Chapter Summaries

The Military Police Force tried to capture Jiraiya near Orochimaru’s home, but he escaped using a concealed technique. Uchiha Tokimitsu then proposed designating Jiraiya a rogue ninja and planned to seek approval from the Upper and Lower Houses.

• The Military Police Force placed Orochimaru under house arrest and surrounded his residence while waiting for Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya fought off the Military Police Force with his hair techniques and demanded to know what they had done to Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya broke through the encirclement with a Great Fireball and vanished in a flash of yellow light before the Military Police Force could capture him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu identified Jiraiya’s escape as a likely Reverse Summoning Technique and ordered a notice proposing that Jiraiya be designated a rogue ninja.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu sent letters to the Upper and Lower Houses and ordered the decision to be announced to the Ninja World nations.

The Upper and Lower Houses designated Jiraiya a rogue ninja, and Orochimaru asked Uchiha Tokimitsu for permission to leave the village and bring him back. Tokimitsu approved the search while assigning Orochimaru intelligence duties and reporting requirements, then wondered what Jiraiya might do next.

• The Upper and Lower Houses passed the resolution designating Jiraiya a rogue ninja, while Tsunade and the Senju Clan abstained.
• Orochimaru felt guilty for voting in favor and decided to leave the village to find Jiraiya.
• Orochimaru asked Uchiha Tokimitsu for permission to search for Jiraiya and promised to bring him back to Konoha.
• Tokimitsu approved the search but required Orochimaru to continue submitting research results and appointed him an Internal Affairs Department inspection commissioner.
• Tokimitsu ordered the Internal Affairs and Intelligence Departments to share Jiraiya's files with Orochimaru and require regular reports.
• Tokimitsu heard that the Military Police had detected unusual chakra in the underground drainage channels and speculated that Jiraiya might attempt a Konoha Collapse Plan.

After fleeing Konoha, Jiraiya learned from Sage Fukasaku and the Great Toad Sage that the Uchiha were a dark force threatening the Ninja World and that a Savior was needed. The Great Toad Sage told him to establish the Akatsuki Organization, though Jiraiya still did not know the Savior’s identity.

• Jiraiya escaped Konoha with the Reverse Summoning Technique and sought refuge on Mount Myōboku, where Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku received him.
• Sage Fukasaku told Jiraiya that the Uchiha Clan descended from Indra and represented a dark force endangering the Ninja World.
• Jiraiya learned that the Senju and Uzumaki descended from Asura, while the Hyuga and Kaguya descended from the Sage of Six Paths’ younger brother.
• Jiraiya met the Great Toad Sage, who said he could no longer see the future but foresaw a sea of blood and urged the righteous to unite against the dark forces.
• The Great Toad Sage instructed Jiraiya to establish the Akatsuki Organization.

Uchiha Tokimitsu helped Hatake Sakumo plan sponsorships and live broadcasts to profit from the Chunin Exams, then assigned Probationary Inspector Namikaze Minato to lead arena security. The chapter ended with Minato accepting the mission and the promise of an early promotion.

• Hatake Sakumo asked Uchiha Tokimitsu to review the finalists’ records and help make the Chunin Exams tournament more appealing.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed selling sponsorships and broadcasting rights, and Hatake Sakumo enthusiastically began planning the deals.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu summoned Probationary Inspector Namikaze Minato and appointed him to lead security at the exam arena.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu authorized Minato to draw on Police Force units and promised to end his probation early and give him a supervisory post if he succeeded.
• Namikaze Minato accepted the assignment and pledged to complete it flawlessly.

Uchiha Tokimitsu brought the Third Kazekage and Hanzō of the Salamander together to form a mutual defense alliance against the old powers, then announced the alliance and a four-nation trade pact at the Chunin Exams. Iwagakure and Kumogakure responded by signing their own pact, establishing rival factions in the Ninja World.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu hosted the Third Kazekage and Hanzō of the Salamander, who reconciled and praised each other’s support in the war against Iwagakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu promised support for Sunagakure and raised the prospect of Amegakure becoming the sixth great ninja village, winning both leaders’ backing for an alliance.
• The Third Kazekage and Hanzō agreed to Uchiha Tokimitsu’s proposal for a mutual defense alliance, and the three toasted their pact.
• At the Chunin Exams finals, Uchiha Tokimitsu announced the alliance between Konoha, Sunagakure, and Amegakure; Hozuki Ayahiko declared Kirigakure’s support and sought to join as a signatory.
• The Prime Minister of the Land of Fire, Kinmu Atsushi, and representatives of the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain signed an Integrated Trade Treaty establishing a tariff alliance.
• Under pressure from four villages and five parties, Iwagakure and Kumogakure signed a Mutual Defense Pact, and Kumogakure announced it would join the war against Sunagakure.

