Chapter Summaries

Tsunade rejected Jiraiya’s claim that the Uchiha were extreme, arguing that they had endured years of mistreatment and continued to restrain themselves. After Jiraiya left, Tsunade confirmed to Shizune that Dan Katō’s death had been tied to Sarutobi Hiruzen’s rule and his fear of geniuses, leaving Shizune troubled.

• Jiraiya asked Tsunade whether she feared the Uchiha would drag Konoha into war if they took power.
• Tsunade cited the village’s treatment of the Uchiha, including their wartime deployments, blame for the Nine-Tails’ Rampage, and surveillance, as evidence that the Uchiha had shown restraint rather than extremism.
• Tsunade argued that the major ninja clans had joined the Uchiha because they recognized that restraint, and Jiraiya left without an answer.
• Tsunade reflected that the Uchiha resembled the Konoha her grandfathers had envisioned and found drinking tea more satisfying than alcohol.
• Shizune emerged troubled about Dan Katō, and Tsunade confirmed that his death was connected to her and to his genius under Sarutobi Hiruzen’s rule.

Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged for Jiraiya to become the Fifth Hokage, while Uchiha Jin’s faction prepared to reject the appointment and establish New Konoha. After Tsunade challenged Jin’s autocratic meeting, he explained that the faction’s core members had already agreed on the plan without her.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told the disheartened Jiraiya that he would become Fifth Hokage, with the Jonin Council convening the next afternoon and the inauguration planned for the following morning.
• Jiraiya left without refusing, unable to trust Uchiha with the Hokage position and seeing no suitable alternative to himself.
• Uchiha Jin told the gathered clan leaders to skip the Jonin Council, continue spreading rumors, and establish New Konoha when Jiraiya took office.
• Uchiha Jin sent Nara Shikaichi and Uchiha Fugaku to seek the daimyo’s authorization, and Nara Shikaku agreed to accompany them.
• Tsunade accused Uchiha Jin of running a dictatorship, and he told her the faction’s real decision had been made earlier by core members who had not yet considered her qualified to join them.

Uchiha Jin explained his faction’s leadership and decision-making system to Tsunade, then described how laws and concrete support for families could replace coercion and empty appeals to the Will of Fire. Tsunade was convinced by his ideas and looked forward to the village he hoped to build.

• Uchiha Jin told Tsunade she was not qualified to join the Core Leadership, and Tsunade accepted her limited role in the faction.
• Uchiha Jin explained that small matters belonged in large meetings, major matters in small meetings, and urgent matters should be decided without meetings to improve efficiency and guard against spies.
• Tsunade asked whether Uchiha Jin would uphold the Will of Fire, and he said he would promote it without forcing Ninja to sacrifice themselves.
• Uchiha Jin proposed clear mission standards, voluntary acceptance of dangerous missions, and lasting benefits for the families of Ninja who died in service.
• Tsunade praised Uchiha Jin as a born leader and said his ideas had convinced her.

Uchiha Jin assigned Tsunade to draft New Konoha’s ninja welfare policies and laws, giving her an outline and clan manpower. Tsunade and the recruited clan members completed the standards in three days, with Tsunade offering to seek funding from the Land of Fire’s Daimyo.

• Uchiha Jin asked Tsunade to draft New Konoha’s welfare policies and laws, promising manpower from the major ninja clans and an outline to guide her.
• Tsunade accepted the task, and Uchiha Jin arranged a temporary office and recruited clan members to assist her.
• Tsunade showed the outline to the recruited ninjas, and Nara Shiosui warned that its benefits and systems would be costly but could greatly strengthen New Konoha’s cohesion.
• Tsunade assured the group she could seek funds from her uncle, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and the ninjas began drafting the policies and laws.
• Tsunade and the clan members finalized the standards in three days.

Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to secure Jiraiya’s succession by arranging new Jonin appointments and Anbu support, while persuading Jiraiya that the Uchiha were a threat. At the Jonin Council, the Uchiha and other major clans failed to appear, leaving Hiruzen’s plan without their participation and Hyuga Hiashi conspicuously uncomfortable.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen used the daimyo’s authorization to prepare for the Jonin Council, ordering Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to settle newly promoted Jonin and arranging for Root to place Anbu power at his disposal.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Jiraiya that he would shoulder the village’s dirty work and leave him a clean village, and Jiraiya vowed to protect Konoha and oppose the Uchiha.
• At two o’clock, the Jonin Council began, but Sarutobi Hiruzen discovered that neither the Uchiha nor any other major ninja clan had sent representatives.
• Hyuga Hiashi felt embarrassed as the Hyuga Clan stood out as the only clan present besides the Sarutobi-aligned clans.

