Chapter Summaries

Sarutobi Hiruzen signed an agreement that weakened the Hokage’s authority after Danzo’s death and Konoha’s power struggle. The Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo’s allies gained influence, while Hiruzen began reshaping village leadership and assigning Orochimaru and Tsunade new responsibilities.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen signed the Hokage’s Edict, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke confirmed that Danzo’s traces had been erased before questioning the compromise with the Uchiha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained to Sarutobi Shinnosuke that Konoha’s clans and Jonin would not unite against the Uchiha, then ordered his son to leave the Anbu and take the Clan Ninja Army to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Shifang announced new police directorates and appointments, while Uchiha Tokimitsu became Assistant Head of the Military Police and gained growing support within his clan.
• Hatake Sakumo’s Jonin Squad established supervisory authority over village departments, prompting Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to worry about their lost influence and Sakumo’s prospects as Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Orochimaru to take over part of the Anbu’s work, kept Jiraiya in a nominal Jonin Squad post, and agreed to place Tsunade in charge of the Medical Department.

Ninja clans grew dissatisfied with the Uchiha Clan’s expanding Military Police Force, while the Third Hokage relied on the Jonin Squad’s grievances to weaken the alliance between Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu. Tokimitsu agreed to address the complaints at the next Jonin Council, where he planned to discuss the relationship between ninja clan strength and authority.

• The Nara, Yamanaka, Hyuga, and Shimura Clans faced losses or harassment as the Military Police Force expanded, while other clans sought support from Hatake Sakumo’s Jonin Squad.
• Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed Orochimaru Deputy Head of Anbu and Tsunade Medical Department Head, and declined to recall Torifu from the Expeditionary Force.
• Hatake Sakumo visited Uchiha Tokimitsu to discuss the ninja clans’ complaints and the Jonin Squad’s stalled reforms.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu said he would explain the Military Police Force’s actions at the next Jonin Council and told Hatake Sakumo not to stop him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu said he planned to address the dialectical issue of ninja clan strength and authority.

Uchiha Tokimitsu used the Jonin Council hearing to defend the Military Police Force’s authority and justify Uchiha privileges through strength and military achievements. He ended by challenging the assembled Jonin to openly object, leaving the room intimidated and silent.

• At Elder Setsuna’s residence, Uchiha Tokimitsu said he would answer the Jonin Council’s complaints by asserting Uchiha’s strength and status, and Elder Setsuna urged him to make an imposing display without striking first.
• Sixty-eight Jonin gathered for the council, while the Hyuga, Shimura, and Aburame clans stayed away and the Military Police Force had not yet arrived.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu led eighty-six Uchiha Jonin to surround the meeting hall, and Anbu agents withdrew after confronting them outside.
• Hatake Sakumo opened the hearing into allegations of retaliatory law enforcement, but the attending Jonin fell silent when invited to speak.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu defended the Military Police Force’s conduct, citing Hokage approval for its school and arguing that Three-Tomoe Uchiha deserved Jonin rank based on their strength.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu invoked the clan’s battlefield achievements and the destruction of Root, then challenged the Jonin to state their objections.

Uchiha Tokimitsu defended his hardline approach to the village and proposed reforms to the Military Police Force, while Elder Setsuna privately entrusted him with the clan’s future. The chapter ended with Setsuna preparing to announce Tokimitsu as the next Clan Head and giving him forbidden techniques and Madara’s Mangekyo handscroll.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu argued that the clan should rely on its strength, recruit outsiders into the Konoha Military Police Force, and let new recruits handle routine duties.
• Tokimitsu proposed using regulatory fees and fines to fund the Military Police Force, then urged it to target the Nara Clan’s medicine trade to redirect public criticism.
• Elder Setsuna told Tokimitsu to pursue Status Matching Strength and leave himself a place in the clan’s future leadership.
• Tokimitsu admitted that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Setsuna gave him scrolls containing Izanagi, Izanami, and a Mangekyo Handscroll copied from Lord Madara’s writing.
• Setsuna said he would announce the next day that Tokimitsu would succeed as Clan Head, and Tokimitsu later opened his Mangekyō Sharingan while looking at the moon.

