Chapter Summaries

After Rasa left the meeting, Ronglin, Ōnoki, and Ay discussed Akatsuki and the possibility of Kirigakure joining the war. They agreed the Four Great Ninja Villages might need to send reinforcements, and Ay ended up tasked with informing Rasa.

• Ronglin said he had blacklisted Rasa for scheming against him, while Ōnoki reflected on their earlier conflict.
• Ōnoki and Ay discussed Akatsuki's strength and the danger posed by its members, many of whom had ties to Konoha.
• Ronglin urged them to watch Kirigakure, whose position was unknown because the village was sealed off.
• Ōnoki warned Ronglin and Ay that if Kirigakure joined the war, the Four Great Ninja Villages would have to send reinforcements.
• Ronglin and Ōnoki avoided notifying Rasa, so Ay accepted the task of delivering the news.

Ronglin received an urgent report about a major incident in Konoha and realized Orochimaru had used the battlefield to distract him. He left Tsunade in charge at the front and rushed back to the village with Shisui and Kisame Hoshigaki on the Nine-Tails.

• A Konoha intelligence officer delivered an encrypted urgent report to Ronglin at the command tent.
• Ronglin read the report, flew into a rage, and blamed Orochimaru for what had happened.
• Ronglin told Ōnoki and Ay that he had to return to Konoha and left Tsunade with authority to handle Konoha’s affairs at the front.
• Ronglin had the Intelligence Department tell Tsunade to manage the front lines on his behalf.
• Ronglin summoned the Nine-Tails and departed for Konoha with Shisui and Kisame Hoshigaki.

Ronglin returned to Konoha with the Nine-Tails and ordered a sweeping arrest of the Shimura Clan. The Anbu mobilized as Ronglin prepared to use the Police Force, the Uchiha, and other clans if needed.

• The Nine-Tails raced toward Konoha, charging through obstacles and leaving a trail of destruction.
• Konoha's sentries spotted the Nine-Tails and prepared for battle until a sensory ninja recognized Ronglin traveling with it.
• Ronglin and the Nine-Tails rushed past the sentries without stopping.
• At Konoha's entrance, Ronglin told the Nine-Tails to rest and ordered the Anbu to arrest every member of the Shimura Clan.
• Ronglin ordered the Anbu to mobilize the Police Force and recruit the Uchiha and other clans if necessary.

Ronglin confronted the Third Hokage over the chaos caused by Tenzo’s escape and stripped him of all authority. He left the Third Hokage blamed for the disaster because of his indecisiveness.

• Ronglin led Shisui and Kisame Hoshigaki to the Hokage's Office Building as Konoha descended into disorder.
• The Third Hokage asked Ronglin whether his actions would harm too many ordinary people.
• Ronglin ordered the Third Hokage to retire completely and give up all authority over Konoha.
• The Third Hokage asked Ronglin to spare ordinary people and admitted that his emotions had clouded his judgment.
• Ronglin accused the Third Hokage of letting Danzo’s hidden plans and the Shimura Clan members’ escape unfold because he had tried to persuade Danzo to confess and return to Konoha.

Ronglin ordered the protesters opposing the arrests of Shimura Clan members to be killed after the Third Hokage disappointed him. The Anbu and Police Force received the order, and the Shimura Clan members and villagers began to flee or clear out of the way.

• Ronglin told the Third Hokage that Konoha's affairs would no longer involve him, deepening his disappointment in the Hokage.
• An Anbu operative reported that Shimura Clan members had gathered villagers to protest the arrests.
• Ronglin ordered the protesters killed and threatened the Anbu operative when he hesitated.
• The Anbu and Police Force announced Ronglin's order to the protesters.
• Shimura Clan members fled, while most villagers moved aside and a few stubbornly remained.

Ronglin ordered the Police Force to kill villagers protesting the operation against the Shimura Clan, plunging Konoha into greater chaos. White Fang and Minato intervened, and White Fang changed the order to arrest the protesters instead.

• Ronglin ordered the Uchiha Police Force to kill the protesters.
• The Police Force attacked, killing villagers and intensifying the chaos in Konoha.
• The Anbu hesitated over Ronglin's order until White Fang and Minato arrived.
• White Fang ordered the Anbu to arrest the protesters, and they began making arrests.

After Ronglin’s bloody campaign against the Uchiha, he confronted Uncle White Fang and Minato for changing his order from killing to arresting. He challenged them over their failure to act when the crisis began, leaving Uncle White Fang with no answer.

• Uncle White Fang changed Ronglin’s order, so the Uchiha Police Force arrested people instead of continuing the slaughter, though many had already died.
• Ronglin confronted Uncle White Fang and Minato on the Hokage Building rooftop and questioned whether they thought he was unfit to be Fourth Hokage.
• Minato tried to take responsibility for changing the order, but Ronglin stopped him and acknowledged that mass deaths would cause panic.
• Ronglin asked Minato what he had done when the incident began, and Minato fell silent after recalling that the Third Hokage had stopped him from acting on news of Shimura Danzo’s infiltration.
• Ronglin questioned Uncle White Fang, who had no explanation for failing to act despite being the ANBU Captain and Ronglin’s direct subordinate.

