Chapter Summaries

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura weighed their chances against Namikaze Minato and chose to fight for power rather than retreat. They began coordinating with the daimyo, Jiraiya, their supporters, and the former Hokage, leaving their gamble underway.

• Mitokado Homura warned Utatane Koharu that Minato had the support of Konoha's shinobi clans, including the Uchiha, and could not be undermined by the four allied clans and commoners alone.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed seeking the daimyo's support, bringing Jiraiya back to persuade Minato, and reanimating the First and Second Hokage to confront him.
• Hiruzen warned Koharu and Homura that opposing Minato could lead to their deaths and the destruction of their clans, especially if the Uchiha joined the conflict.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed to gamble for power alongside Hiruzen.
• Hiruzen ordered Koharu to leave for the daimyo's residence, Homura to contact Jiraiya and gather their people, and began preparing to reanimate the former Hokage.

After learning that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Elders were acting against him, Namikaze Minato summoned Konoha’s clan leaders and allies to his house. He declared that a swift fight was unavoidable, and the gathered clans pledged their support.

• Anbu reported that Sarutobi Hiruzen and the two Elders had begun separate moves, including Utatane Koharu leaving Konoha and Mitokado Homura taking Jiraiya’s Emergency Contact Scroll.
• Namikaze Minato decided to confront Sarutobi Hiruzen despite his reluctance to involve Jiraiya, and ordered Kakashi Number 2 to summon his allies for a midnight meeting.
• Kakashi Number 2 explained the situation to the assembled leaders at Minato's House, and Minato said they had to end the coming conflict quickly.
• The Uchiha Clan, Ino-Shika-Cho, the Hyuga Clan, the Aburame clan, and the Inuzuka Clan pledged to follow Minato's command.

Namikaze Minato ordered a swift strike against Sarutobi Hiruzen and the former Konoha leaders, rallying the shinobi clans and the Uchiha to his side. He led the assembled Uchiha to the Sarutobi Clan Compound, where they were challenged at the entrance.

• Namikaze Minato ordered Fugaku to kill Utatane Koharu, Shisui and Kakashi to accompany him against Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Nara Shikaku to target Mitokado Homura and watch the three clans.
• Nara Shikaku, Fugaku, Aburame Shibi, and the other clan leaders accepted Minato's orders and left to carry them out.
• Minato told Shisui to gather the Uchiha, and Orochimaru 1 and Orochimaru 2 joined the operation.
• Shisui assembled the Uchiha, and Itachi joined after Minato's judgment convinced him that Sarutobi Hiruzen had deceived him.
• Minato led the Uchiha to the Sarutobi Clan Compound, where guards ordered them to stop.

Namikaze Minato led a swift assault on Sarutobi Hiruzen’s compound, killing the guards who resisted and explaining that he intended to eliminate the former Hokage before his allies could gather. Sarutobi Hiruzen accepted that battle was unavoidable and began using Impure World Reincarnation.

• Namikaze Minato killed three Sarutobi guard squads and ordered his forces to kill anyone who obstructed them.
• Namikaze Minato led a small team to Sarutobi Hiruzen’s residence while Orochimaru 1 and Shisui surrounded the Sarutobi Clan Compound with the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Namikaze Minato smashed through the courtyard gate and killed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s loyal guards after they refused to stand aside.
• Namikaze Minato told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he was acting before Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Jiraiya could assemble support against him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned two Sarutobi clansmen, used Hashirama Cells and Tobirama’s body tissue, and began the Impure World Reincarnation.

Orochimaru reanimated Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama before Sarutobi Hiruzen could use them, leaving the former Hokage to learn why Namikaze Minato had turned against Hiruzen. Minato explained Hiruzen’s alleged abuses and the measures he had taken to prevent a civil war, as Tobirama demanded answers.

• Orochimaru interrupted Hiruzen’s attempt to reanimate Hashirama and Tobirama, then summoned both brothers using White Zetsu sacrifices.
• Hashirama recognized Hiruzen as Monkey, while Tobirama examined the scene and asked Minato who was present and what had happened.
• Minato introduced himself and the others, then Tobirama questioned why the Fourth Hokage stood armed against Hiruzen.
• Minato recounted Hiruzen’s actions, including the destruction of the Senju and Uzumaki clans, the deaths and suffering of several Konoha shinobi, and plans targeting the Uchiha.
• Minato said he had killed Danzo and initially offered the other leaders a chance to relinquish power, but acted after they began preparing for rebellion.
• Minato described his orders to the clans and Fugaku to contain the rival factions and kill Koharu, while his own group confronted Hiruzen.

Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama refused to join the reckoning against Sarutobi Hiruzen, leaving him to face the others. Before the battle could begin, Uchiha Itachi trapped Sarutobi Hiruzen in Tsukuyomi and left him incapacitated.

• Senju Tobirama agreed not to take part in the reckoning as long as Konoha remained stable, and Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama stepped aside to watch.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma and prepared to fight, while Enma warned that they could not defeat their enemies but transformed into the Adamantine Staff anyway.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyo and was caught in Tsukuyomi before the fight began.
• Uchiha Itachi tortured Sarutobi Hiruzen repeatedly inside Tsukuyomi, where seventy-two hours passed in a single second outside.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen collapsed when he returned to reality, leaving Enma bewildered, while Senju Tobirama recognized the Mangekyo technique.

Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Itachi killed Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Minato ordered the Sarutobi, Utatane, Mitokado, and Shimura clans confined while Konoha dealt with the aftermath. Minato persuaded Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama to remain and help shape the village’s future, including the Senju Clan’s revival.

• Uchiha Itachi caught Sarutobi Hiruzen off guard with Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu, and Namikaze Minato finished him with a Rasengan.
• Namikaze Minato ordered the Sarutobi, Utatane, Mitokado, and Shimura clan grounds locked down, threatening to kill anyone who disobeyed.
• Enma ended the Summoning Technique and returned to his clan, while Namikaze Minato sent Anbu to relay his orders and headed for the Hokage Building.
• Senju Tobirama criticized Sarutobi Hiruzen’s weakness and questioned how he had held power, while Senju Hashirama mourned what had happened to the Senju Clan and asked to return to the Pure Land.
• Namikaze Minato asked Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama to stay, help legitimize the judgment of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and support the village’s future and the Senju Clan’s return.

Namikaze Minato urged Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama to remain in Konoha and explained that future threats required powerful shinobi. He revealed the Otsutsuki origins of the Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuga clans and warned that the Sage of Six Paths controlled the Pure Land and sought to prevent peace.

• Namikaze Minato asked Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama to stay because Konoha lacked enough powerful shinobi.
• Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama questioned Minato's opposition to weakening the shinobi clans, and Minato agreed to explain his reasoning.
• Namikaze Minato told the brothers that the Senju descended from Asura, the Uchiha from Indra, and the Hyuga from Ōtsutsuki Hamura.
• Namikaze Minato revealed that Otsutsuki Hagoromo still lived in the Pure Land, controlled the dead and their chakra, and prevented peace to gather power.
• Namikaze Minato warned that stronger enemies awaited the Shinobi World and said only shinobi at the First Generation's level or higher would be useful in future wars.

Senju Tobirama summoned Sarutobi Hiruzen with Impure World Reincarnation and forced him to reveal his actions as Hokage. Hiruzen confessed that he and Danzo had deliberately weakened the Senju Clan, and began recounting how Senju Nawaki’s death dealt the clan a fatal blow.

• Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama set aside their doubts about Namikaze Minato’s account and followed him to the Hokage Office, where Minato handled village business.
• Senju Tobirama summoned Sarutobi Hiruzen with Impure World Reincarnation and threatened the Sarutobi Clan unless Hiruzen told the truth.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to confess after Senju Hashirama declined to stop Tobirama.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that he had been a transitional Hokage and had schemed with his companions to seize real power.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted that he and Danzo weakened the Senju Clan by sending its members to the front lines, leaking its intelligence, and conducting Hashirama Cells experiments.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said he continued sending the depleted Senju Clan into battle, and that Senju Nawaki’s death delivered the clan’s fatal blow.

Sarutobi Hiruzen explained how fear and political maneuvering shaped his attacks on rival clans, and Senju Tobirama condemned the damage his rule had done to Konoha. Namikaze Minato realized that his death had cost the clans that backed him dearly and decided he would rather return to his own world than remain Hokage.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted that other clans had tolerated his destruction of the Senju because they feared the Senju, and he had used similar fears to target Hatake Sakumo and the Uchiha.
• Senju Tobirama praised Sarutobi Hiruzen's political skill but said his lack of strength had weakened Konoha and left him with no good future.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen silently accepted that his rule had depleted Konoha and that the clans and Ninja who depended on him would not let him relinquish power.
• Namikaze Minato realized that his death had wasted the support and investments of Ino-Shika-Cho and the Aburame clan, helping explain their later resentment toward him.
• Namikaze Minato decided to revive the Namikaze Minato of this world and return to his own world to live with his wife and child instead of continuing as Hokage.

