Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru confronted the defeated Danzo and declared his intention to help the Uchiha integrate into Konoha. Jiraiya found Tsunade in Tanzaku Street and persuaded her to return to the village after agreeing to pay her gambling debts.

• Orochimaru visited Danzo in the hospital, dismissed his warnings, and said he would lead Konoha toward prosperity.
• Danzo urged Orochimaru to eliminate the Uchiha, but Orochimaru said he would help them integrate into the village.
• Orochimaru left Danzo behind after Root had been abolished and Danzo had lost most of his power.
• Jiraiya found Tsunade at a casino in Tanzaku Street and told her that Orochimaru had become one of Konoha's elders and Root had been abolished.
• Tsunade agreed to return to Konoha after Jiraiya promised to pay her gambling debts.

Hiruzen Sarutobi cultivated in seclusion while Orochimaru welcomed Jiraiya and Tsunade back and announced reforms and a renewed war effort. The chapter ended with Tsunade wanting to visit Hiruzen, whose unexplained youth and retreat to a cabin puzzled Orochimaru.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reached the Qi Refining Third Level while cultivating in his cabin.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade returned to Konoha, where Orochimaru and a welcoming party greeted them.
• Orochimaru announced reforms, including abolishing the Konoha Police Force, expanding the Ninja Academy, and sending Jiraiya and Kakashi to drive out the Cloud Village and Rock Ninja.
• Orochimaru told Fugaku Uchiha that the village would open more positions to the Uchiha and encourage them to live outside the clan compound.
• Orochimaru assigned Tsunade to lead the Medical Division as Konoha prepared for war with the Cloud Village.
• Tsunade asked to see Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Orochimaru revealed that ANBU had reported Hiruzen had grown younger and was living in seclusion.

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade reunited with Hiruzen Sarutobi and were astonished to find him rejuvenated. Hiruzen said he would still lead Konoha, but tried to leave village affairs to the three of them, and Tsunade refused to let him escape his responsibilities.

• Tsunade asked Jiraiya and Orochimaru what had happened between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, and Orochimaru described Hiruzen's mysterious technique and its effect on Danzo.
• Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade reached Hiruzen Sarutobi's cabin and found him grilling meat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around, revealing that he had regained a youthful, handsome appearance and vitality.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about his transformation, then joined him for grilled meat.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he intended to lead Konoha toward greater strength while leaving some village affairs to the three of them.
• Tsunade objected when Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to hand off administrative duties.

Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that becoming young had cost him all his chakra, and his former students gradually accepted his choice to stop being a ninja. Meanwhile, Tsunade began reforming the Medical Division, and Fugaku Uchiha persuaded his clan to accept the Police Force’s disbandment and the new opportunities Orochimaru offered them.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi let Tsunade and Orochimaru confirm that he had no chakra, explaining that he had given it up as the price of becoming young.
• Jiraiya promised to work with Orochimaru and Tsunade to make Konoha stronger, while Tsunade set aside most of her resentment toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Tsunade left to inspect the Konoha Medical Department and the Senju Clan’s territory, and Jiraiya departed for the front lines.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stayed behind to eat roasted meat and plan his cultivation, including gathering materials for a Dharmic artifact and medicinal pills.
• Tsunade began reforming the Medical Division after Orochimaru handed it over to her.
• Fugaku Uchiha told the clan that Orochimaru would stop targeting them, explained the problems with the Guard Division, and promised them access to village jobs and homes inside Konoha.

Fugaku welcomed the end of the village’s hostility toward the Uchiha, while Konoha’s leaders and former leaders adjusted to their changed lives. Danzo visited Hiruzen Sarutobi seeking answers, but was stunned to find his old friend looking younger and stronger than ever.

• Fugaku reassured Itachi that the village would no longer target the Uchiha, giving them hope for a better future.
• Kakashi cared for Naruto, and Jiraiya visited the infant and struggled to hold him.
• Tsunade drank alone at the Senju clan grounds, while Orochimaru pondered the secrets of immortality.
• Danzo abandoned his pursuit of the Hokage position and went to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s wooden house to ask why he had changed Konoha’s leadership and policies.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned after killing a tiger, and Danzo was shocked by his youthful, powerful appearance.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s bid to help run the village and continued living in the Forest of Death. After Black Zetsu warned Obito Uchiha that Hiruzen had a technique capable of countering Izanagi, Obito left Amegakure to investigate Hiruzen himself.

