Chapter Summaries

Danzō persuaded Hanzo to target Akira, Tsunade, and Kakashi, while Akira and Tsunade fought their way through Rain ninjas after Kakashi was captured. Akira decided to confront Hanzo directly, leaving Kakashi’s rescue dependent on eliminating the man behind the attack.

• Kakashi surrendered to the Rain ninjas and was knocked unconscious before he could speak with Hanzo.
• Danzō convinced Hanzo that Yahiko’s Akatsuki threatened the Land of Rain and proposed killing Akira, Tsunade, and Kakashi, then blaming the Akatsuki.
• Akira left Tsunade in a secluded cave, but Tsunade blindfolded herself and insisted on returning to help her teammates despite her fear of blood.
• Akira and Tsunade found Kakashi gone and fought the Rain ninjas searching the area, with Tsunade crushing one with her Monster Strength Fist and Akira cutting down the others.
• Akira rejected Tsunade’s suggestion to rescue Kakashi first and set out to kill the person behind the attack, naming Hanzo as his target.

Tsunade and Uchiha Akira were surrounded by Hanzo of the Salamander and his Amegakure forces after entering the Land of Rain to investigate missing Konoha ninja. Akira provoked Hanzo into a fight, and as poison gas spread, Tsunade urged Akira to escape while she covered his retreat.

• Tsunade refused to believe Hanzo of the Salamander could be defeated and told Akira she would handle things if they lost.
• Tsunade proposed ambushing Hanzo while he was relaxed, but Akira sensed more than a hundred Amegakure ninja surrounding them.
• Hanzo appeared, questioned why Tsunade had entered the Land of Rain, and said that both she and Akira would remain there.
• Tsunade claimed they had come to investigate missing Konoha ninja, but Akira accused Hanzo of seeking an excuse to fight and mocked him for not having a Kage.
• Hanzo released dense purple poison gas and sent his masked elite ninja to attack, while Tsunade told Akira to flee and offered to cover him.

Akira fought Hanzo of the Salamander inside Ibuse's poison mist, surviving his attacks and an explosive-tag trap with Wood Release. As Tsunade recognized the wooden shield as her grandfather's Wood Release, Akira announced that the second round had begun.

• Tsunade urged Akira to flee Hanzo of the Salamander's poison mist, but Akira chose to fight.
• Akira dodged Hanzo's Draw Slash and grew more skilled as they fought, while Hanzo tried to wear him down with the poison.
• Hanzo trapped Akira's legs with Explosive Tags and detonated them, clearing the poison mist in a blast.
• Akira emerged protected by a Wood Release shield, and Tsunade recognized the technique as her grandfather's.
• Akira joined his palms and declared that the second round against Hanzo had begun.

Uchiha Akira revealed his Wood Release and overwhelmed Hanzo of the Salamander, then gave him a choice between submission and death. Hanzo submitted and exposed Danzo’s role in the ambush, but Danzo had fled the banquet hall, and Akira moved to attack a shadowed corner.

• Akira summoned a towering Wood Golem, terrifying Hanzo and revealing that Ibuse’s poison had no effect on him.
• Hanzo pleaded with Tsunade to spare Amegakure, but Akira marked him with a black Kunai and demanded his submission.
• Hanzo agreed to serve Akira and revealed that Shimura Danzō had tipped him off and arranged the attack.
• Tsunade condemned Danzo and demanded to confront him, but Hanzo found that he had escaped the banquet hall.
• Akira dismissed Danzo’s supposed speed and hurled himself toward a dark corner with a punch.

Uchiha Akira confronted Shimura Danzō after exposing his attack and ambitions, then struck him down. Danzō escaped using Orochimaru’s Substitution Technique, leaving Tsunade troubled by their connection and Akira suspecting Danzō had undergone body modification.

• Uchiha Akira’s punch destroyed half the house and injured Shimura Danzō, who asked how Akira had found him.
• Shimura Danzō admitted he had underestimated Uchiha Akira and urged him to join his ambition to put Konoha above the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Akira rejected Danzō’s ambitions, declared him a threat to the Ninja World, and told Tsunade and Hanzo of the Salamander to witness the fight.
• Uchiha Akira struck Shimura Danzō with the Great Desolation Prison Heaven Fist, collapsing the rest of the building.
• Uchiha Akira realized the apparent corpse was a decoy made with Orochimaru’s Substitution Technique, while Tsunade grieved over Danzō’s ties to Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Akira suspected Shimura Danzō had undergone Body Modification and wondered whether he might eventually use Living Corpse Reincarnation.

