Chapter Summaries

Chiyu explained to Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki how Konoha’s Uchiha Clan drove his parents away and how he survived the village’s mistreatment. He told them he had founded his organization so discarded ninja could choose their own lives before the ninja world descended into greater chaos.

• Chiyu revealed that he had no surname and was not part of Konoha’s Uchiha Clan, despite possessing the Sharingan.
• Chiyu explained that his father was Senju and his mother was Uchiha, and Raiga Kurosuki described the clans’ history to an uninformed Yahiko.
• Chiyu recounted how the Uchiha Clan forced his parents to flee, his father died protecting his family, and his mother brought him back to Konoha before dying.
• Chiyu said he endured bullying and discrimination in Konoha, then rose through the village ranks after Orochimaru took him as a disciple.
• Chiyu told the others that his organization aimed to help ninja value themselves and find a place in the coming chaos, rather than simply seek revenge on Konoha.

Chiyu explained the Owl Organization’s purpose and plans, and Pakura and Raiga Kurosuki chose to remain. He then asked Yahiko whether he still believed in peace through mutual understanding, and Yahiko’s despairing experiences showed that his former ideal had collapsed.

• Chiyu told Pakura and Raiga Kurosuki that the Owl Organization would make decisions through discussion, and they agreed to stay.
• Chiyu instructed the group to recruit only powerful members, promised to fund the organization, and warned them to watch the Akatsuki.
• Chiyu explained that the Akatsuki aimed to collect the tailed beasts and that conflict with the Five Great Ninja Villages would bring chaos.
• Chiyu asked Yahiko whether his travels had changed his belief in peace, and Yahiko recalled betrayal, slaughter, and his inability to find hope among those he had tried to help.
• Chiyu told Yahiko that Nagato’s approach to peace had merit but could never succeed because Nagato was a pawn.

Chiyu warned Yahiko that rescuing Nagato and Konan would take at least fifteen years, then introduced him to the Owl Organization’s new members, Pakura and Raiga Kurosuki. He left them in Tanzaku Town with 8,470 ryo and promised to send two million ryo from Konoha.

• Yahiko asked when he could see Nagato and Konan, and Chiyu told him that trying to reach them now would endanger them all.
• Chiyu explained that they would need to wait at least fifteen years to rescue Nagato and Konan, and Yahiko promised to act rationally.
• Chiyu introduced Yahiko to Pakura and Raiga Kurosuki, welcomed them to the Owl Organization, and prepared to return to Konoha.
• Yahiko asked Chiyu for organization funds, and Chiyu gave him all the money he had on hand: 8,470 ryo.
• Chiyu promised to send the group around two million ryo and urged them to spend carefully before vanishing into the night.

After Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki squandered their money gambling in Tanzaku Town, Chiyu sent them two million ryo. The trio recovered the money from his Summoning Animal and headed off to feast, while Chiyu worried in Konoha that they would spend it recklessly.

• After Chiyu left, Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki spent nearly all their money on a lavish sushi meal and lost their remaining funds gambling.
• The three waited hungry in Tanzaku Town for Chiyu's promised money, then grabbed his Little Green Snake Summoning Animal and threatened to eat it.
• The Little Green Snake coughed up a scroll holding the money and returned to Ryūchi Cave after insulting the trio.
• When bystanders moved toward the spilled cash, Raiga Kurosuki drew Lightning Blade Kiba and scared them off while Yahiko and Pakura gathered the money.
• Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki set off to eat well, while Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki he feared they would spend the funds recklessly.

Minato Namikaze and Miyuki Uzumaki invited Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki to their wedding, while Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi clashed over whether to continue targeting the Uchiha Clan. Hiruzen stood by giving the clan a chance, leaving Danzo furious and their disagreement unresolved.

• Minato Namikaze and Miyuki Uzumaki visited Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki to deliver their wedding invitation and asked Kushina to help Miyuki shop for a wedding dress.
• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki reminisced about their early friendship, then went out together to buy ingredients for beef curry rice.
• Kushina Uzumaki and Miyuki Uzumaki went shopping over the following days while Chiyu trained at Orochimaru's base.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to continue targeting the Uchiha Clan, but Hiruzen argued that Uchiha Fugaku's leadership and the clan's wartime contributions warranted giving them a chance.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen of endangering Konoha's future, and Hiruzen insisted that peace and village stability justified his decision.