Uchiha Tokimitsu used trade, financial pressure, and limited military support to steer Sunagakure toward a decisive war with Iwagakure while Konoha remained peaceful. Jiraiya surveyed the Land of Wind, recognized the Shogunate’s growing control, and left for the Land of Rain to pursue his plans for the Akatsuki Organization.

• The United Company expanded its trade and tax-farming operations in the Land of Wind, while Golden Yuan Notes spread through the nations and Sunagakure imprisoned its nobles.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu arranged for Konoha to support Sunagakure with supplies and contracted-oasis guards, and the Third Kazekage recalled Sand Ninja from the oases for joint training.
• Hanzō of the Salamander led Amegakure forces back into the Land of Birds to threaten Iwagakure’s rear headquarters.
• Hatake Sakumo praised Uchiha Tokimitsu’s strategy, and Tokimitsu explained that Konoha needed peace and time to recover.
• Jiraiya found that the United Company controlled the Land of Wind’s oases and that Sunagakure had imprisoned its nobles, then abandoned his intelligence-gathering efforts and left for the Land of Rain.

Jiraiya reunited with Konan in Iron Rain City and learned how she and Yahiko had been supporting a group of orphans. After revealing that he was now a rogue ninja, he accepted Konan, Daibutsu, and Chushuke as disciples and named their school Akatsuki, leaving them to call him their Godfather.

• Jiraiya found Konan in Iron Rain City, and she joyfully told him how she and Yahiko had moved orphaned children into a repaired mansion and supported them with jobs and farming.
• Konan explained that Hanzo had drafted Yahiko into the war, while cheap dried fish from the United Company helped the children afford food.
• Jiraiya met Daibutsu, Chushuke, and the other children, repaired their house with Earth Style, and praised Konan for teaching the children Chakra training.
• Jiraiya showed Konan his Konoha headband with its emblem slashed and declared himself a rogue ninja, prompting Konan to ask him to stay.
• Daibutsu and Chushuke joined Konan in asking Jiraiya to remain, and Jiraiya welcomed them as disciples and named their Ninja Sect Akatsuki, with the public name Akatsuki Organization.
• Jiraiya told Konan, Daibutsu, and Chushuke to call him Godfather.

Namikaze Minato received special authority from Uchiha Tokimitsu to hunt down toads and snakes that had infiltrated Konoha, while Tokimitsu planned to sever Minato's ties to Mount Myōboku. In the Land of Snow, Nagato continued training with White Zetsu as Black Zetsu watched over him.

• Namikaze Minato reported his Anti-Crime Unit's successes to Uchiha Tokimitsu, who praised him and promised a future promotion.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu assigned Minato to eradicate toads and snakes in Konoha's drainage channels, granting him support from multiple police units and departments.
• Minato identified Jiraiya and Orochimaru as suspects, and Tokimitsu ordered him to warn Orochimaru before carrying out the extermination without mercy.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu gave Minato an authorization letter and planned to prevent him from forming ties with Mount Myōboku or the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• In the Land of Snow, Nagato repeatedly attacked White Zetsu during training, then rested with fruit from Black Zetsu.

Namikaze Minato led a coordinated purge of Mount Myōboku’s anomalous toads beneath Konoha, trapping them and capturing their Sage Chakra-bearing leader alive. The operation ended in victory, but Toad Kosuke escaped back to Mount Myōboku and warned the Great Sage, leaving Minato to explain the oversight to Lord Tokimitsu.

