Chapter Summaries

Kakashi killed Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, then reconciled with his father, Hatake Sakumo. After Uchiha Jin ended the Trial and sent the reanimated strongmen to spend time with their families, Kushina reunited with Naruto and revealed that she was his mother.

• Kakashi killed Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, then told Hatake Sakumo that he had avenged him.
• Hatake Sakumo explained that he had made Kakashi hate him to protect him from Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Kakashi said he understood his father's choice.
• Senju Hashirama condemned Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Senju Tobirama reasoned that the Uchiha had prevailed and changed Konoha's fate.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to revive the three Sarutobi members, and Uchiha Jin ended the Trial and assigned Tsunade and Nara Shikaichi to oversee the Labor Reform Inmates.
• The reanimated strongmen followed Kakashi to his residence, where Kushina embraced Naruto and Kakashi told him that she was his mother.

Tsunade and Shikaichi oversaw the distribution of the four clans’ people as laborers, while Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other former leaders watched their clansmen being taken away. When Sarutobi Hiruzen begged Tsunade to assign him somewhere, she finally snapped and challenged his claim that he had treated her well.

• Tsunade and Shikaichi set up the distribution process and assigned Aburame Moshi’s clan three Jonin, fifty Chunin, two hundred Genin, and fifteen hundred Commoners.
• Aburame Moshi signed the Contracts, collected his assigned people, and took them to the clan’s insect breeding base.
• Members of the four clans shouted pleas and curses as they were taken away, while Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo, Koharu Utatane, and Mitokado Homura watched.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Tsunade to assign him work and argued that he had treated her well, but she ignored him until his continued nagging angered her.
• Tsunade created a Shadow Clone to take over the paperwork, then confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen and asked whether he had ever dared to declare the last Senju descendant a Rogue Ninja.

Tsunade explained that Uchiha Jin’s harsh punishment of Sarutobi and the other clans was meant to establish rules protecting Konoha’s stability, not to satisfy personal revenge. After the clans were assigned to labor, she escorted Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other three elders to a remote Chakra Mine and handed them over to Uchiha Makoto.

• Tsunade told Sarutobi Hiruzen that power struggles were allowed only so long as they did not threaten Konoha’s stability, and that his clans were being made an example of.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized that he had used the Will of Fire as a pretext and admitted that Uchiha Jin’s approach would have better protected the village.
• By around nine in the evening, the members of Sarutobi and Other Three Clans had all been assigned, and Tsunade warned the four elders that their punishment would be especially harsh.
• Tsunade took Sarutobi Hiruzen, Koharu Utatane, Mitokado Homura, and Danzo to a remote Chakra Mine in the Land of Fire.
• Tsunade handed the elders and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s controlling Cursed Seal to Uchiha Makoto, then revealed that she had escorted them with a Shadow Clone.

In the mine, Sarutobi Hiruzen saw his clan members turn against him and submit to their Uchiha guards, and concluded that the Sarutobi Clan was beyond saving. He decided to use his remaining resources to secure a future for Asuma and Konohamaru, waiting for a chance to meet Tsunade.

• A Sarutobi clansman attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen, who killed him with a shovel before Impure World Reincarnation restored him.
• An Uchiha patrol captain punished Sarutobi Takeo for breaking mine regulations, and Takeo apologized and criticized Sarutobi Hiruzen to earn two points.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched his clansmen flatter the Uchiha and realized the Sarutobi Clan's interests and loyalties had fractured.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided the Sarutobi Clan could not be saved and resolved to spend his remaining resources securing a way out for Asuma and Konohamaru.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen chose to wait in the mine for an opportunity to meet Tsunade.

Obito returned to the Underground Cave after weakening Kirigakure and learned that Orochimaru had defected back to Konoha. When he asked about the Uchiha rebellion, Black Zetsu revealed that the Uchiha had already taken the Hokage position and united Konoha behind them, leaving Obito stunned.

• Obito returned to the Underground Cave and ordered the White Zetsu to summon Black Zetsu.
• A White Zetsu told Obito that Black Zetsu was searching for Orochimaru with Nagato, so Obito demanded his immediate return.
• Black Zetsu reported that Orochimaru had defected from Akatsuki and rejoined Konoha.
• Obito dismissed Orochimaru's defection and said he intended to destroy the Uchiha before they could awaken more Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu told Obito that the Uchiha had successfully rebelled, taken the Hokage position, and brought Konoha's shinobi clans and commoners under their control.
• Obito was stunned to hear that the Uchiha had firmly secured power and made Konoha difficult to attack.

