Chapter Summaries

Tejima Shinichi summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, shocking the battlefield and forcing Orochimaru to confront the power of Hashirama Senju’s legendary technique. Shinichi armored the statue’s thousand arms with iron sand and sent them crashing down toward Orochimaru and the two Edo Hokage, who raised a desperate defense.

• Tejima Shinichi summoned the hundred-meter wooden Buddha and stood atop its head as the Magnetic Wood Dragon coiled around it.
• Konoha’s ninja, Sand Village’s remaining troops, and Jiraiya looked on in shock, while Sarutobi Hiruzen wept at the sight of Konoha’s former glory returning.
• Orochimaru recognized True Several Thousand Hands as one of Hashirama Senju’s ultimate Sage Art techniques and questioned what Shinichi was.
• Tejima Shinichi coated the Buddha’s thousand arms in iron sand and launched them at Orochimaru, Hashirama Senju, and Senju Tobirama.
• Orochimaru ordered the two Edo Hokage to defend him, and Hashirama Senju raised wooden walls as Senju Tobirama raised four stone city walls.

Tejima Shinichi overwhelmed Hashirama Senju, Senju Tobirama, and Orochimaru with Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, forcing Orochimaru to reveal the Eight Branches Technique. Shinichi then used the Gate of the Great God to suppress Orochimaru and the two Edo Kage, stopping their regeneration.

• The True Several Thousand Hands shattered Hashirama Senju and Senju Tobirama’s Edo bodies with its relentless barrage.
• Orochimaru activated the Eight Branches Technique, transforming into a regenerating Eight-Headed Serpent despite a Buddha fist destroying part of his body.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained to Yamato that the Eight Branches Technique could be defeated by exhausting its Chakra or inflicting damage beyond its regeneration.
• Tejima Shinichi stopped the Buddha’s attacks, formed a hand seal, and declared that he would suppress Orochimaru’s will.
• Shinichi summoned ten crimson Gates of the Great God, pinning the Eight-Headed Serpent’s heads and sealing Hashirama and Tobirama’s Edo Chakra, halting their regeneration.

Tejima Shinichi suppressed Orochimaru with the Gate of the Great God, ending the Konoha Crush and capturing the rogue ninja alive. After Orochimaru explained that he attacked Konoha to make its windmill turn, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced Konoha’s victory and the survivors cheered.

• Tejima Shinichi told the trapped Orochimaru that he would seal him rather than risk leaving his Heavenly Curse Marks as a path to resurrection.
• Orochimaru accepted that his rogue ninja life had ended, while the gathered Konoha ninja looked on in awe as Shinichi’s plan succeeded.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Orochimaru, who said he had wanted to use Konoha’s destruction to make its windmill turn.
• Tejima Shinichi reminded Sarutobi Hiruzen that Konoha had won, and Hiruzen rallied himself to address the surviving ninja.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Orochimaru had been subdued and the Sand Village and Otogakure assault had failed, prompting the Konoha ninja to cheer.

After Tejima Shinichi’s overwhelming victory, Danzo abandoned his plans to control him and realized Shinichi could soon retaliate for past attacks. Shinichi sensed Danzo watching from afar and silently promised that Danzo’s end would come soon.

• Kakashi, Asuma, Yugao, and Yamato surveyed the devastated battlefield and recognized Shinichi as Konoha’s future Hokage.
• Danzo ordered Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune to terminate all plans targeting Shinichi.
• Yamanaka Fu warned Torune that threatening Shinichi’s parents would provoke him to destroy everyone involved, including Danzo.
• Danzo concluded that Hiruzen’s support and Shinichi’s strength had left him powerless, and feared Shinichi would settle their old scores.
• Shinichi sensed Danzo watching from a distant window, met his gaze briefly, and vowed that Danzo’s retribution would come soon.

Reports of Sunagakure's attack on Konoha spread among the other villages, prompting them to anticipate war. After learning that Rasa was dead and Sunagakure's forces had been devastated, Chiyo and Ebizo agreed to take charge and try to save the village.

• Raikage A learned that Sunagakure had attacked Konoha with Orochimaru and focused on Tejima Shinichi's capture of Orochimaru.
• Ōnoki of Both Scales and Kitsuchi judged that Sunagakure would face Konoha's wrath and ordered Iwagakure to prepare to join the coming war.
• A high-ranking adviser told Chiyo and Ebizo that Rasa had died.
• The adviser explained that Orochimaru had impersonated Rasa, Sunagakure's infiltration force had been nearly wiped out, and its Jinchuriki had been captured.
• Chiyo agreed to go to the Kazekage Building with Ebizo and take command to find a way for Sunagakure to survive.

