Chapter Summaries

Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to transfer Orochimaru’s western battlefield credit to Namikaze Minato so Minato could compete with Uchiha Fugaku for Fourth Hokage. After Shimura Danzō angrily opposed the plan and left, Hiruzen ordered Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to arrange the transfer secretly.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura warned that Konoha needed to settle the Fourth Hokage succession, while Shimura Danzō privately planned to use evidence of Orochimaru’s human experiments to control him.
• Shimura Danzō argued that the Uchiha clan posed the greater threat and that Uchiha Fugaku’s battlefield achievements had made him a popular Hokage candidate.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to give Namikaze Minato credit for defeating Sunagakure on the western battlefield, strengthening Minato’s claim to the Hokage position.
• Shimura Danzō rejected Hiruzen’s decision, argued that Orochimaru was the best candidate, and stormed out after Hiruzen reminded him that he was Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to arrange the credit transfer without Orochimaru or the Uchiha Clan noticing.

Shimura Danzō sent Orochimaru a letter claiming Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to sacrifice his battlefield credit to promote Namikaze Minato, confirming Orochimaru’s growing suspicions about his teacher. As Orochimaru weighed his response, he rejected a risky pursuit of Sunagakure’s forces because his troops were exhausted and the enemy’s leaders were formidable.

• Shimura Danzō wrote a provocative letter describing Sarutobi Hiruzen’s alleged plan and ordered a Root ninja to deliver it directly to Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru read the letter on the Sunagakure battlefield and concluded that Sarutobi Hiruzen had arranged Namikaze Minato’s arrival to strengthen his claim to become Fourth Hokage.
• Orochimaru condemned Sarutobi Hiruzen for using him and sacrificing his men, but steadied himself to consider his next move.
• Orochimaru assessed that Sunagakure might retreat now that Konoha could reinforce the western front and considered pursuing the enemy for a decisive victory.
• Orochimaru rejected a pursuit because his forces were depleted, while Fourth Kazekage Rasa and Karura posed a serious threat and a failed attack could bring him blame.

Uchiha Sanpo escorted Aoyama Yui, Sango, Uzumaki Huiyi, and Uchiha Ami through Konoha before Root ninja posing as Anbu tried to arrest them. Sanpo unleashed Susanoo against the attackers as Uchiha clansmen arrived and moved to capture the survivors.

• Uchiha Sanpo arranged for Uzumaki Huiyi to stay with Uchiha Ami while he took Aoyama Yui and Sango home.
• Three Root ninja disguised as Anbu accused Aoyama Yui and Sanpo of treason and attacked them.
• Sanpo exposed the impostors, struck down their captain, and resisted a larger Root force that attacked with ninjutsu and Explosive Tags.
• A Root Yamanaka ninja used the Mind Body Switch Technique against Sanpo, but the spiritual attack was crushed and the ninja died from the backlash.
• Sanpo awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed his third-stage Susanoo, shielding Aoyama Yui and Sango and killing two Root ninja.
• Uchiha clansmen arrived, praised Sanpo, and surrounded the remaining Root ninja, declaring them enemy spies.

Uchiha Sanpo publicly accused Shimura Danzō of causing two devastating wars and tried to arrest him, turning the watching crowd against him. Uchiha Fugaku intervened, allowing Danzō to escape, while Sarutobi Hiruzen secretly decided that Sanpo was a threat.

• Uchiha Sanpo exposed Shimura Danzō’s role in the Second Hokage’s death and the losses of the First Shinobi World War before a crowd of nearly ten thousand.
• Uchiha Sanpo accused Shimura Danzō of provoking Hanzo of Amegakure and bringing about the Second Shinobi World War, prompting the crowd to condemn Danzō.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root ninja to kill Uchiha Sanpo, but Sanpo used Susanoo to seize him in the name of the Uchiha Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Fugaku appeared with a Green Susanoo, blocked Sanpo, and ordered everyone to disperse.
• Shimura Danzō escaped with the Body Flicker Technique while Uchiha Sanpo questioned Fugaku’s intervention.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched with the Telescope Technique and decided to find a way to eliminate Uchiha Sanpo.

