Recaps

Tsunade explained to Hiruzen Sarutobi that the proposed Hokage term system would apply to every Hokage and be submitted for a leadership vote in a month. Hiruzen softened his opposition after realizing he could run again, while the former advisors split over whether the reforms would benefit their successors or undermine Konoha’s stability.

• Tsunade told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Hokage terms, elections, performance evaluations, and the Hokage-in-Waiting system would be considered at a meeting in a month.
• Hiruzen stopped forcefully opposing the system and left after acknowledging Tsunade’s decision.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura accepted that the system could give their juniors a fair chance to become Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō condemned the reforms, arguing that a wise Hokage should remain in office for a long time.
• Utatane Koharu challenged Danzō, who insisted that incompetent Hokage had no right to lead Konoha.

Danzo decided to assassinate Tsunade during her trip to the Capital of Fire so he could seize the Hokage position and halt her reforms. Meanwhile, Fang Xu exchanged chakra-related items for blood orchids and discovered that the optimized flowers could promote evolution and extend any living creature’s lifespan.

• Danzo told Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura that assassinating Tsunade was necessary and resolved to act during her trip to the Capital of Fire.
• Fang Xu used his Exchange Talent with a Chakra Refinement Technique scroll and chakra, sending them to the Snake King in the Anaconda world.
• The Snake King received the chakra knowledge and Chakra Seed, swallowed the seed, and began learning to refine chakra after driving away the other giant pythons.
• Fang Xu received the blood orchids and learned that they could promote evolution, break life-form limits, and extend the lifespan of any creature without side effects.

Fang Xu discovered that Blood Orchids could strengthen the body, promote the evolution of life, and extend lifespan, so he brought them to Orochimaru for research. Orochimaru received four flowers and learned that the living plants were still growing and might develop stronger varieties.

• Fang Xu moved the Blood Orchid vines into his Beast Taming Space, where they grew vigorously and began to bloom.
• Fang Xu ate one Blood Orchid, strengthened his Sage Body slightly, and confirmed that his lifespan had increased by five years.
• Fang Xu gave another Blood Orchid to Orochimaru and asked him to develop Longevity Potions and Evolution Potions.
• Orochimaru questioned the flower's effects, and Fang Xu confirmed his experience and explained that Blood Orchids could affect different forms of life in different ways.
• Fang Xu gave Orochimaru four more Blood Orchids and revealed that the plants were still growing and might produce stronger varieties.

Orochimaru began studying the Blood Orchids, hoping they could lead him toward immortality and a higher form of life. Five days later, Tsunade left Konoha for the Capital of Fire to complete her Fourth Hokage appointment, leaving Minato and Nara Shikaku in charge of village affairs.

• Orochimaru accepted Fang Xu's Blood Orchids and promised to study the flowers and potions while documenting cultivation and handling methods.
• Orochimaru theorized that the Blood Orchids could evolve life and help him attain a constitution like a Sage Body.
• Orochimaru began testing a piece of a petal in his secret laboratory and recording its reactions.
• Five days later, Tsunade instructed Minato Namikaze, Nara Shikaku, and Konoha's department heads on managing village affairs during her absence.
• Tsunade left Konoha with Fang Xu and Nazi for the Capital of Fire, while Minato and Nara Shikaku remained to handle village affairs.

Shimura Danzō ambushed Tsunade, Nazi, and Fang Xu in the forest, but Nazi repelled his attacks and explosions. Danzo’s Root forces revealed they had pledged allegiance to Fang Xu and presented evidence of Danzo’s crimes, leaving Danzo confronting Fang Xu in anger.

• Tsunade called out Danzo’s ambush, and Fang Xu detected him approaching through the forest.
• Danzo attacked Nazi with Vacuum Great Sphere and detonated over ten thousand explosive tags, but Nazi’s psychic power stopped both assaults.
• Danzo called for his Root reinforcements, and Owl and the Root ninja appeared without attacking Tsunade.
• Owl told Danzo that Root had pledged allegiance to Fang Xu and had handed him evidence of Danzo’s crimes.
• Danzo accused Fang Xu of stealing from his treasury, secrets, and subordinates, then denounced Fang Xu’s origins and power.