Pain convened Akatsuki to discuss Orochimaru’s capture by Tejima Shinichi and the risk that Orochimaru could expose the organization. Akatsuki assigned Itachi and Kisame to infiltrate Konoha, then authorized an early, covert effort to capture the Seven-Tails.

• Pain told Akatsuki that Orochimaru had been captured alive in Konoha by the newly graduated Genin Tejima Shinichi, who wielded Wood Release.
• Zetsu explained that Orochimaru had taken the Empty Net ring and knew of the Moon Eye plan, so Pain sent Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki to deal with him in Konoha.
• Scorpion proposed recruiting Tejima Shinichi to fill Orochimaru’s vacant position, but Konan and Zetsu opposed the idea, and Pain ended the discussion.
• Pain ordered Akatsuki to begin covert preliminary Tailed Beast captures without exposing the organization.
• Kakuzu told Pain that his informant in Takigakure had been monitoring Fū, and Pain assigned Kakuzu and Hidan to capture the Seven-Tails.

Three days after the attack on Konoha, Mori Chie and Teshima Kazuto saw their standing rise because Tejima Shinichi had captured Orochimaru and protected the village. Shinichi learned Sasuke had repeatedly come looking for him, and suspected the next event in the original timeline was approaching.

• Mori Chie received gifts and respectful greetings from villagers and Chunin patrols because of Shinichi’s actions.
• Mori Chie told Teshima Kazuto that Shinichi had captured Orochimaru alive and earned the village’s gratitude.
• Teshima Kazuto said the hospital director had offered him special consideration, then privately worried that Shinichi might someday leave for a distant place.
• Tejima Shinichi came downstairs, and Mori Chie told him Sasuke had visited three times looking for him.
• Tejima Shinichi calculated that the timing matched an approaching event from the original timeline.

Tejima Shinichi arrived at the Hokage Building as Jiraiya and the advisers argued against Sarutobi Hiruzen stepping down, fearing it would undermine Shinichi. Shinichi revealed that he had proposed Hiruzen’s resignation and arranged for Tsunade to succeed him, leaving the group relieved that Konoha’s leadership could pass on smoothly.

• Jiraiya, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura urged Sarutobi Hiruzen not to step down, warning that it could endanger Shinichi’s standing and repeat what happened with Orochimaru.
• Tejima Shinichi entered the office and told them he had known about Hiruzen’s plan because he had suggested it himself.
• Shinichi recommended Tsunade as Hiruzen’s successor and said she had agreed when he spoke with her a month earlier.
• Shinichi explained that Tsunade could reorganize Konoha’s medical system and use her experience and prestige to deter threats at the borders.
• Jiraiya and the advisers accepted Tsunade as a suitable successor, and Hiruzen expressed relief at the planned transition.

Jiraiya secured permission to take Naruto out of Konoha while he went to bring Tsunade back. Tejima Shinichi then visited Sasuke, who asked about Shinichi’s plans and the promised information about “that man.”

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to send someone to bring Tsunade back for negotiations with Sand Village.
• Jiraiya volunteered to find Tsunade and asked to take Naruto with him; Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tejima Shinichi approved despite the advisors’ objections.
• Jiraiya left Konoha through the office window, and Tejima Shinichi departed to handle personal matters.
• Sasuke trained alone in the former Uchiha Clan Grounds, frustrated by the gap between his strength and Tejima Shinichi’s.
• Tejima Shinichi visited Sasuke, who asked what Shinichi planned to do next and whether his performance against Gaara qualified him to learn about “that man.”

Tejima Shinichi told Sasuke that the Uchiha massacre arose from the clan’s conflict with Konoha and revealed that Itachi had agreed with Shimura Danzō to carry it out. He left Sasuke stunned by the claim that Itachi killed the clan to save Sasuke’s life.

• Tejima Shinichi challenged Sasuke’s belief that Itachi had slaughtered the Uchiha alone and without help, prompting Sasuke to question how it could have happened unnoticed.
• Tejima Shinichi explained that tensions between the Uchiha and Konoha, especially Shimura Danzō’s hostility, had driven the crisis toward a coup.
• Tejima Shinichi said Uchiha Shisui tried to stop the coup with Kotoamatsukami, but Shimura Danzō attacked him and stole one of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tejima Shinichi said Shisui entrusted his remaining eye and his wish to stop the coup to Uchiha Itachi before he died.
• Tejima Shinichi revealed that Uchiha Itachi agreed with Shimura Danzō to massacre the clan in exchange for Konoha sparing Sasuke and letting Itachi bear the blame.
• Sasuke stared at Tejima Shinichi in terror and demanded to know what he was talking about.

