Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen faced a crisis after Hyuga Hiashi killed Kumogakure’s envoy while rescuing Hinata from an attempted abduction. The Kumogakure delegation threatened war, and the chapter ended with Sarutobi Hiruzen telling Hiashi to return while Konoha considered its options.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched Jiraiya handle paperwork and planned to use his time as Hokage to strengthen Asuma and prepare him to become the Sixth Hokage.
• An Anbu reported that Hiashi had killed Kumogakure’s chief envoy after the envoy’s group tried to abduct Hinata.
• Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived at the Hyuga Clan Compound, where the Kumogakure delegation demanded an explanation and threatened to send its army.
• Hiashi told Jiraiya that he had held back while rescuing Hinata and believed Kumogakure had engineered the envoy’s death.
• Jiraiya hesitated to support the Hyuga Clan, and Sarutobi Hiruzen told Hiashi to return while Konoha assessed Kumogakure’s demands.

After Old Konoha’s leaders left the Hyuga compound without offering support, Hyuga Hiashi realized the village would make his clan pay for peace with Kumogakure. He called the clan elders together to decide whether the Hyuga Clan should defect to New Konoha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen left the Hyuga compound, followed by Jiraiya, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, leaving Hiashi without assurances.
• Hiashi understood that Old Konoha would negotiate with Kumogakure but ultimately force the Hyuga Clan to pay compensation.
• Hyuga clansmen condemned the village’s stance and urged Hiashi to seek refuge with New Konoha, while the prospect of sacrificing a Branch Family member threatened the clan’s unity.
• Hiashi dismissed the gathered clansmen and summoned the Main Family and Branch Family elders to the Meeting Room.
• Hiashi told the elders that Old Konoha could no longer protect the clan and asked whether the Hyuga Clan should seek refuge with New Konoha, despite its restrictions on the Main Family’s control of the Branch Family.

The Hyuga Clan debated joining New Konoha while trying to preserve its Shinobi Autonomy, and Hiashi postponed a decision until they heard Kumogakure’s terms. In the Hokage Office, Sarutobi Hiruzen urged concessions to avoid war, while Jiraiya warned that abandoning the Hyuga could drive them to New Konoha.

• Hyuga Hiashi heard Main Family elders argue for joining New Konoha without surrendering Shinobi Autonomy, then ended the meeting until Kumogakure's terms arrived.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen argued that Konoha had to accept Kumogakure's demands to avoid a war the village could not sustain.
• Danzo rejected Hiruzen's cautious approach and urged Konoha to defy Kumogakure, then stormed out after arguing with him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Jiraiya, the Hokage, what he thought Konoha should do about the crisis.
• Jiraiya said he feared the Hyuga Clan would join New Konoha if Konoha failed to protect them.

Kumogakure demanded Hyuga Hiashi’s life for the death of its Storm Release ninja, threatening war if Konoha refused. Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected the demand in principle but sent word to the Hyuga Clan to see how they would respond.

• Jiraiya warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that driving out the Hyuga Clan would leave Konoha too weak to compete with other villages.
• The Kumogakure Envoy demanded Hyuga Hiashi’s life and corpse, giving Konoha one day to comply before peace talks ended.
• Jiraiya denounced the demand as extortion, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered an Anbu to investigate the dead ninja, Tetsurei.
• The Anbu reported that Tetsurei had Storm Release but suffered from Bloodline Limit Disease and was expected to die that year.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said Konoha could not risk war, declared that Hyuga Hiashi could not die, and ordered the Anbu to inform the Hyuga Clan.

Hyuga Hiashi rejected the Main Family elders’ plan to sacrifice Hizashi Hyuga and decided the Hyuga Clan would join New Konoha. He ordered the clan to prepare for a secret withdrawal from Old Konoha that night, leaving their final decision to be announced the next morning.

• Hyuga Hiashi told the clan elders that Kumogakure demanded his life and that the village had failed to protect him, prompting the Branch Family to condemn Konoha.
• Hyuga Tendo argued that the Hyuga Clan did not need to join New Konoha, but Hyuga Hiashi accused the Main Family of wanting Hizashi Hyuga to die in his place.
• Hyuga Hiashi declared that the Hyuga Clan would join New Konoha, and the Main Family elders fell silent while Hizashi Hyuga looked at his brother with conflicted feelings.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered the clan to pack important belongings and withdraw through Training Ground 37 at two in the morning.
• Hyuga Hiashi sent Hizashi Hyuga to tell Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen that the clan needed until morning to decide, while Toka was ordered to watch the Main Family and punish anyone who endangered the withdrawal.

