Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hiko secured Uchiha Shuu’s agreement to make him the clan’s Ninth Elder once he became Head of Anbu. Hiko left content with the title alone, while Shuu resented him and reflected on how Hiko’s rise obstructed his plans for Uchiha Fugaku.

• Hatake Sakumo hurried away from Hokage Rock after worrying that Hiko’s words could get them both in trouble.
• Uchiha Shuu summoned Hiko and asked whether he would change his demand for the position of clan elder.
• Hiko refused to change his condition, explaining that he wanted the title and not the authority.
• Uchiha Shuu agreed that Hiko could become the Ninth Elder on the day he became Head of Anbu.
• Hiko accepted the condition and left, while Shuu angrily blamed Hiko for opposing him and standing in the way of Uchiha Fugaku’s rise.

Hiko complained to the Third Hokage about Sixth Squad’s months of dull patrol and guard assignments, and received a prison guard mission as a test before the squad could take classified missions. The Third Hokage affirmed that Hiko’s ambitions could be met if his strength and achievements justified them, then stopped him with a sudden, serious call.

• Hiko criticized Uchiha Shuu for paving the way for Uchiha Fugaku and worried that Fugaku would suffer if the scheme backfired.
• Over several months, Sixth Squad mostly performed patrol and guard duties while Orochimaru’s contact with Danzo grew more frequent.
• Hiko confronted the Third Hokage about the squad’s monotonous assignments, and the Hokage explained that he had delayed important missions to avoid accusations of favoritism and political backlash.
• The Third Hokage gave Hiko a prison guard mission as one of several tests before Sixth Squad could leave Konoha for classified missions.
• Hiko accepted the mission, reminded the Third Hokage that his goal had not changed, and heard the Hokage call him back with a suddenly solemn expression.

Hiko learned that the Sixth Squad would be assigned to surveil the Uchiha Clan and asked whether the mission could be revoked. After venting his anger at the tavern, he prepared his teammates for a half-month guard mission at Konoha Prison.

• Hiko realized the Third Hokage was telling him the Sixth Squad had to monitor the Uchiha Clan, including Hiko's own clansmen.
• The Third Hokage implied the Head of Anbu could revoke the surveillance order, and Hiko asked for time before warning that he would remember the debt.
• Hiko went to the tavern, drank heavily, and told Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo about their upcoming prison mission.
• Hiko advised the team to bring supplies for their half-month stay in Konoha Prison and warned that its food was poor.
• When Jiraiya asked about food, Hiko joked that prisoners could be barbecued, leaving Jiraiya horrified while Orochimaru remained unbothered.

Hiko prepared to lead a mission to the prison the next morning, then ran into Mikoto Uchiha while walking through the village and agreed to take her for candy. He brought the three-year-old home as his guest after sending her attendants back to inform the Third Elder.

• Hiko told Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hatake Sakumo to bring special food for the prison mission and meet at the Hokage Office Building at eight the next morning.
• Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and then Tsunade left after Hiko's talk of human flesh made his meal unsettling to them.
• Hiko finished eating and encountered Mikoto Uchiha, who ran to him and complained that her attendants would not let her eat candy.
• Hiko sent Mikoto Uchiha's attendants back to tell the Third Elder that he had invited her to his home.
• Hiko promised Mikoto Uchiha candy, and she happily kissed his cheek.

Third Elder and Fifth Elder discussed Hiko’s rising influence and the complications it posed for Uchiha Fugaku’s future, while Hiko spent the day caring for Mikoto. The next morning, Anbu’s Sixth Squad gathered outside the Hokage Office Building for a mission.

• Third Elder told Fifth Elder that Mikoto was visiting Hiko, and the two discussed Hiko’s exceptional abilities and Uchiha Shuu’s efforts to prepare Uchiha Fugaku to lead the family.
• Third Elder and Fifth Elder wondered whether Hiko’s rise would obstruct Uchiha Fugaku’s path and agreed to wait and see how Hiko developed.
• Hiko took Mikoto around the streets, bought her food, candies, snacks, and toys, and brought her home when she grew tired.
• Third Elder returned home and found Mikoto asleep beside the things Hiko had bought her.
• Anbu’s Sixth Squad gathered outside the Hokage Office Building the next morning and confirmed they had brought food but no changes of clothes.