• Danzo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi why he looked so young, but Hiruzen avoided explaining and asked him to help prepare a tiger.
• Danzo pressed Hiruzen about why he had handed village affairs to Orochimaru, but Hiruzen said Danzo had lost his way and ate the entire tiger before Danzo finished arguing.
• Black Zetsu reported to Obito Uchiha that Hiruzen had taken Danzo out and possessed a secret technique that could counter Izanagi and expel Hashirama Cells.
• Obito and Black Zetsu discussed the risks Hiruzen posed to their plans to destroy the Uchiha, while Obito insisted they had time to plan.
• Obito used Kamui to leave Amegakure and investigate Hiruzen, while Black Zetsu warned him to flee if anything felt wrong.

Konoha launched a sweeping border offensive under Orochimaru’s command, with Jiraiya, Fugaku Uchiha, Kakashi, and the Uchiha quickly overwhelming Rock and Cloud Shinobi forces. Killer B ignored Samui’s warnings and waited for Konoha’s forces, where he realized he was facing a far stronger group than expected.

• Orochimaru sent Jiraiya, Kakashi, Tenzō, and the Uchiha to clear Konoha’s borders after the village’s recent losses.
• Jiraiya and Fugaku led forces in two directions, eliminating Cloud and Rock Shinobi units as Shisui Uchiha distinguished himself in battle.
• Samui urged Killer B to return to Cloud Lightning Gorge after several Cloud squads went missing, but Killer B refused and sought a fight with Konoha.
• Jiraiya’s group regrouped and advanced toward the final border areas while Killer B prepared to confront them.
• Killer B spotted Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Uchiha with three-tomoe Sharingan and realized his group could not defeat them.

Konoha’s team attacked a Kumogakure supply point and discovered Killer B, the Eight-Tails’ Jinchūriki. Fugaku Uchiha revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan to control Killer B, and the team prepared to take him back to Konoha alive.

• Killer B tried to cover the Cloud Shinobi’s retreat, but Jiraiya and the Konoha team captured the other ninja at the supply point.
• Yamato used Wood Release against Killer B, and Jiraiya summoned Toad Bunta as the Eight-Tails’ Jinchūriki entered a half-Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Jiraiya offered to spare the captured Cloud Shinobi if Killer B surrendered, while Fugaku decided to reveal his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Fugaku used his Mangekyo Sharingan to control Gyuki and Killer B, and Tenzō helped end Killer B’s transformation.
• Jiraiya sealed Killer B so he could not use chakra or transform, praised Fugaku, and ordered the team to retreat to Konoha.

After Konoha captured Killer B, the Fourth Raikage sent Darui and C to negotiate his return. In Konoha, Danzo revealed that the ninja behind the Nine-Tails Uprising had claimed to be Uchiha Madara, leaving Orochimaru and the others facing a grave new lead.

• Fourth Raikage A learned that Killer B had been captured and ordered Darui and C to take his personal letter to Konoha.
• Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara received Jiraiya’s report that Konoha had captured the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki and that Fugaku Uchiha possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara went to the Forest of Death to question Danzo about the ninja behind the Nine-Tails Uprising.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to answer, and Danzo revealed that the ninja had called himself Uchiha Madara.

Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed Obito Uchiha’s identity and warned the leaders about his abilities, while rejecting Danzo’s hostility toward the Uchiha. After Jiraiya and Fugaku Uchiha returned with the captured Eight-Tails, the Uchiha were celebrated as Konoha’s heroes, and Shisui Uchiha embraced the village’s new unity with the clan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Orochimaru, Danzo, and Shikaku Nara that Obito Uchiha was Madara Uchiha’s pawn and described Obito’s Mangekyo Sharingan and Izanagi.
• Danzo demanded that Fugaku Uchiha be controlled, but Hiruzen Sarutobi defended the Uchiha and said he might soon leave Konoha to travel.
• Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara returned to Konoha and reported that Jiraiya and Fugaku Uchiha had defeated the enemy squads and captured the Eight-Tails alive, while concealing Fugaku’s Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Konoha celebrated the Uchiha as heroes, and civilians began welcoming and thanking them.
• Itachi Uchiha hoped the improved relationship between the village and the clan would let Sasuke grow up safely.
• Jiraiya and his group returned to Konoha the next day, and Shisui Uchiha resolved to protect the glory of both the Uchiha clan and the village.