Obito and Black Zetsu learned that the Uchiha had left Konoha peacefully and established New Konoha, thwarting their plan to exploit a rebellion. Black Zetsu asked Obito whether they should still target the Uchiha or have Nagato act against the newly united Konoha.

• Obito summoned Spiral White Zetsu and demanded to know why he had not reported the Uchiha rebellion.
• Spiral White Zetsu explained that the Uchiha had left Old Konoha peacefully and founded New Konoha with other Shinobi Clans.
• Spiral White Zetsu said more people joined New Konoha until Old Konoha became empty and its higher-ups surrendered.
• Black Zetsu realized Spiral White Zetsu had followed Obito's order literally and failed to understand the political changes.
• Black Zetsu asked Obito whether they should keep targeting the Uchiha or have Nagato make a move.

Black Zetsu weighed whether Nagato should attack Konoha while it was still weakened, then learned from Obito and Spiral White Zetsu how Uchiha Jin had risen from an unremarkable classmate to Konoha’s ruler. Black Zetsu concluded that Jin’s strength and careful planning made him a serious threat, and wondered what to do next.

• Black Zetsu worried that Nagato’s frail body and the danger of exposing the Rinnegan made attacking Konoha risky, but feared Konoha would recover if they waited.
• Obito recognized Uchiha Jin’s name and said they had been classmates, describing Jin as withdrawn and utterly ordinary during their youth.
• Spiral White Zetsu recounted Jin’s wartime survival, his preparations to escape Konoha, and how Danzo’s capture of Jin’s parents led him to awaken the Mangekyo.
• Spiral White Zetsu explained that Jin joined the Radical Faction, subdued the Uchiha and other clans, and established New Konoha, which annexed Old Konoha.
• Black Zetsu blamed Danzo for provoking Jin and worried that Jin’s power and schemes would make him difficult to defeat.

Black Zetsu worried that Uchiha Jin’s cautious, calculating nature made him difficult to deal with, while Obito decided to delay Akatsuki’s plans and travel to Konoha to target him. Black Zetsu then went to meet Nagato, who immediately asked whether Orochimaru had been found.

• Black Zetsu reflected on Uchiha Jin’s patience and careful plotting, recognizing a resemblance to his own long-term scheming.
• Obito rejected sending Nagato into action, arguing that Akatsuki should wait until the Six-Tails revived and they had captured most of the Tailed Beasts.
• Obito told Black Zetsu to recruit promising candidates through Nagato and protect Kisame Hoshigaki, whom Obito said secretly served him.
• Obito entered the Kamui Dimension and headed for Konoha to test whether he could kill Uchiha Jin or cause trouble there.
• Black Zetsu appeared at Nagato’s secret chamber in the Land of Rain, where Nagato asked him whether he had found Orochimaru.

Pain learned that Orochimaru had rejoined Konoha and might reveal Akatsuki’s Tailed Beast Weapon Plan, so he decided to advance Akatsuki’s plans and relocate its base. Meanwhile, Uchiha Jin continued training and studying the Small Pagoda, unaware of Akatsuki’s decision.

• Black Zetsu told Pain and Konan that Orochimaru had rejoined Konoha and explained the changes in the village.
• Pain proposed declaring war on Konoha to kill Orochimaru, arguing that he might expose Akatsuki’s plans.
• Konan and Black Zetsu warned Pain that Akatsuki was unprepared and would risk drawing the Five Great Shinobi Nations’ attention.
• Pain decided to collect as many Tailed Beasts as possible before Konoha could alert the other nations, then move Akatsuki’s base and hide again.
• Black Zetsu agreed to search for a new base, while Pain told Konan to prepare for a meeting.
• Uchiha Jin continued training and studying the Small Pagoda at home, unaware that Akatsuki had changed its plans.

As New Konoha prospered and Old Konoha was restored, Senju Tobirama worked to rebuild the Senju Clan by gathering its scattered members. He left the Daimyo’s Mansion with nearly four hundred recruits, believing the nobles had rejected his warning about Uchiha Jin’s plans and would eventually face ruin.

• Senju Hashirama restored Old Konoha in three days, while he, Uzumaki Mito, Uzumaki Kushina, and Hatake Sakumo chose to stay temporarily with their families.
• Senju Tobirama investigated Konoha and found a few dozen Senju Clan members who had integrated into the village.
• Senju Tobirama went to the Daimyo’s Mansion and ordered the Senju-descended noble families to send half their children to Konoha.
• The nobles sent nearly four hundred people with Senju Tobirama, including about one hundred and fifty adults and nearly three hundred children under ten.
• Senju Tobirama privately scorned the nobles for misunderstanding his warning that Uchiha Jin would eventually move against the daimyo and the old noble order.