Akira accepted Kakashi’s request to investigate the truth behind his father’s death after forcing him to choose between peace and pursuing the matter at any cost. Kakashi pledged himself to the investigation, and Akira made him the Land of Rain’s liaison while warning that betrayal would mean death.

• Hanzo invited Akira and Tsunade to stay as his guests, and Kakashi was released after being captured.
• Kakashi visited Akira late at night to ask for help uncovering the truth about his father’s death.
• Akira asked whether Kakashi would keep pursuing the truth even if it made him an enemy of Konoha, and Kakashi chose to proceed at any cost.
• Kakashi bowed to Akira and asked for his help, accepting the risk of betraying Konoha.
• Akira appointed Kakashi liaison for the Land of Rain and told him he could use its resources because Hanzo had submitted to him.
• Akira placed a black Kunai mark on Kakashi’s hand and warned him that betrayal would mean death.

Uchiha Akira marked Hatake Kakashi with the Flying Thunder God Technique and promised evidence linking Shimura Danzō to Sakumo Hatake’s death. After Kakashi left, Tsunade challenged Akira to drink, but she lost the contest and woke up embarrassed in his room.

• Hatake Kakashi recognized Akira’s Flying Thunder God Mark and agreed to handle the evidence against Shimura Danzō.
• Akira threw Kakashi out when Tsunade arrived, then closed the window as she entered with bottles of alcohol.
• Tsunade coaxed Akira into drinking and became intoxicated, while Akira stayed clear-headed.
• Tsunade woke up disheveled but untouched beside Akira, remembered the previous night, and fled in embarrassment.
• Tsunade vowed to beat Akira in a rematch, while Akira privately praised her warmth.

Shimura Danzō plotted to gain power using a powerful body while Uchiha Akira returned to Konoha with Tsunade after learning that the Uchiha leaders had split apart. Akira arrived at a tense clan meeting where Uchiha Xianren demanded action from Uchiha Yashiro over the deaths of Uchiha clan members.

• Shimura Danzō ordered his subordinates to bring him a body so he could gain power and pursue his ambitions.
• Uchiha Akira used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Tsunade back to the Uchiha Clan compound, leaving Kakashi behind.
• Itachi told Akira that Uchiha Xianren and Uchiha Yashiro had broken apart, and Akira went to handle the crisis.
• At the Uchiha meeting, Uchiha Xianren accused Konoha's leadership of being involved in three clan members' deaths and challenged Uchiha Yashiro to reconsider if his own grandson had died.

Uchiha Xianren and Uchiha Yashiro clashed over whether the Uchiha Clan should rebel, with Yashiro arguing that ordinary clansmen would suffer and Xianren refusing to tolerate further humiliation. Uchiha Akira arrived with Uchiha Itachi and challenged Xianren’s claim that only he had the qualifications to decide the clan’s future.

• Uchiha Yashiro argued that rebelling would endanger ordinary Uchiha clansmen, while Uchiha Xianren insisted the clan should fight even if it faced destruction.
• Uchiha Xianren threatened to act without Uchiha Yashiro’s approval, leaving Yashiro unable to answer before Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Akira entered.
• The system assigned Akira a mission to have Lord Hashirama resolve the Uchiha Clan’s rebellion and offered a Hokage Robe Cloak as the reward.
• Uchiha Yashiro urged Akira to leave, but Uchiha Itachi asked why the youths could not take part in decisions concerning the clan.
• Uchiha Xianren recounted his wartime sacrifices and told Itachi he would recognize his qualifications if he could make the choice for Yashiro.
• Uchiha Akira stepped forward and challenged the idea that the Uchiha Clan needed to rely on making choices, prompting Yashiro to warn him that the clan’s future was at stake.

Uchiha Akira proposed settling the Uchiha Clan’s power struggle through combat, with the loser becoming a household servant, and Uchiha Xianren accepted. After Xianren defeated Uchiha Yashiro, Akira refused to join him and challenged him next.

• Uchiha Akira proposed that the winner of a clan battle would rule and the loser would become a household servant, and Uchiha Xianren agreed to hold an arena match.
• Uchiha Fugaku approved the match, while Uchiha Yashiro stepped in to fight Xianren instead of letting Akira face him.
• Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Xianren fought for ten minutes, until Xianren exhausted Yashiro’s chakra and held a sword to his throat.
• Uchiha Xianren declared himself the winner and invited Akira to work under him.
• Uchiha Akira declined Xianren’s offer, drew his sword, and challenged him to fight.