After Danzo escaped with Root members and people Ronglin had hidden, Ronglin blamed Minato and White Fang for allowing the leak and gave them two months to recover the fugitives. Konoha’s power shifted fully to Ronglin as the Third Hokage withdrew from authority, and Ronglin sent reinforcements to the front under Tsunade’s command.

• Ronglin threw off his Fourth Hokage battle robe and ordered Minato and White Fang to bring back Danzo’s fugitives within two months or leave Konoha to farm.
• White Fang concluded that Anbu had leaked Tenzo’s location and blamed himself and the Third Hokage for letting Danzo exploit their old ties.
• Minato and White Fang agreed to do their best to recover the escaped Shimura clan members before Ronglin’s deadline.
• The Third Hokage surrendered his remaining authority and retired from Konoha’s affairs.
• Ronglin ordered all Shimura clan members in Konoha arrested, and those who resisted or tried to flee were killed.
• Ronglin sent two thousand reinforcements to the front-line battlefield under Tsunade’s command.

Ronglin ordered the destruction of Orochimaru and Danzo’s secret bases and the extermination of every Shimura Clan member in Konoha. As villagers criticized his brutality, he asked Uchiha Diqin what season it was in the Land of Rain.

• Ronglin ordered the destruction of Orochimaru and Danzo’s secret research bases in retaliation for their scheme against him.
• The Aburame Clan Head asked what would happen to the Shimura Clan members, and Ronglin ordered that they be fed to the clan’s insects.
• Ronglin warned the gathered leaders not to hide any ties to the Shimura Clan and demanded that no Shimura Clan members remain in Konoha.
• A violent storm broke over Konoha as Uchiha Diqin reported that villagers were condemning Ronglin’s ruthless execution of the entire Shimura Clan.
• Ronglin watched the rain and asked Uchiha Diqin what season it was in the Land of Rain.

Ronglin ordered Kisame Hoshigaki to lead a squad of twenty to destroy Amegakure while Akatsuki and much of the village’s forces were away. Kisame’s team reached the Land of Rain and was spotted by the remaining guards.

• Uchiha Diqin told Ronglin that the Land of Rain was entering its most violent rainy season.
• Ronglin ordered Kisame Hoshigaki to take twenty ninja to the Land of Rain and erase Amegakure.
• Kisame selected nine Elite Jonin and ten Jonin from the Anbu, then led the squad toward the Land of Rain.
• Kisame’s squad reached the Land of Rain after two days and was detected by the village’s remaining guards.

Ronglin ordered the destruction of Amegakure as a warning to Black Zetsu, provoking Nagato and Konan. Akatsuki debated the consequences and decided its members could not openly join the coming war.

• Kisame Hoshigaki and the Anbu attacked Amegakure, killing its ninja and destroying the village with powerful ninjutsu.
• Akatsuki learned that Amegakure had been destroyed, leaving many civilians homeless and enraging Nagato and Konan.
• Konan blamed Danzō for bringing Shimura Clan members with him and provoking Ronglin’s retaliation.
• Danzō defended his decision, while Orochimaru viewed his motives with disdain.
• Black Zetsu warned Akatsuki to prepare for Ronglin’s retaliation and consider its role in the coming war.
• Akatsuki decided its members could not participate openly because Ronglin’s response would grow more severe.

Konan and the Akatsuki members discussed how to push Kirigakure into the war despite the growing strength of the Four Great Ninja Villages’ alliance. Konan agreed to let the enemy’s pressure build and warned Danzo and Orochimaru that Uchiha Ronglin had targeted them.

• Konan ordered her allies to inform Uchiha Madara and speed up efforts to draw Kirigakure into the war.
• Konan reported that the Four Great Ninja Villages had sent eight thousand reinforcements, bringing their battlefield forces to more than twenty thousand.
• The group recognized that the Small Nations Alliance was badly outmatched, with heavy losses and far fewer experienced ninjas.
• Orochimaru argued that the stronger enemy would pressure Kirigakure into joining the war and being weakened for Akatsuki to control.
• Konan accepted Orochimaru’s reasoning and warned Danzo and Orochimaru that Uchiha Ronglin had set his sights on them.

Akatsuki’s leaders responded to Ronglin’s destruction of the Shimura Clan and the Third Hokage’s retirement by placing Black Zetsu in charge and keeping Danzo and Orochimaru hidden. Black Zetsu considered Ronglin’s unusual Sharingan and wondered why Kaguya, Madara, and Obito wanted to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Danzo vowed to avenge the Shimura Clan, but the others doubted he could defeat Ronglin.
• Orochimaru silently judged that Ronglin would target Danzo rather than him and left Danzo to face the danger alone.
• Konan ended the meeting, ordered Danzo and Orochimaru to stay hidden, and put Black Zetsu in charge of Akatsuki’s operations.
• Black Zetsu left the chamber, reflected that Ronglin could not be controlled, and considered reviving Uchiha Madara early if Akatsuki provoked him further.
• Black Zetsu wondered how Ronglin’s Sharingan had evolved and questioned why Kaguya Otsutsuki, Uchiha Madara, and Obito wanted to launch the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

After the Shimura Clan’s destruction, Konoha settled into a wary peace under Ronglin’s rule, while he remained in the village and continued his difficult experiments with the Power of Time. The chapter ended with Ronglin exhausted after another experiment damaged the Hokage’s Office Building.