Senju Tobirama brought former Senju clan members away from the Daimyo's Mansion, warning them that the Senju-Daimyo deal had collapsed and that the relatives who stayed behind were as good as dead. Two days later, Tsunade welcomed the newcomers into the Senju Clan compound and asked Tobirama why he had brought them back.

• Senju Tobirama reflected that the daimyo had once endorsed a portion of the Senju Clan as nobles in exchange for a marriage alliance, but Sarutobi Hiruzen's rise and the Senju Clan's destruction ruined their agreement.
• Senju Tobirama told the Senju members he had rescued that they had changed identities, must obey clan rules, and should consider those still in the Daimyo's Mansion dead.
• Senju Tobirama led the rescued group toward New Konoha, taking two days to bring the ordinary people there.
• Tsunade instructed Koji, Shinya, and Yuichi to house the newcomers and have them begin training at the Clan Academy the next day.
• Tsunade brought Senju Tobirama into the Council Hall and asked whether rescuing the clan members had truly been necessary.

Senju Tobirama warned Tsunade that she could not save Senju clansmen from Uchiha Jin’s planned purge of the nobles without creating political problems and leaving them powerless in the coming Ninja Era. Tsunade agreed but revealed that Uchiha Jin intended to eliminate the Daimyo and nobles of all Five Great Shinobi Nations at once, leaving Tobirama stunned.

• Senju Tobirama confronted Tsunade for overlooking Uchiha Jin’s plans against the Daimyo and nobles.
• Tsunade said she already knew and believed she could save the Senju clansmen by letting them live as ordinary people.
• Senju Tobirama explained that granting exceptions would undermine Uchiha Jin’s rule and that the surviving Senju would lack power in the coming Ninja Era.
• Tsunade admitted she had not considered those consequences and said Uchiha Jin planned to target the nobles of all Five Great Shinobi Nations at once.
• Senju Tobirama realized that attacking all five nations simultaneously could prevent other villages from identifying Konoha as the culprit.

Tsunade questioned whether Uchiha Jin’s radical plan was worth restarting war, but Senju Tobirama revealed that he and Hashirama had once planned to eliminate the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and nobles. He explained that Uchiha Jin’s plan resembled their abandoned scheme, while the Senju’s later Integration Plan had been undermined by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

• Tsunade told Senju Tobirama she opposed Uchiha Jin’s plan because she wanted people to live peacefully.
• Senju Tobirama called Tsunade foolish and admitted that he and Hashirama had considered wiping out the Land of Fire’s Daimyo and nobles when Konoha was founded.
• Senju Tobirama explained that they abandoned the plan because Konoha was a fragile alliance, lacked the ability to govern the Land of Fire, and risked uniting the Shinobi World against it.
• Senju Tobirama said he later enacted the Integration Plan to secure the Senju Clan’s future, including splitting its core elites between Konoha and the Land of Fire.
• Senju Tobirama blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen for ruining the plan and said Uchiha Jin’s proposal matched the strategy he and Hashirama had once considered.

Senju Tobirama explained his past political plans and his reasons for suppressing the Uchiha, shocking Tsunade with his cold calculations. He left her understanding that he had sought to control the Uchiha, not destroy them, and that he blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s poor judgment for the clan’s rise in power.

• Senju Tobirama admitted he had intended Sarutobi Hiruzen to serve as a puppet Hokage and said his plan failed after Kinkaku and Ginkaku killed him before Nawaki could grow up.
• Senju Tobirama told Tsunade he had suppressed the Uchiha because they were the only clan capable of challenging the Senju’s power.
• Tsunade realized that Tobirama’s policy had been driven by the Senju Clan’s interests rather than hostility toward the Uchiha’s alleged extremism.
• Senju Tobirama clarified that he had never intended to exterminate the Uchiha and argued that extreme pressure only pushed them to produce more powerful shinobi.
• Senju Tobirama blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen and his peers for failing to understand the Uchiha and said the Sarutobi Clan lacked the inherited strengths needed to rule Konoha for generations.

Senju Tobirama tried to prepare Tsunade to lead the Senju Clan through Konoha’s future power struggles, but she resisted his lessons. Tsunade finally proposed using Impure World Reincarnation to bring him back if she needed help.

• Senju Tobirama began teaching Tsunade about political schemes and leadership, believing she was the Senju Clan’s only hope.
• Tsunade argued that Uchiha Jin had made Konoha prosperous and that the Senju should live quietly rather than plot for power.
• Senju Tobirama warned that Uchiha Jin’s rise and a future unification of the Shinobi World would intensify internal competition for influence.
• Tsunade acknowledged that her Second Grandpa had a point and reconsidered her duty to the Senju Clan.
• Tsunade suggested that if she could not manage future struggles, she would use Impure World Reincarnation to bring Senju Tobirama back.