Hiko led the Sixth Squad to guard Konoha Prison’s sole entrance, assigning each member a position to prevent escapes and unauthorized entry. The squad settled into its half-month assignment and discovered that the prison’s food was dreadful, with only one meat pie available each day.

• Hiko and the Sixth Squad followed a guide to the underground prison, where the Third Squad’s captain treated them arrogantly and Jiraiya grew angry.
• Hiko intimidated the guide with his Sharingan, and the guide explained that the Sixth Squad would secretly guard the prison exit.
• Hiko assigned Tsunade and Jiraiya to check those leaving, Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo to check those entering, and himself to watch the center.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru tried the prison meal and found it revolting, while Hiko told them they would have only one meat pie per day during their half-month assignment.

Danzo plotted to ruin Hiko’s Sixth Squad by arranging a prison riot and mass escape, while the squad endured the final days of its prison-guarding mission. When a new squad arrived to change shifts, Hiko watched the newcomers warily.

• Hiko’s meat patties helped Jiraiya endure the prison’s terrible food, and Jiraiya compared it with the prisoners’ meals to feel better about his own.
• Danzo ordered Root to infiltrate the prison, incite a riot, and help as many prisoners escape as possible so the Sixth Squad would be blamed.
• With two days left on the mission, Jiraiya teased the prisoners and imagined his time off, prompting Tsunade to punch him into a wall.
• Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo became alert as the shift-changing squad arrived, and Hiko opened his eyes to inspect the three newcomers with his Sharingan.

Hiko sensed that something was wrong but dismissed the feeling while Danzo’s agents secretly prepared a prison riot. The riot began when the agents killed guards and urged the prisoners to fight their way out.

• Hiko inspected the guards during a shift change and saw nothing suspicious.
• Prison inspectors carelessly missed several prisoners who had hidden weapons.
• Hiko felt uneasy during the night but decided it was because he had been confined in the prison too long.
• Danzo’s agents told serious criminals that they could earn Danzo’s protection by escaping.
• An agent killed a patrolling guard and others, then a shout urged the prisoners to break out, plunging the prison into chaos.

A riot broke out at Konoha Prison, and Hiko's Sixth Squad took position at the exit to stop prisoners from escaping while they waited for reinforcements. Hundreds of prisoners charged toward Hiko, who warned that anyone approaching would die.

• Hiko ordered Hatake Sakumo to report the riot to the Third Hokage and told Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to guard the exit and watch their comrades.
• Tsunade directed the prison guards who reached the exit to stand aside, while Hiko warned that any prisoner who approached would be killed without mercy.
• Prisoners were driven into a frenzy by claims that Konoha planned to execute them, and several hundred surged toward the exit.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade drew their Katanas as Hiko stood his ground and warned the charging prisoners not to come closer.

Hiko used Susanoo to stop a prison riot after hundreds of prisoners charged for the exit, killing dozens and warning the rest to return to their cells. The Third Hokage rushed to the prison with Hatake Sakumo, fearing that Hiko might slaughter the escaping prisoners to prevent the mission from failing.

• Hiko’s threat briefly stopped the prisoners, but two men incited them to charge the exit.
• Hiko summoned his red Susanoo and killed dozens of prisoners with a single slash, breaking their formation.
• Hiko gave the prisoners one chance to return to their cells and warned that he would show no mercy.
• Hatake Sakumo reported the prison riot to the Third Hokage, who immediately ran toward the prison.
• Hatake Sakumo asked why the Third Hokage had not called reinforcements, and the Third Hokage explained that he feared Hiko had begun a massacre.

