Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hiko defended Kushina after she was bullied at school, threatening permanent hospitalization for the injured children and berating the parents, teachers, and medical workers. He left with Kushina and Kyuku Uzumaki, while the parents renewed their plans to complain and the hospital staff said the children could not leave.

• Kushina told Hiko that classmates had mocked her, given her cruel nicknames, and pulled her hair.
• Hiko ordered the medical worker to arrange permanent hospitalization for the injured children and warned that anyone who discharged them would be hospitalized too.
• Hiko berated the parents, teachers, and medical workers, threatened to complain about the school, and told Kushina to hit harder if she was provoked again.
• Hiko took Kushina and Kyuku Uzumaki away, leaving Kushina moved by his defense of her.
• The parents threatened to complain at the Hokage Office Building, but hospital staff told them the children could not leave because permanent hospitalization paperwork was complete.

Hiko ordered the children who had provoked Kyuku Uzumaki and Kushina to remain hospitalized, then proposed changes to staffing at Konoha Hospital and the Ninja Academy. The Third Hokage agreed that Hiko could file complaints and heard his plan to use disabled veterans as teachers, with current teachers serving as assistants.

• Anbu blocked the parents from taking their children out of Konoha Hospital under Hiko's orders.
• Hiko sent Kyuku Uzumaki and Kushina home, then told them to rest before returning to school.
• Hiko complained to the Third Hokage about the school and hospital staff and said he had permanently hospitalized the troublemaking children.
• Hiko proposed filing a complaint against the parents for disrupting public order and Konoha's normal operations, and the Third Hokage agreed the charge was valid.
• Hiko suggested assigning disabled veterans from the battlefield as Ninja Academy teachers, with the current teachers assisting.

Hiko suggested that the village recruit carefully selected retired and disabled ninja as Ninja Academy teachers to prepare children for the realities of life, but refused the Third Hokage’s attempt to make him teach. After reading new battlefield intelligence, Hiko learned that Senju Clan members had suffered heavy losses under Danzo’s command.

• Hiko proposed assigning suitable retired ninja to teach at the Ninja Academy, with assistants to help address concerns about their trauma.
• The Third Hokage asked Hiko to serve as a representative teacher, but Hiko refused, citing his Anbu, clan, and other responsibilities.
• The Third Hokage accepted Hiko’s refusal and said he would investigate the proposal before making a decision.
• Hiko read intelligence reporting that the Senju Clan had suffered heavy losses, which placed responsibility on Danzo as commander-in-chief.
• Hiko wondered whether grief over the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction and Mito-sama’s departure had made the Senju reckless, and the Third Hokage said Danzo was negotiating with them.

Hiko reassured Kushina and Kyuku Uzumaki after a conflict at the Ninja Academy and let them know he had dealt with the matter. He left the children who had bullied Kushina confined to the hospital until their parents apologized, while the Third Hokage continued worrying about Danzo’s command on the frontline.

• Hiko left the Hokage’s office after discussing the frontline situation with the Third Hokage, who worried that Danzo’s failures would reflect on him.
• Hiko reassured Kushina and Kyuku Uzumaki at home and told Kushina to fight back if anyone at school provoked her.
• Hiko ordered the children who had bullied Kushina to remain in the hospital until they sincerely apologized.
• The children’s parents complained to the Hokage but could not reach Hiko or enter Uchiha territory.
• The parents bought gifts and apologized to Kushina and Kyuku, ending the dispute.

At the Uchiha clan meeting, Hiko silenced elders who complained about the village and gloated over the Senju Clan’s losses. He appointed Uchiha Fugaku to eventually take over the Police Force, leaving Fugaku excited and nervous.

• Kushina became the school's top student, and no one dared bully her after Hiko stood up for her.
• Hiko attended the clan meeting, where Fugaku nervously waited and the elders reported clan matters.
• The Second Elder complained that the village was not using the Uchiha and remarked that the Senju Clan's losses served them right.
• Hiko cautioned the elders not to voice such comments while the village was fighting Sunagakure.
• Hiko told Fugaku to work hard because he would take over the Police Force after some time, and the Second Elder agreed to step aside.

