Chapter Summaries

Mito accepted the Third Hokage’s explanation for Orochimaru and named Momoka Senju as Danzo’s replacement as Hokage Advisor. The council also sentenced Aburame Ryoma and the other Root ninjas involved in breaking the Senju Barrier Seal to execution, while Kirito received notifications that he had changed two people’s fates.

• The Third Hokage claimed Danzo had deceived Orochimaru, and Mito agreed to let Orochimaru’s merits offset his role in the plot.
• Mito asked the Third Hokage to name a new Hokage Advisor and proposed Momoka Senju.
• The Third Hokage accepted Momoka’s appointment after the other leaders remained silent.
• Mito and the council sentenced Aburame Ryoma and the other Root ninjas involved in breaking the Senju Barrier Seal to execution.
• Kirito received two cheat notifications for changing Aburame Ryoma’s and Momoka Senju’s fates.

Kirito considered how to spend his two Enhancement Points and decided to strengthen the Spirit Transformation Technique. After raising it to level 3, he discovered that he could project soul power and use the newly comprehended Soul Splitting Technique.

• Kirito realized that Aburame Ryoma and Momoka had changed fates, while Danzō had not received Enhancement Points.
• Kirito considered spending his two Enhancement Points on Wisdom or the Spirit Transformation Technique and chose the latter.
• Kirito raised the Spirit Transformation Technique from level 1 to level 2, greatly increasing his soul power and extending his Soul Evasion time.
• Kirito spent his remaining Enhancement Point to raise the Spirit Transformation Technique to level 3.
• Kirito used his soul power to restore the scattered scrolls and discovered he could project it outward and perform the Soul Splitting Technique.

Kirito created a Soul Clone and expanded his Soul Perception, then found and possessed White Zetsu to use as a body for the clone. A sealing technique hidden in White Zetsu’s memories injured Kirito, while Madara Uchiha awoke in his underground cavern.

• Kirito created a Soul Clone, merging it back into himself after testing its abilities.
• Kirito expanded his Soul Perception to about ten kilometers and spotted White Zetsu hiding in a tree outside the village.
• Kirito possessed White Zetsu and began devouring its soul to obtain its memories.
• A Sealing Eye Technique hidden in White Zetsu’s memories activated when Kirito saw Madara Uchiha’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, injuring Kirito as White Zetsu’s soul collapsed.
• Madara Uchiha awoke in his underground cavern, and several White Zetsu gathered before him.

Madara learned that a White Zetsu monitoring Konoha had been discovered and ordered a temporary pause in surveillance there. After hearing that Mito Uzumaki was near death and Nagato had bonded with Yahiko and Konan, he arranged to hasten Mito’s death while protecting Nagato’s companions.

• Madara learned from Black Zetsu that a White Zetsu assigned to monitor Konoha had been killed by a capable Sensory Ninja.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to continue gathering intelligence elsewhere but hold off sending White Zetsu back to Konoha.
• Black Zetsu reported that Mito Uzumaki was near death and relayed intelligence about Danzo; Madara decided to inform the other ninja villages and hasten her demise.
• Black Zetsu reported that Nagato had befriended Yahiko and Konan while searching for Konoha’s Sannin, and Madara ordered White Zetsu to protect them.
• Madara dismissed concerns that Jiraiya might influence Nagato and instructed Black Zetsu to let the search for the Sannin continue as long as the children stayed in the Land of Rain.

Madara spread word that Mito Uzumaki was near death, stirring covert activity among the major ninja villages while Konoha’s internal power shifted after Danzo’s arrest. Kirito expanded his secret explorations beyond Konoha and began practicing the Mystical Palm Technique, only to face a sudden attack in the operating room.

• Madara went back to sleep, and Black Zetsu spread the news of Mito Uzumaki’s failing health, prompting the four major ninja villages to hold secret meetings and reactivate spies.
• After a month passed, Momoka became the new Hokage Advisor, and the Senju Clan Compound grew lively as other clans renewed ties with the Senju.
• Kirito used a captured White Zetsu Clone to explore towns and villages around Konoha while continuing his medical studies.
• Kirito independently treated a Sand Ninja spy with the Mystical Palm Technique, repairing the prisoner’s wounds in the hospital operating room.
• The prisoner broke free of Genjutsu and attacked Kirito with a poisoned needle, but Kirito struck him with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and revealed that he was a Sand Clone.
• More poisoned needles flew toward Kirito from behind.

