Chapter Summaries

Jiraiya failed to wake Sarutobi Hiruzen, then searched for Uzumaki Naruto and left Old Konoha when he could not find him. At New Konoha, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi enforced strict screening and security as refugees arrived, and the first verified villagers entered the village.

• Jiraiya tried to wake Sarutobi Hiruzen, saw Old Konoha collapsing into chaos, and decided to leave to find the Savior.
• Jiraiya searched Uzumaki Naruto's home and the surrounding area, but could not find him and departed, fearing New Konoha had taken Naruto.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered Uchiha Itachi and the Konoha Military Police Force to screen refugees, keep order, and secretly eliminate troublemakers.
• The Uchiha killed villagers who tried to force their way in, while the Nara Clan helped organize identity checks outside New Konoha.
• New Konoha admitted its first verified group of refugees, but the Uchiha and Nara struggled to process the steady influx.

Uchiha Jin and his advisers decided to surround Old Konoha and destroy Sarutobi Hiruzen’s remaining power through a public, orderly campaign. Tsunade issued a voluntary B-rank War Commission, and New Konoha’s Ninja quickly accepted it to earn Merit Value.

• Uchiha Jin proposed annexing Old Konoha, but Nara Shikaichi urged the village to follow formal procedures and build legitimacy before acting.
• Uchiha Jin ordered Kakashi to surround Old Konoha, sent Nara Shikaichi to join Fugaku, and tasked Tsunade with issuing a War Commission and helping Old Konoha’s villagers integrate.
• Tsunade posted a B-rank mission with payment and Merit Value rewards scaled to rank and danger, allowing eligible Ninja to choose whether to participate.
• Nearly every Ninja who received the notice accepted the mission, eager to earn Merit Value for exchanging for Ninjutsu, equipment, and instruction.

Kakashi led New Konoha’s forces to surround Old Konoha, then rushed to a battle after learning Root was involved. After defeating the Root squad, he questioned two prisoners who revealed they were the last group transferred and knew the transfer location.

• Kakashi led Anbu and Free Shinobi out of New Konoha and assigned them positions around Old Konoha.
• Explosions broke out west of the encirclement, and Kakashi sent Anbu and Free Shinobi squads to reinforce the area.
• Squad 9 of Alpha reported that Root was fighting there, and Kakashi charged to the battlefield despite warnings to remain with the command post.
• Kakashi defeated the Root fighters, leaving more than thirty dead and six captured.
• The Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals killed four Root prisoners when Yamanaka Clan ninja tried to extract their memories.
• Kakashi questioned the two Root prisoners who agreed to cooperate, and they said they were the last group transferred and knew the location.

Kakashi led an Anbu assault on Danzo’s hidden Root base while Tsunade arranged support and reassigned command of the Old Konoha front. Torifu Akimichi reluctantly accepted the commander role and requested Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza as his helpers.

• Kakashi and his Anbu followed two Root defectors to a concealed mountain entrance, killed the guards, and charged into the base.
• The two Root defectors chose to head to New Konoha, hoping their help would keep them alive.
• After Pakkun delivered Kakashi’s message, Tsunade woke Uchiha Jin and arranged for Shisui and Fugaku to support Kakashi, Nara Shikaichi to handle village screening, and Torifu Akimichi to command the Old Konoha front.
• Uchiha Jin ordered Kakashi to be confined for a week and docked half a year’s pay after the mission, then went back to sleep.
• Torifu objected to being recalled to duty but accepted the command and asked to bring Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza.
• Tsunade approved Torifu’s request and said Uchiha Jin had no intention of punishing the three.

Torifu Akimichi took command of the frontline camp and led the Previous Generation Ino-Shika-Cho to confront the Utatane and Mitokado Clans as they attacked Defense Point 9. He committed all mobile forces, reasoning that the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans would stay in Konoha, but warned that Old Konoha might still have hidden strength, especially Orochimaru and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.

• Torifu Akimichi summoned Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza, then led them toward the frontline camp under orders to surround Old Konoha.
• At the camp, Torifu showed the Hokage Order and took command, while Shikaku judged Kakashi's defensive deployment sound and advised keeping it unchanged.
• An Anbu reported that the Utatane and Mitokado Clans were forcing their way through northern Defense Point 9 and urgently needed to be stopped.
• Torifu ordered all mobile forces to deploy and brought Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza with him to meet the attacking clans.
• On the way, Torifu told Shikaku that the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans were unlikely to flee, but warned that Orochimaru and the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu remained threats.

Akimichi Torifu explained to Nara Shikaku that Orochimaru might aid Sarutobi Hiruzen with Impure World Reincarnation, but trusted the Uchiha’s strength to face Old Konoha’s foundations. At temporary base No. 9, Torifu’s forces joined the battle, and he rejected Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura’s plea to spare them, revealing his knowledge of Kagami’s murder.