Hiko watched Uchiha Fugaku’s performance before deciding whether to entrust him with the Police Force, while the war continued across the nations. He then released the Nine-Tails in a remote part of the Land of Fire and used his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to catch it in a genjutsu, leaving the beast immobilized.

• Hiko decided to reserve the Police Force for Uchiha Fugaku but said he would first judge his performance.
• The war continued to cause heavy losses, while Hiko stayed away from the front and focused on strengthening the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiko went alone to a remote area and deliberately weakened the scroll sealing the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails broke out of the scroll, roared at Hiko, and glared into his eyes after he provoked it.
• Hiko activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and the Nine-Tails froze as it mistook him for Uchiha Madara.

Hiko controlled the Nine-Tails with his Sharingan and forced it into a contract, then released it and challenged it to fight. The Nine-Tails attacked in fury, while Hiko dodged and demanded that it submit if it could not tear him apart.

• Hiko used the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and force a contract with it, leaving Uchiha Madara's existing contract intact.
• Hiko released his control, and the enraged Nine-Tails accused him of courting death.
• Hiko mocked the Nine-Tails for falling under Uchiha control and for being less vigilant than the Seven-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails swung its claw at Hiko, but Hiko vanished before it could hit him, and the attack smashed a huge pit into the ground.
• Hiko challenged the Nine-Tails to tear him apart and said it would have to obey him if it failed; the Nine-Tails refused.

Hiko used the Wood Dragon Technique to wear down the Nine-Tails and force it to submit, turning their confrontation into a battle of attrition. The Wood Dragon eventually bound the Nine-Tails and began draining its Chakra as it fought back furiously.

• Hiko summoned a Wood Dragon and sent it after the Nine-Tails, intending to wear down its pride.
• The Nine-Tails dodged and lashed at the Wood Dragon, but its attacks barely slowed the pursuing summon.
• Hiko sat down with food and seasonings, prepared to wait while the Nine-Tails fought the Wood Dragon.
• The Wood Dragon caught and wrapped around the Nine-Tails, absorbing its Chakra as the Nine-Tails struck it with its tails, claws, and fangs.

Hiko’s Wood Dragon kept the Nine-Tails trapped and drained its chakra while the two wrecked the surrounding forest. When the Nine-Tails prepared to use a Tailed Beast Ball, Hiko warned that he would make it blow itself up, leaving the furious beast helpless.

• The Nine-Tails repeatedly attacked the Wood Dragon but could not escape its coils or stop it from absorbing chakra.
• Hiko considered searching Root for Uchiha Madara’s cells and reflected on how difficult it would be to find Madara or Black Zetsu.
• The Nine-Tails and Wood Dragon continued their struggle, devastating the forest and surrounding terrain.
• The Nine-Tails prepared to unleash a Tailed Beast Ball, but Hiko threatened to control it and make it blow itself up.

Hiko kept the Nine-Tails restrained with the Wood Dragon and forced it to exhaust itself after it disobeyed him. The Nine-Tails refused to submit, and Hiko prepared to wear it down for another day.

• Hiko watched the enraged Nine-Tails struggle against the Wood Dragon and warned it not to use a Tailed Beast Ball.
• The Nine-Tails broke free and began forming a Tailed Beast Ball, so Hiko controlled it with his Eternal Mangekyo and made the attack explode.
• The Wood Dragon seized the dazed Nine-Tails again, and Hiko spent the day watching their struggle while eating and drinking.
• After Hiko released the Wood Dragon, the exhausted Nine-Tails rested and refused to look into Hiko's eyes when he asked whether it would submit.
• The Nine-Tails did not try to escape overnight, while Hiko waited for sunrise, intending to wear it down for another day.

Uchiha Hiko wore down the Nine-Tails until it submitted and agreed to follow him. He granted Kurama freedom to roam as long as it stayed away from Konoha and did not harm people in the Land of Fire, leaving the Nine-Tails regretting its month of resistance.

