Chapter Summaries

Yayoi rallied the Senju with the promise of mass-produced Senjutsu and planned to use the clan’s renewed strength to seize control of Konoha. In the Hokage Tower, Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Danzo greater authority to monitor Yayoi and arranged for Orochimaru to treat Danzo’s limbs.

• Yayoi told the Senju elders that his Senjutsu technique could be mass-produced, prompting them to gather clan records and prepare to compete with the Uchiha.
• Tsunade collapsed after enduring the imperfect Immortal Mode seal, and Yayoi concluded that he needed to develop a curse mark before the technique could be used widely.
• Yayoi resolved to become Hokage, fight brilliantly in the Third Shinobi World War, and build a powerful Senju army using mass-produced weapons and armor.
• Danzo accused Yayoi of secretly wiping out the Hyuga Main Family, while Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted the evidence was inconclusive and said he could not act against him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen allowed Danzo to command part of the ANBU and told him that Orochimaru had agreed to treat his limbs, leaving Danzo eager for revenge.

Danzo underwent a Hashirama Cells transplant while Orochimaru secretly injected him with Yayoi’s crimson serum. Yayoi activated Blood Rage through her Mental Element, beginning an experiment to discover what bloodline powers Danzo would develop.

• Danzo went to Orochimaru’s laboratory and agreed to have Hashirama Cells integrated into his body, hoping to restore his strength and increase his power.
• Orochimaru transplanted a Hashirama Cells arm onto Danzo and then injected him with the crimson serum Yayoi had provided.
• Yayoi left her body using the Spirit Transformation Technique and activated the failsafe she had planted in Danzo.
• Danzo suffered intense gene-deep pain as the serum and Yayoi’s Mental Element drove his bloodline into Blood Rage.
• Yayoi began testing whether Danzo’s Divine Tree Bloodline would awaken the Sharingan, an Immortal Body, or the Rinnegan, regardless of whether he retained his sanity.

Danzo regained his strength after the Divine Tree serum transformed his body, while Orochimaru expected him to lose control within days. Yayoi admitted that he had destroyed the Hyuga Main Family and told Yan he planned to take power in Konoha by becoming Hokage and reorganizing the Senju.

• Danzo broke the chains binding him and praised Orochimaru's work, promising continued access to Root's resources.
• Orochimaru recognized that the Hashirama Cells were being consumed by the Divine Tree serum and expected Danzo to lose control within days.
• Yan asked Yayoi about rumors that he had destroyed the Hyuga Main Family, and Yayoi confirmed that he had done it.
• Yayoi told Yan he planned to reorganize the Senju and become Hokage, and Yan agreed they would overthrow the Third Hokage.

Yayoi oversaw Yan and Rin’s successful Hashirama Cell fusion, while Danzo grew stronger by consuming Konoha’s supplies and set his plan against White Fang in motion. Yayoi also refined an inferior Philosopher’s Stone and mastered Thousand Transformations’ second form, but Goku’s consciousness had counterattacked him when he tried to draw souls from it.

• Yayoi injected Yan and Rin with different Hashirama Cell solutions after Yan sensed something inside one of them.
• Danzo consumed Konoha’s emergency food supplies, became more volatile, and ordered the plan against White Fang to begin.
• A month later, Yan and Rin completed the fusion and gained stronger bodies, enhanced eyes, and signs of possible new Eye Techniques.
• Yayoi used death-row inmates’ souls and his own spirit to refine an inferior Philosopher’s Stone.
• Yayoi mastered Thousand Transformations’ second form after Goku’s consciousness counterattacked him when he tried to draw souls from its space.

Yayoi defeated Wu’s remaining consciousness inside Thousand Transformations and discussed the Senju Clan’s return with Tsunade. He then arrived at Fugaku’s succession ceremony, where Konoha’s Hokage faction and the Uchiha-aligned shinobi sat divided.

• Yayoi used an exploding soul to distract Wu, then drove her consciousness back into the Pure Land and defeated her trapped fragment.
• Yayoi told Tsunade he was determined to rebuild the Senju Clan and promised she could take charge if he went too far.
• Tsunade accepted that the Senju Clan’s return was unstoppable as she and Yayoi headed to the Uchiha Clan Territory.
• Yan led Yayoi and Tsunade into the gathering for Fugaku’s succession as Uchiha Clan Leader.
• Yayoi saw the Hokage-aligned clan leaders sitting apart from the Uchiha Jonin and the newly allied Hyuga Clan.