• Akimichi Torifu told Nara Shikaku that Orochimaru remained emotionally tied to Sarutobi Hiruzen and might help him in a crisis.
• Torifu explained that Orochimaru could use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to summon the dead, but said the Uchiha had their own powerful foundation, including three Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Akimichi Choza, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and their forces arrived at temporary base No. 9 and charged into battle against the Utatane Clan.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura asked Torifu to let them escape by appealing to their old friendship.
• Torifu refused, accused Koharu and Homura of helping kill Kagami Uchiha, and ordered them back inside or he would kill them himself.

Utatane and the Mitokado clan withdrew after Torifu Akimichi confronted them, while Kakashi led the Anbu in an assault on Danzo’s Root base. Kakashi defeated Danzo’s last two elite subordinates but reached his limit just as Danzo finished breaking a seal and prepared to fight.

• Torifu Akimichi’s threat persuaded the Utatane and Mitokado clans to return to Old Konoha, and Shikaku’s group reinforced the outpost before heading back to camp.
• Kakashi and the Anbu overwhelmed Root, whose ranks had dwindled after Danzo’s earlier losses and failure to recruit clan shinobi.
• Yamanaka Fu’s technique briefly controlled Kakashi, but Kakashi awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and used Kamui to escape it and destroy Fu’s puppet.
• Kakashi used Kamui against Aburame Ryoma’s chakra-devouring insects, then killed Fu and Ryoma despite the strain on his body.
• Danzo broke the seal and revealed three Sharingan embedded in his Hashirama Cell-corroded arm as Kakashi staggered before him.

Fugaku and Shisui defeated Danzo at the Root base, took back the Sharingan, and secured Root’s supplies, while Danzo died after his final sealing technique failed. Back in Old Konoha, Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura worried about their clans’ fate and went to see the unconscious Sarutobi Hiruzen in hopes that he had another way to protect them.

• Danzo attacked Kakashi, but Shisui and Fugaku arrived to protect him and force Danzo to retreat.
• Shisui killed Baku while Fugaku used Takamatsu to slow Danzo, then cut off his head; Danzo revived with Izanagi and fled again.
• Shisui severed Danzo’s Wood Release arm and took his grandfather’s eye, then kicked Danzo away as he used the Inner Four Symbols Seal and died without harming them.
• Fugaku sealed Danzo’s arm for storage, carried Kakashi back to New Konoha, and left Shisui to secure Root’s supplies.
• Koharu Utatane and Mitokado Homura discussed their fear of Uchiha Jin’s intentions after returning to Old Konoha.
• A Sarutobi clan member told Koharu and Homura that Sarutobi Hiruzen was unconscious, and they went to examine him for any hidden means of protection.

Sarutobi Hiruzen woke to learn that Jiraiya was missing, the villagers had fled, and New Konoha's forces had surrounded the remaining clans. Orochimaru arrived and confronted his former teacher, then Hiruzen asked everyone else to leave so they could speak privately.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura learned that Jiraiya could not be found and that only four Shinobi Clans remained in the village.
• Utatane Koharu woke Sarutobi Hiruzen and told him the villagers had fled and New Konoha's ninja army had surrounded them.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen looked outside, realized the village was ruined, and regretted relying on Jiraiya and his search for the Savior.
• Orochimaru appeared in the Hokage Office and criticized Sarutobi Hiruzen for clinging to power and failing to pass it to the next generation.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the others to leave so he could speak with Orochimaru alone.

Orochimaru used the clan prodigies Sarutobi Hiruzen had selected as sacrifices for Impure World Reincarnation, preparing reanimated fighters to help Old Konoha resist New Konoha. The revived Hokage were sealed away until the battle, leaving Hiruzen dreading how he would explain the clans’ defection to them.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru agreed to use gifted members of the four clans as sacrifices in exchange for Orochimaru’s help and ownership of the reanimated fighters.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation, reviving Konoha’s powerful figures, though the attempt to revive Namikaze Minato failed.
• Hiruzen refused to speak with the revived Hokage and asked Orochimaru to control them without restoring their consciousness.
• Orochimaru warned Hiruzen that controlled Hokage would be too weak to oppose New Konoha and that Hiruzen would have to explain the clans’ and Tsunade’s defection.
• Orochimaru sealed the reanimated fighters in coffins and left, while Hiruzen struggled to think of an explanation for the former Hokage.

Uchiha Jin learned that Orochimaru had returned to Old Konoha and that Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces were preparing Impure World Reincarnation using stolen corpses. He ordered New Konoha to develop sealing countermeasures and prepare to capture members of the Four Great Ninja Clans as hostages during the coming battle.

