Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Satoru and Orochimaru discussed Konoha’s research and security as Kushina’s pregnancy brought the Nine-Tails’ birth crisis closer. Orochimaru tightened protections, while Kakashi stood watch outside Minato and Kushina’s home.

• Hyuga Satoru warned Orochimaru against human experiments in Konoha and discussed progress on Chakra-conversion technology.
• Hyuga Satoru proposed converting natural energy into Chakra, and Orochimaru eagerly considered possible Chakra generators.
• Orochimaru told Hyuga Satoru that Kushina was pregnant and under heavy protection, with her delivery expected around September or October.
• Hyuga Satoru urged Orochimaru to tighten village security and asked for Kushina’s estimated due date.
• Kakashi guarded Minato and Kushina’s home, frustrated that his watch kept him from training.

Kakashi finished his dull mission and briefly met Rin, who had not yet told him she would leave Konoha to become one of the Guardian Twelve. Meanwhile, Obito learned that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was due to give birth on October 10, and Black Zetsu said Obito had turned his memories of Konoha into renewed hatred.

• Kakashi finished writing his mission journal and left to find dinner.
• Kakashi met Rin, gave a brief answer about his confidential mission, and left before she could tell him what she wanted.
• Anko urged Rin to tell Kakashi how she felt before leaving Konoha for the Daimyo Manor in half a month.
• Rin resolved to find Kakashi and say goodbye before departing as one of the Guardian Twelve.
• White Zetsu told Obito that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was expected to give birth on October 10.
• Black Zetsu explained that Obito was revisiting his past to strengthen his resolve, leaving him with coldness and hatred.

Nagato ordered Obito and Zero to attack Konoha and revealed that the Six Paths of Pain would join the operation, while Konoha and Hyuga Satoru prepared for Kushina’s imminent childbirth. The story left off on October 10, as Minato guarded the delivery room and Hiruzen Sarutobi assured him that Konoha’s defenses would hold.

• Nagato decided to exploit Kushina’s childbirth to weaken Konoha and assigned Obito and Zero to the operation.
• Obito warned Nagato about Hyuga Satoru, prompting Nagato to say he would confront him through the Six Paths of Pain.
• Orochimaru received Hyuga Satoru’s warning to strengthen Konoha’s defenses, but judged that further measures would require evacuating the villagers.
• Hyuga Satoru fortified the Hyuga Clan Compound in anticipation of Pain’s attack.
• On October 10, Hiruzen Sarutobi reassured Minato that the delivery room was protected while Minato guarded Kushina and Biwako prepared to deliver the baby.

During Naruto’s birth, Obito attacked the delivery room, killed Biwako and the medical ninja, and abducted Kushina while Minato rescued the newborn. Zero confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru outside, revealed information about the Akatsuki Organization and the man calling himself Madara, then prepared to fight.

• Biwako delivered Naruto as Minato struggled to stabilize Kushina’s seal against the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Obito entered the delivery room, killed Biwako and the medical ninja, and threatened Naruto to force Minato to surrender the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Minato caught Naruto and removed an Exploding Tag, but Obito abducted Kushina and vanished with her.
• Minato reported the attack to Hiruzen Sarutobi and left to search for Kushina while Hiruzen and Orochimaru responded to the threat.
• Zero told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Obito called himself Madara and was on a mission for the Akatsuki Organization.
• Zero used Iron Tree World Advent as Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to fight him.

Zero’s Metal Jungle stalled Hiruzen and Orochimaru while Minato confronted Obito during the Nine-Tails extraction. Pain’s Six Paths entered the Hyuga Compound, where Hyuga snipers ambushed them with bullets and destroyed several bodies.

• Zero unleashed a spreading Metal Jungle, and Hiruzen summoned Enma but was staggered when his staff struck the metal growth.
• Orochimaru blew up much of the jungle with his Ten Thousand Snake Formation, while Hiruzen charged back into the attack.
• Obito began extracting the Nine-Tails from Kushina, and Minato appeared to confront him after a kunai passed through Obito.
• Pain sent the Six Paths to the Hyuga Compound to confront Hyuga Satoru while Konan stayed behind to cover their retreat.
• Hyuga snipers opened fire on the Six Paths, and their bullets destroyed Preta Path and two other Pain bodies before Deva Path repelled the remaining shots.