After the major ninja clans helped bring the Sarutobi Four Clans under control, their leaders met in secret to discuss Konoha’s future and whether Namikaze Minato should remain Hokage. Nara Shikaku called for a clan alliance to prevent any future Hokage from weakening them, and Aburame Shibi asked him to plan their next move.

• The major ninja clans overwhelmed and brought the Utatane, Mitokado, and Shimura clans under control.
• Nara Shikaku convened the clan heads in a secluded Tea Room and asked whether they should continue supporting Namikaze Minato or back a different Hokage.
• Shikaku warned that Tsunade and Jiraiya would likely refuse the office, while Kakashi lacked the foundation to unite Konoha.
• The clan heads agreed that they must form a limited alliance to resist any Hokage who tried to weaken their clans.
• Aburame Shibi told Shikaku to devise a plan for the clans’ next steps.

Nara Shikaku gathered Konoha’s clan heads to organize a limited alliance, but none would risk leading a challenge against Namikaze Minato. After Hyuga Hiashi also refused the Hokage position, Shikaku ended the meeting and the clans departed without forming a united front.

• Aburame Shibi supported a limited alliance but insisted that the Nara Clan, which had organized the meeting, should lead it.
• The other clan heads backed Shibi, leaving the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio as the only group that had not stated its position.
• Nara Shikaku tried to persuade Hyuga Hiashi to lead the clans and become the Fifth Hokage, but Hiashi declined.
• Nara Shikaku declared the meeting pointless and left with the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio to report their mission’s completion.
• The Aburame, Hyuga, Inuzuka, and other clans departed, leaving the alliance unformed.

Fugaku led the Uchiha in intercepting Koharu Utatane outside the Daimyo's Mansion and killed her under orders from Namikaze Minato. After the Uchiha defeated her escort, Fugaku returned to Konoha to report the mission's completion.

• Koharu Utatane and her Jonin Squad approached the Daimyo's Mansion, where Fugaku and a group of Uchiha blocked their way.
• Koharu Utatane tried to order Fugaku aside, but he said Namikaze Minato had ordered her death and activated his Mangekyo.
• Fugaku killed Koharu Utatane with a kunai while the Uchiha overwhelmed and killed her escort.
• Fugaku stored Koharu Utatane's corpse, rested with the Uchiha, and led them back to Konoha.
• Fugaku sent the Uchiha to rest and went alone to the Hokage Building to report the mission.

Namikaze Minato explained the aftermath of Konoha’s civil war to the clan heads while keeping his deeper plans private, then dismissed them and postponed judgment on the four clans. Once alone with Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, he revealed that he, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Shisui came from another parallel world.

• Namikaze Minato told the clan heads that Sarutobi Hiruzen had summoned the two Former Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation, and that Senju Tobirama had reincarnated Hiruzen after Minato killed him.
• The clan heads reported their actions, including the deaths of Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu and the lockdown of the Utatane, Mitokado, Shimura, and Sarutobi clans.
• Namikaze Minato ordered the four clans kept under lockdown and said their final judgment would come the next day after he consulted the two Former Hokage.
• After the clan heads left, Senju Tobirama sealed Sarutobi Hiruzen in a coffin and urged Minato to discuss the important matter.
• Namikaze Minato told Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama that he, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Shisui came from another parallel world.

Namikaze Minato told Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama about his world, the Sage of Six Paths, and the threats they faced. The brothers accepted his account and prepared to revive Madara and act against their enemies, while Tobirama began asking about Uchiha Jin’s methods.

• Namikaze Minato warned Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama to avoid the Pure Land, deal with Akatsuki, and consider reviving Madara through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Senju Tobirama angrily rejected the idea of an Uchiha becoming Hokage, but Senju Hashirama recognized that Minato’s knowledge of their secret plans proved his story.
• Senju Hashirama ordered Senju Tobirama to revive Madara, and Tobirama agreed to retrieve Madara’s cells and the Senju Clan’s belongings from Katsuyu.
• Senju Tobirama proposed copying Uchiha Jin’s plan to eliminate the daimyo and nobles simultaneously, then discussed Jin’s methods with Namikaze Minato.
• Senju Hashirama had Katsuyu contact Tsunade and summon her back to Konoha before the three continued planning through the night.