• Nara Shikaichi reported that screening Old Konoha’s residents was three-quarters complete and recommended continued surveillance of those admitted to New Konoha.
• Tsunade reported that Torifu Akimichi had repelled an escape attempt by the Utatane and Mitokado clans, while spies found that Orochimaru had returned and the Four Great Ninja Clans had raided cemeteries.
• Uchiha Jin identified Impure World Reincarnation as Old Konoha’s likely plan and explained how the technique brought the dead back using sacrifices.
• Uchiha Jin told Tsunade to work with the Barrier Team to develop sealing techniques and prepare Sealing Scrolls for New Konoha’s fighters.
• Uchiha Jin said he would handle the First and Second Generations and ordered the others to capture members of Sarutobi and the other Four Great Ninja Clans as hostages once the enemy’s reanimated fighters were identified.

Uchiha Jin reassured his allies that he had prepared to counter Konoha’s Impure World Reincarnation plan and believed he could hold off the reanimated Hashirama. He outlined which enemies Orochimaru could summon and how many sealing scrolls Tsunade should prepare.

• Uchiha Jin explained that Obito had left the Uchiha alone for two years, giving him time to build strength and prepare countermeasures.
• Nara Shikaichi praised Jin’s plan to restrain the reanimated fighters while capturing members of the four great clans, but questioned whether Jin could withstand Hashirama and Madara.
• Uchiha Jin said Orochimaru could not reanimate Uchiha Madara and that Jin’s Eternal Mangekyo made an Impure World Reincarnation Hashirama manageable.
• Nara Shikaichi agreed to select petitioners who would demand justice from Hokage-sama, while Tsunade warned that preparing enough Large Sealing Scrolls would be difficult.
• Uchiha Jin told Tsunade that Orochimaru could summon at most Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hatake Sakumo as major threats, so she should prepare five Large Sealing Scrolls and ordinary scrolls for the rest.

Uchiha Jin settled the village’s plans for sealing the reanimated shinobi, punished Kakashi, and learned that Fugaku had killed Danzo and destroyed Root. He revealed the Uchiha and Senju clans’ shared ancestry, then left the others to continue their work.

• Uchiha Jin agreed that Tsunade would prepare five Large Sealing Scrolls within three days, and ordered Kakashi to spend three days in confinement for disobeying orders.
• Fugaku told Uchiha Jin that Danzo was dead and Root had been wiped out, and asked whether they should remove the Sharingan from Danzo’s Wood Release arm.
• Uchiha Jin said they should keep the Sharingan in place and have Tsunade study the Hashirama Cells after Old Konoha was defeated, while insisting that New Konoha’s research would be open to supervision.
• Uchiha Jin explained that Hashirama Cells’ Yang Release and vitality could replenish Mangekyo Dojutsu Power, and said the Uchiha and Senju were related.
• Uchiha Jin told everyone that Indra and Asura were brothers, sons of Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths, and that their conflict had begun the clans’ ancient feud.
• Uchiha Jin ended the discussion, said the day’s work was finished, and headed home.

Yamato reflected on New Konoha’s clear laws and orderly systems while Kakashi explained why he had chosen to serve Uchiha Jin. After Kakashi was summoned to the Hokage Office, Jin introduced Uzumaki Naruto to him and arranged for Naruto to live in his care.

• Yamato told Kakashi that New Konoha’s clear rules and merit-based ninjutsu exchanges impressed him more than Old Konoha’s vague system.
• Kakashi explained that Uchiha Jin treated ninja as people rather than tools, and recalled how moral pressure had harmed his father, Hatake Sakumo.
• Kakashi and Yamato saw Old Konoha residents gathering to demand a public trial of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others.
• An Anbu summoned Kakashi to the Hokage Office, where he found Uchiha Jin, Tsunade, Fugaku, Shikaichi, and Uzumaki Naruto.
• Uchiha Jin told Naruto that Kakashi had been his father’s student and arranged for Naruto to live with Kakashi.

Uchiha Jin arranged for Kakashi and Tsunade to care for Naruto and publicly reveal his identity as the Fourth Hokage’s son and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. As New Konoha prepared for war, Kakashi took Naruto for a meal and a makeover, leaving him looking like a miniature Namikaze Minato.

• Kakashi comforted Naruto and promised to care for him, while Uchiha Jin assigned Kakashi and Tsunade as Naruto’s guardians.
• Uchiha Jin ordered Naruto’s identity and the truth about Minato’s actions declassified, and Tsunade announced Naruto’s restored status and protection from discrimination.
• Uchiha Jin demanded Old Konoha surrender unconditionally before nightfall or face battle and a trial.
• Nara Shikaichi drafted the ultimatum, Tsunade coordinated the Sealing Corps, and Fugaku gathered the Uchiha for war.
• Kakashi took Naruto to Ichiraku Ramen, then helped him bathe, get new clothes, and have his hair and whiskers tidied.
• Kakashi saw Naruto’s new appearance and murmured that he looked like his teacher, Namikaze Minato.