Kirito captured a would-be assassin and warned the hospital’s guards that a mole had helped him escape. Yamanaka Yun took the prisoner away, then secretly killed him, while another Kirito emerged from the body.

• Kirito used a Water Clone and sealing techniques to subdue the Death Row Prisoner after the prisoner attacked him with poison needles.
• Kirito told Yamanaka Yun that the prisoner’s genjutsu and chakra-restraining chains had been released by an accomplice, likely a hospital mole.
• Yamanaka Yun took the prisoner away, and Senju Ciyun arrived after being lured to a fake emergency consultation.
• Kirito reassured Ciyun, then left for class while hiding his concern about the attack.
• Yamanaka Yun secretly released the prisoner’s restraints, heard his report, and promised Root would protect his family.
• The prisoner died in the secret room, and another Kirito emerged from his body.

Kirito’s White Zetsu Clone uncovered Yamanaka Yun as a Root agent behind the assassination attempt, and Kirito resolved to dismantle Danzo’s network. In prison, Danzo learned the attempt had failed and, alarmed by Kirito’s strength and growing influence, resolved to eliminate him himself.

• Kirito’s White Zetsu Clone realized Yamanaka Yun had used his hospital position to help Root orchestrate the death row prisoner’s assassination attempt.
• The White Zetsu Clone went underground to watch Yamanaka Yun and uncover Root’s hidden agents in the hospital.
• Kirito identified Danzo as the mastermind and decided to target Danzo and Root despite their protection and political leverage.
• Danzo learned through a Yamanaka subordinate that the assassination had failed and ordered Yun to suspend operations and stay undercover.
• Danzo assessed Kirito’s strength and ties to Mito, the Senju, and the Uchiha, then resolved to find another way to kill him.

The Third Hokage investigated the attempt on Kirito, suspended Yamanaka Yun, and ordered Kirito’s protection resumed. Yun returned home under Anbu surveillance and revealed that Danzo had promised to identify Rin’s killers if Yun got rid of Kirito, while a translucent Kirito watched him.

• The Third Hokage learned that Yamanaka Yun’s mind-reading had exposed traitors in the Torture Department and hospital guard squad, and that a cursed seal had injured Yun during the interrogation.
• The Third Hokage ordered the assassination suspects captured, removed Yamanaka Yun as Hospital Guard Captain, secretly investigated him, and assigned Hyuga Yama to replace him.
• The Third Hokage ordered an Anbu operative to resume protecting Kirito and worried that Danzo might be behind the renewed activity of Root.
• Yamanaka Yun returned to his home under Anbu surveillance and stared at a photograph of Rin before vowing to avenge her.
• Yamanaka Yun revealed that Danzo had promised to name Rin’s real killers if Yun got rid of Kirito, while a translucent Kirito appeared and watched him.

Kirito established himself in the Land of Waves under Gojo Shin’s identity, building a local network to gather intelligence and protect his businesses. He summoned Fuma Ichiro and Gosen, whose cursed seals both prevented them from revealing his identity and helped their strength grow.

• Kirito sent his White Zetsu Clone to the Land of Waves and transformed it into Gojo Shin after absorbing the dead noble’s memories and Chakra.
• Kirito avenged Gojo Shin by killing Gojo San’s family and a corrupt merchant, then took over their assets and used Gojo Shin’s connections to become a city defense officer.
• Kirito recruited ten wandering ninjas and twenty New Era Samurai to gather intelligence and protect his businesses.
• Kirito bought Uzumaki Ryoko from a slave trader and began observing her, intending to train her as a subordinate.
• Fuma Ichiro and Gosen met with Kirito, fearful of his strength and bound by cursed seals that blocked them from revealing information about him.
• The cursed seals caused Fuma Ichiro and Gosen’s previously stagnant strength to advance rapidly.

Kirito used the Night Curtain Seal to bind recruits to his plans for building a private force in the Land of Waves. After reviewing his retainers’ progress, he sent Uzumaki Ryoko to summon Mr. Gato.

• Kirito explained that the Night Curtain Seal combined the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal’s control with a safer curse mark that could strengthen its bearers over time.
• Fuma Ichiro reported that he had found only five of the twenty young wandering ninjas Kirito wanted and promised to work harder for the promised C-rank ninjutsu.
• Gosen reported recruiting more than thirty New Era Samurai toward his quota of fifty, and Kirito praised his progress.
• Kirito dismissed Fuma Ichiro and Gosen after warning them to enforce discipline among their recruits.
• Kirito ordered Uzumaki Ryoko to summon Mr. Gato.

