Chapter Summaries

Miyuki Uzumaki decided to flee Konoha with Naruto after hearing villagers call for the Child of Calamity’s death. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki to see their newborn son, Sōshi Uzumaki.

• Miyuki Uzumaki saw Chiyu, Kushina Uzumaki, and Sōshi Uzumaki together at the Ninja Hospital and left without congratulating them.
• Miyuki Uzumaki overheard villagers discussing the Child of Calamity and calling for the child to be killed, then feared they would discover Naruto’s birth date.
• Miyuki Uzumaki decided to leave Konoha with Naruto and began planning how to evade the five people monitoring their home.
• Orochimaru told Chiyu he hoped Hiruzen Sarutobi would give him a reason to leave Konoha, though he still cared about his former teacher.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Chiyu’s home, where Chiyu brought the sleeping Sōshi Uzumaki out for him to see.

Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Orochimaru against dangerous research, but Orochimaru planned to continue and leave Konoha if necessary. Hizashi Hyuga brought Neji to Chiyu for help, and Chiyu offered to secretly teach him before leaving Konoha; Hizashi revealed he had already guessed Chiyu would leave.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Chiyu, praised Sōshi, and cautioned Orochimaru that some research should not be pursued.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi left, Orochimaru told Chiyu he would continue researching the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and Immortality Technique, and would leave Konoha for the Land of Rice Fields if threatened.
• Three days after Orochimaru left, Hizashi Hyuga brought Neji to visit Chiyu despite Hiashi Hyuga's orders, explaining that he feared Neji would suffer as he had and wanted to set an example as a father.
• Chiyu offered to secretly teach Neji until he left Konoha, which he expected to do within seven years.
• Hizashi Hyuga told Chiyu he had already suspected he would leave Konoha after falling out with its leaders, leaving Chiyu wondering why Hizashi had risked bringing Neji to him.

Hizashi Hyuga explained why he trusted Chiyu to teach Neji despite the risks, and Chiyu decided to answer that trust by inviting Hizashi to join his organization. He warned that the Hyuga Branch Family would be endangered by foreign attempts to steal the Byakugan and urged Hizashi to leave the clan’s burdens behind.

• Hizashi Hyuga told Chiyu that he had investigated him and believed he was a responsible teacher who genuinely cared for his disciples.
• Hizashi promised to bear the consequences for Neji if Chiyu left Konoha, and Chiyu reflected that Hizashi had only a few years left with his son.
• Chiyu revealed that he had founded an organization outside Konoha with five members, including Orochimaru, and invited Hizashi to join.
• Chiyu warned Hizashi that foreign ninja would target the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan while Konoha was weakened, placing the Branch Family in danger.
• Chiyu urged Hizashi to join his organization because he wanted Hizashi to survive.

Hizashi Hyuga refused Chiyu's offer to leave the Hyuga Clan, choosing to remain for his clan while supporting Neji's freedom to decide. Over the next three months, Konoha's tensions grew as Danzo targeted the Uchiha Clan, and Miyuki Uzumaki finally came to Chiyu and Kushina with an urgent request for help.

• Hizashi Hyuga declined to join Chiyu's organization, explaining that he loved the Hyuga Clan and wanted Neji to choose his own future.
• Chiyu accepted Hizashi's decision, and Kushina Uzumaki worried that Chiyu had foreseen danger for him.
• As the days passed, Chiyu stayed home caring for Sōshi Uzumaki while Kakashi sent occasional updates and Minato Namikaze remained unconscious.
• Danzo spread rumors blaming the Uchiha Clan for not helping during the Nine-Tails rampage and arranged for their relocation to Konoha's outskirts with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders.
• Uchiha Fugaku accepted the relocation despite his clan's complaints, while Shisui Uchiha felt lost and sensed that Fugaku no longer trusted him.
• Three months later, Miyuki Uzumaki arrived at Chiyu and Kushina's home carrying Naruto and solemnly asked them for help.

Miyuki Uzumaki asked Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki to help her take Naruto away from Konoha, but Chiyu explained that fleeing together would make them targets across the ninja world. He laid out three choices and recommended that Miyuki leave alone while Naruto remained in Konoha; Miyuki had not yet decided what to do.

• Miyuki Uzumaki told Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki that she wanted to take Naruto somewhere without ninja because she feared Konoha would discover his identity as the Child of Calamity.
• Chiyu warned Miyuki that Konoha and rival villages would pursue them if both Jinchuriki left the village.
• Chiyu explained that Miyuki could join his organization with Naruto, stay in Konoha with him, or leave Naruto in Konoha and join the organization alone.
• Chiyu recommended that Miyuki leave Naruto in Konoha so the village would protect him as its only Jinchuriki, while she could remain safe and reunite with him later.