Namikaze Minato held a Trial Assembly in Konoha with Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama beside him, as the village prepared to judge Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other elders. Tsunade arrived and learned that Minato had killed them and that Orochimaru had brought her grandfathers back with Impure World Reincarnation, leaving her choice of sides—and Jiraiya’s possible arrival—uncertain.

• Namikaze Minato opened a Trial Assembly before the Hokage Building, with Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama supporting him as Konoha’s civilians watched.
• Tsunade arrived with Shizune and Piglet, then joined Orochimaru at Senju Tobirama’s direction.
• Tsunade questioned Orochimaru about the reanimated Hokage, Minato’s presence, and the missing Sarutobi Hiruzen and other elders.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Minato had killed Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other three elders, whose clans were surrounded, and that he had reanimated Hashirama and Tobirama.
• Orochimaru explained that the assembly would judge the elders’ actions and determine how to handle their clan, then wondered which side Tsunade and Jiraiya would take.

Namikaze Minato prepared to publicly try Konoha’s former leaders and explain why he had taken power. Jiraiya arrived to stop him, but Minato challenged Jiraiya’s right to interfere in Konoha’s affairs, leaving the crowd questioning where Jiraiya’s loyalties lay.

• Tsunade learned that Minato had taken control of Konoha with Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama’s support, and decided to watch events unfold.
• Minato addressed the gathered crowd, introduced the First and Second Hokage, and explained that Sarutobi Hiruzen’s rule had left Konoha in need of reform.
• Orochimaru summoned the Konoha F4 from four coffins so Minato could publicly expose their actions.
• Jiraiya appeared and ordered Minato to stop, claiming Minato had no right to throw Konoha into chaos.
• Minato asked Jiraiya what authority he had to interfere while wearing Mount Myōboku’s Forehead Protector instead of Konoha’s, making the crowd doubt Jiraiya’s allegiance.

Namikaze Minato refused Jiraiya’s plea to keep Sarutobi Hiruzen’s trial private after Konoha’s clans and leading figures rallied behind the Fourth Hokage. Minato insisted that the trial must expose past abuses and deaths, leaving Jiraiya unable to stop the proceedings.

• Nara Shikaku, Uchiha Fugaku, the other Shinobi Clans, Kakashi, Senju Tobirama, Senju Hashirama, and Orochimaru declared support for Namikaze Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen’s trial.
• Tsunade urged Jiraiya to leave rather than oppose Minato, warning that continued defiance could get him classified as an S-rank Rogue Ninja.
• Jiraiya abandoned his direct challenge and asked Minato to spare his Teacher’s dignity by handling the matter privately.
• Minato refused, saying he needed to take office transparently and that the missing funds, clan persecutions, and deaths of Senju Nawaki, Hatake Sakumo, Dan Katō, and himself required fair judgment.

Namikaze Minato rejected Jiraiya’s plea to go easy on Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others, and the Major ninja clans backed Minato’s firm stance. Tsunade intervened to explain the political consequences to her confused friend, ending by asking what would happen to Konoha if Minato granted Jiraiya’s request.

• Namikaze Minato refused Jiraiya’s request, and the Major ninja clans supported putting Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others on trial.
• Jiraiya struggled to understand Minato’s refusal and compared him to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Tsunade called Jiraiya over and told him he could not stop Minato or the people supporting him.
• Jiraiya sat beside Tsunade and lamented that Minato had changed and would not leave Sarutobi Hiruzen any dignity.
• Tsunade stopped Orochimaru from confronting Jiraiya and asked what Konoha would face if Minato agreed to Jiraiya’s request.

Tsunade and Orochimaru explained why Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo had to face judgment, while Jiraiya struggled to accept Minato’s actions. The chapter left Tsunade and Orochimaru warning that they would oppose Jiraiya if he tried to stop the purge.

• Tsunade told Jiraiya that letting Minato and the others settle matters privately would brand them rebels and destabilize Konoha, so Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others had to face judgment.
• Jiraiya insisted there had to be a way to satisfy both sides, but Tsunade demanded that he offer a solution or stop interfering.
• Tsunade threatened to kill Jiraiya if he kept obstructing Minato, and Orochimaru warned that Konoha’s clans and strong shinobi would oppose him too.
• Jiraiya asked why the clans that had once supported Sarutobi Hiruzen were now against him.
• Orochimaru explained that Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen had enabled Root’s abuses, leaving the clans resentful and ready to support the purge.