Chapter Summaries

Shiraishi Yoshijo let the crowd’s anger build, then redirected it toward the ninja clans supporting him. As the mob headed for the clan grounds, the Kamikawa clan gathered behind a protective barrier, while Yoshijo anticipated that the clan heads would have to rely on themselves.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo reflected that Danzo’s scheme and the Hokage’s tacit approval had helped create the mass protest, which Yoshijo intended to use to pressure the ninja clans.
• Yoshijo mocked the crowd from behind a deep-purple barrier, and Anbu raised earth walls to keep the angry protesters from crashing into it.
• After an hour of cursing Yoshijo, the crowd received copied lists of the clans supporting him and split up to confront them.
• Yoshijo revealed that he had arranged for the crowd to target the clans, expecting their members to turn to their clan heads for protection.
• The Kamikawa clan head gathered his people in the central grounds and raised a barrier, and the arriving crowd grew angrier at seeing them sheltered.

A riot directed by Konoha’s leadership devastated the village, and Sarutobi Hiruzen collapsed after ordering it stopped. The unrest was suppressed by the afternoon, while Danzo, imprisoned with his chakra sealed, struggled to learn what had happened.

• Crowds attacked clan compounds and looted shops across Konoha, setting fires and causing more than a thousand civilian casualties.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura reported the escalating chaos to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who saw the destruction and vomited blood.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Anbu and the remaining ninja to suppress the riot, called for the Sannin and Lady Mito, then fainted.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura decided to seek Lady Mito’s help rather than release Danzo or rely on Tsunade.
• Ninja restored order after three in the afternoon and arrested troublemakers, filling the prisons.
• Danzo questioned a young prisoner, fought him with his chakra sealed, and identified himself, but the prisoner refused to believe him.

Danzo learned that his plan to target Shiraishi Yoshijo had turned into a riot against the ninja clans, including the Shimura clan. Shiraishi Yoshijo gathered the clans supporting him at Konoha's southern gate, where they began forcibly clearing the surrounding residents as preparations for their departure continued.

• A prisoner told Danzo that a mob had attacked several ninja clan compounds, including the Shimura clan, and Danzo realized events had diverged from his plan.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo knocked out the Anbu guarding his mansion and used spatial transportation to bring Mie's family to the Kawaigawa clan compound.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo signaled the clans supporting him, and more than a dozen clans gathered at Konoha's southern gate.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo ordered the clans to clear residents from the area, and the ninjas looted homes and drove people into the streets.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo refused to stop a ninja who attacked a woman, telling Clan Head Nakamori that the clans needed an outlet for their resentment.

Uzumaki Mito took charge of Konoha while Hiruzen lay comatose and realized Shiraishi Yoshijo had manipulated Danzo into driving numerous ninja clans to leave the village. She concluded Shiraishi was heading to the Daimyo and ordered Danzo released to learn what he knew.

• Uzumaki Mito arrived before the Hokage Building as Tsunade blamed the advisors for Konoha's crisis and a Lightning Flash appeared in the sky.
• Anbu reported that Shiraishi Yoshijo and several ninja clans had gathered at Konoha's southern gate with over sixteen thousand people, including more than two thousand ninja.
• Uzumaki Mito deduced that Shiraishi had leaked his Hana Organization connection to Danzo and used Danzo's actions to push the clans toward leaving Konoha.
• Tsunade stated that Shiraishi had intended from the start to lead the clans out, while Orochimaru considered how he had manipulated Danzo, the advisors, and the Hokage.
• Uzumaki Mito identified the Daimyo as Shiraishi's likely destination and ordered Danzo released from prison for questioning.

Uzumaki Mito summoned Danzo to investigate the crisis Shiraishi Yoshijo had caused near Konoha’s South Gate. As Mito went to confront Shiraishi, Danzo realized his schemes had helped turn him into a pawn and left him the clown in Shiraishi’s plan.

• Uzumaki Mito questioned Danzo about the Daimyo’s unusual palace project and reprimanded him for overlooking it.
• Danzo reported that he had gathered only a little over a thousand ninja, and Mito decided to meet Shiraishi Yoshijo without withdrawing troops from the front lines.
• Tsunade pushed Mito toward the South Gate while Danzo, the advisors, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke followed.
• The group saw residents driven from their homes and abused by Konoha ninja, so Mito ordered Utatane Koharu to comfort them and arrange shelter.
• Orochimaru warned Jiraiya that the crisis had become a civil war and that showing mercy to Shiraishi Yoshijo’s ninja could get him killed.
• Danzo learned how Shiraishi Yoshijo had turned the clans’ loyalty to Konoha into an obstacle overcome, and realized Shiraishi had repeatedly used him.