At Fugaku’s succession ceremony, tensions between Yayoi and Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed the struggle over Konoha’s future. After the Hokage and his supporters left, Yayoi gathered the Uchiha and Hyuga loyalists, leaving Fugaku to choose whether to join him or become a puppet Clan Leader.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen congratulated Fugaku on becoming the Uchiha Clan Leader and urged him to serve Konoha.
• Yayoi arrived with Yan and Tsunade, and his presence unsettled Sarutobi Hiruzen as their hostility became apparent.
• Yayoi and Raikou sat together, and Raikou defended his resistance against the Caged Bird seal when Tsunade criticized him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen left with the clans that supported him, while the Uchiha and Hyuga loyal to Yayoi remained.
• Yayoi told Fugaku that Konoha’s future was at stake, and Fugaku faced the choice of joining Yayoi or becoming a puppet Clan Leader.

Fugaku became Uchiha Clan Leader as the clan pushed for a Hokage of its own, while Raikou agreed to gradually remove the Hyuga Branch Family’s Caged Bird seals. Yayoi began removing the seals and exploited the Branch Family’s fear and suspicions to secure subjects for further research.

• Fugaku took over as Uchiha Clan Leader, but the clan pressured him to help bring down the Hokage and pursue a Uchiha Hokage.
• Raikou agreed to remove the Caged Bird seals from Hyuga members gradually to keep the Hyuga under his control.
• Yayoi removed a Hyuga Branch Family member’s physical Caged Bird seal and warned that its deeper mark on the soul was harder to erase.
• Yayoi asked the Branch Family to cooperate by allowing him to study their souls, and one member volunteered.
• Yayoi planned to use their cooperation to gather research data while letting Raikou and the Hyuga suspect each other of possessing the seals.

Raikou confronted the Hyuga elders after several Branch Family members returned with their Caged Bird seals removed, and learned that Yayoi needed volunteers to research the seal’s soul-deep effects. Meanwhile, rumors accusing White Fang of abandoning a mission spread through Konoha, and Yayoi suspected Genbu was behind them.

• Raikou intimidated the Hyuga elders and warned them not to oppose him or betray the clan.
• A Hyuga Jonin said Yayoi had explained that the Caged Bird seal had penetrated the soul and could only be addressed through voluntary cooperation and further research.
• The Hyuga elders agreed to ask the clan’s young people whether they wanted to participate in Yayoi’s research.
• Rumors spread through Konoha that White Fang had abandoned a mission, caused major losses, and nearly started a war.
• Yayoi heard villagers condemn Shuomo and suspected Genbu was helping spread the accusations.

Yayoi went to Shuomo’s home after discovering Genbu members spreading rumors about him, but found Shuomo devastated by the village’s condemnation and the Hokage’s silence. Shuomo broke down over losing faith in the Will of Fire, leaving Yayoi beside him as he grieved.

• Yayoi sensed Genbu members spreading rumors about Shuomo, restrained them with Genjutsu, and sent a Shadow Clone to contact the Uchiha Clan’s Security Force.
• Yayoi and Yan went to Shuomo’s home, where they found Kakashi alone and learned Shuomo had stayed inside all day.
• Yayoi found Shuomo sitting in darkness and sat with him before asking why his mission had failed.
• Shuomo explained that he had abandoned the mission to save his comrades, while Yayoi accused the village’s leaders of targeting him to weaken his influence.
• Shuomo said the Will of Fire that had defined his life was being treated as a tool, and he wept after realizing the Hokage would not clear his name.

After Shuomo lost faith in the Will of Fire, he chose to die, and Yayoi could not persuade him otherwise. When Shuomo committed seppuku, Yayoi preserved his soul in a silver blade so it could accompany Kakashi and help him find purpose.

• Yayoi tried to convince Shuomo to live by promising to clear his name and become Hokage, but Shuomo asked to be left in peace.
• Yayoi told Kakashi that Shuomo had gone on a long mission and arranged for someone to care for him.
• Yayoi sent letters to Senju Momoka, Uchiha Enichi, and Hyuga Raikou as he prepared to reestablish the Senju clan and confront Konoha's leaders.
• Shuomo committed seppuku, and his final words urged Yayoi not to lose himself to killing.
• Yayoi used Mental Element and alchemy to preserve Shuomo's soul inside a silver short blade, intending to give it to Kakashi.