Hyuga Satoru’s newly trained Hyuga unit ambushed Pain with sniper fire, forcing the Six Paths to counterattack. Satoru drew the remaining Pains away from the clan compound, though a stray shot killed Human Path during the pursuit.

• Deva Path Pain used Shinra Tensei to stop the Hyuga Ninja’s bullets, but their rotating sniper-fire formations exploited its cooldown and battered him.
• Beast Path summoned a three-headed hellhound to shield the Pains, while Asura Path attacked the high-rise with Rockets and Hell Path revived damaged bodies.
• Hyuga Satoru redirected Asura Path’s Rockets with Electromagnetic Force, then escaped Deva Path’s Universal Pull by flying into the sky.
• Satoru flew away from the compound, and the remaining Pains pursued him as Nagato raged at his humiliation.
• A Hyuga Ninja’s sniper shot pierced Human Path, and Hell Path’s King of Hell swallowed the dead body before the pursuit continued.

Minato battled Obito but failed to stop him from releasing the Nine-Tails, while Hyuga Satoru kept Pain occupied. Orochimaru arrived at Konoha on Manda to suppress the rampaging beast, leaving the village’s defense in his hands.

• Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape Obito’s Kamui, but Obito left once the Nine-Tails’ seal was mostly undone.
• Hyuga Satoru fought Deva Path in the forest as the Nine-Tails appeared over Konoha.
• The Nine-Tails rampaged through Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to drive it out of the village.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and pinned down the Nine-Tails, agreeing to provide a thousand living sacrifices in exchange for Manda’s help.

Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Manda drove the Nine-Tails out of the Hidden Leaf Village, and Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to protect the village from its Tailed Beast Ball. The threat was diverted, while Danzo’s Root ninja blocked the Uchiha from leaving their territory to help.

• Manda and Orochimaru combined their attacks with Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Adamantine Staff to push the Nine-Tails out of the Hidden Leaf Village.
• The Nine-Tails began charging a Tailed Beast Ball, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to order the evacuation of villagers.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon as the Nine-Tails fired, and the gates helped divert the Tailed Beast Ball toward distant mountains.
• Fugaku ordered the Konoha Police Force to rescue villagers, but Root ninja blocked the Uchiha territory under Danzo’s orders.
• The Uchiha protested being forbidden to fight, while the Root ninja warned them not to defy Danzo.

Uchiha Rin escaped Root’s blockade to join Hyuga Satoru’s battle against Pain, where her Mangekyo ability restored his strength and helped him overpower Shinra Tensei. The fight ended with Hyuga Satoru standing over a flattened forest and taunting Pain about his short-lived burst of power.

• Uchiha Fugaku kept the Uchiha Clan from challenging Root after the Nine-Tails rampage, while Uchiha Rin learned Hyuga Satoru was fighting in the southern forest.
• Uchiha Rin struck the Root captain aside and left to find Hyuga Satoru, leaving Fugaku to apologize for her actions.
• Hyuga Satoru and Pain battled in the forest, and Pain concentrated the other Paths’ Chakra into Deva Path to strengthen Shinra Tensei.
• Hyuga Satoru used Dustless Zone to meet Shinra Tensei’s repulsive force, and the two powers flattened the forest as Nagato poured his Chakra into Pain.
• Uchiha Rin arrived and used Amaterasu Shield to restore Hyuga Satoru’s strength, allowing him to crush Shinra Tensei and devastate the battlefield.
• Hyuga Satoru taunted Pain, saying his burst of power had not lasted long enough.

Hyuga Satoru recovered with Uchiha Rin’s help, took the Asura Path’s body for research, and fought Konan while the Nine-Tails rampaged elsewhere. Zero secretly controlled one of the beast’s legs, giving Orochimaru and Manda an opening, but Manda was badly bitten and summoned away, demanding payment.

• Uchiha Rin arrived and used her eye technique to restore Hyuga Satoru, who learned Root had blocked the Uchiha Clan.
• Hyuga Satoru collected the Asura Path’s body in a Sealing Scroll and confronted Konan when she arrived searching for Pain.
• Konan attacked Hyuga Satoru with paper shuriken, but he stopped them by magnetizing the paper.
• Zero secretly used Nanometal to control one of the Nine-Tails’ legs and drain its Chakra, causing it to repeatedly stumble and expose openings.
• Manda and Orochimaru seized an opening to bind and bite the Nine-Tails, but the beast bit Manda nearly in two, prompting him to disappear in a puff of smoke and demand payment.