Jiraiya’s group captured Killer B and brought him and three Cloud shinobi to Konoha, where Orochimaru arranged to study the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki. Shisui revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and accepted Jiraiya’s offer to become his disciple, while Konoha’s leaders considered how to build trust with the Uchiha.

• Jiraiya’s group brought the restrained Killer B and three Cloud shinobi to Konoha, where Orochimaru ordered Killer B sent to the Science Research Division and the others imprisoned for ransom.
• Shisui asked Hiruzen Sarutobi how he viewed the Uchiha, then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and pledged to protect Konoha.
• Jiraiya offered to take Shisui as his disciple, and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the decision as a sign of trust toward the Uchiha.
• Shisui accepted Jiraiya’s offer and left to discuss it with Fugaku and the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha held a victory banquet after Fugaku captured the Eight-Tails, and Shisui announced that Jiraiya wanted to take him as a disciple. The gathering brought Konoha’s clans and leaders together, leaving Fugaku reassured about the village’s changing attitude toward the Uchiha.

• Shisui returned to the Uchiha Grounds and told Fugaku and the elders that Jiraiya wanted him as a disciple.
• Yashiro supported Shisui accepting, while Setsuna warned that the village’s offer was a scheme; Fugaku approved the apprenticeship.
• Fugaku expanded the family celebration into a village-wide banquet and invited Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, and Konoha’s ninja.
• Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the Legendary Sannin attended the crowded gathering at the Uchiha Grounds.
• Orochimaru confirmed that the banquet celebrated the capture of the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki and Jiraiya’s apprenticeship of Shisui, while Jiraiya led Hiruzen Sarutobi to the seat of honor.

Jiraiya took Shisui as his disciple at a banquet celebrating the capture of the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, while Obito arrived in Konoha intent on destroying the Uchiha and pursuing his plan to revive Rin. Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Obito at his cabin and identified him as Obito Uchiha, leaving Obito demanding to know who Hiruzen really was.

• Jiraiya declared that he would train Shisui to become the next Minato, and Shisui became his disciple at the Uchiha banquet.
• Tsunade got drunk and collapsed after trying to make Hiruzen Sarutobi drink, and the gathered ninja learned that the muscular man was the former Third Hokage.
• Obito Uchiha came to Konoha after hearing that the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki had been captured and that Fugaku Uchiha might possess a Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Obito sensed the Uchiha's joyful banquet, restrained his killing intent, and phased away after Fugaku and Shisui detected Mangekyo Sharingan fluctuations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left the banquet and returned to his cabin, where he found Obito rummaging through his belongings.
• Obito emerged from the void, and Hiruzen called him Obito Uchiha; Obito demanded to know who Hiruzen really was.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Obito Uchiha and challenged him over his obsession with reviving Rin, while demonstrating unexpected physical strength. Fugaku Uchiha stripped Obito of his clan name, and the fight continued as Shisui and Orochimaru joined the attack.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dodged Obito Uchiha's Fire Release and overpowered him with a chain pull and a barrage of punches.
• Obito Uchiha tried to draw Hiruzen Sarutobi into Kamui but found the golden light around him resisted the technique.
• Orochimaru, Fugaku Uchiha, and Shisui arrived, and Hiruzen Sarutobi identified Obito as the culprit behind the Nine-Tails Uprising.
• Fugaku Uchiha declared that Obito would be stripped of the Uchiha surname, and Obito insisted that he was Madara Uchiha.
• Obito Uchiha attacked with Great Fire Annihilation, but Fugaku Uchiha evaded it as Shisui charged and Orochimaru used Earth Release to restrict him.

Obito escaped a battle against Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fugaku Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and Orochimaru, and Konoha publicly named him an S-rank rogue ninja and stripped him of the Uchiha name. Kakashi learned that Obito was alive and responsible for the Nine-Tails Uprising, then Hiruzen ordered him to hand over his Sharingan.

• Obito used Wood Release and his intangibility to escape the four Konoha ninja, who could not stop him from fleeing.
• Fugaku announced that Obito would be stripped of the Uchiha surname, and Hiruzen declared him an S-rank rogue ninja while allowing Konoha ninja to abandon missions if they encountered him.
• News of Obito’s survival and crimes shocked Konoha, especially Kakashi, who hurried to the Hokage’s office for answers.
• Hiruzen told Kakashi that Obito had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and caused the Nine-Tails Uprising.
• Hiruzen ordered Kakashi to hand his Sharingan over to the village.