• Hiko repeatedly fought the Nine-Tails with the Wood Dragon Technique, allowing it to recover before continuing the battle.
• After a month of being worn down, the Nine-Tails submitted to Hiko and called him Master.
• Hiko warned the Nine-Tails not to deceive him or act against him, and it promised to obey.
• Hiko told the Nine-Tails it could roam freely unless it caused trouble in Konoha or harmed people in the Land of Fire.
• The Nine-Tails realized it had resisted for nothing, and Hiko crouched beside it to deliver a warning.

Hiko returned to Konoha and was summoned to the Hokage's Office, where he found Jiraiya arguing with the Third Hokage over whether the war orphans Jiraiya had brought back could settle in the village. The Third Hokage refused, citing Konoha's rules and security concerns, while Jiraiya remained furious about the rejection.

• Hiko left the Nine-Tails behind and returned to Konoha without the large scroll he had carried.
• Anbu told Hiko that the Third Hokage had summoned him to the Hokage's Office, where Jiraiya had also returned.
• Hiko found Jiraiya and the Third Hokage arguing and asked what had happened.
• The Third Hokage explained that Jiraiya wanted several teenage war orphans from the Land of Rain to settle in Konoha, but their ages exceeded the village's accepted limit.
• The Third Hokage said a High-level Meeting had rejected Jiraiya's proposal and argued that Konoha could not accept the children without risking its security.

Hiko mediated Jiraiya and the Third’s argument over bringing three war-orphaned children from the Land of Rain into Konoha. He explained the risks and the children’s likely perspective, leaving Jiraiya silent and reconsidering his plan.

• Jiraiya argued with the Third after the village’s higher-ups rejected his plan to bring three children into Konoha.
• Hiko asked Jiraiya why he wanted to bring the children to the village, and Jiraiya said they were promising and had lost their homes because of the war.
• Hiko warned Jiraiya that the children might be spies and that the Third, as Hokage, would bear responsibility if they caused harm.
• Hiko asked Jiraiya to consider whether the children could live peacefully in Konoha among their enemies and under suspicion.
• Jiraiya fell silent as he reconsidered Hiko’s objections.

After settling the Nine-Tails matter, Hiko left the Hokage's Office with Jiraiya and asked what he planned to do next. Jiraiya chose to return to the Land of Rain to continue studying its children, while Hiko joked that he needed to find Jiraiya something else to do.

• Hiko told the Third that he had gotten the Nine-Tails to behave and let it roam freely, as long as it did not cause trouble in the Land of Fire.
• Jiraiya reflected on his earlier actions, and Hiko dragged him from the Hokage's Office to their usual tavern.
• Jiraiya told Hiko that he planned to return to the Land of Rain because he could not forget the children there.
• Hiko asked the tavern owner for wine and food, then teased Jiraiya about finding him more things to do.
• Jiraiya sprayed wine across the table, so Hiko made him pay for replacement dishes and left him to eat the spoiled ones.

While Hiko continued his duties in Konoha, the Nine-Tails wandered into the Land of Lightning and was spotted by Kumogakure. The Third Raikage ordered it watched as he considered capturing it, unaware that Hiko had already subdued the beast.

• Jiraiya spent ten days in Konoha’s Red-Light District before leaving, while Hiko returned to his duties and training Kushina, Mikoto Uchiha, and Kyuku Uzumaki.
• Konoha’s forces continued suffering heavy losses against Sunagakure, while Iwagakure and Kumogakure fought on another front.
• The Nine-Tails wandered into the Land of Lightning and passed a Kumogakure patrol, whose members recognized it.
• Xiao Ai urged the Third Raikage to capture the Nine-Tails, but the Third Raikage ordered his forces to track it quietly and wait.
• Xiao Ai sent news of the Nine-Tails’ location back to Kumogakure, while the Third Raikage remained unsure whether to make a move.

The Third Raikage decided to lead a team to capture the Nine-Tails, believing Kumogakure could risk the mission while Iwagakure remained weakened. He left Xiao Ai in command of the Land of Earth battlefield, where Xiao Ai promised to keep Ōnoki from gaining an advantage.