Hyuga Hiashi led the Hyuga Clan’s defection from Old Konoha to New Konoha after deciding the village and the Main Family–Branch Family system were beyond saving. As Anbu and Root attacked the fleeing clan, Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived to confront Hiashi.

• Hyuga Hiashi ordered Hizashi Hyuga and Hyuga Toka to keep the Main Family elders under watch, then reflected on his decision to leave the village.
• At two in the morning, Hyuga Hiashi led the Hyuga Clan toward New Konoha, assigning younger ninja to carry civilians and Jonin to guard the rear.
• The Main Family joined the escape, and Hyuga Hiashi led the Jonin in fighting Anbu and Root while the clan continued running.
• Hyuga Hiashi told the clan to fight only as they retreated, prioritizing their progress toward New Konoha over defeating their pursuers.
• Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen arrived with a large force and demanded to know why Hyuga Hiashi had defected.

Hyuga Hiashi led his clan toward New Konoha after rejecting Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya’s attempts to stop their defection. Hiruzen and Jiraiya attacked the fleeing Hyuga, and Jiraiya prepared to enter Sage Mode as the battle escalated.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen urged Hyuga Hiashi to return and offered to keep negotiating with Kumogakure, but Hiashi continued leading his clan toward New Konoha.
• Jiraiya tried to restrain Hiashi with his hair, but Hiashi used the Eight Trigrams Empty Wall Palm to disrupt his ninjutsu.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen unleashed a barrage of ninjutsu, killing several Hyuga Jonin and wounding many others, until Hiashi’s Eight Trigrams Palm: Rotation repelled the attacks.
• Hizashi Hyuga fired Eight Trigrams: Mountain Crusher at Hiruzen, who dodged and summoned Enma as the Adamantine Staff.
• Hiashi fought Hiruzen with Eight Trigrams: 128 Palms while Gamabunta battled Hizashi, and Jiraiya began preparing to enter Sage Mode so he could wipe out the Hyuga Clan.

New Konoha’s Anbu discovered the Hyuga clan fleeing Old Konoha, and Kakashi led a force to help them after receiving orders from the Hokage. As Jiraiya fought Hiashi and Hizashi, Kakashi rushed toward Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Hiashi remained defiant despite the clan’s heavy losses.

• Uchiha Itachi intercepted the Hyuga clansmen, sent them toward New Konoha, and signaled for orders about helping Fugaku and the others.
• Kakashi arrived with Anbu reinforcements and Uchiha Fugaku’s elite, then led them toward the battle after announcing the Hokage’s order to aid the Hyuga.
• Jiraiya used Sage Mode to suppress Hiashi and Hizashi while urging them to surrender and promising the night’s events would go unpunished.
• Hiashi rejected Jiraiya’s offer, condemned him as a powerless puppet Hokage, and declared that the surviving Hyuga clansmen would find a new life in New Konoha.
• Kakashi charged at Sarutobi Hiruzen with Chidori, and Jiraiya recognized him and reacted with anger.

New Konoha’s forces protected the Hyuga Clan as Jiraiya led Old Konoha’s fighters in an attempt to stop their departure. Jiraiya ordered a retreat, and Fugaku’s forces escorted the surviving Hyuga back to New Konoha with their fallen clansmen.

• Kakashi wounded Sarutobi Hiruzen with a swift attack, but Fugaku blocked Kakashi from reaching Jiraiya.
• Fugaku warned Jiraiya that the Hyuga Clan was under New Konoha’s protection and cited Old Konoha’s promise that clans could withdraw unconditionally.
• Jiraiya assessed the battlefield and ordered Old Konoha’s forces to retreat.
• Fugaku stopped Kakashi from pursuing the fight and ordered the Uchiha to escort the Hyuga Clan back to the village.
• Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga mourned the fallen clan members, closed their eyes, and left with their bodies.

Uchiha Jin told Hyuga Hiashi that New Konoha would abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird control, arguing that it had stifled the clan’s growth. He proposed letting each member choose whether to accept a protective seal, leaving Hiashi to consider the clan’s future under those terms.

• Uchiha Jin welcomed Hyuga Hiashi to New Konoha and insisted that the Hyuga Clan abolish the Caged Bird’s control function.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked why Uchiha Jin was especially strict with his clan, and Jin explained that the Caged Bird had restricted its development and that he wanted the clan to produce powerful shinobi for future threats.
• Hyuga Hiashi recognized that the Caged Bird had weakened the clan by suppressing the Branch Family and making it idle.
• Uchiha Jin proposed allowing each clan member to choose whether to accept the Caged Bird, while removing its control formulas and keeping only its function of destroying the Byakugan at death.
• Hyuga Hiashi considered the plan and admitted that it was the best arrangement, with each person choosing and bearing responsibility for the consequences.