• Namikaze Minato surrounded the toads’ underground gathering place with police, intelligence, and sealing forces, then blocked their escape through Summoning and Earth Style techniques.
• The toads tried to break through the encirclement, but Konoha’s forces attacked from both ends and began eliminating or capturing them.
• After the Uzumaki Ninja detected Sage Chakra in Toad Chū, Minato ordered his forces to capture the remaining toads alive.
• The Uchiha and Aburame ninja subdued the surviving toads, and sealing techniques restrained Toad Chū for capture.
• A Hyuga ninja confirmed the purge was complete, prompting the Uzumaki Ninja to release the barrier; Toad Kosuke then escaped from Toad Chū’s stomach and returned to Mount Myōboku.
• Namikaze Minato discovered the escape, ordered more seals placed on Toad Chū, and left to report the failure to Lord Tokimitsu.

Uchiha Tokimitsu promoted Namikaze Minato after the purge of Mount Myōboku’s toads and ordered research to focus on Sage Chakra. At Mount Myōboku, Sage Fukasaku decided to organize a retaliatory strike against the weakest of the Uchiha forces outside Konoha.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu praised Namikaze Minato’s purge, promoted him to Chief Superintendent, and assigned him to report and distribute merit fairly.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu rejected the Uzumaki shinobi’s experimental plan and ordered the research institute to prioritize analyzing Sage Chakra.
• Sage Fukasaku brought Toad Kosuke before the Great Toad Sage, who confirmed that Namikaze Minato had led the attack and asked whether Mount Myōboku could take Konoha.
• The Great Toad Sage advised Sage Fukasaku to strike the weakest of Indra’s forces outside Konoha, and Sage Fukasaku resolved to prepare a retaliation against the Uchiha Shogunate in the Land of Grass.
• Sage Fukasaku asked Toad Kosuke to inform Jiraiya and accompany him on another trip.

Orochimaru traced his growing obsession with Sage Chakra to Uchiha Tokimitsu and began considering how to combine the Sage Chakra of Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave. Meanwhile, Uchiha Kamon rejected Conservative Faction members’ requests to return to Konoha and assigned them to garrison cities in the eastern Land of Rain.

• Orochimaru secretly watched Namikaze Minato’s forces purge Mount Myōboku toads and learned that they had captured a toad with Sage Chakra.
• Orochimaru examined his changed obsession, blamed Uchiha Tokimitsu for the upheaval in his life, and recalled the White Snake Sage’s advice to act according to his true heart.
• A little Flower Snake delivered Tagorihime’s message that the White Snake Sage wanted to see Orochimaru in three days, and Orochimaru wondered about fusing the Sage Chakra of Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave.
• Uchiha Kamon rejected Conservative Faction clan members’ applications to return to Konoha and assigned them to garrison cities in the eastern Land of Rain for half a year.

Orochimaru received another invitation from Ryūchi Cave while Konoha debated how to regulate the sacred ground Summoning Beasts. The meeting classified Mount Myōboku as a hostile power and ordered a plan to study its captured toad, leaving Orochimaru wary of Uchiha Tokimitsu’s intentions.

• Orochimaru considered the White Snake Sage’s invitation while Research Institute staff spread rumors about his distraction.
• A representative invited Orochimaru to a House of Representatives seminar on managing Summoning Beasts, and he agreed to attend.
• Hatake Sakumo led the seminar, where the attendees discussed revising Konoha’s Summoning Beast regulations and classifying Mount Myōboku.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed treating Mount Myōboku as a hostile power, and the motion passed by majority vote despite Tsunade’s opposition and Orochimaru’s abstention.
• Hatake Sakumo ordered Konoha Hospital and the Research Institute to prepare a plan for sustained research on the captured Mount Myōboku toad.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu warned Orochimaru to stay vigilant around the sacred grounds, leaving Orochimaru wondering what Tokimitsu knew.

Orochimaru visited Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage confronted his faltering obsession, revealed Indra’s history, and gave him a fang pendant to aid his Eight Branches Technique. In Konoha, Uchiha Tokimitsu prepared for possible retaliation from Mount Myōboku, while a rain frog secretly watched the exiled Uchiha Conservative Faction ninja in the Land of Rain.