With the Uchiha Faction absent from the Jonin meeting, Sarutobi Hiruzen proceeded with the Fifth Hokage vote, leaving the Hyuga Clan unsure whom to support. The Hyuga Jonin abstained, and Jiraiya won the election and was set to take office the next morning.

• The Hyuga elders worried that their clan's presence at the meeting made them stand out, while Hyuga Hiashi struggled to choose between the village higher-ups and the absent Uchiha Faction.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided not to wait for the Uchiha Faction and treated its absence as an abstention before beginning the meeting and election.
• The meeting attendees voted overwhelmingly for Jiraiya, while the Hyuga Clan debated how to cast its votes.
• Hyuga Hiashi chose abstention, arguing that the Uchiha Faction was likely plotting and that neutrality was safer than backing the wrong side.
• After the votes were tallied, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced Jiraiya as the next Fifth Hokage, with his inauguration scheduled for the following morning.

Jiraiya became the Fifth Hokage while Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village waited anxiously for the Uchiha Faction to act. The inauguration ended with an Anbu reporting that something terrible had happened.

• Hyuga Hiashi reaffirmed his decision to remain neutral and predicted that something major would happen at Jiraiya's inauguration.
• Jiraiya worried that the Uchiha Faction's silence meant Sarutobi Hiruzen's plan might fail, but both men agreed they had no way back.
• Villagers and ninjas gathered anxiously as Sarutobi Hiruzen gave a speech, removed the Hokage Hat, and placed it on Jiraiya's head.
• Jiraiya announced himself as the Fifth Hokage, while he and Sarutobi Hiruzen continued wondering why the Uchiha Faction had not acted.
• An Anbu rushed to Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen and reported that something terrible had happened.

Uchiha Jin established New Konoha and took the Hokage position, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village leadership to confront the Uchiha. The factions faced off at the Uchiha Compound, where Jin challenged Hiruzen over his continued control of Konoha.

• Anbu reported that Uchiha Jin had established New Konoha and assumed the Hokage position, enraging Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen led Jiraiya, the Elders, and Anbu toward the Uchiha Compound, while Hyuga Hiashi chose to seal off his clan's compound and wait for events to unfold.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded that the Uchiha Patrol Team let him see Jin and threatened war, but Jiraiya urged him to wait and hear the Uchiha's explanation.
• Uchiha Jin arrived in a Hokage Robe with clan leaders, Tsunade, Kakashi, and Might Guy, then taunted Sarutobi Hiruzen about stepping down while still controlling Konoha.

Uchiha Jin defended New Konoha’s secession by citing the clans’ founding-era right to withdraw and the Daimyo’s authorization. Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya were left unable to refute his legal claims or force a confrontation.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen demanded that Uchiha Jin abandon New Konoha and recognize Jiraiya as Hokage, threatening war if he refused.
• Uchiha Jin argued that the Uchiha and other clans had lawfully withdrawn under the founding alliance pact and that the Daimyo supported their new village.
• Uchiha Jin warned that an attack would make Konoha the aggressor and could bring the Daimyo’s judgment and punishment.
• Uchiha Jin showed Sarutobi Hiruzen the Daimyo’s authorization document, which Hiruzen recognized as genuine.
• Jiraiya asked Sarutobi Hiruzen whether the founding-era alliance pact had really existed.

Sarutobi Hiruzen struggled to respond when Uchiha Jin invoked Konoha’s founding covenant to justify New Konoha’s independence. Jiraiya’s careless remarks appeared to affirm the covenant, and Jin left him trapped between accepting the First Generation’s promise and opposing it.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen acknowledged that Konoha’s founding covenant let shinobi clans leave the village whenever they chose.
• Jiraiya complained that the First Generation had allowed such a covenant and said the situation was hopeless.
• Uchiha Jin treated Jiraiya’s words as confirmation of the covenant and invited Konoha’s delegation to New Konoha’s founding celebration.
• Jiraiya denied acknowledging the covenant, but Uchiha Jin challenged him to oppose Senju Hashirama’s promise.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen covered Jiraiya’s mouth and told him to stop talking.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya struggled to respond after Uchiha Jin used an old alliance agreement to justify the clans establishing New Konoha. As the former leaders considered their lack of options, Uchiha Jin addressed the celebrating crowd at the Uchiha Compound.