Danzo argued with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze over whether Konoha should trust the Uchiha Clan or create a new department to limit its power. After Danzo accused them of risking the village, Hiruzen and Minato hesitated over their decision.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo's call to act against the Uchiha Clan immediately and proposed maintaining the status quo until Konoha recovered.
• Danzo proposed creating a department to establish village regulations and arrest ninja with criminal tendencies, while the Konoha Military Police Force retained its other duties.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo went to the Hokage Office and asked Minato Namikaze to decide the matter.
• Minato Namikaze cited Shisui Uchiha's reports and Fugaku Clan Head's desire to rebuild trust as reasons not to target the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo accused Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze of gambling Konoha's future on the Uchiha Clan, leaving them uncertain.

Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi considered Danzo's proposal to establish a new department to monitor the Uchiha Clan, but hesitated when Danzo nominated Chiyu to lead it. The chapter ended with them caught between risking the Uchiha's distrust and pushing Chiyu toward joining Danzo's Root.

• Danzo argued that Konoha needed a new department to guard against the Uchiha Clan changing course, and offered Root ninja to staff it.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to establish the department on the condition that Anbu ninja also joined.
• Danzo proposed Chiyu as the department's leader, but Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi objected because Chiyu had targeted the Uchiha during the war.
• Danzo accused Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi of failing to reward Chiyu and Orochimaru, and threatened to put them fully under Root's command.
• Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to let Chiyu and Orochimaru join Root, but remained unsure whether Chiyu could lead the new department.

Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzo established the Konoha Defense Force to create regulations and arrest ninja with criminal tendencies, appointing Chiyu as its head and Shisui Uchiha as deputy head. Minato explained the decision to Shisui, who was stunned to learn he would help oversee a force created partly to keep his clan in check.

• Minato Namikaze rejected Danzo's proposal to bring Chiyu and Orochimaru fully into Root and proposed a new department led by Chiyu with Shisui Uchiha as deputy.
• Minato argued that appointing Shisui would reassure the Uchiha Clan, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo agreed to the appointments.
• Minato named the department the Konoha Defense Force, assigned it to formulate village regulations and arrest ninja with criminal tendencies, and arranged for Root and Anbu members to join.
• After Danzo and Hiruzen left, Minato summoned Shisui and explained that the force's duties would be removed from the Konoha Military Police Force because the Uchiha Clan had abused its authority.
• Shisui was shocked to hear Chiyu would lead the force, and Minato admitted it was created partly to keep the Uchiha Clan in check before revealing Shisui's appointment as deputy head.

Minato Namikaze appointed Shisui Uchiha deputy leader of the Konoha Defense Force to reassure the Uchiha Clan and limit Danzo’s influence. Danzo and Chiyu then discussed how to use the new force to crush the Uchiha Clan, with Chiyu proposing to provoke conflicts that would justify arrests.

• Minato Namikaze explained why he trusted Shisui Uchiha and offered him the deputy leader position, which Shisui accepted.
• Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha set out for the Uchiha Clan compound to discuss separating the Defense Force’s authorities from the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Danzo told Chiyu that he would lead the Konoha Defense Force and confirmed that Shisui Uchiha would be deputy leader.
• Chiyu asked how far Danzo wanted to go in targeting the Uchiha Clan, and Danzo said he wanted them crushed beyond recovery.
• Chiyu proposed provoking hostility between villagers and Uchiha clansmen so the Defense Force could arrest them for showing criminal intent.

Chiyu persuaded Danzo to use the new Konoha Defense Force to provoke and arrest Uchiha, collecting bail money and damaging the clan’s reputation. Minato Namikaze then informed Uchiha Fugaku that Chiyu would lead the new department, leaving Fugaku struggling to stop the change.

• Chiyu proposed provoking Uchiha into minor confrontations, arresting them, and charging escalating bail fees, while Danzo approved and planned to hold prisoners in Root.
• Minato Namikaze and Shisui Uchiha visited Uchiha Fugaku to announce that the Konoha Military Police Force would lose its authority to make village regulations and arrest ninjas with criminal intent.
• Minato Namikaze told Uchiha Fugaku that Shisui would be deputy leader of the new department and Chiyu would lead it.
• Uchiha Fugaku objected to the decision, argued that the Uchiha had fulfilled their duties, and urged Minato Namikaze to withdraw it.
• Uchiha Fugaku dismissed Shisui’s attempt to speak and insisted that Shisui was too inexperienced to keep Chiyu in check.