Uchiha Sanpo fueled outrage in Konoha by exposing the four ruling clans’ wartime conduct and the deaths of thousands of child soldiers, triggering riots and deadly attacks. Uchiha Fugaku confronted Sanpo over the chaos and the danger of renewed war, but Sanpo refused to back down.

• Shimura Danzō seethed in Root’s base after Sanpo’s revelations ruined his reputation and his hopes of becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Sanpo sent trusted Uchiha shinobi to spread claims that the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans had avoided combat while children were sent to the battlefield, where thousands died or were permanently disabled.
• Furious villagers and shinobi besieged the Hokage Building and attacked members of the four clans, leaving hundreds dead or injured as the Uchiha Military Police Force struggled to contain the violence.
• Uchiha Fugaku summoned Uchiha Sanpo and condemned him for plunging Konoha into chaos and leaving it vulnerable to its rival villages.
• Uchiha Sanpo defended his actions and claimed he could defeat any villages that attacked Konoha, leaving Fugaku unable to persuade him to stop.

Uchiha Fugaku was summoned by Konoha’s leaders as the village descended into violent unrest, and they pressured him to kill Uchiha Sanpo to stop the fighting. They promised to back Fugaku as Fourth Hokage, and he agreed to their request before leaving the underground office.

• An Anbu ninja summoned Uchiha Fugaku to an urgent meeting with the Third Hokage, leaving Uchiha Sanpo behind at the Military Police Force.
• Fugaku crossed the rioting crowd outside the damaged Hokage Building and entered a secret underground office where Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura awaited him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen warned Fugaku that the infighting had killed or wounded nearly seven hundred ninja and could leave Konoha vulnerable to its enemies.
• Shimura Danzō blamed Uchiha Sanpo for the turmoil, while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu urged Fugaku to kill him and promised to recommend Fugaku as Fourth Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō offered Anbu support, and Sarutobi Hiruzen bowed and pledged to pay any price to save the village.
• Fugaku accepted the request to deal with Sanpo, and then turned and left the office.

Uchiha Fugaku lured Uchiha Sanpo to the rear mountain and poisoned him, then revealed an ambush with Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen. Sanpo's Susanoo broke through the barrier, and Fugaku and Hiruzen joined the battle as the Uchiha clansmen rushed toward the mountain.

• Uchiha Sanpo arrived at Wangyue Pavilion, where Uchiha Fugaku offered him poisoned tea.
• Uchiha Sanpo's life force suppressed the poison, and he escaped the pavilion only to find Anbu surrounding the mountaintop.
• Uchiha Sanpo summoned his Orange Susanoo and demanded to know why Uchiha Fugaku had betrayed him.
• Shimura Danzō and Sarutobi Hiruzen appeared, and Sanpo attacked Danzō with Susanoo's longsword, carving a trench in the ground.
• Uchiha Sanpo's growing Susanoo shattered the barrier, prompting Uchiha clansmen to rush toward the summit.
• Uchiha Fugaku formed a green Susanoo and clashed with Sanpo's, while Sarutobi Hiruzen launched five elemental attacks.

Uchiha Sanpo defeated Uchiha Fugaku, drove Sarutobi Hiruzen into hiding, and captured Shimura Danzō after exposing his stolen Sharingan. The Uchiha clansmen learned Danzō had killed their jōnin for Izanagi experiments and demanded his death.

• Uchiha Sanpo’s Orange Susanoo withstood Sarutobi Hiruzen’s Five-Style Great Barrage and crushed the Anbu who attacked.
• Uchiha Sanpo overwhelmed Fugaku’s Green Susanoo, leaving Fugaku injured and unable to move.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen escaped to the Sarutobi Clan Compound, while Shimura Danzō used Izanagi to evade capture before Sanpo’s Shadow Clones cornered him and severed his right arm.
• Sanpo’s Shadow Clones captured Fugaku and brought Danzō back to the mountaintop.
• Sanpo revealed twelve Three-Tomoe Sharingan embedded in Danzō’s arm and accused him of killing more than a dozen Uchiha jōnin for Izanagi experiments.
• The Uchiha clansmen reacted with rage and shouted for Danzō to be killed.