Uesugi Yayoi’s letter rallied the Hyuga, Senju, and Uchiha clans to mobilize against Sarutobi Hiruzen and support her bid for Hokage. As the three clans gathered their forces, Hiruzen watched from the Hokage Tower and realized he might have no one capable of stopping them.

• Enichi received Yayoi’s letter, while Raikou called a Hyuga clan meeting and ordered every Jonin and Chunin to join the mobilization.
• Senju Momoka and the elders armed nearly a thousand Senju shinobi, who gathered to restore their clan under Yayoi’s leadership.
• Enichi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and rallied the Uchiha to challenge Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Fugaku and Mikoto joined without sharing the crowd’s fervor.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura watched the three clans gather through a crystal ball, and Hiruzen admitted that his efforts to suppress Yayoi’s allies had failed.

Orochimaru blocked the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders from reaching Hokage Tower, while Tsunade arrived and ultimately sided with him. At the Sarutobi compound, Rin held the clan back with lethal force and began fighting a wounded Sarutobi elder.

• Orochimaru told the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi leaders that they would be branded rogue Ninja if they tried to leave.
• Tsunade urged everyone to go home, but joined Orochimaru after he explained that the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders were loyal to the Third Hokage.
• Rin killed Sarutobi Ninja who crossed the line she had drawn with flames and threatened those who shouted at her.
• A wounded Sarutobi elder confronted Rin and accused the Hyuga and Uchiha of rebellion.
• Rin met the elder's staff with her golden-lit greatsword, then attacked with pale blue short swords.

The Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga clans joined forces and marched on the Hokage Tower, where Yayoi rallied them against Sarutobi Hiruzen. Hiruzen realized the village was under Yayoi’s control and prepared to face him rather than flee.

• The Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga clans converged on the avenue and continued toward the Hokage Tower despite friction between the Senju and Uchiha.
• The three clans saw Yayoi’s overwhelming Yin and Yang Release chakra and fell silent before him.
• Yayoi accused the Third Hokage of betraying the Will of Fire and listed crimes against the Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga clans.
• Yayoi rallied the clans to reclaim their rights, and their Jonin raised their fists with him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed the clans approaching behind the Four Red Yang Formation and decided he would not flee.
• Hiruzen recalled how he had once planned for Yayoi to inherit Tsunade’s Medical Ninjutsu, then recognized he could no longer resist him.

Yayoi challenged former Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen to a duel inside a Four Red Yang Formation, displaying overwhelming power against the Third Hokage’s techniques. After Sarutobi survived Yayoi’s fire-and-earth attack, Yayoi locked onto him and threw Thousand Transformations.

• Yayoi rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s claims and accepted his request to settle matters in a fight, while ordering the ANBU to stand by.
• Yayoi, the Hybrid Deadpool, and the Three Clan Leaders raised a Four Red Yang Formation around the battlefield.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma and attacked with shuriken and Wind Release, but Yayoi repelled the weapons and countered with a Fire Tornado.
• Yayoi reshaped his flames into a fire dragon and combined it with wind and earth attacks, engulfing Sarutobi Hiruzen in scorching debris.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen emerged through the flames wielding the Adamantine Staff, and Yayoi aimed at him with the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura before throwing Thousand Transformations.

Yayoi defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen with Thousand Transformations, ending the Hokage succession contest and securing the crowd’s support. He spared Hiruzen’s life but confined him to the Sarutobi compound until the next Ninja World War, where he would be expected to die fighting for Konoha.

• Yayoi’s Thousand Transformations shattered Enma and pierced Sarutobi Hiruzen, breaking the Four Red Yang Formation as it pinned him in the air.
• The crowd celebrated Yayoi’s victory, and Enichi and Elder Momoka accepted that Yayoi would become Hokage.
• The weakened Sarutobi Hiruzen survived because Thousand Transformations’ absolute stasis stopped his heart only briefly.
• Yayoi told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he could not atone through death alone and ordered him to remain in the Sarutobi compound until the next Ninja World War.