Minato Namikaze explained that he could not stop the Konoha Defense Force from being established, and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to support him in hopes of improving the Uchiha Clan’s position. After Minato left, Fugaku warned Shisui Uchiha that the new force targeted their clan, but Shisui remained committed to helping both the clan and the village.

• Uchiha Fugaku asked Minato Namikaze to reconsider establishing the Konoha Defense Force, citing the Uchiha Clan’s wartime losses and resentment toward Chiyu.
• Minato Namikaze said the new department could not be canceled, promised to assign Anbu ninja under Shisui Uchiha’s orders, and pledged to improve the Uchiha Clan’s situation in the future.
• Uchiha Fugaku decided to align the clan with Minato Namikaze and promised that the Uchiha would follow his orders.
• Minato Namikaze thanked Uchiha Fugaku and left, after which Fugaku asked Shisui Uchiha to speak with him.
• Uchiha Fugaku warned Shisui Uchiha that the Konoha Defense Force targeted their clan, but Shisui said he was prepared to work for both the clan and the village.

Uchiha Fugaku warned Shisui Uchiha that the Uchiha Clan faced growing restrictions and asked him to observe Minato Namikaze, while Shisui struggled with divided loyalties. Meanwhile, Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan entered the Land of Water to seek recruits for Akatsuki.

• Uchiha Fugaku explained that the Konoha Defense Force’s new powers and hostile advisors would make life difficult for the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Shisui Uchiha to monitor Minato Namikaze and report anything unusual, insisting that clan interests came first.
• Shisui Uchiha agreed quietly, but Uchiha Fugaku came to doubt that he was fully trustworthy.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered recommending his four-year-old son, Itachi Uchiha, as deputy commander because he trusted him more than Shisui.
• Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan entered the Land of Water to find potential Akatsuki recruits.

Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan encountered Karatachi Yagura at Kirigakure and decided to exploit his position as Fourth Mizukage and his Three-Tails. Yagura broke free of Obito’s genjutsu and pursued the trio, but the chapter ended with Pain and Konan watching as Obito asked them to help fight him.

• Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan arrived near Kirigakure, where Karatachi Yagura blocked their path and demanded to know who they were.
• Obito Uchiha placed Karatachi Yagura under a Sharingan genjutsu and proposed controlling Kirigakure and eventually taking the Three-Tails from him; Pain approved the plan.
• Karatachi Yagura broke free with the Three-Tails’ help and attacked Obito Uchiha, while Pain and Konan moved away from the village.
• Karatachi Yagura attacked the departing trio with Water Release, and Pain deflected two water streams with Shinra Tensei.
• Obito Uchiha lured Karatachi Yagura away from Kirigakure, dodging his attacks with his intangibility, then asked Pain and Konan to help fight him.
• Pain and Konan stayed on a tree trunk and watched as Obito Uchiha complained that they had left him to fight alone.

Karatachi Yagura fought Obito Uchiha and tried to use the Water Mirror Technique to create copies of his allies. His copy of Konan exploded at her command, leaving Yagura stunned as the battle continued.

• Karatachi Yagura attacked Obito Uchiha with Water Release, but Obito used Kamui to phase through attacks and countered with a powerful fire technique.
• Obito ensnared Yagura with his scythe chain and pinned him, but Yagura used the Three-Tails' Chakra to force Obito to phase and escape.
• Yagura created an imitation of Obito with the Water Mirror Technique, but Obito absorbed it into Space-Time with Kamui.
• Yagura created an imitation of Pain, but Pain destroyed it with Shinra Tensei.
• Yagura copied Konan, who fought her imitation with Paper Dance before commanding it to explode.

Karatachi Yagura fought Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan, escalating from Partial Tailed Beast Transformation to his full Three-Tails form. Obito Uchiha put the Three-Tails under Genjutsu, and Pain pierced its body with Black Rods to help end the transformation.

• Karatachi Yagura entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Obito Uchiha, Pain, and Konan, but Pain and Konan countered his assaults.
• Obito Uchiha told Pain to force Karatachi Yagura into Full Tailed Beast Transformation and warned him not to use a Black Rod prematurely.
• Karatachi Yagura fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, which Pain deflected, while Konan revealed Explosive Tags disguised as the ground and blasted Karatachi Yagura.
• Karatachi Yagura survived the explosions and transformed completely into the Three-Tails.
• Obito Uchiha used Genjutsu: Sharingan on the Three-Tails, and Pain drove dozens of Black Rods into its body.