Uchiha Tokimitsu secretly tested his Mangekyō Sharingan in the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, learning the costs and destructive power of Susanoo and the amplifying effects of Oonamuchi. He returned to Konoha with plans to study the Uzumaki Clan’s Spirit Transformation Technique and pursue Hashirama Cells.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu left Konoha before dawn with the Dark Guard Ninja and activated Susanoo in the abandoned Land of Whirlpools.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu advanced Susanoo through several forms, flattened a hill with its blade, and recorded the heavy Chakra and pupil-power costs.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu considered ways to obtain Hashirama Cells from Anbu and decided the Konoha Military Police Force should investigate Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu used Oonamuchi to amplify the Sharingan of the Dark Guard Ninja, enabling a Two-Tomoe ninja to defeat a Three-Tomoe ninja with Genjutsu from three hundred meters away.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned toward Konoha after the tests, intending to study the Uzumaki Clan’s initial version of the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Uchiha Tokimitsu combined the Spirit Transformation Technique, Yin Fire, and his Mangekyo ability Kamimusubi-no-Mikoto to create a living Flame Dragon. He named it Hikari-no-Mikoto, established his control over it, and made it his Guardian God.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu chose the Great Dragon Fire Technique to turn into a spirit creature using Kamimusubi-no-Mikoto and soul power.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu sealed the Nara Clan's medicine warehouse, fined the clan, and ordered it to sell medicine at fair prices under supervision.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu amplified the Great Dragon Fire Technique, infused the Flame Dragon with Soul Power, and activated Spirit Deity Creation.
• The Flame Dragon gained intelligence and a physical body, acknowledged Uchiha Tokimitsu as its creator, and proved fully obedient to him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu named the Flame Dragon Hikari-no-Mikoto, and it coiled around his arm as a dragon tattoo.

Uchiha Tokimitsu encountered Kirigakure’s delegation in Konoha and later learned that Kirigakure wanted the Land of Whirlpools made its border. He pledged the Uchiha Clan’s support to Uzumaki Ashina and proposed stationing Konoha’s Eastern Border Defense Force there.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu confronted Hozuki Ayahiko and the Mist delegation, warned them to obey Konoha’s rules, and learned they had come to ransom captured ninja swords and pursue another demand.
• Hatake Sakumo told Uchiha Tokimitsu that Kirigakure wanted to redraw the borders with the Land of Whirlpools as its boundary, while Sarutobi had responded ambiguously.
• Uzumaki Ashina explained that the Land of Whirlpools was the Uzumaki Clan’s ancestral homeland, and Uchiha Tokimitsu vowed the Uchiha Clan would support their legitimate claims.
• Hatake Sakumo agreed to support Uchiha Tokimitsu when Kirigakure negotiated for the captured swords.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed moving the Eastern Border Defense Force’s garrison to the Land of Whirlpools, and Uzumaki Ashina welcomed the idea despite Hatake Sakumo’s concerns about the force’s strength.

Hatake Sakumo persuaded Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen to reject Kirigakure’s demands over the Land of Whirlpools and appoint him commander of the Eastern Region, with reinforcements drawn from ninja clans. The delegation was ordered expelled rather than harmed, while Uchiha Tokimitsu’s allies prepared to carry out the order.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces and the Uzumaki Clan’s police squads surrounded the inn where the Mist Village delegation was staying, cutting off its roads.
• Hatake Sakumo told Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen that the Land of Whirlpools must not be ceded and urged him to reinforce the Eastern Region with clan ninja.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to make Hatake Sakumo commander of the Eastern Region and convene a Ninja Clan Council to conscript clan ninja, with compensation promised after the war.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Mist Village delegation released and expelled, warning that envoys must not be harmed.
• Hatake Sakumo reported the decisions to Uchiha Tokimitsu, who pledged Uchiha support and ordered Deputy Chief Koji to arrange the delegation’s expulsion.