Kirito recruited the ruined merchant Gato as his retainer and promised to grant him one request within his power. Later, Kirito told Chizuru that Root had arranged an assassination attempt against him, provoking her fury.

• Kirito explained how Gato had lost his family and fortune after his patron was assassinated, then brought him out of prison.
• Kirito offered Gato a position as his retainer, and Gato knelt and swore loyalty to him.
• Kirito promised to do one thing for Gato within his power, and Gato asked if he meant anything.
• Chizuru continued training to understand Water Release Chakra beneath an artificial waterfall, but remained unable to cross the threshold.
• Kirito visited Chizuru with Three-Color Dango, and she took most of the sweets.
• Kirito admitted that Sand ninja had appeared to target him for assassination, but Root was responsible, and Chizuru activated her Two-Tomoe Sharingan in anger.

Kirito asked Chizuru to help him obtain intelligence on Danzo’s Root so he could retaliate against its members without targeting Danzo directly yet. Homura Uchiha approved sharing the information, while Kirito and Chizuru began another fight at the Training Ground.

• Kirito told Chizuru he planned to target Root members because he was not yet ready to kill Danzo, and asked her to obtain Root intelligence from Homura Uchiha.
• Chizuru agreed to help if Kirito fought her twice a week and informed her before each operation, and Kirito accepted on the condition that his plans stayed secret.
• Kirito and Chizuru clashed at the Training Ground, exchanging weapons and ninjutsu before their battle escalated with lightning and Iron Sand.
• Kari Uchiha reported Kirito and Chizuru’s meeting to Homura Uchiha, who praised Kirito for uncovering Danzo’s role in the scheme at the Senju Clan Compound.
• Homura Uchiha agreed to give Kirito the Root information, saying Danzo could deal with the trouble himself.

Kirito helped Chizuru overcome the obstacle preventing her from cultivating Water Release Chakra Nature, and she successfully formed a water-style technique. Their celebration was interrupted when Kari Uchiha arrived with a scroll from the Clan Head, making Chizuru's expression turn cold.

• Kirito defeated Chizuru in their sparring match and offered to help with her Water Release Chakra Nature training.
• Kirito used Spirit Vision to see that Chizuru's Fire Release Chakra was interfering with her Water Release Chakra Nature cultivation.
• Kirito advised Chizuru to use up her Fire Release Chakra before trying again, and she successfully formed a small water ball.
• Kari Uchiha arrived with a scroll from the Clan Head, and Chizuru's joyful expression turned icy.

After studying the Root roster, Kirito decided to target Root’s funding and prepared a list of its members for trusted allies. He told his young followers that Root had arranged the recent assassination attempt and ordered them to memorize the names and stay alert.

• Kirito studied the Root Member List and found that Danzo’s agents had infiltrated Konoha’s clans and civilian ninja, including more than five hundred listed members.
• Kirito decided to disrupt Root by targeting its outside sources of funding, including merchants in the Land of Waves.
• Kirito suspected the Ninja Cat Clan had helped the Uchiha gather intelligence and memorized the roster before burning it and writing a simplified list.
• Kirito visited the orphanage Training Ground, encouraged the children he had gathered around him, and then summoned Heizo Yamazaki, Taiga Noda, Daisuke Unno, Takeshi Shiranui, and Yukimi Yūhi to his room.
• Kirito told the five that Root had carried out the recent assassination attempt and gave them the list to memorize and use to watch for Root agents.

A month after Kirito survived an assassination attempt, he became a working Medical Ninja as Konoha celebrated victory over Amegakure. The victory proved hollow when Hiruzen accepted Amegakure’s surrender without reparations, and Momoka’s protest ended with Hiruzen forcing the decision to a vote.

• Kirito treated patients in Konoha’s hospital while outside events included Root falling silent, Yamanaka Yun disappearing, and Gato establishing new ventures in the Land of Waves.
• Kirito became a qualified user of the Mystical Palm Technique and began working in the hospital wards as a Medical Ninja.
• News arrived that Konoha had defeated Amegakure, and Kirito warned himself that the war against Sunagakure would remain difficult.
• Momoka condemned Hiruzen for accepting Amegakure’s surrender without compensation, while Homura and Koharu defended the decision as necessary to refocus on Sunagakure.
• Hiruzen invoked a vote to settle the dispute, and Momoka warned him that he would regret it before he asserted his authority as Hokage.