Danzo struggled to recover from the humiliation Shiraishi Yoshijo had inflicted on him and insisted on confronting him. As Uzumaki Mito’s group reached Shiraishi Yoshijo’s blockade, Mito reflected on Konoha’s decline, while Yoshijo realized how dangerous she could be.

• Danzo broke down and coughed up blood after remembering his clan’s losses and Shiraishi Yoshijo’s humiliation.
• Tsunade treated Danzo, but he insisted on going to see Shiraishi Yoshijo despite her warning.
• Uzumaki Mito’s group encountered Shiraishi Yoshijo and the assembled clans, and both sides prepared for a confrontation.
• Uzumaki Mito remembered how Shiraishi Yukihito had once led the clans into Konoha, while Shiraishi Yoshijo was now leading them away.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo and Cheng discussed Mito’s strength, the complete Nine-Tails, and the danger posed by her sealing techniques.

Shiraishi Yoshijo confronted Uzumaki Mito and Danzo over his parents, unleashing enough chakra to terrify the Sannin and the others. He explained that his actions were driven by what made him happy rather than revenge, leaving Uzumaki Mito stunned.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo rebuked Uzumaki Mito for mentioning his parents, and Danzo admitted that he had killed them.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo released more than half of his Acupoint Seals, overwhelming the group with his chakra and causing Danzo to retreat.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo taunted Danzo and promised to make him suffer rather than kill him, after which Danzo collapsed while vomiting blood.
• Uzumaki Mito admitted that she had issued the mission to kill Shiraishi Yoshijo's parents and explained the political circumstances.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told Uzumaki Mito that he was not acting out of revenge, but simply because doing so made him happy.

Shiraishi Yoshijo refused Uzumaki Mito’s demand to stop his takeover of the South Gate and defended the clans’ grievances against Konoha’s leadership. After Mito withdrew with the Sannin and more than a thousand ninja, Shiraishi pressed ahead, leaving the clan heads to realize he had maneuvered them and the Daimyo into dependence on him.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo declared the South Gate under his control and threatened to kill any Konoha ninja who entered.
• Uzumaki Mito decided not to fight because her death would take the Nine-Tails with her, and she recognized Shiraishi Yoshijo planned to join the Daimyo.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo accused the Hokage faction of benefiting from the clans’ sacrifices, leaving Tsunade speechless and stirring the clan heads’ resentment.
• Uzumaki Mito left with Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and more than a thousand ninja.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo rejected Kawaigawa Aonobu’s suggestion to leave for the Daimyo immediately, saying the crisis would test the Daimyo’s resolve.
• The clan heads realized Shiraishi Yoshijo had maneuvered them into relying on him whether the Daimyo accepted them or not.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo woke in the hospital and learned how badly Shiraishi Yoshijo’s actions had damaged Konoha. Hiruzen returned to the Hokage Office, where Danzo admitted his mistake and the village leaders reviewed the casualties.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo woke in the hospital, argued over their actions, and Danzo apologized for the first time.
• Danzo told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Shiraishi Yoshijo had occupied the South Gate and driven out the civilians, prompting Hiruzen to leave for the Hokage Tower.
• Uzumaki Mito welcomed Sarutobi Hiruzen at the Hokage Office, warned that Shiraishi Yoshijo’s political methods were formidable, and handed him the documents before leaving to rest.
• Danzo arrived at the office and admitted that Shiraishi Yoshijo had misled and used him.
• Mitokado Homura reported that the riot had killed 891 people and injured 5,620, while the South Gate expulsion had killed 152 and injured 2,400.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha’s leaders debated how to respond to the riot, the damage to the village, and Shiraishi Yoshijo’s control of the South Gate. They rejected an immediate attack on Shiraishi’s forces, leaving the Daimyo and negotiations as the likely next steps.

• Mitokado Homura reported heavy casualties, overwhelmed hospitals and prisons, and Utatane Koharu said the Uchiha Police Force had stood aside during the riot.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu said Shiraishi Yoshijo had inflamed tensions between civilians and shinobi clans, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen to assign Danzo to handle the unrest.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Konoha could muster only three thousand shinobi, while Danzo offered to make Hanzo sign a surrender document.
• Nara Shikazumi argued that Shiraishi Yoshijo’s occupation of the South Gate gave him room to negotiate or leave with Daimyo backing, and urged Konoha to pressure the Daimyo first.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen called a vote on eliminating Shiraishi Yoshijo’s forces, but only seven people supported it.
• Utatane Koharu warned that civil war would cripple Konoha and invite attacks from other villages, while Danzo angrily opposed sparing Shiraishi Yoshijo.