At the Ninja Clan Council, Sarutobi Hiruzen negotiated with Konoha’s clan leaders over compensation for requisitioning their ninja, agreeing to an additional twenty percent after they demanded more money. The clans submitted their fighter counts, and Hatake Sakumo was confirmed as commander of the Eastern defense force as Uchiha Tokimitsu secured the right for Uchiha units to stay together.

• The clan leaders rejected Hiruzen’s promissory notes as compensation and demanded an additional thirty percent.
• Hiruzen offered an additional twenty percent, which the clan leaders reluctantly accepted.
• The clans reported their requisitioned fighters, including ninety Hyuga ninja and 140 Uchiha ninja.
• Tokimitsu demanded that Uchiha ninja remain organized in independent units, and Sakumo approved the arrangement.
• Hiruzen confirmed Sakumo as commander of the Eastern defense operation, and the clan leaders agreed to submit their rosters for registration and assessment.

Uchiha Tokimitsu bought ninja clans’ village promissory notes and used them to launch bonds that quickly attracted buyers, while Uchiha elders discussed expanding his authority after the war. He told Uchiha Shifang that the bond trial was meant to build habits and credit, then proposed raising more funds through excess bond issuance.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu used clan funds to buy White Note Rights from Konoha ninja clans at a discount, offering better terms to introductions and buyers of Uchiha Special Explosive Tags.
• The Acquisition Offices bought notes from financially strained clans, and Conservative Uchiha gained bounties and renewed connections by introducing sellers.
• Elder Setsuna and the other elders agreed to support Uchiha Tokimitsu’s leadership of the Military Police after the war, while leaving the clan headship and ancestral rules unchanged for now.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu issued five-thousand-ryo Uchiha Fund War Dividend No. 1 Bonds backed by the acquired notes, and villagers and the Daimyo of the Land of Grass bought them in large numbers.
• Uchiha Shifang considered suppressing the Nara Clan’s similar bond activity, but Uchiha Tokimitsu told him not to interfere and said the bonds were meant to cultivate habits and credit.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu suggested excess bond issuance as another way to raise funds, and Uchiha Shifang asked him to explain.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led Konoha’s eastern vanguard to the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, where he established surveillance and prepared to face Kirigakure. In Kirigakure, the Mizukage ordered two armies toward the front and maneuvered rival commanders into battle, while an unexplained red light flickered in his eyes.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu handed management of the clan’s bonds to Uchiha Shifang and set a limit on excess issuance.
• Hatake Sakumo took command of Konoha’s two-thousand-strong eastern force, with Uchiha Tokimitsu as deputy commander and Nara Muramasa as combat strategist.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu led his Uchiha troops and six Uzumaki ninja to the Land of Whirlpools, then sent the Uzumaki ninja and their assigned squads to survey the Northern Sea Area.
• The Mizukage ordered Suikazan Fuguki to lead the first Mist army against Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces and instructed Karatachi Yagura to command a second army into the Land of Fire.
• The Mizukage offered the title of next Ninja Sword User to whoever recovered the swords, then watched the Mist Elder leave before his eyes turned red.

Suikazan Fuguki received orders to lead three thousand Mist ninja against the Uchiha in the Land of Whirlpools, while Uchiha Tokimitsu, Hatake Sakumo, and Nara Muramasa planned a defense against Kirigakure’s divided forces. The chapter ended with Konoha preparing to lure the Mist army into a coordinated counterattack.

• Suikazan Fuguki reluctantly accepted orders to lead three thousand Mist ninja against the Land of Whirlpools and capture Uchiha Tokimitsu’s Sharingan.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu reviewed Kirigakure’s plans with Hatake Sakumo and Nara Muramasa, who warned that fighting at sea would favor the Mist ninja.
• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu agreed to gather Konoha’s eastern forces and fight the Mist First Army on land.
• Nara Muramasa proposed using Hyuga ninja to watch the coast, and Hatake Sakumo agreed to send sixty of them.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu planned to engage the Mist vanguard at Uzushiogakure’s ruins, retreat toward the coast, and signal Hatake Sakumo to join a pincer attack on Suikazan Fuguki.

