Chapter Summaries

Shisui and the Uchiha slaughtered more than two hundred Root members after Root attacked the compound, and Shisui won the clan’s trust. As Sarutobi Hiruzen’s arrival approached, Fugaku stepped down and nominated Shisui as clan head, while Setsuna publicly backed him and explained why the Radical Faction believed Konoha had targeted the Uchiha.

• Shisui and the Uchiha killed more than two hundred Root members trapped inside the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• The Uchiha clansmen voiced their support for Shisui, who worried about confronting Konoha’s leaders without being the clan’s representative.
• Fugaku admitted he could not lead the clan and stepped down, nominating Shisui as his successor.
• Uchiha Tenno and Uchiha Setsuna supported Shisui, surprising the clan with Setsuna’s endorsement.
• Setsuna argued that Konoha had steadily ostracized and purged the Uchiha, and said he supported Shisui’s resistance because he understood the danger.

Shisui became the Uchiha Clan Head and united the clan as Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived with Konoha’s forces. He threatened to make the Uchiha’s extermination a war that would destroy Konoha, then demanded to know whether Hiruzen would fight.

• Fugaku and the Uchiha factions supported Shisui as Clan Head, and Shisui demanded that the clan obey his orders in public.
• The Uchiha factions pledged their support, giving Shisui control of the clan.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at the Uchiha Compound with Anbu, Root remnants, Danzo, and other clan leaders, and found Shisui alive and standing as Clan Head.
• Shisui announced his appointment and demanded the return of the Uchiha’s original Clan Compound.
• Shisui warned that Itachi and the Radical Faction were ready to attack the Sarutobi Clan and other clans if fighting began, and vowed the Uchiha would bring Konoha down with them.
• Shisui asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether they were going to war.

Shisui confronted Konoha’s leaders and demanded that the Uchiha receive their original clan grounds, warning that refusing would mean war. His accusations against Sarutobi Hiruzen left Kakashi questioning the village’s past, while Hiruzen’s hopes of using Might Guy were thwarted when Kakashi pulled him back.

• Shisui’s ultimatum united the Uchiha and prompted the other clans to urge Hiruzen to avoid civil war.
• Shisui accused Hiruzen and Danzo of targeting powerful people, including the Senju, Uzumaki, Hatake Sakumo, and Namikaze Minato.
• Shisui demanded the Uchiha’s original clan grounds and threatened to take the Sarutobi Clan down if war broke out.
• Kakashi reconsidered what he had believed about his father and teacher after hearing Shisui’s accusations.
• Hiruzen looked to Might Guy to intervene, but Kakashi dragged Guy back before he could speak.

Shisui forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to let the Uchiha reclaim their original Clan Compound, while insisting Itachi’s squad remain detained until the move was complete. After the Uchiha prepared for a possible Root attack, Kakashi came to see Shisui, just as space began twisting beside them.

• Shisui demanded that the Uchiha gain leverage over the Konoha Higher-ups or face them in a war, and the other Shinobi Clan heads urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to compromise.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to clear the Uchiha’s original Clan Compound for their return, but Shisui refused to release Itachi’s squad until the move was finished.
• Danzo angrily left with Root after Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered him to shut up, while Shisui decided to wait for reinforcements before dealing with Danzo.
• Shisui ordered the Uchiha to guard against a Root attack and keep watch around Naka Shrine overnight.
• Kakashi emerged from the shadows to speak with Shisui, and the space beside Shisui began to twist.

Shisui’s allies Kakashi, Minato, and Orochimaru arrived from a parallel world, overwhelming the local Kakashi with their appearance and strength. After Shisui explained his mission to prevent the Uchiha Clan’s extermination, the group decided to strike Danzo and Root that night.

• Kakashi Number 1 disarmed Kakashi Number 2 and told him to stop moping and train.
• Minato and Orochimaru stepped through the vortex, and Shisui welcomed all three newcomers.
• Shisui led the group to his home and explained his actions and mission to change the Uchiha Clan’s extermination and reform the world.
• Minato and Orochimaru urged Shisui to act aggressively and eliminate Danzo and Root to recover Shisui’s eye and weaken Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Minato agreed to move that night, and the group planned for Itachi to leave a Shadow Clone at the Sarutobi Clan Compound.