• The Third Raikage weighed the risks of pursuing the Nine-Tails while Kumogakure was at war with Iwagakure.
• The Third Raikage decided to lead a team to capture the Nine-Tails, hoping the prize could make up for any losses.
• The Third Raikage ordered Xiao Ai to remain on the Land of Earth battlefield and take command in his absence.
• Xiao Ai admitted he wanted to join the Nine-Tails mission, but accepted his father's order.
• Xiao Ai promised the Third Raikage that Iwagakure would gain no advantage on the battlefield.

The Third Raikage left the Land of Earth with ten Elite Jonin to capture the Nine-Tails, leaving Xiao Ai in command and prompting Ōnoki to keep Iwagakure on guard. In Konoha, Hiko received an urgent battlefield report that benefited the Uchiha Clan but left him concerned about the losses suffered by Konoha’s clans.

• The Third Raikage handed battlefield authority to Xiao Ai and secretly returned to the Land of Lightning with ten Elite Jonin to capture the Nine-Tails.
• Xiao Ai slowed Kumogakure’s offensive while waiting for his father, and Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to hold position and watch for a trap.
• The narration contrasted Iwagakure’s difficult war against Kumogakure with Konoha’s prolonged, evenly matched fighting against Sunagakure under Danzo.
• Anbu delivered Hiko the frontline battle report during a Uchiha Clan meeting, and he sighed over the severe losses it revealed.
• The Third Elder asked Hiko whether the battle situation had turned unfavorable.

Hiko told the Uchiha elders that the Senju Clan had suffered devastating losses against Sunagakure and could no longer sustain itself as a great clan. He ordered the Uchiha to invest in training their children, leaving the elders to prepare for a costly new policy.

• Hiko destroyed the classified intelligence scroll and told the elders that the Uchiha's old rival had fallen.
• Uchiha Fugaku guessed that Hiko meant the Senju Clan, and Hiko confirmed that the Senju had lost many people fighting Sunagakure's Puppet Unit.
• Hiko warned the Uchiha elders to treat the Senju's decline as a lesson and declared that he would set the rules for the clan.
• Hiko ordered the clan to test children of the appropriate age and keep training them until they were seven if they could not initially refine Chakra.
• The Second Elder, who managed Uchiha finances, accepted the order despite his distress at the expense.

Hiko assigned Uchiha Fugaku to supervise the clan initiative, giving the young elder a chance to prove himself and promising him the Police Force Captain position. Hiko then went to the Hokage's Office, where he found the Third Hokage smoking heavily and joked that Konoha would fall into chaos if he choked to death.

• Hiko chose Uchiha Fugaku to oversee the initiative and told him to coordinate funding with the Second Elder and manpower with the Great Elder.
• Fugaku eagerly promised to handle the task perfectly, while the Great Elder and Second Elder agreed to support him.
• After the meeting, the Second Elder offered Fugaku funding, and the Great Elder urged him not to disappoint Hiko.
• Hiko left the clan grounds and went to the Hokage's Office, where he found the Third Hokage surrounded by smoke.
• Hiko teased the Third Hokage about smoking so much that Konoha might fall into chaos if he choked, and the Third Hokage coughed on the smoke.

Hiko discussed with the Third how Danzo’s poor command of the war against Sunagakure was worsening Konoha’s position and leaving the Third to bear the villagers’ criticism. The Third defended his compromise as necessary for the village, while Hiko mocked his choice to put Danzo in command.

• The Third asked Hiko whether compromising with Konoha’s higher-ups had caused the current situation.
• Hiko said the villagers would blame the Third as Konoha struggled against Sunagakure despite its earlier victory in the Land of Rain.
• The Third regretted sending Danzo to the frontline but noted that the major clans had chosen him to preserve harmony.
• Hiko sarcastically praised Danzo’s command, and the Third accused Hiko of mocking him.
• The Third said his decisions were for the village, while Hiko reflected that he no longer wanted to compete for the Hokage position.