After Shiraishi Yoshijo’s uprising, Konoha’s leaders argued over how to contain him while the Uchiha elders struggled with suspicions caused by their inaction. Three days later, Shiraishi secured the clan heads’ loyalty by accepting women from their clans, though Mie grew increasingly displeased with him.

• Mitokado Homura urged Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen to delay confronting Shiraishi Yoshijo, but Danzo warned that Shiraishi could produce hundreds of jonin with the Butterfly Manipulation Secret Technique.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned the clan heads tasks to restore order and pressure the Daimyo, while Danzo decided to deal with Hanzo of the Salamander so Hatake Sakumo’s forces could return to Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku told the Uchiha elders that Shiraishi had not staged a coup, and they realized their repeated failure to mobilize had made both sides suspicious of them.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo had deliberately maneuvered the Uchiha into an awkward position after their Police Force failed to respond when his home was attacked.
• Three days later, clan heads offered Shiraishi women from their clans; he accepted one from each clan to reassure them, while Mie became angry at his behavior.

Shiraishi Yoshijo spent time with his former guards Tsuna and Aisha, who revealed they wanted to have his children rather than remain replaceable guards. He promised they could have children eventually, but said he first needed to shape them into his own form.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo sent away his male guards and welcomed three female Jonin as guards, then brought Tsuna and Aisha to an empty room.
• Afterward, Shiraishi Yoshijo asked Tsuna and Aisha why they had agreed to serve him, and Aisha said she trusted the way he treated his own people.
• Aisha and Tsuna explained that they might be replaced after several years and admitted they wanted to have Shiraishi Yoshijo's children.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo agreed that they could have children in the future, but said he wanted to shape them into his own form first.

Shiraishi Yoshijo offered Aisha and Tsuna the prospect of eternal youth and steered them toward learning the Butterfly Manipulation Secret Technique. He persuaded them that their clans were already dependent on him, and both women agreed to follow his orders.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo asked Aisha and Tsuna whether they wanted to remain youthful forever and claimed immortality was the ultimate realm of Medical Ninjutsu.
• He explained that achieving immortality through Medical Ninjutsu was beyond them and joked about its other bodily benefits.
• Tsuna realized Shiraishi Yoshijo wanted them to learn the Butterfly Manipulation Secret Technique, which their clan heads had warned them against.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told the women their families had effectively cast them aside and called both them and their clans his property.
• Tsuna agreed to do whatever Shiraishi Yoshijo told her, and Aisha agreed as well.

Shiraishi Yoshijo implanted Butterfly Seeds in Tsuna and Aisha, then inscribed sealing formulas on them to increase their Chakra and strength. At dinner, Mie confronted him over his behavior, while Tsuna advised Aisha that they were now competitors for Shiraishi Yoshijo’s favor.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo placed Butterfly Seeds inside Tsuna and Aisha and inscribed sealing formulas on their bodies to seal his Chakra within them.
• Tsuna and Aisha teased and flirted with Shiraishi Yoshijo as he completed the formulas.
• At dinner, Mie glared at Shiraishi Yoshijo and criticized him for the way he had been acting with the women.
• Tsuna and Aisha apologized to Mie, and Shiraishi Yoshijo took Mie to another room to talk.
• Tsuna told Aisha that they served Shiraishi Yoshijo rather than Mie and declared that they were competitors.

Mie confronted Shiraishi Yoshijo about sleeping with the women sent to him and demanded that he send most of them away. He agreed, dismissed the other women, and returned to the house after warning them not to spread gossip about Mie.

• Mie demanded to know how many women Shiraishi Yoshijo had slept with, and he admitted that he had been with Aisha, Omi, Tsuna, Aya, and Kaoru.
• Mie told Shiraishi Yoshijo to send the other women away, and he agreed after she threatened to leave him.
• Mie explained that she was angry both because Shiraishi Yoshijo had taken in so many women and because Rie and Anna might hear about it.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo apologized to Aisha and Tsuna, then told Omi, Aya, and Kaoru to stay while he led the other women outside.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told the women to pack and escorted them to the gate, warning them not to spread gossip about Mie before he sent them away.