Kakashi Number 1 showed Kakashi Number 2 proof that Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen had driven Hatake Sakumo to suicide, and explained why Sakumo’s power threatened them. Kakashi Number 2 chose to join the operation against Root, where Orochimaru planned to kill Danzo’s loyalists and spare those who surrendered.

• Kakashi Number 1 gave Kakashi Number 2 a Root scroll documenting how Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen had manipulated events to force Hatake Sakumo into suicide.
• Kakashi Number 1 explained that Hatake Sakumo’s offices, influence, and Hokage half-sleeve had made him a potential threat to Sarutobi Hiruzen’s power.
• Kakashi Number 2 read the scroll, grew furious, and began to understand why Kakashi Number 1 had helped the Uchiha.
• Kakashi Number 2 asked to join the night operation against Root, and Orochimaru accepted him.
• Orochimaru said Root would be purged quickly, with surrendering members spared and Danzo’s loyalists killed.

Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, and Kakashi agreed to stabilize Konoha and secretly recalled Itachi to help attack Root. Itachi agreed to the plan after Minato explained their reasons for aiding the Uchiha and warned him that both worlds faced the same future enemy.

• Namikaze Minato agreed with Orochimaru’s plan to secretly call Itachi back and act quickly, while Shisui sent a message through his crow.
• Itachi received Shisui’s message, left a Shadow Clone with the Uchiha Radical Faction, and secretly returned to Shisui’s home.
• Itachi met Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, Kakashi, and Shisui, then agreed to their plan to attack Root.
• Itachi asked why Orochimaru and Minato were helping the Uchiha, and Minato explained that missions could earn resurrection points and that the worlds shared a powerful future enemy.

Itachi asked Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato to assess his plan to exterminate the Uchiha, and both condemned his judgment and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s manipulation. Minato offered to take Itachi as his disciple and teach him to see the world clearly and mature.

• Itachi accepted Minato’s orders, then asked Minato and Orochimaru for an impartial assessment of his plan to wipe out the Uchiha for the village’s peace.
• Orochimaru called Itachi foolish and extreme, saying Sarutobi Hiruzen had brainwashed him and that his willingness to sacrifice a clan showed how dangerous his thinking was.
• Minato said Itachi’s actions were wrong from a Hokage’s perspective and warned that Hiruzen would fear and distance himself from Itachi after using him as a weapon.
• Itachi accepted their criticisms as valid and realized he had been manipulated, as their judgments shattered his worldview.
• Minato offered to make Itachi his disciple and teach him how to understand the world and grow into a sound-minded person.

Namikaze Minato took Itachi as his student and revealed that the Sage of Six Paths would threaten their world. The group prepared to attack Root and decided to seek Fugaku’s help, while Kakashi Number 2 vowed to find Obito and bring him back to Konoha.

• Namikaze Minato promised to teach Itachi and said he would revive this world's Namikaze Minato, Senju Hashirama, and Tobirama.
• Shisui suggested recruiting Fugaku for the attack on Root and explained that Fugaku's Mangekyo Dojutsu had nearly killed Obito.
• Kakashi Number 1 told Kakashi Number 2 how Madara manipulated Obito into witnessing Nohara Rin's death.
• Kakashi Number 2 vowed to find Obito and bring him back, and Kakashi Number 1 agreed to help.
• Orochimaru proposed finding Fugaku, and Minato told Shisui to contact him.

Fugaku joined Orochimaru and Minato’s team, and they stormed Root to confront Danzo. They defeated Root’s guards and captured Danzo, leaving Fugaku with Shisui’s eye and Danzo’s Wood Release arm secured.

• Fugaku arrived after Shisui conveyed the situation through Sharingan Genjutsu and agreed to follow Minato and Orochimaru’s orders.
• Orochimaru led the group to Root’s hidden entrance and opened the barrier he had left unreplaced.
• Minato killed Root’s attackers with Flying Thunder God, and the group reached Root’s core without being stopped.
• Danzo tried to stall for time, signaled Yamanaka Fu and Torune, and prepared Izanagi, but Orochimaru ordered the team to attack.
• Minato killed Yamanaka Fu and Torune, Itachi burned away Torune’s Nano Venomous Insects, and the two Kakashis and Shisui cleared the remaining Root shinobi.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyo to slow Danzo’s movements, took Shisui’s eye, severed Danzo’s Wood Release arm, and crushed Danzo’s throat.

Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, Fugaku, and their allies killed Danzo, looted Root, and rescued children before Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived with the other clans. The Uchiha and Kakashi Number 1 departed, leaving Orochimaru, Minato, and Kakashi to face Hiruzen and the Anbu.

• Danzo revived with Izanagi, but Namikaze Minato killed him before he could use it again, and Orochimaru sealed his body.
• Orochimaru ordered the team to seize Root's records, supplies, and research, while Shisui sought children at the recruit training camp.
• The team split up, killed Root Ninja who resisted, and gathered scrolls and other valuable items, which Itachi sent to the Ninja Cat Clan.
• Namikaze Minato sensed Sarutobi Hiruzen approaching, so Orochimaru sent Fugaku, Itachi, Shisui, and Kakashi Number 1 away with the children.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at Root with Anbu and the other clans, then recognized Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, and Kakashi as the people responsible.

Namikaze Minato confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over Naruto’s mistreatment and the disappearance of his family’s assets, then prepared to fight him. Konoha’s shinobi clans declared neutrality, leaving the conflict poised to begin.

• Orochimaru told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Namikaze Minato and Kakashi had joined the operation willingly.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accused Namikaze Minato of making a grave mistake and claimed he would kill him to protect his reputation.
• Namikaze Minato accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of neglecting Naruto, favoring Konohamaru, embezzling his family’s assets, and empowering Danzo and Root.
• Namikaze Minato told Konoha’s shinobi not to join the battle and summoned Flying Thunder God Kunai to prepare to fight Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Nara Shikaku declared that Ino-Shika-Cho would remain neutral, and the Aburame, Inuzuka, and Hyuga clans followed suit.

Namikaze Minato’s appeal led most shinobi clans, civilian ninja, and Anbu to declare neutrality, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen with little support. Hiruzen relinquished the Hokage position and withdrew, leaving Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura facing pressure from Orochimaru and the silent crowd to step down.

• Namikaze Minato called on the shinobi to remain neutral, and most clans, civilian ninja, and Anbu withdrew their support for Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura threatened the neutral shinobi and accused Minato of joining rogue ninja.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen judged that fighting Minato would risk his clan’s future and ordered the two elders to stop threatening the crowd.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that he was relinquishing the Hokage position and would retire to the Sarutobi Clan Compound.
• Orochimaru urged Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to step down voluntarily as the crowd watched them in silence.

After the two Elders resigned, Konoha's clans and shinobi rallied around the returned Namikaze Minato and Orochimaru, agreeing on a plan for the village's leadership. The chapter ended with broad support for Minato to become Hokage, while Orochimaru was proposed as the Fifth Raikage.

• The two Elders resigned and left with their clansmen after Orochimaru confronted them and Sarutobi Hiruzen backed down.
• Konoha's clan leaders gathered around Orochimaru and Minato, judging Orochimaru's crimes to have been part of Danzo's and Hiruzen's schemes.
• Nara Shikaku proposed that Minato take office first and that Orochimaru later become the Fifth Raikage, with Root records used to shift blame to Danzo.
• The Akimichi, Yamanaka, Aburame, and other clans declared their support for the plan.
• Commoner Jonin and some Anbu also agreed to Minato becoming Hokage after Hiruzen retired.

Namikaze Minato reluctantly accepted the Hokage position, then convened Konoha’s leaders to announce major changes. He left the meeting with Uzumaki Naruto after ordering the Uchiha’s restrictions lifted and Naruto’s identity publicly recognized.

• Namikaze Minato declined to take the Hokage position permanently but agreed to serve until a Fifth Raikage could be selected, and he asked the others to bring Tsunade back and stabilize Konoha.
• Namikaze Minato ordered the Uchiha and his son brought to the Hokage Building, while Yamanaka Inoichi went to notify the Uchiha and the clan and department leaders assembled for a meeting.
• An Anbu brought Uzumaki Naruto into the meeting, and Namikaze Minato recognized the child as his son and Kushina’s.
• Namikaze Minato announced that he had assumed the Hokage position, rescinded all policies targeting the Uchiha, and ordered Konoha to publicly identify Naruto as his child rather than the Nine-Tails Demon Fox.
• Namikaze Minato warned that anyone who bullied Naruto would face the maximum punishment, then adjourned the meeting and left with Naruto.