Uchiha Akira challenged Uchiha Xianren to establish his standing in the Uchiha Clan and proved far stronger than expected in their duel. After Akira overwhelmed Xianren with swordsmanship and a powerful Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Xianren resorted to the Sharingan's Illusion Technique, while the Hawk faction cheered for his victory.

• Uchiha Akira challenged Uchiha Xianren, and Xianren accepted, confident that Akira's lack of a Sharingan made him an easy opponent.
• Akira defeated Xianren's opening sword strike with a single backhand slash, stunning the watching Uchiha.
• Xianren used his Three Tomoe Sharingan to find openings, but Akira's sudden burst of speed forced him into a direct clash.
• Xianren unleashed the Great Fireball Technique while flipping through the air, but Akira countered with an enormous Water Dragon Bullet Technique and dissolved the dragon before it struck the houses.
• Xianren activated the Sharingan's Illusion Technique, and the Hawk faction cheered as they expected Akira to lose.

Uchiha Akira defeated Uchiha Xianren with Wood Release, leaving the Uchiha clan stunned and forcing Xianren to accept his authority. Uchiha Fugaku then asked Akira whether he would consider changing his surname to Senju.

• Uchiha Xianren's Illusion Technique failed against Uchiha Akira, so he attacked with Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique.
• Uchiha Akira summoned a massive Wood Dragon that extinguished Xianren's fire dragons, bound him, and drained his Chakra.
• Uchiha Xianren protested that the fight did not count because Wood Release was not an Uchiha ability, but Akira rejected his excuse and declared that Xianren must obey him.
• The Wood Dragon flung Xianren through several walls, and he passed out while the Uchiha clansmen watched Akira with respect.
• Uchiha Fugaku brought Akira and Uchiha Itachi inside, then asked Akira whether he might change his surname to Senju.

Uchiha Fugaku proposed that Uchiha Akira change his surname to Senju and use Wood Release to win support for the Uchiha, but Akira rejected his political schemes and took the Scroll of Izanagi. At the Senju Clan, Akira helped Naruto Uzumaki learn Sage Mode as he prepared to enter the ninja academy.

• Uchiha Akira saw through Uchiha Fugaku's plan to use his Senju heritage and Wood Release to gain support for the Uchiha Clan, then mocked the idea of marrying Tsunade and becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Akira refused to change his surname or help undermine Konoha, accepted the Scroll of Izanagi, and left Uchiha Fugaku with Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Itachi to keep pace with Akira and try persuading him to change his surname, while he mused about Akira marrying Tsunade.
• At the Senju Clan, Uchiha Akira watched Naruto Uzumaki control Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Asuma Sarutobi practice Sage Mode.
• Uchiha Akira told Naruto Uzumaki he would soon enter the ninja academy and taught him to enter Sage Mode, then began testing how long he could maintain it.

Naruto Uzumaki mastered Sage Mode well enough to maintain it for half an hour, while Asuma Sarutobi learned his talent limited his progress but was promised technological upgrades. Uchiha Akira went to the Hyuga Clan after learning Neji had entered a tournament, where the clan head had arranged a deadly trap for him.

• Naruto Uzumaki maintained Sage Mode for half an hour, while Asuma Sarutobi could last only one minute.
• Uchiha Akira told Asuma Sarutobi that his talent limited his Sage Mode progress and promised him technological upgrades later.
• Asuma Sarutobi told Uchiha Akira that Neji had entered the Hyuga Clan Tournament to win the Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms.
• Uchiha Akira took Asuma Sarutobi to the Hyuga Clan to check on Neji.
• Hyuga Hiashi arranged the tournament to target Neji, and the Branch Family leader announced rules that forced competitors to fight until defeat or victory.

Hyuga Neji used his Art of the Bow and Arrow to defeat Hyuga Liuhuo and overwhelm the Branch Family challengers, drawing praise from a Main Family elder. Hyuga Shota then challenged Neji, and the chapter ended as Neji fired a second volley at him.

• Hyuga Neji defeated Hyuga Liuhuo with Chakra Arrows, pinning him to the platform.
• Elder Mirror praised Neji’s archery and Byakugan combination and suggested promoting his combat system throughout the clan, but Hyuga Hiashi rejected the idea.
• Hyuga Neji swiftly defeated the other Branch Family challengers and called for someone stronger.
• Hyuga Shota, the Branch Family leader and a battle-tested Jonin, entered the competition and challenged Neji.
• Hyuga Neji fired volleys of Chakra Arrows at Hyuga Shota as he stepped onto the platform.

