other powerful chakra signatures and confronted Uzumaki Kin, blaming him for provoking Kirigakure.

After receiving the Uzumaki Clan’s plea for help, Hiko rushed from Konoha to the Land of Whirlpools to investigate. He found the village in ruins and the Uzumaki Clan apparently wiped out, then began searching the bodies for clues.

• Uzumaki Kin vowed that the Third Mizukage would be buried with the Uzumaki Clan.
• An Anbu ninja woke Hiko and summoned him to the Hokage’s Office on the Third Hokage’s orders.
• The Third Hokage told Hiko that enemies had invaded the Uzumaki Clan’s village and asked him to investigate.
• Hiko led an Anbu squad across the sea and reached the Land of Whirlpools by noon.
• Hiko found the village destroyed and its corpses scattered throughout, then sent the squad to search for survivors and enemy traces while he examined the bodies.

Hiko investigated the ruins of the Uzumaki Clan village and concluded that Kirigakure was the likeliest force behind its destruction. After finding no survivors or useful clues, he ordered his squad to burn the dead.

• Hiko examined the water stains, battle traces, and bodies and suspected Kirigakure had attacked the Uzumaki Clan.
• Hiko found no bodies belonging to Uzumaki Kin, the Clan Leader, or the elders, and wondered whether the enemy had taken them away.
• Hiko's squad reported that they had found no surviving Uzumaki clansmen and no valuable intelligence.
• Hiko explained that only Kirigakure seemed capable of destroying the clan while the other Great Villages were occupied by war.
• Hiko ordered his squad to gather and burn the bodies, and the five squad members began dividing them into piles.

Hiko returned from the Land of Whirlpools with news that the Uzumaki Clan had been nearly wiped out, leaving the Third Hokage furious and grieving. Hiko suspected Kirigakure might have been responsible, but the enemy had left little evidence.

• Hiko and his squad burned the bodies in the ruined village, then sailed away from the Land of Whirlpools.
• On the return journey, Hiko worried about how to tell Kyuku Uzumaki and Kushina about the clan’s destruction.
• Hiko arrived at Konoha at dawn, sent his squad home to rest, and went to the Hokage’s Office.
• The Third Hokage dismissed the waiting mission squads and pressed Hiko for news.
• Hiko told the Third Hokage that no one had survived in the village and that Kirigakure might have attacked the Uzumaki Clan.
• The Third Hokage reacted with fury, while Hiko said the conflict likely stemmed from tensions surrounding the Uzumaki Clan and Kirigakure’s interests.

Hiko told Kyuku Uzumaki and Kushina that the Uzumaki Clan had been destroyed, and the sisters broke down in grief. Soon afterward, the Third Hokage summoned Hiko because Mito Uzumaki’s condition had worsened.

• Hiko warned the Third Hokage that Konoha could not attack Kirigakure and urged him to prepare for the fallout from the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction.
• Hiko returned home, waited for Kyuku Uzumaki and Kushina, and then told them their clan and parents had been killed.
• Kyuku Uzumaki nearly fainted, and Kushina burst into tears; the sisters embraced and wept as Hiko arranged for them to take leave from the Ninja Academy.
• A messenger summoned Hiko to the Hokage Office, where the Third Hokage told him that Mito Uzumaki’s condition had taken a turn for the worse and led him to the Senju Clan Compound.

Mito Uzumaki's health deteriorated, threatening to weaken the seal holding the Nine-Tails, so the Third Hokage brought Hiko to the Senju Clan Compound to prepare for its escape. As the Nine-Tails began struggling inside Mito, she asked the Third Hokage to look after the Senju Clan and whether Hiko had come.

• The Third Hokage summoned Hiko and hurried with him to the Senju Clan Compound as Mito Uzumaki's condition worsened.
• Hiko stayed outside with the Anbu, promising to subdue the Nine-Tails if it broke free.
• The Nine-Tails sensed the weakening seal and began struggling to escape from Mito Uzumaki.
• The Third Hokage found Mito near death, surrounded by grieving Senju Clan members.
• Mito asked the Third Hokage to look after the Senju Clan and then asked whether Hiko had come.

Mito Uzumaki asked the Third Hokage to tell Hiko to treat Tsunade well before closing her eyes to rest. News that the Uzumaki Clan had been wiped out spread across the Ninja World, leaving Konoha's allies and rival villages to react and speculate about Kirigakure.

• Mito Uzumaki asked the Third Hokage to tell Hiko to treat Tsunade well, then said she wanted to rest.
• News of the Uzumaki Clan's destruction spread from the Land of Whirlpools and Konoha across the Ninja World, while the attacker remained unknown.
• Danzo learned that the Uzumaki Clan had been destroyed and considered the loss of its strength and Sealing Jutsu knowledge to Konoha.
• The Senju Clan learned of the destruction and demanded that Konoha identify the enemy and seek justice.
• The Third Kazekage, Ōnoki, and the Third Raikage suspected Kirigakure, while Sunagakure and Iwagakure welcomed the weakening of Konoha.

After Mito Uzumaki’s death, Hiko took custody of the scroll meant to control the Nine-Tails while Konoha and the Senju Clan mourned. He then learned that Kushina had fought at the Ninja Academy and injured a Teacher, leaving him to find out what happened at Konoha Hospital.

• The Third Hokage gave Hiko a powerful sealing scroll and ordered him to bring the Nine-Tails under control after Mito Uzumaki died.
• Senju Hashirama’s clan mourned Mito, while Tsunade remained at the front and Nawaki Senju represented the family at her funeral.
• Kyuku Uzumaki and Kushina returned to the Ninja Academy after grieving their parents and clanspeople.
• An Intelligence Department member told Hiko that the Third Hokage had ordered him to visit Konoha Hospital and comfort injured people.
• Hiko learned that Kushina had fought her classmates and struck a Teacher who tried to break up the fight.

After Kushina injured several academy students who had repeatedly provoked her, their parents gathered at Konoha Hospital and demanded an explanation. Hiko arrived to intervene, but his scornful response to the parents’ complaints left the confrontation escalating.

• The Third Hokage sent Hiko to settle the dispute after the injured students’ parents caused a scene at Konoha Hospital.
• Hiko was surprised by Kushina’s toughness and went to the hospital, where the parents berated Kushina and Kyuku Uzumaki over their red hair and the students’ injuries.
• Hiko took the sisters to see the hospitalized children and mocked the severity of their injuries and the decision to admit them.
• Hiko scolded the parents and medical staff, pointing out that the village was at war and the children did not need hospitalization.
• One parent accused Hiko of bullying ordinary people and demanded an explanation because Kushina had beaten the child three times that month, prompting the others to threaten a complaint at the Hokage Office Building.