Namikaze Minato took Naruto to his and Kushina’s old home, confirmed that he was Naruto’s father, and brought him into the seal to see the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails ignored Naruto and fixed its gaze on Minato.

• Konoha accepted Minato’s return as Hokage, while villagers reacted to Naruto’s parentage by treating him with more respect but showing little regret for their past bullying.
• Minato took Naruto to the house he had shared with Kushina and discovered that Sarutobi Hiruzen had emptied their money, scrolls, and property records.
• Naruto asked whether Minato was truly his father, and Minato told him that Kushina was his mother and pointed out her photograph.
• Naruto punched Minato, then clung to him and cried about the suffering he had endured after being left behind.
• Minato asked Naruto whether he wanted to see the Nine-Tails, then activated the Eight Trigrams Seal and brought him into the sealed spiritual world.
• Naruto excitedly greeted the Nine-Tails beside its iron cage, but the Nine-Tails stared at Minato and called his name.

Namikaze Minato 1 met his counterpart, Namikaze Minato 2, and shared memories of the other world’s events and his plans for revival. Namikaze Minato 2 agreed to take over as Hokage and help arrange his and Kushina’s revival while caring for Naruto.

• Namikaze Minato 1 tore open the seal on the Nine-Tails’ gate, but Namikaze Minato 2 appeared and blocked him.
• The two Minatos bumped fists, allowing Namikaze Minato 2 to see Namikaze Minato 1’s memories of the other world and his recent actions in this one.
• Namikaze Minato 1 explained that he planned to use Impure World Reincarnation on Namikaze Minato 2 and Kushina, then leave this world after completing his mission.
• Namikaze Minato 1 asked Namikaze Minato 2 to handle the Hokage duties and guide Naruto, while making plans for their revival.
• Namikaze Minato 2 agreed to take over and said he would rely on Namikaze Minato 1 to arrange his revival.

Namikaze Minato returned Naruto to bed after meeting his counterpart in the Nine-Tails' sealing space, while Fugaku advised Shisui to keep his otherworldly identity secret until they could consult Minato and Orochimaru. Orochimaru left Konoha to find his counterpart, leaving the new Hokage's allies to consider their next steps.

• Namikaze Minato ignored the Nine-Tails' angry shouts, left the sealing space with Naruto, and told him to enjoy his childhood while training under his father.
• Namikaze Minato settled Naruto into bed and went to sleep.
• Fugaku explained to Shisui that revealing his identity could destabilize the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, and warned him to learn Uchiha Jin's motives before acting.
• Shisui agreed to serve as Clan Head for now and to discuss the situation with Minato and Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru used Root's files and his knowledge of himself to locate his counterpart, then left Konoha to seek him out.

Orochimaru 1 met Orochimaru 2 outside Otogakure and shared his solution to the side effects of Living Corpse Reincarnation. After the two exchanged their research, Orochimaru 1 left to handle other tasks and told Orochimaru 2 that Danzo was dead and Minato now led Konoha.

• Orochimaru 2 attacked Orochimaru 1 with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but Orochimaru 1 escaped using Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique.
• Orochimaru 1 explained that cloning a compatible body and using Living Corpse Reincarnation could resolve the technique’s side effects, then gave Orochimaru 2 a scroll on Cloning Technology.
• Orochimaru 2 led Orochimaru 1 to his laboratory, where they shared their research projects with each other.
• Orochimaru 1 said he had other tasks in the world and told Orochimaru 2 to find him in Konoha if needed.
• Orochimaru 1 revealed that he had killed Danzo and that Minato had taken charge of Konoha.

Orochimaru 1 told Orochimaru 2 about Uchiha Jin’s plans and his belief that Jin sought to rule the Shinobi World and gain Fortune. Orochimaru 2 prepared to travel to Konoha with the reincarnated First and Second Hokage, while Sarutobi Hiruzen secretly met with Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to plot a way to keep power.

• Orochimaru 1 explained Uchiha Jin’s rise and speculated that Jin wanted to rule the Shinobi World to gain Fortune.
• Orochimaru 2 agreed to join Orochimaru 1’s return to Konoha and warned that Sarutobi Hiruzen might use Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru 2 summoned Kabuto Yakushi and reincarnated Senju Hashirama and Tobirama before setting out for Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen met Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura at the Sarutobi Clan Compound after the Uchiha crisis and Danzo’s death forced him to step down.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to find a way to prevent Minato from taking the Hokage Position.