Hyuga Neji fought Hyuga Shota in the clan’s competition, but Uchiha Akira intervened when Shota nearly struck Neji with a lethal blow. Akira then attacked Hyuga Hiashi with Wood Release, leaving him pinned beneath a red torii and revealing a power that could raise the Uchiha Clan’s prestige.

• Hyuga Neji used his archery and taijutsu against Hyuga Shota, who nearly hit him with a Steel Fist strike.
• Uchiha Akira blocked Hyuga Shota’s punch and told Neji to call on him if trouble arose.
• Hyuga Shota accused Uchiha Akira of provoking the Hyuga Clan, and Akira knocked him down and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Hyuga Hiashi confronted Uchiha Akira and threatened to complain to Uchiha Fugaku.
• Uchiha Akira used Wood Release: Gate of the Great God to pin Hyuga Hiashi to the ground, shocking him with the revelation that Akira could wield Wood Release.

Uchiha Akira’s Wood Release stopped Hyuga Hiashi, and Elder Hyuga Mirror recognized it as the First Hokage’s power and tried to win Akira’s favor. Mirror promised Neji Main Family status and access to Hyuga techniques, while Neji reaffirmed his devotion to Akira, who resolved to train him even harder.

• Hyuga Hiashi called on Elder Hyuga Mirror to rescue him, but Mirror first marveled at Akira’s Wood Release.
• Mirror recognized the technique as the First Hokage’s Wood Release and respectfully approached Akira, seeking to assure him of the Hyuga Clan’s goodwill.
• Mirror promised Neji equal treatment with the Main Family and access to the clan’s secret techniques.
• Neji thanked Akira and said his teacher was the most important person in his life, prompting Akira to call him a sincere puppy rather than a bootlicker.
• Akira decided to train Neji toward Kage-level strength and awaken his Tenseigan.

Hyuga Mirror urged the Main Family to ally with Uchiha Akira, but Hyuga Zang and the elders rejected the idea, leaving Mirror to send Hyuga techniques to Neji in hopes of building a connection. Meanwhile, Itachi told Akira that a crowd was demanding Shimura Danzō leave Konoha, and Akira agreed to discuss the situation.

• Hyuga Mirror described Akira's power to the Main Family elders and argued that the Hyuga Clan should support him to gain real influence.
• The elders rejected Mirror's proposal, and Hyuga Zang declared that the clan would remain independent and refuse to bow to the Uchiha Clan.
• After leaving the Ancestral Hall, Mirror sent Neji a scroll containing three Hyuga secret techniques, hoping to build a connection through him.
• Itachi told Akira that a crowd had gathered outside the Hokage Building to demand Shimura Danzō leave Konoha, though they lacked solid evidence.
• Akira teased Itachi about his changed outlook and his feelings for Izumi, then told him to discuss business.

Uchiha Akira’s campaign against Danzo appeared to falter when Hiruzen Sarutobi calmed the protesting crowd with a promise to investigate. Hatake Kakashi then confronted Hiruzen publicly with Root records implicating the village leadership in Hatake Sakumo’s downfall, ending by naming the “Hero Destruction Plan.”

• Uchiha Akira and Uchiha Itachi watched as Hiruzen Sarutobi went out to address the crowd demanding Danzo’s removal.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi bowed, promised to verify the complaints, and persuaded most of the crowd to leave without a direct confrontation over Danzo.
• Uchiha Itachi expected the protest to end, but Uchiha Akira remained confident that more was coming.
• Hatake Kakashi stopped the crowd from dispersing and challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi with a document containing Root records about Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Kakashi read the records aloud and accused the village of carrying out the “Hero Destruction Plan.”

Kakashi exposed Root’s role in driving Hatake Sakumo to suicide and demanded an explanation from Hiruzen Sarutobi. Tsunade then confronted Hiruzen with records of a plan to exterminate the Senju Clan, leaving the Hokage Building crumbling as she demanded answers.

• Kakashi read Root’s records showing how it spread rumors, pressured Hatake Sakumo’s teammates to change their testimony, and drove Hatake Sakumo to suicide.
• Kakashi revealed the records to the crowd and demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi explain Root’s actions against the Hatake Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to investigate and asked Kakashi where the records came from, while Kakashi said they had appeared in his mailbox.
• Tsunade arrived and accused Root’s records of containing a plan to exterminate the Senju Clan, then smashed the Hokage Building’s wall.
• Tsunade cited records about preventing the Senju Clan from monopolizing the Hokage position and withholding reinforcements from five hundred Senju facing five thousand enemies, and demanded that Hiruzen explain their deaths.