Hyuga Hiashi told the clan that New Konoha would end the Caged Bird’s compulsory use, letting each ninja choose after graduating from the Academy. The Hyuga faced greater danger without its protection, but Hiashi urged them to pursue strength like the Uchiha.

• Hyuga Hiashi returned to the Hyuga camp and explained New Konoha’s arrangements, prompting the Branch Family to celebrate while the Main Family held back from punishing them.
• Hizashi Hyuga asked whether his son Neji would be spared the Caged Bird, and Hiashi said children would not have to choose until after graduating from the Ninja Academy.
• Hiashi warned Hizashi and the Branch Family that refusing the Caged Bird would leave them more vulnerable to those seeking the Byakugan.
• Hiashi urged the Hyuga to become strong through battle like the Uchiha, while allowing those who lacked that ambition to choose the Caged Bird.
• The Hyuga clansmen embraced the prospect of becoming stronger and vowed to fight like the Uchiha.

Uchiha Jin led New Konoha’s leaders in planning Old Konoha’s collapse and the resettlement and trial of its people, aiming to preserve shinobi as labor rather than execute them indiscriminately. Nara Shikaichi proposed using infiltrators to create internal chaos, encourage civilians to flee, and organize a petition that would justify arresting Old Konoha’s leaders.

• Uchiha Jin outlined plans to destroy Old Konoha while rescuing its shinobi where possible and subjecting criminals to trials followed by Labor Reform.
• Tsunade proposed ranking offenders by the severity of their crimes, executing the worst offenders, and assigning labor according to sentence severity.
• The leaders discussed how to receive and resettle Old Konoha’s civilians and assign labor reforms among shinobi clans.
• Nara Shikaichi proposed using New Konoha’s contacts inside Old Konoha to exploit the Kumogakure incident, stir up internal chaos, and open the exits so civilians could flee.
• Nara Shikaichi suggested organizing the fleeing civilians into a petition so New Konoha could claim to act on their will when arresting and trying Old Konoha’s leaders.

Uchiha Jin and New Konoha’s leaders prepared to dismantle Old Konoha and allocate its incoming laborers, while dismissing fears that Kumogakure would start a war. Old Konoha remained unaware of the plan and struggled to explain the Hyuga Clan’s defection to Kumogakure.

• Uchiha Jin assigned Tsunade to manage labor placements, Nara Shikaichi to deliver the final blow against Old Konoha, and Kakashi and Fugaku to prevent retaliation and unrest.
• The clan heads crowded around Tsunade to request Labor Reform Personnel, and she ordered them to submit applications detailing their jobs, positions, and tax payments.
• Hyuga Hiashi praised New Konoha’s efficient procedures and decided to build a new Clan Compound and organize the Hyuga Clan’s industries.
• Nara Shikaichi, Tsunade, and Kakashi warned Uchiha Jin that Kumogakure might target New Konoha, but he argued the Fourth Raikage would not risk a war.
• New Konoha began preparing to bring down Old Konoha, while Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen worried about explaining the Hyuga Clan’s defection to Kumogakure.

Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Jiraiya’s suggestion of war, believing Konoha could not withstand another conflict. He and Jiraiya told the Kumogakure Envoy Group that Konoha would offer only limited compensation and would leave any further dispute to New Konoha, leaving the envoys stunned.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that Konoha lacked money, public support, and trustworthy ninja, and rejected Jiraiya’s call to go to war with Kumogakure.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to offer Kumogakure compensation and said that if it insisted on war, Konoha would rely on New Konoha and the daimyo to respond.
• Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen told the arriving Kumogakure Envoy Group that Konoha would pay only one hundred thousand ryo and could not stop the Hyuga Clan from leaving.
• When Deputy envoy Atsui asked whether Konoha feared war, Jiraiya dismissed the threat and Sarutobi Hiruzen pointed out that Kumogakure would face the Uchiha-side village if it invaded the Land of Fire.
• The Kumogakure Envoy Group was left dumbfounded by Konoha’s willingness to give up and redirect the dispute to New Konoha.

Kumogakure’s envoy was rebuffed by both Old Konoha and New Konoha, but the Fourth Raikage accepted that his weakened village could not afford war and signed a Peace Agreement with Old Konoha. Sarutobi Hiruzen regretted sacrificing the Hyuga Clan over his mistaken reading of Kumogakure’s intentions, while Uchiha Jin prepared New Konoha’s next move.