Miyuki Uzumaki chose to leave Konoha so Naruto could have a better chance at growing up safely, asking Chiyu to care for him and tell him the truth about his mother. Chiyu escorted Miyuki to the Owl Organization, but they sensed pursuers arriving just as she reunited with Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki.

• Chiyu offered Miyuki Uzumaki the choice to attempt taking Naruto out of the Land of Fire or leave him in Konoha while the Owl Organization took her away.
• Miyuki chose to leave Naruto in Konoha and asked Chiyu to protect him and eventually tell him that she loved him.
• Chiyu arranged Miyuki's departure and reassured Kushina Uzumaki that nobody would separate her from Cang Nagi.
• On the eighth night, Chiyu disguised himself as a snake, knocked out the Anbu watching Miyuki, and led her out of Konoha in disguise.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered Miyuki was missing and sent search parties to track her while concealing the Jinchuriki's disappearance from other villages.
• Chiyu introduced Miyuki to Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki, but Miyuki sensed pursuers approaching, and Chiyu noted they included ten people and two dogs.

Chiyu sent Yahiko, Shindai, Pakura, Raiga Kurosuki, and Miyuki Uzumaki to confront Konoha’s tracking squad while he watched from nearby. The fight left the squad shocked when Yahiko used Tobirama Senju’s Water Release technique.

• Chiyu used the rings to tell Shindai and the others to engage the pursuers, draw Konoha’s attention, and protect Miyuki Uzumaki.
• A Hyuga ninja identified Miyuki Uzumaki, who declared that Konoha had forced her to leave, and Raiga Kurosuki attacked the tracking squad with lightning.
• Raiga Kurosuki struck the Inuzuka ninja and their dogs with lightning, while Pakura attacked the Aburame ninja and destroyed their insects with Scorch Release.
• Miyuki Uzumaki used Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to locate hidden enemies and guide Yahiko as they defended themselves.
• Yahiko cut an earthen lid in half with Water Release: Water Severing Wave, leaving the Konoha ninja astonished that he knew Tobirama Senju’s technique.

Yahiko, Miyuki Uzumaki, Raiga Kurosuki, and Pakura fought off the Konoha pursuers as Miyuki defected. After the survivors reported back, Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned to learn that Yahiko had used Tobirama Senju’s Water Release techniques.

• Yahiko killed an Anbu ninja with Water Release: Heaven's Weep and evaded the pursuing Hyuga ninja's warning shots.
• Yahiko stopped falling clay with Water Release: Water Shockwave, and Raiga Kurosuki electrocuted five pursuers by channeling lightning through the water.
• Pakura's flaming hurricane killed an Inuzuka ninja's hound and an injured Anbu ninja as the remaining Konoha ninja retreated.
• Chiyu told Miyuki Uzumaki and her companions to leave the Land of Fire, promised to update her on Naruto, and headed back to Konoha.
• The surviving ninja reported Miyuki Uzumaki's defection and Yahiko's techniques to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was shocked that someone could use Tobirama Senju's Water Release jutsu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha's senior leaders after Miyuki Uzumaki defected with the help of powerful allies, and ordered Naruto Uzumaki placed under close guard. As Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura debated the crisis, Danzo eyed the chance to control Naruto.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Anbu to guard Naruto Uzumaki and directed Konoha to conceal Miyuki Uzumaki's defection.
• Chiyu watched Hiruzen Sarutobi's response through a snake's senses and considered intervening if Naruto was handed to Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura that Miyuki Uzumaki had defected with three powerful allies, including someone who used Tobirama Senju's Water Release Ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that rumors calling Naruto the Child of Calamity might have driven Miyuki Uzumaki away, and said they needed a plan before trying to bring her back.
• Danzo's eyes flashed as Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed what to do with Naruto.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders agreed to disguise Miyuki Uzumaki’s defection as an abduction and pursue her, while Danzo suggested Chiyu might have helped her escape. Danzo then revealed that he wanted Root to take Naruto Uzumaki and train him as a weapon, leaving Hiruzen to consider the proposal.

• Kozuchi and Mitokado Homura agreed that Miyuki Uzumaki’s defection had to be concealed, and Danzo proposed announcing that unknown ninja had abducted her while covertly pursuing her.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Danzo’s plan, but Danzo argued that someone inside Konoha, likely Chiyu, must have helped Miyuki escape.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would classify Naruto Uzumaki’s identity as a Jinchuriki as top secret and adopt him, while leaking limited information about his connection to the Nine-Tails.
• Danzo objected to Hiruzen adopting Naruto and demanded that Root take the child and train him, arguing that Jinchuriki should be treated as weapons without emotional ties.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi furrowed his brow and repeatedly drew on his pipe as Danzo urged him to hand Naruto over for Konoha’s sake.

Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to hand Naruto Uzumaki over to Root as an emotionless weapon, and Hiruzen nearly agreed before Chiyu arrived. Chiyu pretended to be shocked by Miyuki Uzumaki’s defection and blamed the rumors against her and Naruto, leaving Hiruzen under his scrutiny.

• Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to make Naruto Uzumaki into an emotionless weapon under Danzo’s control.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered the threat Miyuki Uzumaki might pose and nearly accepted Danzo’s proposal, reasoning that Konoha had to come first.
• A ninja reported that Chiyu had arrived, and Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed him into the Hokage Office.
• Chiyu claimed he had found signs of an invasion at Miyuki Uzumaki’s home and sensed Naruto inside the Anbu base, then feigned surprise at hearing Miyuki had defected.
• Chiyu blamed Konoha’s rumors for Miyuki’s distress and challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi to suppress those spreading them.

Chiyu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo over Naruto’s custody, using overwhelming force to show that Konoha could not coerce him. After destroying Danzo’s Sharingan and damaging the Hokage Office, Chiyu demanded a proper discussion and waited for Hiruzen’s response.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Chiyu about Miyuki Uzumaki’s disappearance and said Konoha would publicly claim unknown ninja had abducted her.
• Chiyu argued that Naruto should be adopted by him and Kushina, but Danzo accused him of arranging Miyuki’s defection to control the Jinchuriki.
• Chiyu entered Sage Mode, slammed Danzo into the floor, and interrupted Danzo’s counterattack with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chiyu warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that he could kill the leaders and take power, then criticized Konoha for driving Miyuki away and planning to turn Naruto into a weapon.
• Chiyu gouged out Danzo’s Sharingan, crushed it, and damaged half of the Hokage Office with a punch.
• Chiyu reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had no interest in Konoha’s power struggles and demanded that they continue the discussion properly.

Chiyu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi to stop Naruto from being handed over to Danzo, threatening to destroy Root if Hiruzen refused. Their negotiations exposed Chiyu’s hatred of Konoha, and Hiruzen had yet to agree to his demands.

• Chiyu decided he had to pressure Hiruzen Sarutobi to keep Naruto out of Root, since Hiruzen had hesitated but was still willing to hand him over to Danzo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, reminded of Madara Uchiha by Chiyu’s strength and demeanor, asked how Chiyu wanted to negotiate.
• Chiyu demanded that Naruto not be handed to Danzo and threatened to kill Danzo if Hiruzen crossed that line.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to hand Naruto over to Chiyu, saying Chiyu’s actions made him impossible to trust.
• Chiyu accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of having always distrusted him and laughed as he declared that Konoha had given him ample reason to hate it.
• Chiyu blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for his parents being forced from Konoha and hunted, and rejected the claim that Konoha’s shelter had earned his loyalty.

Chiyu negotiated with Hiruzen Sarutobi over Naruto and demanded that Konoha leave Kushina Uzumaki and Sōshi Uzumaki alone. After Hiruzen compromised to allow Chiyu limited contact with Naruto, Chiyu left the ruined Hokage Office.

• Chiyu rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi's conditions for Naruto and threatened to destroy Konoha if Danzo took the child.
• Chiyu accused Hiruzen of turning Kakashi against him and warned him not to let Kakashi approach.
• Utatane Koharu suggested using Kushina Uzumaki and Sōshi Uzumaki against Chiyu, who reappeared and demanded she repeat herself.
• Chiyu used his third-state Susanoo to destroy the Hokage Office and seized Utatane Koharu by the throat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised that no one would harm Kushina or Sōshi and offered Chiyu limited contact with Naruto if he kept Naruto's parentage secret.
• Chiyu released Utatane Koharu, dispelled Susanoo, and vanished after warning Hiruzen to keep his promise.

After Chiyu rescued Miyuki Uzumaki and forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to agree not to hand Naruto over to Danzo, Konoha’s leaders struggled with how to handle Chiyu’s power. Chiyu chose to remain in Konoha and help Naruto, but predicted that Hiruzen would soon drive Orochimaru out.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told the arriving ninja that unidentified enemies had abducted Miyuki Uzumaki, then sent a force to pursue them.
• Mitokado Homura took the unconscious Danzo and Utatane Koharu to the hospital, while Hiruzen warned him that Chiyu might be monitoring them.
• Hiruzen weighed Konoha’s dependence on Chiyu against the danger he posed and reflected on the Uchiha Clan’s strength.
• Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki that Miyuki had left with Yahiko and that Naruto would remain in Konoha rather than be raised by Danzo.
• Chiyu explained that he and Kushina would stay in Konoha, where he could meet Naruto with Hiruzen’s permission and teach him to protect himself.
• Chiyu predicted that Hiruzen would soon target Orochimaru to isolate Chiyu and consolidate his control over Konoha.