Sarutobi Hiruzen announced his resignation and named Uesugi Yayoi as the Fourth Hokage, while Yayoi ordered the fighting to stop and moved to deal with Danzo. Rin defeated the Sarutobi elder and nearly killed the surviving clan members before messengers arrived with Yayoi’s order to spare them.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that he would step down and that Uesugi Yayoi would become the Fourth Hokage the next day.
• Yayoi ordered the Three Clans to stop pointless resistance and went to investigate Root beneath the village.
• Rin defeated the Sarutobi elder, whose chakra points she sealed, and prepared to kill the surviving Sarutobi clan members.
• Four Jonin from the Hyuga, Uchiha, and Senju clans told Rin that the Fourth Hokage had ordered them not to take the killing too far.
• Rin extinguished the flames on Mirror and let the surviving Sarutobi members carry away their elder’s body.

After defeating Sarutobi Hiruzen, Yayoi led him and the gathered clans to Genbu to find Danzo, whose hidden chakra suggested he had been consumed by Blood Rage. The group reached a sealed room deep in the facility, where a chained monster roared behind the barrier.

• Orochimaru and Tsunade recognized that Sarutobi Hiruzen had lost to Yayoi, while the Ino-Shika-Cho leaders left and Tsunade declared Konoha had entered a new era.
• Yayoi brought Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others to the tree concealing Genbu, where Elder Momoka and Enichi condemned Danzo for his past crimes.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said he had not heard from Danzo directly, and Yayoi ordered him to scout ahead into Genbu.
• Yayoi cut through Genbu's barrier, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered a Genbu ninja to lead them to Danzo.
• Yayoi sensed abnormal, violent chakra as the group followed the Genbu ninja through the dark corridors to a sealed room.
• The group heard beast-like roars and chains clanging behind the trembling barrier.

Yayoi sensed that Danzo had lost his mind after the Divine Tree Bloodline, Hashirama Cells, and Natural Energy triggered a monstrous transformation. After Danzo attacked Yayoi and then Enichi, Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped forward to confront his former friend.

• Yayoi sensed that Danzo's cells and consciousness had been consumed by a distorted fusion of the Divine Tree Bloodline and Hashirama Cells.
• The mutated Danzo broke through the barrier and lunged at Yayoi, who punched him across the ruined laboratory without visibly injuring him.
• Danzo rapidly regenerated and grew stronger, prompting Raikou and Elder Momoka to recognize him as the monster.
• Danzo charged at Enichi, but Sarutobi Hiruzen struck him with the Monkey King Staff and took responsibility for confronting him.
• Danzo shoved the staff aside, and Sarutobi Hiruzen faced his childhood friend to protect the others.

Yayoi explained that Danzo had become a mindless monster after combining Hashirama Cells with Natural Energy, while Sarutobi Hiruzen ran out of chakra fighting him. Enichi intervened and trapped the monster in Tsukuyomi, where he faced its enormous form and crimson Nine-Tomoe Sharingan.

• Yayoi told Enichi, Tohua, and Raikou that Danzo had lost control after implanting too many Hashirama Cells and absorbing Natural Energy.
• Enichi agreed with Yayoi that Danzo's stolen Sharingan should be reclaimed, while Raikou privately doubted Yayoi's explanation.
• Danzo overwhelmed the exhausted Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Enichi's purple chakra skeleton caught Danzo's claw and Enichi cut into his neck with a Wind Element slash.
• Enichi used Tsukuyomi to pull the mindless monster into a mental world, where he saw it towering over him with a crimson Nine-Tomoe Sharingan.

Enichi repeatedly used Tsukuyomi against the Ten-Tails consciousness consuming Danzo, but discovered it could not be killed through the mental space. Yayoi sealed Danzo and ordered him sent to Kumogakure, then began restoring Sarutobi Hiruzen’s chakra.

• Enichi trapped the Ten-Tails in Tsukuyomi and destroyed its consciousness, but Danzo’s monster body kept roaring and absorbed the tomoe in its Sharingan.
• Enichi cast Tsukuyomi twice more as the Sharingan faded from Three Tomoe to Two and then to none, until pain and blood from his left eye stopped him.
• Yayoi pinned Danzo with Thousand Transformations and explained that the monster was the Ten-Tails’ genetic will, which could not be killed by destroying its consciousness in Tsukuyomi.
• Yayoi used an Elemental Alchemy Stone and Eight Trigrams Sealing to subdue Danzo, then ordered him taken into custody and dumped in Kumogakure.
• Yayoi summoned Katsuyu to restore his chakra and placed Little Slug on Sarutobi Hiruzen’s wounded shoulder.