• Black Zetsu vanished into the ground, leaving Danzō furious in the secret chamber.
• Ronglin announced that the Shimura Clan had colluded with Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru against Konoha, and the village gradually accepted the clan’s extermination.
• The other clans grew fearful of Ronglin, leaving the Uchiha Clan alone at the top of Konoha.
• Ronglin stayed in the village despite Ōnoki’s repeated calls for him to return to the front lines, while Tsunade handled village affairs.
• Ronglin’s experiment with the Power of Time caused an explosion that blew a hole in the Hokage’s Office Building.
• Uchiha Diqin arranged for the wall to be repaired as Ronglin resumed training, then accepted tea and rested, pale and exhausted.

Ronglin trained his control over the Power of Time by carving a wooden sculpture, exhausting himself and repeatedly causing explosions in the Hokage's Office Building. As the sculpture took shape, he told Uchiha Diqin it depicted a woman who could conquer or destroy the world.

• Ronglin used the Power of Time to carve a rare ironwood block, practicing increasingly precise control.
• His training left him exhausted and caused repeated explosions, prompting Anbu and Police Force personnel to rush to protect the Hokage's Office Building.
• Uchiha Diqin massaged Ronglin's temples and asked who the sculpture depicted.
• Ronglin described the woman as someone who could conquer the entire world or destroy it, leaving Uchiha Diqin speechless.

Ronglin told Uchiha Diqin that a woman tied to the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans could conquer or destroy the world, but withheld her identity. He then learned White Fang and Minato had made little progress finding Danzo, while Nagato and White Fang remained stuck in a cave as their deadline approached.

• Uchiha Diqin questioned whether a woman could be stronger than Tsunade, and Ronglin said she was thinking of someone beyond the strength of any ninja.
• Ronglin explained that the woman had deep ties to the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans, but declined to reveal more.
• Ronglin asked Uchiha Diqin how White Fang and Minato were doing in their search for Danzo, and she admitted there had been little progress.
• Nagato and White Fang sheltered from heavy rain in a cave, troubled that they had found no trace of Danzo as their deadline neared.

After nearly two months of searching, Minato and White Fang still had no leads on Danzo and feared Ronglin would make them perform humiliating public labor as punishment. With only five days left, they resigned themselves to the possibility of digging fields, cleaning toilets, or sweeping streets.

• White Fang warned Minato that Ronglin might make them farm or clean toilets if they failed to find Danzo.
• Minato worried about the humiliation, while White Fang fretted over how the punishment would affect his standing as Hatake clan head and Anbu director.
• White Fang cursed himself for trusting the Third Hokage and accepted that he could not avoid Ronglin's punishment.
• Minato hoped they would find Danzo before the deadline, dreading having to carry his son while he worked.

White Fang and Minato returned to Konoha after failing to find Danzo, and Ronglin told them to rest before facing punishment the next morning. They left the Hokage's Office anxious about what awaited them.

• White Fang and Minato returned to Konoha after five days of searching for Danzo without finding any leads.
• Ronglin let the two enter his office and asked where Danzo was.
• White Fang admitted that the mission had failed, and Minato remained silent.
• Ronglin told White Fang and Minato to rest and spend time with their families before returning the next morning for punishment.
• White Fang and Minato exchanged helpless glances as they left, fearing what was to come.

Minato and White Fang accepted the Third Hokage's punishment and hoped it would soon be over, while Ronglin refused to let Uchiha Diqin plead on their behalf. The chapter ended with Ronglin insisting the two would carry out their punishment, though he did not reveal what it was.

• Minato and White Fang left the Hokage's Office after agreeing to accept their punishment.
• Minato went home to check on Naruto, while White Fang left separately.
• Uchiha Diqin asked Ronglin whether he planned to send White Fang and Minato to farm.
• Ronglin warned Uchiha Diqin not to plead for the two or she would join them.
• Ronglin dismissed farming as an easy punishment and said Kage-level experts could handle some work.

Ronglin took White Fang and Minato out of Konoha to supervise their assigned work after they arrived at the Hokage's Office. Kisame Hoshigaki, Shisui, and Anbu secretly followed to protect him.

• Uchiha Diqin nodded frantically when Ronglin dismissed her, relieved that she would not have to join the others' work.
• White Fang and Minato arrived at the Hokage's Office the next day, where Ronglin warned them and said he would personally supervise them.
• Ronglin led White Fang and Minato out of Konoha toward the outskirts, while Kisame Hoshigaki, Shisui, and Anbu watched from nearby to protect him.