Chiyu explained that Orochimaru was already preparing to leave Konoha and planned to build a village in the Land of Rice Fields as a base for the Owl Organization. As Konoha tightened security and Naruto faced growing hostility, Danzo learned that he could not challenge Chiyu and received a warning from one of Chiyu’s snakes.

• Chiyu told Kushina Uzumaki that Orochimaru would leave Konoha and establish a ninja village in the Land of Rice Fields, and Kushina agreed that they would leave Konoha after Naruto and Neji were settled.
• Chiyu reflected that he wanted to see whether Naruto would side with Konoha or his mother after learning the truth about his family and Konoha’s past.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent ninja units to search for Miyuki Uzumaki and drive away spies watching Konoha, while villagers directed their hatred toward Naruto, whom they believed was an orphan born during the Nine-Tails attack.
• Mitokado Homura told Danzo that Konoha could not defeat Chiyu, urged him to abandon revenge, and warned him not to approach Naruto.
• Danzo spotted a Little Black Snake at his hospital window, realized Chiyu was monitoring him, and restrained his anger while brooding over the Uchiha Clan’s power.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to restore Konoha’s finances and suppress rumors about Naruto while the search for Miyuki Uzumaki stalled. Miyuki, traveling with Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki in the Land of Birds, discovered that her companions had gambled away their mission reward.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Danzo to place Root ninjas in the Konoha Defense Force and enforce the law, hoping to raise money by targeting the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi pursued trade agreements, ordered the village to stop discussing Naruto and the Nine-Tails Demon Fox, and had Shinsuke Nara arrest villagers who spread the rumor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi began recalling the ninjas searching for Miyuki Uzumaki after they found no trace of her.
• Miyuki Uzumaki received updates from Chiyu and Kushina Uzumaki through their rings and felt reassured that Naruto was safe.
• Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki lost nearly all their mission reward gambling, and Miyuki Uzumaki offered to pay for a meal while refusing to let them gamble her money.

Chiyu discovered that Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki had been gambling away their funds and put Miyuki in charge of their money. A year later, as Konoha recovered and the Uchiha faced harsher restrictions, Hiruzen Sarutobi began plotting to eliminate Orochimaru and isolate Chiyu.

• Chiyu confronted Yahiko, Pakura, and Raiga Kurosuki after learning they had gambled away much of the money he provided.
• Chiyu ordered Miyuki Uzumaki to manage their funds and restrict spending to necessities.
• Over the next year, Konoha stabilized while Danzo's Konoha Defense Force continued arresting Uchiha for minor offenses, and Uchiha Fugaku paid mounting bail fees.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided Orochimaru had become a liability and worried that Chiyu still had secret ties to him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to locate Orochimaru's forbidden-research laboratory and send Anbu elites to kill him before he could escape.

Hiruzen Sarutobi recruited Kakashi to help lead an Anbu operation against Orochimaru, while Chiyu received word that the attack would happen the following night. The chapter ended with Chiyu learning of the sudden plan as he spent time at home with Kushina Uzumaki and Sōshi Uzumaki.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Kakashi and asked about a sealed room at Orochimaru's base.
• Kakashi pointed out that the room sealed with a Sealing Jutsu Formula might be a secret chamber.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kakashi that he would lead elite Anbu to surround and kill Orochimaru the next night, and Kakashi agreed to go.
• Chiyu played with Sōshi Uzumaki, who persuaded Kushina Uzumaki to let him eat more tempura.
• A snake delivered Chiyu a note announcing an operation against Orochimaru the following night.

Orochimaru advanced his research into immortality using White Zetsu bodies and waited for Hiruzen Sarutobi to confront him. When Hiruzen led an Anbu team into Orochimaru’s base, Orochimaru calmly asked whether his former teacher had come to kill him.

• Orochimaru discovered that White Zetsu bodies could sustain a soul-transfer vessel for at least ten years and considered using genetic modification to create a body compatible with his soul.
• Orochimaru received a note warning that action would be taken against him the following night, along with a ring for contacting the group.
• Orochimaru prepared to leave Konoha, hoping Hiruzen Sarutobi would be the one to end their relationship and free him to conduct experiments openly.
• The following evening, Hiruzen Sarutobi led Kakashi and four other elite Anbu to Orochimaru’s base to confront him.
• Kakashi dispelled the barrier around the base, and Hiruzen forced open the door to Orochimaru’s laboratory.
• Orochimaru turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked if he was preparing to kill him.