Tsunade persuaded Senju Tobirama to handle the trouble caused by his Impure World Reincarnation, while Senju Hashirama announced that Old Konoha had been restored and would open to visitors. A sudden disturbance at the Uchiha Compound sent the family rushing there, as Uchiha Jin faced the unexpected arrival of the Spiral Masked Man.

• Tsunade got Senju Tobirama to agree to deal with the mess he had caused with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Senju Hashirama told Tsunade, Senju Tobirama, and Uzumaki Mito that he had restored Old Konoha and that it would open to visitors the next day.
• Senju Tobirama sensed a cold Chakra presence and saw a massive black Susanoo near the Uchiha Compound.
• Tsunade, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, and Uzumaki Mito hurried toward the Uchiha Compound, where they met Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi on the way.
• Uchiha Jin noticed spatial fluctuations at the training ground and saw the Spiral Masked Man appear before him.

Uchiha Jin confronted Obito, exposed that he knew Obito's identity and his history with Uchiha Madara, and explained that he had hidden his strength since childhood. Jin blamed Obito for Nohara Rin's death and declared that he would avenge her.

• Obito recognized Uchiha Jin as the Hokage and grew resentful that Nohara Rin had died while Jin had risen to power.
• Jin cut off Obito's Uchiha Madara act, identified him as Obito, and criticized him for waiting too long to interfere with Konoha.
• Obito recoiled in shock and demanded to know how Jin had learned his identity.
• Jin revealed that he had awakened the Sharingan at age eight and deliberately acted like a nobody to avoid becoming a target.
• Jin said he had avoided getting close to Nohara Rin because he knew Uchiha Madara had planned for her death to awaken Obito's Mangekyo.
• Jin declared that he would avenge Nohara Rin and threatened Obito.

Uchiha Jin provoked Obito by condemning him for Nohara Rin’s death, but Shisui and the others interrupted Jin’s chance to strike as Obito evaded their attacks with Kamui. When Obito tried to escape, Jin reanimated Rin to enrage him, and Obito charged at Jin in fury.

• Uchiha Jin used Nohara Rin’s death to provoke Obito and waited for him to expose an opening.
• Obito emerged from Kamui and attacked Jin, but Shisui intervened, and Fugaku and Itachi joined the fight.
• Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension and withstood attacks from Shisui, Fugaku, Senju Hashirama, Tobirama, Hatake Sakumo, and the others.
• As Obito prepared to leave, Uchiha Jin captured a nearby White Zetsu and used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Nohara Rin.
• Obito became enraged at seeing Rin’s reanimated body and charged Uchiha Jin, who revealed his Mangekyo.

Uchiha Jin explained to Nohara Rin and the others that Obito was behind Nine-Tails Night and had been manipulated by Uchiha Madara. After Jin warned that Obito could revive through Izanagi, Obito reappeared before them.

• Uchiha Jin used Susanoo to destroy Obito's body, but remained wary that Obito could use Izanagi.
• Nohara Rin and Kakashi reunited after Jin summoned Rin through Impure World Reincarnation, and Rin asked why Jin had brought her back.
• Uchiha Jin revealed that Obito was the Masked Man behind Nine-Tails Night and said Rin was Obito's only weakness.
• Nohara Rin and Kakashi rejected Jin's claim, while Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama questioned how Uchiha Madara could have survived.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Madara used Izanagi to survive his fight with Hashirama and manipulated Obito by arranging Rin's death.
• Uchiha Jin warned everyone that Obito might revive, and five minutes later Obito reappeared as the air twisted.

Obito revealed himself after Nohara Rin and Kakashi confronted him, but he refused to abandon his plan to create a new world. Uchiha Jin learned the limits of Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami and asked Kakashi to use Kamui to help him capture Obito.

• Uchiha Jin taunted Obito to leave the Kamui Dimension, but Obito stayed hidden because he feared Jin’s Mangekyo.
• Nohara Rin and Kakashi asked Obito to come out and explain himself, prompting him to remove his mask.
• Obito blamed Kakashi and Minato for Rin’s fate and insisted he would create a new world with Rin in it, despite their attempts to persuade him.
• Senju Hashirama tried to speak with Obito, but Obito angrily told him to shut up, frustrating Hashirama and Senju Tobirama.
• Uchiha Jin asked Shisui why he had not used Kotoamatsukami, and Shisui explained that it could not permanently control Obito.
• Uchiha Jin asked Kakashi whether he could use Kamui to create an opening so Jin could capture Obito without killing him.