Uchiha Sanpo exposed Uchiha Fugaku’s betrayal and ordered the Uchiha to seize evidence, maintain order, and reveal the Anbu’s human experiments to Konoha. He planned harsh punishments for the four clans tied to the fallen leaders, leaving Uchiha Shisui unable to persuade him to show mercy.

• Uchiha Sanpo forced Uchiha Fugaku to confess that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō promised him the Fourth Hokage position in exchange for helping kill Sanpo.
• Uchiha Sanpo announced that his Shadow Clones had trapped the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans and attacked the Root base, then ordered the Uchiha to secure evidence and spread the news of the Anbu’s experiments on more than a thousand children.
• Uchiha Sanpo explained that Root had used Hashirama Cells in its experiments, while Uchiha Yashiro assigned Inabi, Tekkai, and Ryuka to secure Root, protect villagers, and publicize the crimes.
• Uchiha Shisui asked how Sanpo would treat innocent members of the four clans, and Sanpo ordered execution for anyone who resisted, trials for perpetrators, and Cursed Seals and sixteen years of labor for those he deemed innocent.
• Uchiha Shisui pleaded that ordinary people and children should not be punished for their families’ crimes, but Uchiha Sanpo refused to reconsider and sent him to maintain order if he could not accept the plan.

The Uchiha revealed that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō had used more than a thousand children in Root human experiments, then exposed the evidence in the captured base. Grieving families and enraged villagers rallied against the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans, and the crowd surged toward the Sarutobi Clan Compound.

• Uchiha ninja announced that Sarutobi Hiruzen had fled, Shimura Danzō had been captured, and Root had experimented on more than a thousand children.
• An Uchiha ninja directed villagers to the Root base, where families found jars containing preserved organs labeled with the names of missing children.
• Uchiha ninja guards stopped grieving families from taking the jars, explaining that the remains had to stay as evidence until the murderers were brought to justice.
• An Uchiha ninja addressed the gathered villagers and described the children’s suffering, stirring their grief into fury.
• Villagers and ninja armed themselves and marched toward the Sarutobi Clan Compound, demanding revenge on Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, and their clans.

Uchiha Sanpo stopped the furious crowd from rushing into the Sarutobi Clan Compound and promised a public trial for the four clans. He opened a gap in the barrier and used Earth Release to trigger and destroy the compound’s traps, leaving it engulfed in explosions and fire.

• Thousands of ninjas and civilians gathered outside the Sarutobi Clan Compound, demanding revenge for the children who had been taken and killed.
• Uchiha Sanpo halted a villager who charged toward the barrier and warned the crowd that rushing in would cause more casualties.
• Uchiha Sanpo promised that the Uchiha ninjas would capture the four clans and hold a public trial where victims' families would receive priority execution rights.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered his Shadow Clones to open a gap in the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Uchiha Sanpo used Earth Release: Earth Shockwave to trigger the traps around the compound, setting off explosions that engulfed it in fire.

Uchiha Sanpo discovered that Sarutobi Hiruzen had escaped with the Sarutobi ninja, leaving civilians behind as bait, and found Explosive Tags on several children. After the children died in the blasts, Sanpo promised the villagers a pursuit of the fugitives and turned his attention to the Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans, offering Hyuga Hiashi an elder seat in exchange for clearing traps.

• Uchiha Sanpo sent shadow clones into the Sarutobi Ancestral Hall, where they interrogated civilians and learned Sarutobi Hiruzen had used Reverse Summoning to escape with the clan's ninja.
• Uchiha Sanpo bought and activated the Byakugan, spotted Explosive Tags on several children, and ordered the civilians to scatter.
• Uchiha Sanpo's shadow clones tried to carry the children to safety, but the tags exploded and killed them, while the surviving civilians were escorted from the compound.
• Uchiha Sanpo told the angry villagers that the Sarutobi Clan had fled and promised to designate its ninja as rogue ninja and launch a high-level pursuit.
• Uchiha Sanpo declared that the Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans would also answer for their actions, then offered Hyuga Hiashi an elder seat if the Hyuga Clan cleared traps from the Shimura Compound.