The Third Hokage and his advisors discussed Momoka’s opposition, Konoha’s war with Sunagakure, and problems involving Danzo and Jiraiya. Meanwhile, Danzo learned that Kirigakure spies in the Land of Waves were meeting mysterious people after merchant ships encountered trouble.

• Momoka left in anger after the Third Hokage’s decision passed, and Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura discussed how to handle her opposition.
• The Third Hokage and his advisors considered Sunagakure, intelligence failures, and whether to restore Danzo’s role, but the Third Hokage deferred the decision.
• Mitokado Homura proposed recalling Rain Country Battlefield ninja in batches to recover, and the Third Hokage agreed to arrange rewards for them.
• Utatane Koharu criticized Jiraiya for caring for enemy-country orphans, and the Third Hokage said he would handle Jiraiya’s conduct.
• Danzo asked his subordinates about their investigation, and they reported that Kirigakure spies in the Land of Waves met mysterious individuals after merchant ships ran into trouble.

Danzo struggled to contain Root’s financial collapse after its noble backers withdrew and its overseas funding was attacked. As he investigated Yamanaka Yun’s betrayal and considered a threat from within Root, he learned Hiruzen had decided to accept the Rain ninjas’ surrender.

• Danzo learned that Kirigakure might be behind attacks on Root’s funding sources and worried that reclaiming money in the Land of Waves would become difficult.
• Danzo dealt with Root’s funding crisis as Fire Country Nobles cut their support, merchants’ goods were seized, magnates were killed, and members began defecting.
• Danzo focused on suppressing dissent, hunting defectors, and expanding Root’s new funding plan while maintaining surveillance on the Uchiha Clan and Kirito.
• Danzo suspected Yamanaka Yun had discovered his secret plot to kill Yun’s fiancée, then concluded that an ambitious Root member might have caused the betrayal.
• Danzo read Utatane Koharu’s report on Hiruzen’s decision to accept the Rain ninjas’ surrender and smiled as he predicted Hiruzen would regret it.

After Konoha’s costly peace with Amegakure sparked protests and damaged the Third Hokage’s standing, Kirito considered the political consequences and the growing respect his strength earned him. The chapter ended with Kirito quietly gaining influence among Konoha’s Martial Faction Ninja.

• Konoha’s acceptance of Amegakure’s surrender terms provoked outrage at home and encouraged other villages to test Konoha’s weakness.
• The Third Hokage and his advisors enlisted the clan heads to suppress the protests, and the war with Amegakure officially ended.
• While eating with Kirito, Nawaki condemned the Third Hokage’s decision and said he wanted to grow strong enough to fight Amegakure and Sunagakure.
• Kirito reflected that the decision had weakened the Third Hokage’s prestige among young ninja and worried that Nawaki could be exploited by those opposing him.
• Kirito observed that his reputation for strength and medical skill had earned him deference and attracted civilian Martial Faction Ninja after he hinted at his dissatisfaction with the surrender.

Kirito traveled through the war-ravaged Rain Country and encountered five Konoha ninja who opposed the ceasefire and intended to kill him. He defeated their leader and trapped another in a Water Prison Jutsu, then ordered the remaining three to stop fighting.

• Kirito entered a devastated village, where a boy blamed him for the bandits who had killed his parents, and Kirito assured the villagers he would not harm them.
• After Kirito left the village, five Konoha ninja surrounded him and rejected his claim that their villages had agreed to a ceasefire.
• The Konoha ninja attacked Kirito, and he blocked their weapons with a Water Wall and sent four Water Clones to engage them.
• Kirito struck the pineapple-haired chunin with a Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu, leaving him unable to fight.
• Kirito used a Water Clone to trap the Kenjutsu Chunin in a Water Prison Jutsu and demanded that the remaining three Konoha ninja stop.

Kirito fought three remaining Konoha chunin while trying to keep their hatred from escalating, but one of them attacked despite his comrade being held captive. Just as Kirito moved to kill the reckless chunin, Tsunade arrived on the battlefield.

• Kirito mocked the Konoha chunin for attacking him first, but their anger and hatred kept them from listening.
• Kirito threatened the captive Kenjutsu Chunin, causing two Konoha chunin to soften while Ibaraki threw an Exploding Tag kunai at him.
• Kirito blocked Ibaraki's attack with Water Release: Water Wall, then used a Water Clone and the Mayfly Technique to approach him underground.
• Kirito trapped Ibaraki with Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu and prepared to kill him, but he leaped away when a powerful kunai struck the ground.
• Kirito saw Tsunade arrive at the battlefield.