Tejima Shinichi told Sasuke that Uchiha Itachi had massacred the Uchiha clan to protect him, and urged him to ask Itachi directly. When Shinichi brought Sasuke face-to-face with Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki in the forest outside Konoha, Sasuke attacked his brother.

• Sasuke recoiled from Shinichi’s account of the massacre and struggled to accept that Itachi had acted to protect him.
• Shinichi sensed something beyond Konoha, then told Sasuke he could ask Itachi the truth in person.
• Itachi and Kisame infiltrated the forest beyond Konoha, using the Sand Village delegation’s arrival to distract the village’s defenses.
• Shinichi and Sasuke confronted Itachi and Kisame, and Itachi greeted his younger brother after six years apart.
• Kisame’s remarks about Sasuke being Itachi’s younger brother enraged Sasuke, who charged at Itachi with a lightning attack.

Tejima Shinichi confronted Kisame Hoshigaki while Uchiha Itachi restrained Sasuke, and Kisame trapped Shinichi inside a massive sphere of water. Shinichi countered with Wood Release, filling the sphere with enormous tree trunks and threatening Kisame from every direction.

• Uchiha Itachi caught Sasuke’s Chidori wrist and slammed his arm into a tree, then taunted him about his hatred and the truth.
• Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki identified Tejima Shinichi as Konoha’s rising monster and Orochimaru’s captor.
• Kisame removed Samehada and attacked Tejima Shinichi with Water Release: Explosive Water Wave, forming a vast sphere of water around him.
• Uchiha Itachi pulled Sasuke free from the tree and retreated as Kisame’s water technique engulfed Tejima Shinichi.
• Tejima Shinichi unleashed Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, filling the water sphere with thick trunks that absorbed Kisame’s Chakra and sent wooden spears toward him from all sides.

Tejima Shinichi defeated Kisame Hoshigaki by using Wood Release’s physical force to shatter the chakra-draining Great Shark Bullet and strike him down. Kisame recovered with Samehada’s chakra, while Tejima declared that Kisame’s water could not trap his Wood Release.

• Kisame Hoshigaki used Thousand Feeding Sharks to fight Tejima Shinichi’s wooden spears, but the spears overwhelmed the sharks.
• Kisame fused with Samehada and unleashed Great Shark Bullet, expecting it to grow stronger by absorbing Tejima’s chakra.
• Tejima summoned a Wooden Man and punched the Great Shark Bullet, whose chakra absorption failed against the physical attack.
• The Wooden Man’s fist shattered the shark and sent Kisame crashing through trees into a deep trench, collapsing the water sphere.
• Samehada restored Kisame’s strength with its chakra, and Kisame acknowledged Tejima’s reputation before Tejima said his water could not trap Wood Release.

As Kisame Hoshigaki tried to escape Tejima Shinichi through the forest, Uchiha Itachi turned his attention to Sasuke and trapped him in Tsukuyomi. Sasuke confronted Itachi with the truth Tejima Shinichi had revealed, leaving Itachi stunned and Sasuke’s hatred beginning to crumble.

• Kisame Hoshigaki used the terrain to evade Tejima Shinichi, but Tejima pursued him on the Wooden Man.
• Uchiha Itachi challenged Sasuke’s resolve and activated his Mangekyō Sharingan, casting Tsukuyomi.
• Inside the illusion, Sasuke relived the Uchiha massacre and his parents’ deaths as the truth about Itachi’s actions flooded back into his mind.
• Sasuke told Itachi he knew the truth and demanded to know whether Itachi had committed the massacre to protect him.
• Itachi asked who had told Sasuke, and Sasuke named Tejima Shinichi.

Sasuke confronted Itachi over the massacre, awakening his Three Tomoe Sharingan as Itachi apologized. Meanwhile, Tejima Shinichi crushed Kisame Hoshigaki’s Water Clone, but Kisame concealed himself in the mist and launched a surprise attack with Samehada.

• Itachi recognized Tejima Shinichi as the person who had revealed the truth to Sasuke and apologized to his brother.
• Sasuke demanded to know why Itachi had killed their clan, and his Sharingan evolved into Three Tomoe Sharingan.
• Tejima Shinichi used his Wooden Man and Wood Dragon to corner Kisame Hoshigaki, whose Water Release attacks could not stop them.
• Kisame Hoshigaki used a Water Clone and Hidden Mist Technique to deceive Tejima Shinichi after the Wooden Man smashed the clone.
• Kisame Hoshigaki climbed the Wooden Man and struck at Tejima Shinichi with his unwrapped Samehada.