Hyuga Hiashi agreed to help Uchiha Sanpo, and the Uchiha and Hyuga captured the Shimura, Utatane, and Mitokado clans. The chapter left Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura in the villagers’ hands as they vented their rage over the clans’ crimes.

• Hyuga Hiashi agreed to help Uchiha Sanpo break into the Shimura clan grounds, and the Hyuga ninja cleared traps and joined the attack.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga defeated the Shimura ninja and escorted them out, where angry villagers pelted them with eggs, stones, and garbage.
• Uchiha Sanpo led the Uchiha and Hyuga forces to surround the Utatane and Mitokado clan grounds.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga captured the Utatane and Mitokado ninja, then dragged Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura from a secret chamber.
• Villagers hurled rubble and other debris at Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, accusing them of harming children.

Uchiha Sanpo used Sharingan genjutsu to interrogate Utatane Koharu in Konoha's central square, exposing the claim that the nations' Daimyo had secretly engineered the war to weaken the ninja villages. Mitokado Homura argued that Sarutobi Hiruzen had joined the war under threat, leaving the crowd divided and furious.

• Uchiha Sanpo forced Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Shimura Danzō to kneel before the crowd and put Koharu under genjutsu.
• Utatane Koharu revealed that Sarutobi Hiruzen believed the Daimyo had secretly colluded to provoke war and weaken the ninja villages.
• Utatane Koharu explained that the war's enormous monthly costs led Hiruzen to conclude that only the Daimyo could have funded it.
• Mitokado Homura broke free from a jonin's grip and claimed the Daimyo had ordered the war, threatening to cut off Konoha's income or destroy the village if Hiruzen refused.
• Konoha's ninjas and villagers argued over Homura's explanation, with some sympathizing and others condemning the leaders for protecting their clans while ordinary ninjas died.

Uchiha Sanpo confronted Mitokado Homura over the clans’ decision to send Academy children to the Kirigakure battlefield, then began interrogating Shimura Danzō about Konoha’s dark secrets. The chapter ended with Sanpo using Sharingan genjutsu to invade Danzō’s consciousness.

• Mitokado Homura defended the clans’ choices, claiming Konoha had lacked the forces to guard against Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Sanpo accused Homura and the other clan leaders of protecting their own ninja by sending children to war, where more than 2,200 students died and over 500 were gravely injured or disabled.
• Homura insisted that the disaster had been an unforeseen mistake, while villagers reacted with fury.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered Uchiha Tekka to wake Shimura Danzō so he could question him about Konoha’s secrets.
• Uchiha Tekka used Water Prison Technique to rouse Danzō, and Sanpo immediately cast Sharingan genjutsu on him.

Uchiha Sanpo forced Shimura Danzō to reveal that he had orchestrated the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools and that Sarutobi Hiruzen had arranged Kushina Uzumaki’s kidnapping so Namikaze Minato would win her trust. Kushina’s shock triggered the Nine-Tails, but Uchiha Sanpo subdued it, leaving Kushina unable to decide whether she could believe Minato.

• Uchiha Sanpo genjutsu-controlled Shimura Danzō, who confessed that he had secretly incited four ninja villages to destroy the Land of Whirlpools and seize the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing jutsu.
• Kushina Uzumaki and the surviving Uzumaki clansmen grieved after learning that Shimura Danzō had conspired against their homeland.
• Uchiha Sanpo questioned Shimura Danzō about Kushina’s abduction, and Danzō revealed that Sarutobi Hiruzen had planned it so Namikaze Minato could rescue her and persuade her to stay in Konoha.
• Kushina Uzumaki’s shock caused the Nine-Tails to overwhelm her and manifest a four-tailed cloak, but Uchiha Sanpo suppressed the beast and dispersed its chakra.
• Namikaze Minato arrived and told Kushina Uzumaki that his love was genuine, and she asked him to give her time to calm down.