Hyuga Satoru restrained and split the Nine-Tails, allowing Minato Namikaze and the sealing squad to seal its halves into Kushina and Naruto. Kushina survived, and Hyuga Satoru left Minato wondering why he had gone to such lengths to save her.

• Hyuga Satoru arrived with Uchiha Rin, who used her Mangekyo Sharingan to freeze the Nine-Tails while he bound it with metal dragons.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina debated who would seal the restrained Nine-Tails as Kushina's life faded.
• Hyuga Satoru split the Nine-Tails in half with a spinning metal wire and directed Minato and the sealing squad to seal each half into Kushina and Naruto.
• Uchiha Rin replenished Hyuga Satoru's strength, and Kushina's condition stabilized after the sealing.
• Minato thanked Hyuga Satoru and asked why he had saved Kushina, and Hyuga Satoru replied that it might have been an obsession.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Orochimaru and the villagers credited Hyuga Satoru with helping save Konoha and defeating a Rinnegan-wielding enemy. Danzo resolved to use Root to strike at Satoru while he recovered, despite Hiruzen’s warnings.

• Orochimaru thanked Hyuga Satoru for protecting Konoha, then theorized that the Rinnegan had revived Madara and other Akatsuki members.
• Hyuga Satoru gave Orochimaru the preserved Asura Path corpse and urged him to study it for possible Chakra technology.
• Danzo argued that the Uchiha were responsible for the Nine-Tails attack and blamed Hiruzen for not handing Hyuga Satoru over to Root earlier.
• Hiruzen warned Danzo that attacking Satoru could plunge Konoha into chaos, but Danzo dismissed his concerns and claimed Hiruzen was no longer Hokage.
• Danzo left to prepare Root to attack Hyuga Satoru while the side effects of his Tyrant technique persisted.

Hyuga Satoru visited Uchiha Fugaku, confirmed that Uchiha Madara was the likeliest suspect behind the Nine-Tails attack, and warned Fugaku to consider the clan’s younger members. After Satoru left, Uchiha Setsuna decided to contact Madara secretly, hoping to restore the Uchiha Clan’s power.

• Uchiha Fugaku welcomed Hyuga Satoru and asked whether Uchiha Madara had controlled the Nine-Tails, and Satoru said Madara was the likeliest suspect.
• Fugaku said the Uchiha Clan had nothing to do with the enemy, while Satoru warned that the village’s leaders might still distrust them.
• Uchiha Itachi entered carrying Sasuke, and Satoru flicked Itachi on the forehead before advising Fugaku not to neglect the education of the young.
• After Satoru left, Fugaku considered reforming the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Setsuna arrived to ask about the mysterious clansman.
• Fugaku told Setsuna that Madara was the likeliest possibility and questioned whether Madara could be trusted, but Setsuna dismissed his concerns and resolved to contact Madara secretly.

Hyuga Satoru inspected the reformed Hyuga forces and gave Neji an electromagnetic pistol for his first birthday. After noticing Root’s surveillance, he pretended to be weakened, while Danzo prepared to capture and control him.

• Hyuga Satoru reviewed the Hyuga forces’ training as Hizashi Hyuga reported that they were ready to deploy.
• Hyuga Satoru gave Hizashi Hyuga a scaled-down electromagnetic pistol for Neji’s first birthday and urged him to start Gun Kata early.
• Hyuga Satoru detected Root agents watching him inside the Hyuga Clan Compound and pretended to be weakened after Tyrant Mode.
• Danzo heard a Root ninja report that Hyuga Satoru seemed weakened and decided it was the best time to act.
• Danzo planned to use genjutsu and Root’s Cursed Seals to capture Hyuga Satoru and seize his Dominant Magnet Release.

Danzo led Root in a nighttime attempt to seize Hyuga Satoru with a powerful genjutsu and a Cursed Seal, but Satoru outwitted and killed him. Hyuga forces surrounded Root outside the house, while Hizashi Hyuga waited for Wu’s instructions rather than ordering an attack.

• Danzo and Root cast a genjutsu over much of the Hyuga compound and entered Satoru’s residence to implant the Corpse Demon Curse Mark.
• Danzo found what appeared to be Satoru asleep in bed and began covering him with the Cursed Seal.
• Satoru revealed that the figure in bed was a metal-pellet copy and confronted Danzo after returning from the toilet.
• Satoru pierced Danzo through the heart with a metal blade and waited for his corpse to transform.
• Root formed the Four Violet Flames Formation around the house as Hyuga Ninja arrived and surrounded them.
• Hizashi Hyuga told the Hyuga Ninja not to fire and said Wu had instructed them only to surround Root.