• The White Snake Sage told Orochimaru that his bond with Mount Myōboku's Earth Walker had disrupted his convictions, and Orochimaru reaffirmed that he wanted immortality rather than bonds or friendship.
• The White Snake Sage said Mount Myōboku had chosen to oppose Indra's descendants, revealed that Indra was the son of Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and gave Orochimaru a fang pendant that protected against ordinary genjutsu and aided his technique.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed to assemble Konoha Military Police Force rapid-response units in case Mount Myōboku retaliated and declared that he intended to eradicate the Summoning Beast Sacred Grounds.
• Hatake Sakumo left to oversee secret notifications informing registered ninja that Konoha had designated Mount Myōboku a Hostile Power.
• Uchiha Conservative Faction ninja in the Land of Rain complained about their exile, then organized their guard posts and night watches.
• A rain frog watched the Conservative Faction ninja from a tree outside their residence without being detected.

Jiraiya led Mount Myōboku’s Ninja Toad forces in a night assault on the thirty-six Conservative Faction Uchiha ninja, persuaded that their alleged mistreatment of Toad Chū justified attacking Konoha’s exiles. The battle left both sides bloodied, and Jiraiya and the remaining Uchiha prepared to clash again.

• Toad Kosuke convinced Jiraiya to target the Conservative Faction Uchiha, and Jiraiya requested 120 elite Toads and help from the Two Sages.
• Jiraiya’s forces approached the Uchiha’s residence after a sentry killed a Scout Frog, but he chose to proceed with a stealth attack.
• Jiraiya opened the assault with Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld, and the Uchiha escaped the quagmire and countered with Fire Style and weapons.
• Jiraiya observed that four Uchiha had Three-Tomoe Sharingan and five others fought at Jonin level, then joined the battle and killed an Uchiha Chunin.
• After the first exchange, twenty-three Uchiha and more than thirty Toads remained, and Jiraiya and the elderly Uchiha Jonin led their forces into another bloody clash.

Jiraiya and the Mount Myōboku toads fought the Conservative Faction Uchiha in a Land of Rain town, where the Uchiha’s fierce resistance inflicted heavy casualties despite their numerical disadvantage. Jiraiya summoned Toad Gamabunta and entered Sage Mode, but the chapter ended with the Uchiha making a final, explosive stand.

• Three Uchiha Jonin fought Jiraiya with sword techniques and genjutsu, but his toad-oil trick let him escape their attack and the battle remained deadlocked.
• The Uchiha army fought the more numerous Ninja Toad forces to a standstill, trading lives for lives and unnerving the toads with their willingness to suffer injuries.
• Poisoned blades wounded Jiraiya, so he summoned Toad Gamabunta, whose attacks scattered the Uchiha and crushed two wounded fighters who detonated their Explosive Tags.
• The older Uchiha Jonin ordered four young clansmen to flee and report to Tokimitsu while the remaining Uchiha launched a desperate counterattack.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and killed two Uchiha Jonin with the Toad Shadow Manipulation Technique, but they detonated Explosive Tags while holding him in place.
• Jiraiya killed the older Uchiha Jonin, who revived with Izanagi, struck Jiraiya with Thousand Years of Death, and detonated his Explosive Tags as Jiraiya struck him down again.

After Mount Myōboku’s attack killed most of the Uchiha team, Uchiha Tokimitsu mourned the losses and rallied the clan to seek revenge against Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku. He reconciled the factions, took Uchiha Shisui as his disciple and ward, and declared the clan united.

• Three surviving Uchiha returned from the battle, and Uchiha Tokimitsu grieved as Elder Michiyo fainted from the news.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu reassured the survivors, pardoned clan members’ past offenses, and vowed revenge against Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered an S-rank bounty and placed the clan’s forces on combat readiness while declaring the fallen would be honored at Naka River Shrine.
• Uchiha Shisui arrived grieving for his dead father, and Uchiha Tokimitsu took him as his disciple and guardian.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ended the clan’s factional divisions, and Great Elder Setsuna praised his decision to unite the Uchiha.

Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces found Jiraiya’s abandoned hideout, then used the threat of his presence in the Land of Waterfalls to pressure Takigakure into negotiations. Takigakure was left facing a harsh treaty and a three-day deadline.