Hiko used his Mangekyo and Susanoo to crush the prison break, killing more than a hundred prisoners and terrifying the survivors into returning to their cells. He withdrew his powers afterward, while the Konoha ninjas looked on in shock.

• Hiko blocked the prison exit with Susanoo and warned the prisoners to return or die.
• An Elite Jonin prisoner attacked Hiko, who killed him instantly with Black Hole Space.
• Hiko unleashed Black Hole Space and a Susanoo sword strike, killing more than a hundred prisoners.
• The surviving prisoners fled back to their cells in terror, including the Elite Jonin hiding among them.
• Hiko dismissed his Mangekyo and Susanoo, and the Konoha ninjas were shaken by his destructive power.

Hiko stopped the prison riot, killed several prisoners, and held the guards in place until the Third Hokage arrived. The Hokage ordered all surviving ninjas taken away for investigation after discovering the prison seals had been deliberately removed.

• Hiko sent Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru to check whether the prisoners had returned to their cells, while forbidding the other ninjas from moving.
• Hiko warned the gathered ninjas that anyone who moved before the Hokage arrived could be killed, leaving Danzo’s two agents panicked and everyone in place.
• The Third Hokage and Hatake Sakumo arrived to find a bloody prison scene, and Hiko reported that several prisoners had died while the rest had returned to their cells.
• The Third Hokage found that seals on some cells had been removed and vowed to investigate the suspected traitor.
• The Anbu’s First Squad, Second Squad, and Third Squad arrived, and the Third Hokage ordered the surviving ninjas taken back for questioning.
• Someone shouted, “Go to hell!!!”

Hiko’s attempt to stop a prison riot ended with two spies killing themselves on the Anbu’s blades, exposing a plot linked to Danzo. The deaths of more than a hundred prisoners became a public scandal in Konoha, leaving Hiko facing criticism while the Third Hokage promised to support him.

• Two men rushed at the Third Hokage with weapons, and the Anbu killed them before Hiko could warn everyone not to intervene.
• The Third Hokage ordered the Anbu to investigate the dead men and question the remaining suspects, while Hiko explained that the men had likely been death warriors acting for Danzo.
• The Third Hokage warned Hiko that killing the prisoners could give the Elder Council grounds to pressure them, but Hiko accepted the consequences of his decision.
• News of the prison riot and more than a hundred deaths spread through Konoha, and people criticized Hiko for killing prisoners rather than focusing on the danger of their escape.

Hiko faced rumors portraying him as a murderous villain after prisoners tried to escape, while Tsunade suspected someone in Konoha had orchestrated the incident. At the Hokage meeting, the Third Hokage accused Danzo but could not prove his involvement, and the leaders moved on to prison security.

• Hiko told Tsunade he would endure the rumors and believed someone in the village had framed him.
• Tsunade warned Hiko that someone might be pulling strings and said the Sixth Squad would suspend missions while she stayed with her clan.
• The Third Hokage confronted Danzo over the investigation report and suspected Root-like seals found on the two dead ninjas.
• Danzo denied involvement and challenged the credibility of the prisoners' testimony, while Mitokado Homura demanded evidence from the Third Hokage.
• Mitokado Homura proposed strengthening the prison guards to prevent another attempted breakout.

Utatane Koharu and other Konoha leaders accused Uchiha Hiko of killing prisoners and demanded that he leave the Anbu, but the Third Hokage defended him and opposed their proposal. The elders remained dissatisfied, leaving the dispute likely to move to a vote in the Elder Council.

• Utatane Koharu argued that Uchiha Hiko should be removed from the Anbu for killing more than a hundred prisoners, and the Shimura Clan's Great Elder and Naoko Senju backed the accusations.
• The Third Hokage rejected the demand, saying Hiko had prevented a prison escape and was being judged through prejudice against him and the Uchiha.
• The Third Hokage reminded the clan representatives that their own clans had once clashed with Konoha and argued that the Uchiha deserved the same forgiveness.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Danzo, and their allies refused to accept the Third Hokage's defense, and he expected them to call for an Elder Council vote.