Shiraishi Yoshijo spent time with Mie, Tsuna, and Aisha before Mie urged him to restrain his indulgence and offered to manage his relationships. He then learned that Right Red was being hunted and left to investigate the trouble in the capital.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo returned to the hall, sent the women away, and went to Mie's room, where he joined Mie, Aisha, and Tsuna in the bath.
• Mie sent Aisha and Tsuna out and washed Shiraishi Yoshijo, then asked him to let her arrange his time with women so he would not overexert himself.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo agreed to Mie's request, though he reflected that his growing strength had made him increasingly willing to indulge his desires.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told Mie that Right Red was being hunted after sending him a distress signal.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo said he needed to investigate an incident in the capital and vanished from Mie's room.

The Daimyo blamed Shiraishi Yoshijo for provoking Konoha and decided to hand Right Red over rather than risk becoming the weaker partner. As Konoha Anbu pursued Right Red outside the capital, Shiraishi Yoshijo arrived to help him spring a trap, and Right Red revealed the skills he had learned in secret.

• The Daimyo raged that Shiraishi Yoshijo’s rebellion had exposed their alliance to Konoha, and he decided to cut ties by handing over Right Red.
• Zhixiong questioned the decision, but Yuexiang and the Daimyo argued that Shiraishi Yoshijo was trying to seize the leading position in their cooperation.
• Right Red fled more than a dozen Konoha Anbu outside the capital, following Shiraishi Yoshijo’s message to a prepared trap.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo hid underground and ordered Right Red to draw the Anbu to him while Right Red pretended to tire.
• Right Red fought the Anbu with Earth, Fire, and Wind Release, then used butterfly manipulation and signaled for help as only seven pursuers remained.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo watched through a Butterfly Seed and reflected that Right Red had been secretly trained by Takemoto Shuichi before joining the Guardian Ninja.

Shiraishi Yoshijo rescued Right Red from the Anbu, captured the pursuing force, and sent Right Red back to serve the Daimyo with two Kage-level substitutes. He then restored Mie's youth and reflected on his plans to leave Konoha, while worrying that the Ninja Military Academy could reshape the balance of power across the shinobi world.

• Right Red fought off the Anbu until Shiraishi Yoshijo arrived and trapped their reinforcements inside a barrier.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo flew away with Right Red, subdued the trapped Anbu with poison, and transported them to Butterfly Habitat Valley as test subjects.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo told Right Red to resume serving as a Guardian Ninja and gave him two Kage-level substitutes, one for himself and one as an apology to the Daimyo.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo transferred the life force of five test subjects into Mie, making her look seventeen or eighteen years old.
• After treating the captured Anbu, Shiraishi Yoshijo considered his plan to leave Konoha and worried that the Ninja Military Academy could provoke an arms race among the nations and ninja villages.

Shiraishi Yoshijo reflected on Mie’s rejuvenation and the cost of preserving the women he loved, then conceived of developing lifespan trading through the Star Absorption Technique. He left the idea’s political dangers unresolved while Mie and the other women began redoing their home.

• Mie discovered that she had grown younger, and Shiraishi Yoshijo concealed that the change had cost five lives.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo worried that his women would eventually need to learn to control their own cells to achieve immortality.
• Mie said she would harm others to save a loved one and would leave quietly if that person could not understand her choice.
• Mie’s words inspired Shiraishi Yoshijo to consider using the Star Absorption Technique to trade lifespans and collect vitality without killing anyone.
• Shiraishi Yoshijo worried that lifespan trading could destabilize the country and world, then considered testing it in other countries.
• After breakfast, Mie had the other women help redo the house while Shiraishi Yoshijo watched and kept his objections to himself.

Shiraishi Yoshijo continued studying the Flying Thunder God while his schemes and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s preparations pushed Konoha toward an unavoidable battle. As the Hokage faction and rebel faction faced off, Hiruzen’s silence left him cornered by the villagers’ anger and a village whose old order was breaking down.

• Shiraishi Yoshijo decided to let Anna handle the women at home and returned to studying the Flying Thunder God.
• After five more disturbances between shinobi clans and civilians, Shiraishi Yoshijo stopped provoking unrest when the Police Force openly backed the Hokage faction and the Uchiha intervened.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi continued targeting Right Red, while the Sannin left Konoha for the capital and Shiraishi Yoshijo prepared to protect his pawn with space-time Ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi united neutral factions under the Hokage, splitting Konoha into opposing camps as both sides prepared for war.
• Konoha’s civilians grew angrier at Hiruzen Sarutobi’s silence, leaving him politically cornered as the village’s old order began to collapse.