• Uchiha Shiina led a ninja army raid on Jiraiya’s former hideout in Iron Rain City, but found it empty and moved his troops to the Land of Waterfalls border.
• Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Takigakure, and other powers publicly condemned Mount Myōboku’s attack and expressed goodwill toward the Uchiha Clan rather than challenge it.
• Uchiha Shiina and Uchiha Kamon deployed forces on Takigakure’s borders, prompting its Border Defense Force to retreat and its higher-ups to panic.
• More than eight hundred Takigakure hawks attacked Uchiha Kamon’s forces but were routed, after which Takigakure sent envoys seeking peace.
• Uchiha Kamon demanded payment for mobilization and war reparations, while Uchiha Shiina accused Takigakure of sheltering Jiraiya and presented it with a severe treaty.
• Uchiha Shiina gave Takigakure three days to sign the treaty, warning that it would face consequences if it refused.

Takigakure’s leaders accepted a harsh surrender agreement while Tani Suke led the Hawkish Faction to plan a new village in the north. Uchiha Tokimitsu established the Northern Anti-Terrorism Force, and the Hyuga Clan Head appointed Hizashi Hyuga branch family head and prepared Hyuga Hiashi to succeed him.

• Takigakure’s high-ranking officials sent an envoy to sign a surrender agreement, but the leader refused to hand over the guarded Hawkish Faction members.
• Tani Suke persuaded the Hawkish Faction Jonin to leave Takigakure and rebuild a new village in the north rather than start a civil war.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed a 2,400-ninja anti-terrorism force, and Hatake Sakumo discussed its purpose and the threat posed by Jiraiya and Mount Myōboku.
• The Upper and Lower Houses approved the force, which Uchiha Tokimitsu named the Northern Anti-Terrorism Force and placed under Uchiha Shiina’s command.
• The Hyuga Clan Head accepted the conscription of sixty branch family ninja, appointed Hizashi Hyuga to lead them as branch family head, and told Hyuga Hiashi to prepare to take over next year.

Orochimaru realized Konoha’s Anti-Terrorism Unit had closed off his planned escape route, while Ōnoki and Iwagakure’s leaders debated how to respond to Konoha’s expanding influence. Ōnoki appointed Kitsuchi regent and Jonin Squad Leader, leaving Kitsuchi eager to challenge Uchiha Tokimitsu.

• Orochimaru feared that the Anti-Terrorism Unit’s extensive reconnaissance forces and surveillance had made the Land of Fields unsafe for him.
• Ōnoki denounced Konoha’s Anti-Terrorism Unit as a pretext for bullying Iwagakure and expanding into the Land of Frost.
• Kitsuchi proposed forming an Iwagakure standing ninja army and using anti-terrorism operations to enter the southern Land of Frost.
• Iwagakure’s senior officials urged Ōnoki to withdraw from the costly war with Sunagakure and confront Hanzō of the Salamander instead.
• Ōnoki appointed Kitsuchi the village’s Regent Jonin and Jonin Squad Leader, and Kitsuchi resolved to face Uchiha Tokimitsu.

Kitsuchi took control of Iwagakure’s foreign affairs, military, and intelligence, while Fourth Raikage A advanced toward succession in Kumogakure. Uchiha Tokimitsu’s research into Sage Chakra stalled, so he directed the Uzumaki researchers to test Sacred Particles and Tailed Beast Chakra against Natural Energy.

• Ōnoki let Kitsuchi take power as Tsuchikage’s Assistant and Jonin Squad Leader, then handed him control of foreign affairs and forces stationed abroad.
• Kitsuchi withdrew Iwagakure’s army from the Land of Wind, pressured Hanzō into leaving the Land of Birds, backed the Northern Waterfall Ninja Village, and massed troops near the Land of Grass.
• After Kitsuchi gained Iwagakure’s intelligence system and grew overconfident, the Third Raikage promoted Fourth Raikage A to command the border army and appointed Killer B its Chief Strategist.
• Kitsuchi met Fourth Raikage A in the Land of Lightning, and they agreed that the Land of Lightning would redeem the territory occupied by Iwagakure.
• Uzumaki researchers told Uchiha Tokimitsu they could not study Sage Chakra’s practical use because they could not sense Natural Energy, and their attempts to interrogate Toad Chū had yielded little.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu directed the researchers to test Sacred Particles and Tailed Beast Chakra for reactions with Natural Energy.