• Uchiha Jin rebuked Sarutobi Hiruzen for disrespecting Jiraiya as Hokage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen left with Jiraiya, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the Anbu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiraiya, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura gathered in the Hokage Office and struggled to find a way to stop the clans from establishing New Konoha.
• Mitokado Homura explained that the Senju Clan had promised clans they could leave the alliance to persuade them to join Konoha.
• Jiraiya realized the Uchiha had legal grounds for their decision, while Sarutobi Hiruzen admitted he had no solution.
• Uchiha Jin took the stage at the Uchiha Compound to address the gathered shinobi and commoners.

At Uchiha Jin’s inauguration as Hokage of the New Village, he accused Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha’s former leadership of suppressing clans and obstructing Namikaze Minato, then promised fair leadership. Tsunade announced financial transparency and new ninja protections, leaving the gathered people cheering for the New Village.

• Uchiha Jin accused Sarutobi Hiruzen and the village elders of suppressing shinobi clans, controlling Namikaze Minato, and blaming the Uchiha for the Nine-Tails’ Rampage.
• Uchiha Jin promised that the New Village would respect shinobi clans and let capable people rise to the position of Hokage.
• Uchiha Jin called Tsunade forward to present the New Village’s policies.
• Tsunade announced public financial disclosures and a ninja system with mission choice, fixed salaries, retirement and medical support, and benefits for retired ninja and their families.
• The crowd cheered for the New Village, and the Uchiha Compound celebrated after the inauguration ceremony ended.

Over two years, New Konoha prospered while Old Konoha fell into financial hardship and repression, driving civilian Ninjas to defect. After Kakashi reported that Kumogakure had sent an envoy to negotiate peace with Old Konoha, Tsunade questioned Uchiha Jin about why he had left Sarutobi Hiruzen in power.

• Tsunade secured five billion in funding and a promise of two billion annually from the daimyo, while New Konoha grew and established its departments.
• Uchiha Jin had Tsunade calculate the Major ninja clans’ unpaid compensation and War Commission Fees, and Jiraiya forced the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado families to pay them.
• Old Konoha withheld most Ninja pay, and Sarutobi Hiruzen restricted Ninjas from leaving as Danzo secretly sent some into Root.
• Kakashi received intelligence that a Kumogakure Envoy had arrived in Old Konoha to prepare a Peace Agreement and reported it to Uchiha Jin and Tsunade.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Jin why he had not eliminated Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other old leaders two years earlier.

Uchiha Jin explained to Tsunade and Kakashi why he had delayed taking power and founded New Konoha: separating from Old Konoha and letting people compare the villages would weaken prejudice against the Uchiha and leave Sarutobi Hiruzen vulnerable. He believed Kumogakure’s Peace Agreement would give Hiruzen a chance to ruin Old Konoha’s remaining reputation, and Tsunade and Kakashi left shaken by his strategy.

• Uchiha Jin told Tsunade and Kakashi he had delayed seizing the Hokage position to avoid bloodshed, preserve legitimacy, and prevent Old Konoha’s hostility toward the Uchiha from undermining his rule.
• Uchiha Jin explained that founding New Konoha and severing its ties with Old Konoha had allowed its villagers to work alongside the Uchiha without inherited prejudice.
• Uchiha Jin said he was waiting for the contrast between thriving New Konoha and decaying Old Konoha to turn villagers against Sarutobi Hiruzen and prepare the way for the villages to merge.
• Uchiha Jin predicted that Kumogakure was plotting to exploit Old Konoha’s weakness despite the Peace Agreement, and that Hiruzen’s reliance on the agreement could bring about Old Konoha’s downfall.
• Tsunade admitted she had lost her remaining affection for Old Konoha, and Kakashi shared her unease at Uchiha Jin’s calculated approach.

Kakashi explained why he had supported the Uchiha Faction and come to love New Konoha, then asked Uchiha Jin why he had not brought back Uzumaki Naruto. Tsunade and Kakashi described why they had not intervened in Naruto’s life, leaving Jin’s plans for the child unexplained.

• Kakashi said he had joined the Uchiha Faction to protect Guy and now would willingly die for New Konoha, which he considered far better than Old Konoha.
• Uchiha Jin quoted, "I could have endured the darkness, had I never seen the sun," and Kakashi and Tsunade agreed that comparing the villages exposed Old Konoha’s corruption.
• Kakashi asked Uchiha Jin why he had not considered bringing Uzumaki Naruto back over the past two years.
• Uchiha Jin asked Tsunade and Kakashi why they had not cared for Naruto, pointing out that he was family to them.
• Tsunade said she had learned about Naruto only after joining the Uchiha Faction and trusted that Uchiha Jin had a reason not to harm him.
• Kakashi said Sarutobi Hiruzen had forbidden him from contacting Naruto and that, as an Anbu captain under constant village scrutiny, he could do little beyond ensuring the child stayed alive.