Uchiha Sanpo forced Shimura Danzō to reveal how Sarutobi Hiruzen and Root drove Sakumo Hatake to suicide by threatening Kakashi. The revelation left Kakashi consumed by grief and hatred, and Sanpo then ordered Danzō to explain the human experiments.

• Uchiha Sanpo questioned Shimura Danzō about Sakumo Hatake's death, and Danzō described Sakumo's battlefield success and growing political support.
• Shimura Danzō said Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Sakumo on an impossible mission to Kumogakure, then ordered Root to spread rumors and pressure him after he survived.
• Shimura Danzō revealed that Sarutobi Hiruzen used five-year-old Hatake Kakashi as leverage, forcing Sakumo into a dead end and suicide.
• Hatake Kakashi realized his father's death had been tied to him, broke down in grief, and swore to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Uchiha Sanpo silenced the square and ordered Shimura Danzō to explain the human experimentation without concealing anything.

Shimura Danzō confessed that Sarutobi Hiruzen had supported human experiments using Hashirama Cells and village children, igniting fury among Konoha’s villagers and ninja. Uchiha Sanpo vowed to hold everyone involved accountable, and ninja pledged to follow him as Hatake Kakashi’s hatred of Hiruzen deepened.

• Shimura Danzō recounted how Sarutobi Hiruzen restarted the Hashirama Cells experiments to eliminate Senju clansmen, then halted them after the survivors died.
• Danzō admitted that he continued the experiments at Root’s base and used missing village children as subjects, prompting villagers to accuse and curse him.
• Danzō revealed that Hiruzen had tacitly approved the experiments and supplied Anbu resources and funds, causing the crowd and ninja to condemn the Third Hokage.
• Hatake Kakashi grew more furious as he connected Hiruzen to his father’s death and the deaths of innocent children.
• Uchiha Sanpo promised to hold everyone involved in Sakumo Hatake’s death and the human experiments accountable, and ninja pledged to follow him.
• Hatake Kakashi kept clenching his fists as his hatred remained undiminished.

Uchiha Sanpo ordered the immediate execution of Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, then oversaw the judgment of the three clans’ remaining members. After the trials, he explained to Uchiha Yashiro that sparing and expelling some civilians protected the Uchiha Clan’s reputation and helped restore Konoha’s trust.

• Uchiha Sanpo sentenced Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to death, and Uchiha Tekka burned them alive before the cheering villagers.
• Uchiha Sanpo delegated the remaining trials to Uchiha clansmen, who sentenced 1,114 ninja and more than 700 civilians to death and marked roughly 500 ninja for the Konoha Suicide Squad.
• Uchiha clansmen confiscated the property of roughly 3,300 civilians from the three clans, while more than 600 women who had married into them applied for divorce.
• Uchiha clansmen escorted about 2,700 civilians out of Konoha after the trial, and Uchiha Sanpo approved the divorces.
• Uchiha Yashiro questioned why Uchiha Sanpo had spared some civilians, and Uchiha Sanpo said their expulsion avoided bloodshed and protected the Uchiha Clan’s reputation and Konoha’s trust.

Uchiha Sanpo was unanimously nominated as Fourth Hokage after the crimes of Konoha’s former leadership were exposed. He formed a new Elder Council and issued orders to confiscate clan assets and compensate victims as his rule began.

• Uchiha Sanpo told Uchiha Yashiro that Tsunade, Hyuga Hiashi, and Nara Shikaku would serve on the new Elder Council, and he refused to pursue Orochimaru unless he returned to threaten Konoha.
• Tsunade nominated Uchiha Sanpo as Fourth Hokage at a meeting attended by Konoha’s jonin and clan representatives, who unanimously supported him.
• Uchiha Sanpo accepted the nomination and announced Tsunade, Hyuga Hiashi, and Nara Shikaku as the new Elder Council.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered the confiscation of the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mito clans’ property and directed that it fund Konoha’s rebuilding.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered double compensation for families whose children died in human experiments and the immediate payment of overdue war compensation to ninja casualties’ families.