Obito Uchiha subdued Karatachi Yagura and used him to seize control of Kirigakure. Yagura restarted the Bloody Mist Policy, and a purge of the village’s Kekkei Genkai clans began.

• Obito Uchiha used genjutsu and Pain’s Black Receivers to control the Three-Tails and Karatachi Yagura.
• Pain and Konan left to recruit Kakuzu, while Obito Uchiha returned to Kirigakure with Karatachi Yagura.
• Obito Uchiha controlled some of Kirigakure’s higher-ups and convened a meeting five days later.
• Karatachi Yagura proposed restarting the Bloody Mist Policy, including purging Kekkei Genkai clans and making students fight to the death to graduate.
• That night, Karatachi Yagura led a secret force in a purge of the Kekkei Genkai clans, beginning Kirigakure’s Bloody Mist era.

Chiyu and Kushina attended Minato and Miyuki’s grand wedding, where Chiyu observed the guests and reflected on Hizashi and Neji Hyuga’s tragic fates. The chapter ended as Chiyu greeted Hizashi, who had just taken a seat beside him.

• Chiyu and Kushina arrived at Minato and Miyuki’s wedding and took their assigned seats near the front.
• Kushina rushed backstage to see Miyuki in her wedding dress while Chiyu watched the guests arrive.
• Chiyu exchanged a measured stare with Itachi, and Fugaku reminded his son to recognize potential allies and enemies.
• Hizashi sat beside Chiyu with the infant Neji, prompting Chiyu to reflect on the Hyuga family’s Branch Family system and their futures.
• Chiyu greeted Hizashi, saying it had been a long time.

At Minato Namikaze’s wedding, Chiyu met Hizashi Hyuga and became fond of his infant son, Neji. Chiyu offered to take Neji as his disciple, and Hizashi eagerly accepted, hoping the connection would protect his son from the Branch Family’s fate.

• Chiyu greeted Hizashi Hyuga and asked about the infant in his arms, learning that his name was Neji.
• Neji woke and grabbed Chiyu’s finger, and Kushina Uzumaki took him from Hizashi to hold him.
• Chiyu asked Hizashi if he could take Neji as his disciple when the child grew older.
• Hizashi accepted with joy, believing Chiyu’s protection could help Neji control his future despite the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hizashi said he would bring Neji to visit in a few days, and Chiyu welcomed them.

Chiyu and Hizashi Hyuga agreed that Chiyu would take Neji Hyuga as his disciple at Minato Namikaze and Miyuki Uzumaki’s wedding. After the ceremony and feast, Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki left and invited Kakashi to join them for ramen.

• Chiyu and Hizashi Hyuga agreed to make Neji Hyuga Chiyu’s second disciple, while Hyuga Hiashi worried about the political consequences for the Hyuga Clan.
• Kushina Uzumaki held Neji Hyuga, and Danzo arrived shortly before the wedding began.
• Jiraiya officiated Minato Namikaze and Miyuki Uzumaki’s Public Ceremony Wedding, and Chiyu explained the ceremony to Kushina Uzumaki.
• Danzo left the feast early, and Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki departed after greeting Hizashi Hyuga, who said he would visit with Neji in a few days.
• Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki met Kakashi on patrol and invited him to join them at Ichiraku Ramen.

Obito Uchiha recruited Kisame Hoshigaki into the Akatsuki while continuing the purge in Kirigakure. Meanwhile, Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki lost their money gambling, and Hyuga Hiashi summoned Hizashi Hyuga after Minato Namikaze’s wedding.

• Kisame Hoshigaki stole Samehada from the weapons storehouse, and Karatachi Yagura confronted him and offered him a place as his subordinate.
• Obito Uchiha revealed his plan to Kisame Hoshigaki, who joined the Akatsuki after hearing about the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito Uchiha continued massacring Kirigakure’s ninja clans with Kisame Hoshigaki’s help.
• Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki gambled away the remaining fifty thousand ryo from Chiyu’s two million and began seeking commissions to earn money.
• After Minato Namikaze’s wedding, Hyuga Hiashi summoned his brother Hizashi Hyuga for a private meeting.