Uchiha Jin told Tsunade and Kakashi that Uzumaki Naruto was protected by a terrifying, undisclosed backing and warned that the future Shinobi World would require strength far beyond Kage Level. Kakashi then reported the Anbu’s search for Bloodline Limit users, including the survivors they had found and an unknown group collecting bloodlines.

• Uchiha Jin said he had no plans to seize Uzumaki Naruto and claimed that Naruto could not die because of his frightening background.
• Uchiha Jin warned Tsunade and Kakashi that Jonin would become cannon fodder, Kage Level fighters would be minor grunts, and only Six Paths Level strength would truly matter.
• Uchiha Jin urged Kakashi to resume the Hatake Sword Style and develop his Sharingan, and Kakashi agreed.
• Kakashi reported that the Anbu had rescued twelve Ketsuryūgan Clan members after Oyashiro En began slaughtering them, including En’s young daughter.
• Kakashi reported that the Anbu had found Karin and her mother, but Karin’s mother died on the journey back to the village.
• Kakashi said the Anbu had encountered an unidentified group collecting Bloodline Limit abilities and had found few other survivors.

Uchiha Jin ended the mission to bring new arrivals into the village and returned to the Uchiha compound, where Shisui and Itachi asked him why people valued power. He explained that power granted control over resources, but strength could surpass power itself.

• Uchiha Jin told Kakashi and Tsunade to end the mission and help the new arrivals integrate into the village.
• Uchiha Jin dismissed concerns about Old Konoha, saying Sarutobi Hiruzen would ruin matters without their interference.
• Uchiha Jin returned to the Clan Compound and reflected on how the Uchiha had left administrative roles to take missions and train.
• Shisui and Itachi approached Uchiha Jin with little Sasuke and asked why Sarutobi Hiruzen and others valued power so highly.
• Uchiha Jin explained that power brought control over resources, while sufficient strength could overpower power itself.

Uchiha Jin won Shisui and Itachi’s loyalty, then assigned them to join the Anbu in New Konoha. Back at his estate, he struggled to activate the Pagoda Pendant, which he hoped would help him break through his strength bottleneck.

• Shisui pledged to serve Uchiha Jin, and Itachi quickly pledged as well.
• Uchiha Jin told Shisui and Itachi to have their Sealing Jutsu released, restore Shisui’s eye, and join Kakashi in the Anbu.
• Shisui and Itachi admitted they had been wrong and agreed to support Uchiha Jin, while Itachi declared that Old Konoha’s leaders deserved to die.
• Sasuke listened without understanding their conversation and was content that his brother was beside him.
• Uchiha Jin trained, then studied the Pagoda Pendant and lamented that he could not activate it or advance his strength without relying on his own efforts.

Uchiha Jin discovered that his Mangekyo Dojutsu Power could activate the Seven-Story Pagoda Pendant, which entered a mysterious inner space and broke the seals restricting his power. He realized his vast Dojutsu Power had been deliberately sealed, though he could only speculate about who was responsible.

• Uchiha Tsuki comforted Uchiha Jin, and he explained that he had kept Sasuke's name because it could force Sarutobi Hiruzen to call the boy Dad and make Fugaku his grandfather.
• Uchiha Tsuki warned Jin not to joke about Sasuke's name outside, then left after his mood improved.
• Uchiha Jin used his Mangekyo Dojutsu Power on the Pagoda Pendant, and it absorbed the power before entering his body.
• The Seven-Story Pagoda expanded inside a mysterious ocean in Jin's consciousness and shattered the Sealing Jutsu formulas covering it.
• Uchiha Jin realized the black ocean was his own Dojutsu Power and suspected that some unknown force had sealed most of every Uchiha's power.

Uchiha Jin speculated about the hidden seals behind the Uchiha and Senju powers, then learned the Hongmeng Tower needed more Fortune to activate and resolved to expand his forces. Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen kept Jiraiya buried in Hokage paperwork to stop him from discovering the village’s abuses.

• Uchiha Jin considered whether the Uchiha and Senju clans’ powers were sealed and concluded that the Shinobi World’s history ran deep.
• The Hongmeng Tower told Uchiha Jin that it had cleared remnants of an unknown being’s consciousness and torn apart a hidden seal, but needed another 72% Fortune to activate.
• Uchiha Jin decided to focus on growing stronger by expanding his forces and increasing his Fortune.
• Two days later, Jiraiya begged Sarutobi Hiruzen to let him leave the Hokage Office and spend time with Naruto before Kumogakure signed the Peace Agreement.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dumped a huge stack of documents on Jiraiya, deliberately keeping him occupied so he would not learn about Hiruzen’s misconduct as Hokage.