Hyuga Satoru overwhelmed Danzo inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, while the sealed barrier trapped Danzo instead of helping him escape. As Konoha’s clans and Orochimaru responded to the disturbance, Satoru dragged Danzo back and crushed him again.

• Danzo used Wind Release to wreck the house and rush for the exit, but found the Four Violet Flames Formation sealing the compound.
• Root members guarded the formation, unaware that Danzo was being crushed inside, while the Hyuga ninja watched through their Byakugan.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized the formation, feared the consequences of an attack on the Hyuga, and summoned his clan’s Jonin and Rin.
• Orochimaru suspected Danzo was attacking Satoru, put on the Fourth Hokage’s cloak, and headed toward the compound.
• Satoru used a metal hand to drag Danzo away from the barrier and crush him into a bloody pulp.

Hyuga Satoru overwhelmed Danzo inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, while the Hyuga and Uchiha surrounded Root outside. Danzo’s desperate use of the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing ended with him being swallowed alongside a Metal Bridge, and Satoru prepared to expose him to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Hyuga Satoru brutalized Danzo with metal weapons and severed his arm when he tried to summon a beast.
• Hyuga Hizashi and the Hyuga ninja held Root surrounded as Uchiha Fugaku arrived with Uchiha reinforcements.
• Danzo unleashed Root Explosion Burial, causing a giant tree to burst through the building’s roof, and Orochimaru identified it as Wood Release from transplanted First Hokage cells.
• Hyuga Satoru spotted Danzo trying to escape after faking his death, but Danzo activated the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing before Satoru could take him outside.
• Hyuga Satoru severed Danzo’s arm and formed a Metal Bridge beneath him, and the sealing consumed both Danzo and the bridge.

Hyuga Satoru defeated Danzo and exposed the hidden strength of the Hyuga forces. The discovery that Danzo’s arm held stolen Uchiha Sharingan left Uchiha Fugaku demanding an explanation from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Hyuga Satoru destroyed the Four Violet Flames Formation and emerged from the ruins after killing Danzo.
• Hyuga Unryu reported that the Hyuga Sniper Independent Regiment had completed its mission as hidden Hyuga forces surrounded the Root members.
• Hyuga Satoru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Danzo was dead.
• Hyuga Satoru displayed Danzo’s arm, and Uchiha Fugaku confirmed it contained his clan’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of involvement and demanded an explanation for the stolen Sharingan.

After Danzo’s Sharingan arm was exposed, Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted responsibility for allowing Danzo to research the First Hokage’s Cells and agreed to bear the blame for the Uchiha’s persecution. Orochimaru then raided Root, used the evidence to punish its members and compensate victims, and shared the seized documents with Hyuga Satoru.

• Orochimaru questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about whether he had known Danzo was secretly taking Sharingan, and Hiruzen denied knowing about the transplant.
• Hyuga Satoru and the gathered ninjas demanded an explanation, and Hiruzen admitted he had authorized Danzo’s research into the First Hokage’s Cells.
• Orochimaru proposed searching Root before deciding what to do, and Hiruzen agreed to bear responsibility for Danzo’s crimes against the Uchiha.
• Rumors about Danzo’s death and Sharingan implants spread through Konoha, and Orochimaru led Anbu to raid Root the following day.
• Orochimaru dismissed many Root members, used seized supplies to compensate victims’ families, and handed Hyuga Satoru documents detailing Root’s assets.

Hyuga Satoru took over Root with Orochimaru’s support and began reshaping the organization. He promised the Root shinobi freedom from Danzo’s control and urged them to help transform Konoha and the world.

• Hyuga Satoru and Orochimaru agreed that Root should continue, with Hyuga Satoru taking command while Orochimaru served as Hokage.
• Seven days after Danzo’s death, Hyuga Satoru took over Root as Hiruzen Sarutobi lost influence and Orochimaru rejected protests from Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.
• Hyuga Satoru gathered the remaining Root shinobi and declared that he had come to establish fairness.
• Hyuga Satoru told the Root members he would not control them with Cursed Seals and said Danzo’s seals should have become invalid after his death.
• Hyuga Satoru shared his dream of changing the world and called on Root to help transform Konoha.