Tejima Shinichi defeated Kisame Hoshigaki in close combat, then revealed that he had been holding back and activated Sage Mode. He launched himself at the exhausted Kisame with undisguised killing intent.

• Kisame Hoshigaki attacked Tejima Shinichi at close range, but Shinichi blocked Samehada with an Iron Sand-covered punch.
• Tejima Shinichi struck Kisame Hoshigaki with an uppercut, sending him flying and leaving him badly injured and nearly out of Chakra.
• Tejima Shinichi used Wind Release: Great Breakthrough to clear the mist and assess Kisame Hoshigaki's condition.
• Tejima Shinichi activated Sage Mode and declared that he would kill every enemy, regardless of the original story.
• Tejima Shinichi charged at Kisame Hoshigaki at tremendous speed, shocking the exhausted opponent.

Tejima Shinichi killed Kisame Hoshigaki with Sage Mode-enhanced blows and Wood Release, leaving Kisame’s head intact. Black Zetsu warned Uchiha Itachi that Kisame’s head could expose Akatsuki’s secrets and urged him to destroy it before Shinichi took it to Konoha.

• Tejima Shinichi struck Kisame Hoshigaki twice, crushing his chest and knocking Samehada from his grasp.
• Tejima Shinichi bound Kisame with Wood Release and crushed his body, killing him while leaving his head intact.
• White Zetsu reacted in shock, while Black Zetsu feared Kisame’s head could reveal Akatsuki’s plans and the Moon Eye objective.
• Black Zetsu emerged beside Uchiha Itachi and told him Kisame had died.
• Black Zetsu urged Uchiha Itachi to destroy Kisame’s head before Tejima Shinichi could take it to Konoha.

Uchiha Itachi left Sasuke with Black Zetsu and went to meet Tejima Shinichi, who had defeated Kisame Hoshigaki. Shinichi dismissed the importance of Kisame’s intelligence and challenged Itachi to prove his strength.

• Itachi suspected Kisame knew more than Orochimaru and went to find Shinichi after knocking Sasuke unconscious.
• Black Zetsu questioned whether Sasuke was truly Indra’s reincarnation and wondered if another Uchiha survivor existed before sinking into the ground.
• Shinichi inspected Kisame’s remains as Itachi approached and asked for Kisame’s head because it contained important information.
• Shinichi handed Kisame’s head to Itachi’s request but said the intelligence did not interest him.
• Shinichi told Itachi he wanted to test his strength, and Itachi realized Shinichi intended to fight him.

Tejima Shinichi prepared to fight Uchiha Itachi, but Jiraiya and Naruto arrived and forced Itachi to retreat. Jiraiya recognized the head Shinichi carried as Kisame Hoshigaki’s, while Naruto learned that Itachi was Sasuke’s older brother.

• Tejima Shinichi judged Itachi’s choices harshly as Itachi acknowledged his sins and prepared to fight.
• Jiraiya and Naruto arrived, and Black Zetsu slipped away after deciding the situation had become too dangerous.
• Itachi abandoned his attempt to reclaim Kisame’s head and retreated into the forest, telling Shinichi they would meet again soon.
• Jiraiya stopped Naruto from chasing Itachi and explained that he was Sasuke’s older brother, the S-rank rogue ninja who had massacred the Uchiha clan.
• Jiraiya recognized Kisame Hoshigaki’s head, and Shinichi confirmed that he had killed him.

Sasuke told Naruto that Uchiha Itachi was no longer the person he wanted to kill, then returned to Konoha with Tejima Shinichi. At the Uchiha Clan Grounds, a Crow emerged from Sasuke and transformed into a human who greeted Shinichi.

• Sasuke appeared as Naruto was preparing to leave and unexpectedly wished him a safe journey.
• Naruto told Sasuke that Uchiha Itachi had just been there, and Sasuke said Itachi was now irrelevant to him.
• Sasuke told Tejima Shinichi that Itachi wanted to speak with him alone.
• Tejima Shinichi took Sasuke back to Konoha while Jiraiya set off with Naruto and considered whether Sasuke might be tied to the prophecy.
• At the Uchiha Clan Grounds, a Crow flew out of Sasuke and transformed into a human who greeted Tejima Shinichi.