Kakashi took Naruto around New Konoha and brought him to his new home, where Naruto began to feel hopeful about his life there. Kakashi prepared for guests and promised to teach Naruto to refine Chakra that night.

• Kakashi explained that people feared him because ninja held high status in New Konoha, and assured Naruto that the hostility he had faced before was over.
• Naruto thanked Kakashi and finally accepted him, while Uchiha Jin considered how Naruto might now support him and New Konoha.
• Kakashi bought supplies and brought Naruto to his large courtyard home, then prepared a sunny room filled with new clothes for him.
• Kakashi told Naruto to explore the house while he made dinner for their guests, and promised to teach him Chakra refinement that night.
• Naruto grew excited at the prospect of learning ninjutsu from Kakashi.

Naruto settled into Kakashi’s home and began accepting Tsunade and Shizune as family, while Tsunade warned Kakashi to find a girlfriend. In Old Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected New Konoha’s demand to surrender and stand trial, prompting Nara Shikaku to deliver an ultimatum of an assault by the next morning.

• Naruto grew comfortable in Kakashi’s home, and he, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Shizune shared dinner together.
• Naruto asked why his relatives had not taken him in earlier, and Tsunade blamed Jiraiya’s unreliability while Kakashi reassured him.
• Tsunade told Kakashi that she and Shizune would move in and urged him to find a girlfriend before Uchiha Jin intervened.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen smashed his new smoking pipe and angrily rejected New Konoha’s demand that he surrender and face trial.
• Nara Shikaku warned Sarutobi Hiruzen that New Konoha would attack if he had not surrendered by nine the next morning.

Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared for the coming battle, lamenting how Uchiha Jin had overturned his plans and hoping Orochimaru could save the Sarutobi Family. Uchiha Jin led New Konoha to Old Konoha, where he and Hiruzen exchanged accusations before the battle began.

• Nara Shikaku completed the formalities with Sarutobi Hiruzen and left, while Hiruzen chose not to kill him to avoid provoking New Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen reflected on Uchiha Jin's role in his downfall, placed his hopes in Orochimaru, and went to sleep before the battle.
• Uchiha Jin gathered New Konoha's experts at Training Ground 13 and ordered them to move out for the final battle.
• Uchiha Jin's group arrived at Old Konoha's entrance, where Sarutobi Hiruzen and his forces were waiting.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen accused Uchiha Jin of plotting to destroy Old Konoha, and Uchiha Jin declared that New Konoha had come to deliver justice.

Orochimaru summoned intelligent Reanimation fighters with an early perfected Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and challenged Uchiha Jin to face them. Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama questioned Tsunade, who explained that Konoha’s villagers and clans had joined Jin against Sarutobi Hiruzen and promised to seal her relatives back into the Pure Land.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Orochimaru to begin after conceding that his final attempt to overcome Uchiha Jin had failed.
• Orochimaru summoned multiple Reanimation fighters and explained that his improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu preserved their intelligence while controlling their actions.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had spent two years perfecting the technique because of Jin’s strength, then invited Jin to face the Reanimation fighters.
• Senju Tobirama demanded an explanation, while Senju Hashirama mistakenly called for Tsunade and Jin to join their side.
• Tsunade told Senju Tobirama that Konoha’s villagers and shinobi clans had sided with the Uchiha against Sarutobi Hiruzen, and said she would seal the Reanimation fighters back into the Pure Land.

Uchiha Jin and his allies fought Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, who were being controlled by Orochimaru, while the reanimated Hokage learned that Konoha's clans had joined the Uchiha. Jin struggled against the brothers' power, and Fugaku used a sealing scroll after detecting Tobirama's Flying Thunder God attack.

• Senju Tobirama confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen over the village clans joining the Uchiha, and Orochimaru ordered the reanimated fighters to attack Uchiha Jin.
• Senju Hashirama warned Jin about his strength, while Senju Tobirama revealed the weakness of his techniques and urged Jin to seal them quickly.
• Jin summoned his Complete Body Susanoo, but Hashirama cracked it with a punch and Tobirama shattered it with Water Severing Wave.
• Jin restored his Susanoo and fought Hashirama's True Several Thousand Hands as Shisui moved to stop Tobirama.
• Fugaku appeared with his Mangekyo, startling Tobirama, then detected Tobirama reappearing nearby and used Tsunade's Sealing Scroll to begin sealing him.