Uchiha Tokimitsu rallied his Uchiha forces and learned Kirigakure had divided its army, then marched to ambush the Kaguya-led force with the help of Hyuga scouts. As the two sides approached the battlefield, Tokimitsu readied his troops to engage Kirigakure’s vanguard.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu revealed Kirigakure’s strength and his battle plans to the Uchiha and urged them to fight, showing them his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hyuga scouts signaled that Kirigakure had split its three thousand ninja into a main force and two smaller forces, while Suikazan Fuguki ordered the main force to land and secure a beachhead.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu chose the disorderly force led by the Kaguya Clan as his first target and led the Uchiha and gathered Hyuga ninja toward the eastern shore.
• Tokimitsu rallied his troops by promising Kaguya heads as trophies, while Hyuga scouts reported the distance to the enemy and detected five Kaguya ninja rushing toward them.
• A Hyuga scout reported Kirigakure’s vanguard was eight hundred meters ahead, and Uchiha Tokimitsu stopped his army and drew his wakizashi for the imminent fight.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Uchiha Ninja Army in a surprise assault that devastated the Mist Ninja Army before the forces clashed at close range. He killed the Kaguya Clan Head and charged back into the chaotic battle.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces ambushed and killed five Kaguya Ninja with a coordinated Fire Style attack, then advanced on the Mist Ninja Army.
• The Mist Ninja Army’s opening Water Style assault struck only a clone, and Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces counterattacked with fire and lightning techniques, inflicting heavy casualties.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu strengthened the Uchiha with his Mangekyo Pupil Technique, and they engaged the disorganized Mist Ninja Army and Kaguya Ninja in close combat.
• The Kaguya Clan Head trapped Uchiha Tokimitsu’s sword and attacked him, but Tokimitsu used genjutsu and a kunai to wound him.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu finished the Kaguya Clan Head with the Yin Fire Dragon Hikari-no-Mikoto, reclaimed his sword, and charged back into the Mist Ninja Army.

Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces defeated the Kaguya Unit, then moved south to ambush the advancing Hozuki Unit while coordinating with Hatake Sakumo’s allied forces. After the Uchiha struck and retreated, Hozuki Suita led the Mist Ninja in pursuit, setting up a larger confrontation.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s army killed most of the Kaguya Unit, captured three wounded Kaguya ninja, and suffered heavy casualties, though thirteen Uchiha awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Hyuga Nobuhiro reported that the Hozuki Unit was advancing, so Uchiha Tokimitsu prepared an ambush and assigned the wounded Uchiha to a second combat echelon.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu saw the signal that Hatake Sakumo’s forces had landed and sent a messenger to update him on headquarters’ situation.
• Hozuki Suita’s forces pursued a small group of Uchiha and an Uzumaki decoy into the forest, where Uchiha Tokimitsu’s unit attacked with Fire Style and then withdrew.
• The Mist Ninja signaled that they had found Uchiha Tokimitsu, and Hozuki Suita led the army into the forest to pursue and destroy the Uchiha forces.