The Third Hokage brought the Daimyo into a dispute over whether Uchiha Hiko should remain in Anbu, leaving the decision to him. After hearing that Hiko had stopped a prison riot and killed more than a hundred prisoners, the Daimyo praised him and insisted he deserved a reward.

• Utatane Koharu threatened an Elder Council vote, while Naoko Senju proposed bringing in Mito Uzumaki to force Hiko out of Anbu.
• The Third Hokage revealed that the Daimyo had arrived and would decide the matter.
• The Shimura Great Elder tried to explain the case against Hiko, but the Daimyo interrupted him and summarized the prison riot instead.
• The Daimyo praised Hiko for stopping the prisoners and demanded that he be rewarded.
• The Third Hokage pointed out that Hiko was only thirteen, and the Daimyo began an awkward remark about what he had done at that age.

At Konoha’s meeting, the Daimyo learned that Uchiha Hiko served in the Anbu and insisted the Third Hokage promote him for defending the prison. He then raised concerns about the prison’s large number of inmates, while the meeting’s opponents failed to change his mind and risked losing Konoha’s development funds.

• The Daimyo confirmed that Uchiha Hiko was in the Anbu and told the Third Hokage to promote him.
• The Daimyo realized that Konoha’s prison held many prisoners and warned that their escape could endanger the Land of Fire.
• Utatane Koharu tried to argue against Hiko’s promotion, but the Daimyo cut her off and asked who had given her permission to speak.
• The Daimyo declared that Hiko deserved a reward and promotion for stopping the prison riot, and threatened to reduce Konoha’s development funds if the village refused.

The Third Hokage secured the Daimyo’s support to reward and promote Uchiha Hiko, then confronted Danzo and the other Konoha leaders over the prison incident. He ordered stricter prison security and began investigating possible spies and traitors within the village.

• The Third Hokage explained that prisoners worked in the prison’s mine, and the Daimyo ordered Konoha to strengthen security and approved a reward and promotion for Uchiha Hiko.
• Utatane Koharu angrily objected after the Daimyo left, while the Third Hokage refused to discuss Hiko’s case with the Elder Council.
• Danzo left the meeting after the Third Hokage warned him that he would be punished if he was connected to the incident.
• The Third Hokage warned everyone that he would investigate anyone involved and placed most meeting attendees under observation.
• The leaders proposed adding hidden Anbu squads to the prison and increasing the size of the Anbu.

After the Daimyo backed Uchiha Hiko over the prison riot, Konoha cleared his name and promoted him to Third Division Captain. Hiko stayed with the Sixth Squad and warned them to watch for whoever had tried to frame him, especially Jiraiya.

• The Hokage Office announced that Hiko had helped prevent a prison disaster and would be rewarded, while Konoha Prison's defenses would be strengthened.
• Hiko became Third Division Captain, the fastest promotion in Anbu, and gained authority over four squads.
• Hiko's Sixth Squad congratulated him, and he credited the Daimyo and the Third Hokage for turning the situation around.
• Hiko decided to remain with the Sixth Squad rather than immediately command the other squads.
• Hiko warned Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo that someone had targeted him and urged them to stay alert, singling out Jiraiya.

Sixth Squad returned to duty after Hiko warned Jiraiya to be careful and collected a mission to monitor the Uchiha Clan. The team discovered the village had installed a secret room for all-around surveillance of the clan, leaving them shocked and ashamed as they tried to keep Hiko from seeing it.

• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hatake Sakumo agreed that Jiraiya could be careless, and Hiko warned him not to fall into a spy's trap.
• Hiko and Sixth Squad collected their mission scroll from the Third Hokage and left for their assignment.
• Hiko took over a secret surveillance room from another squad, which then departed.
• Jiraiya entered the room and froze when he saw that its equipment monitored the entire Uchiha Clan.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and Jiraiya urged Hiko to rest so he would not see the surveillance feeds.