Kakashi chose to remove Obito’s Sharingan and received a new eye, while Orochimaru took the Mangekyo for study. News of Obito’s identity and expulsion spread across the Shinobi World, leaving Black Zetsu furious and Obito enraged.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Fugaku Uchiha told Kakashi that Obito was responsible for Minato Namikaze’s death and warned that Obito might return for his eye.
• Kakashi chose to remove the Sharingan so he could grow stronger and face Obito himself, and Orochimaru asked to study the eye.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru replaced Kakashi’s eye at the Medical Division, while Orochimaru took the Mangekyo Sharingan to his laboratory.
• Kakashi woke with smoother chakra flow and resolved to sever his bond with Obito by defeating him himself.
• News of Obito’s identity and expulsion spread, prompting Black Zetsu to condemn him and Obito to rage over losing his Uchiha surname.

Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to investigate the Shinobi World's hidden treasures and sought Enma's help learning what the world was like before the Otsutsuki arrived. Enma took him to the Monkey Demon Clan's territory, where Hiruzen could pursue the secrets behind his new path.

• Nagato confronted Obito about his exposed identity, but the two remained partners because their goals matched.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to collect Hoshigakure's star and visit the Land of Whirlpools and the Land of Crafts before leaving Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, who was startled by Hiruzen's youthful appearance and pure natural energy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Enma about the world before the Otsutsuki and revealed that a true immortal had passed a cultivation inheritance to him.
• Enma used the Reverse Summoning Technique to take Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Monkey Demon Clan's territory.

Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Flower Fruit Mountain and learned from the Monkey Demon Clan's ancestor how the Ōtsutsuki had changed the world’s ancient natural-energy cultivation. He promised to reclaim the Monkey Demon Clan’s mountain in the Shinobi World from Four-Tails and set out to explore the Summoning World.

• Enma led Hiruzen Sarutobi through Flower Fruit Mountain and Water-Curtain Cave, where young monkeys swarmed over their guest.
• The Monkey Demon Clan's ancestor explained that people and beasts once cultivated natural energy before a powerful human created the summoning-beast world and the Ōtsutsuki later introduced chakra.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed that he had found a way to cultivate without chakra, and the ancestor asked him to reclaim Flower Fruit Mountain from Four-Tails.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promised to help the Monkey Demon Clan and received permission to search the mountain for herbs and ores.
• Enma offered to help Hiruzen Sarutobi fight Four-Tails, then vanished as Hiruzen Sarutobi began exploring alone.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered spiritual medicines around Flower Fruit Mountain, refined pills, and advanced to Seventh-Level Qi Refining before exploring the Summoning World for older herbs. Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara handled Konoha as a Cloud Shinobi delegation approached to negotiate for Killer B, whom Orochimaru had released from his research division.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi settled at Flower Fruit Mountain, befriended its little monkeys, and refined pills with herbs gathered nearby, reaching Seventh-Level Qi Refining.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ventured into the wild Summoning World, collected rare spiritual medicines and four Century Vermilion Fruits, and killed the summoned beasts guarding them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Flower Fruit Mountain close to Eighth-Level Qi Refining and resumed cultivation instead of rushing toward Foundation Establishment.
• Orochimaru and Shikaku Nara managed Konoha while Hiruzen Sarutobi was away, and the Cloud Shinobi delegation entered the Land of Fire to seek the return of Killer B.
• Orochimaru released Killer B from his research division because conducting experiments on a hostage was unethical.

Killer B and Samui were released from captivity to move around Konoha under ANBU watch, while Cloud Hidden Village sent Darui and C to negotiate his return. Orochimaru demanded concrete concessions, and Shikaku Nara outmaneuvered C in the negotiations.

• Samui saw Killer B's condition after Orochimaru's experiments and mistakenly believed he had suffered inhuman torment, while Killer B recalled his fear of Orochimaru.
• Killer B and Samui walked through Konoha under Kakashi's surveillance and felt the villagers' hostility.
• Darui and C arrived with a personal letter from the Fourth Raikage and met with Orochimaru, Shikaku Nara, and Tsunade.
• Orochimaru dismissed the Raikage's threats and asked what bargaining chips Cloud Hidden Village could offer for Killer B.
• Shikaku Nara and C negotiated, and the Nara Clan came out on top.