Uchiha Tokimitsu’s layered ambushes weakened Kirigakure’s Hozuki Unit before he trapped the regrouped Mist Ninja Army in an explosive-tag battlefield. Tokimitsu then killed Hozuki Suita with his Mangekyo Sharingan and continued attacking the routed survivors.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s ambushes inflicted heavy casualties on Kirigakure’s pursuing detachments, forcing Hozuki Suita to regroup his forces.
• Hozuki Suita reorganized the remaining troops and led them toward the Uchiha after the Sensor Ninja detected them nearby.
• Tokimitsu detonated the explosive tags planted across the predetermined battlefield, devastating Kirigakure’s formation and sending Uchiha forces in to attack.
• Hozuki Suita led a desperate charge toward Tokimitsu, who joined the battle after triggering the remaining explosive tags.
• Tokimitsu fought Suita with ninjutsu and swords, severed his left arm, and trapped him with a Mangekyo genjutsu.
• Tokimitsu killed Suita with the Uchiha Style: Sun Halo Dance and continued slaughtering the routed Mist Ninja Army.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo prepared a decisive assault on Suikazan Fuguki’s Mist Ninja Army after destroying its eastern units and learning that Karatachi Yagura had invaded the Land of Fire. As Suikazan considered withdrawing, explosions erupted across the Mist camp, plunging it into chaos.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu defeated the remaining Mist forces, captured Hozuki Hyakuza, and ordered preparations for a decisive battle.
• Signal smoke confirmed that Sakumo’s unit was ready, while Suikazan Fuguki realized his army was trapped between internal disorder and the approaching Konoha forces.
• Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo agreed that Tokimitsu would lead the Mobile Unit in an assault on the Mist camp at six the next evening, with Samehada promised to Tokimitsu if they captured it.
• Hatake Sakumo told Tokimitsu that Karatachi Yagura had landed in the east and defeated Konoha’s Eastern Border Defense Force, forcing them to defeat Fuguki quickly.
• Suikazan Fuguki considered withdrawing to join Karatachi Yagura but could not find a safe way to disengage.
• Explosions from Explosive Tags woke Suikazan Fuguki, who rushed from his tent to find the Mist camp in chaos.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo coordinated a prolonged assault that pinned down Suikazan Fuguki’s Kirigakure forces. As the allied armies launched their final attack, Tokimitsu used Susanoo to break through Kirigakure’s defenses and advanced toward the camp.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu led a nighttime scouting attack, used Yin Fire to force Kirigakure’s reinforcements to retreat, and withdrew with his Jonin.
• Tokimitsu organized Uchiha Wolf Pack Tactics, using Hyuga reconnaissance to harass Kirigakure’s outer defenses while Hatake Sakumo’s forces attacked from the front.
• Suikazan Fuguki abandoned the southern outer positions and committed reinforcements against Hatake Sakumo, while the Uchiha squads kept Kirigakure’s troops pinned down.
• At six in the afternoon, Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo ordered a full assault, and Tokimitsu countered Kirigakure’s Water Style attacks with Yin Fire and explosive tags.
• Tokimitsu activated Susanoo, killed one of the five Kirigakure Jonin with a single blow, and advanced toward the Kirigakure camp.

Uchiha Tokimitsu used Susanoo to devastate the Kirigakure camp and defeat Suikazan Fuguki, who had fused with Samehada. With Samehada repairing Susanoo and the Mist Ninja Army collapsing, the battle neared its end.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu charged into the Kirigakure camp with Susanoo, breaking the Mist Ninja Army’s formation and burning its troops with massive fire techniques.
• Suikazan Fuguki sent his last four squads to confront Hatake Sakumo’s army and attacked Uchiha Tokimitsu with Samehada fused to his body.
• Suikazan Fuguki used Samehada’s barbs to absorb Chakra from Susanoo, but Uchiha Tokimitsu seized him and burned him to ash with Yin Fire.
• Samehada absorbed into Susanoo and restored its damaged Chakra form, while Uchiha Tokimitsu resumed slaughtering the collapsing Mist Ninja Army.

Uchiha Tokimitsu’s Susanoo broke the Mist Ninja Army and secured another victory for Konoha, while Hatake Sakumo pursued the fleeing enemy and reaffirmed his alliance with Tokimitsu. The chapter ended with Sakumo preparing to return with the Mobile Unit to face Karatachi Yagura as Tokimitsu stayed behind to clear the remaining Mist ninja and recover.

• After Suikazan Fuguki died, Uchiha Tokimitsu used Susanoo to smash the Mist Ninja Army’s formations and burn its last resistance.
• Hatake Sakumo pursued the fleeing Mist ninja while Nara Muramasa failed to drive a wedge between him and Uchiha Tokimitsu.
• Tokimitsu released Susanoo, sealed away Samehada, and was surrounded by protective Uchiha ninja as Sakumo noticed their distrust of other Konoha forces.
• Tokimitsu and Sakumo celebrated their victory, and Nara Muramasa concluded he needed to report that Sakumo could no longer be won over.
• Tokimitsu admitted he was exhausted, then agreed that Sakumo would take the Mobile Unit to face Karatachi Yagura while he stayed behind with a Medical Squad to clear Mist remnants.
• Tokimitsu fell asleep in the command tent as Sakumo prepared to lead the next Military Affairs Meeting.