• Atsui left the Hokage Office after Old Konoha refused to yield, then contacted the Fourth Raikage for instructions.
• Uchiha Jin ordered New Konoha to turn Atsui away and challenge Kumogakure to start a war if it dared.
• The Fourth Raikage raged at New Konoha’s insult, but Mabui and Dodai persuaded him that Kumogakure could not afford another war.
• Atsui signed a Peace Agreement with Old Konoha and left with one hundred thousand ryo, while Sarutobi Hiruzen lamented that he had misjudged Kumogakure and abandoned the Hyuga Clan unnecessarily.
• Kakashi reported the agreement to Uchiha Jin, who told him to have Nara Shikaichi prepare for action.

Uchiha Jin planned to preserve Old Konoha as a restored historical site and tourist attraction while keeping New Konoha where it was. Tsunade became furious when she realized the plan would open her former home and private memories to paying visitors.

• Kakashi acknowledged Uchiha Jin's order and left as Kumogakure backed down from escalating its confrontation with Konoha.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Jin how he would handle Old Konoha, its former villagers, and their territories after annexation.
• Uchiha Jin decided New Konoha would remain in place and Old Konoha would be restored, documented as a historical site, and opened to visitors for a fee.
• Tsunade protested that the plan would expose the Senju residence and her personal history to the public.
• Uchiha Jin asked why Tsunade objected and added that the Uchiha and other major clans' former residences would also be opened to visitors.

Uchiha Jin persuaded Tsunade to let him fence off Old Konoha and charge visitors, claiming the fees would fund repairs. He then considered probing the Daimyo's Mansion and secretly eliminating the daimyo and nobles, while keeping his plans from Tsunade.

• Uchiha Jin proposed charging admission to Old Konoha, and Tsunade agreed after realizing the Uchiha would open their grounds to visitors too.
• Uchiha Jin reflected on how daimyo and nobles might suppress Ninja through financial control, social stigma, and wars between villages.
• Uchiha Jin decided to investigate the Daimyo's Mansion before considering unifying the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Jin privately contemplated killing the daimyo and nobles across the Five Great Shinobi Nations at once and taking control of the Land of Fire.
• Tsunade suspected Uchiha Jin was plotting something, but he refused to explain.

Yano Ryoichi and other conspirators organized a mass uprising in Old Konoha to seize control of key locations and help people flee to New Konoha. By the time Sarutobi Hiruzen realized what was happening, the unrest had spread throughout the village and descended into violence.

• Yano Ryoichi briefed the conspirators on a plan to incite unrest, seize the village’s key points, and lead their families out of Old Konoha.
• At ten o’clock, organized groups of villagers marched toward the Hokage Building, overwhelming the Anbu guards.
• Anbu personnel hid, fled, or went to protect their families instead of alerting the village leadership.
• Fifteen minutes later, Sarutobi Hiruzen discovered the uprising as thirty thousand people filled the streets and some began smashing and looting.

As Old Konoha descended into chaos, Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered a violent crackdown and realized New Konoha was moving to take over the village. Jiraiya confronted his teacher with a plan to stop the unrest, leaving Sarutobi to decide whether he would sacrifice his reputation and commit mass violence for the village.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen berated the Anbu for failing to prevent the unrest and ordered them, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to mobilize their forces.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected Uchiha Jin and New Konoha had orchestrated the upheaval to absorb Old Konoha.
• Jiraiya realized that the village's departments did not answer to him and that the Four Great Ninja Clans had taken the compensation money meant for villagers and shinobi.
• Jiraiya urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to take responsibility for an indiscriminate slaughter, allowing Jiraiya to later kill him and stabilize the village as Hokage.

Jiraiya decided that Sarutobi Hiruzen needed to sacrifice himself to cleanse Konoha, while he stayed alive to fulfill the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy. Sarutobi Hiruzen fainted after Jiraiya calmly urged him to die for the village.

• Jiraiya concluded that Sarutobi Hiruzen was Konoha’s corruption and needed to sacrifice himself for the village.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen claimed Konoha still needed him and told Jiraiya to wait for the Anbu and Four Great Ninja Clans to act.
• Jiraiya insisted he could lead Konoha but had to live to find the Savior foretold by the Great Toad Sage.
• Jiraiya promised not to target the Sarutobi Clan after Sarutobi Hiruzen’s sacrifice and urged his teacher to die without worry.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen became enraged, spat blood, and fainted.