Tsunade confronted Shimura Danzō over his exploitation of Hashirama Senju’s remains and the decline of the Senju clan, while Fang Xu exposed and thwarted Danzō’s plan to use Izanagi and Kotoamatsukami. Fang Xu revealed that Danzō had killed Kagami Uchiha for his Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving the Root ninja shaken by proof that Danzō would betray even a former comrade.

• Tsunade accused Shimura Danzō of stealing Hashirama Senju’s cells, conducting deadly experiments, and helping undermine the Senju clan, while Danzō defended his actions as necessary for Konoha.
• Shimura Danzō tried to activate Izanagi and use Kotoamatsukami, but Fang Xu revealed that Danzō’s apparent preparations had taken place inside a Genjutsu.
• Fang Xu stood before Shimura Danzō holding his severed right arm, which contained numerous Sharingan, and the Mangekyō Sharingan he had removed from Danzō’s right eye.
• Fang Xu identified the Mangekyō Sharingan as Kagami Uchiha’s and said Danzō had killed his former comrade to obtain it.
• The Root ninja reacted with shock, and Owl concluded that Danzō had never regarded them as comrades.

Fang Xu stopped Danzo’s Reverse Four Symbols Seal with genjutsu, restrained him, and ordered Root to take him back for a public trial. After Danzo was removed, Fang Xu explained to Tsunade that his Zanpakuto could control a target’s five senses once they saw its blade.

• Danzo activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and charged at Fang Xu, but Fang Xu trapped him in genjutsu before he could touch him.
• Fang Xu sealed Danzo’s chakra and Hashirama cells, keeping him alive so he could stand trial.
• Fang Xu ordered Owl to guard Danzo, reveal evidence of his crimes to Konoha in stages, and prevent Hiruzen Sarutobi from contacting him before the group returned.
• Tsunade worried that she was still trapped in genjutsu, and Nazi reassured her that their mental states were stable.
• Fang Xu told Tsunade that his Zanpakuto came from another world and could control a target’s five senses after they saw its blade.

Fang Xu explained how his Illusion had fooled Danzo, and he and Tsunade agreed to put Danzo on public trial while transferring the surrendered Root ninja into Konoha’s service. Tsunade was confirmed as the Fourth Hokage by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, who turned out to be her maternal grandfather.

• Fang Xu told Tsunade that Danzo had only believed he activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal because Illusion distorted his senses and judgment.
• Fang Xu and Tsunade agreed to expose Danzo’s crimes in a public trial, while Tsunade spared Hiruzen Sarutobi because he was her teacher.
• Fang Xu said more than a hundred Root ninja had surrendered, and Tsunade planned to screen and reassign them across Konoha’s departments.
• Three days later, Fang Xu, Tsunade, and Nazi reached the Capital of Fire, where the Daimyo approved Tsunade’s succession as the Fourth Hokage.
• On the journey back to Konoha, Tsunade revealed that the Daimyo was her maternal grandfather and that her mother had come from the royal family.

Owl began releasing evidence of Shimura Danzō’s crimes across Konoha, fueling public outrage and drawing Hiruzen Sarutobi into the scandal. Hiruzen recognized Fang Xu and Tsunade’s hand in the reckoning, then found Root’s base abandoned when he went to investigate.

• Owl followed his master’s order and arranged for Root documents exposing Danzō’s crimes to be distributed in batches across Konoha.
• Villagers and victims’ families read the evidence, condemned Danzō, and demanded his execution and the surrender of Root.
• Villagers questioned whether Hiruzen Sarutobi had known about or shielded Danzō, while Sarutobi Clan ninja defended him.
• Hiruzen read Root operation records and concluded that Fang Xu and Tsunade had released the evidence to publicly condemn Danzō and implicate him.
• Hiruzen hurried to Root’s underground base and found its corridor, training ground, and armory empty, with the documents and traces of daily life cleared away.

Hiruzen Sarutobi severed the Sarutobi Clan’s ties with Shimura Danzō to protect his clan, while Fang Xu focused on holding Danzō accountable. As Koharu, Homura, and the Shimura Clan head discussed their dwindling options, Hiruzen concluded that self-preservation mattered most.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi found that Root had evacuated and concluded that Danzō had left to assassinate Tsunade and Fang Xu.
• Hiruzen and the Sarutobi Clan publicly condemned Danzō’s crimes, admitted Hiruzen’s negligence, and pledged to cooperate with the investigation.
• Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo watched the public statement, and Fang Xu decided to leave Hiruzen alone for now while demanding that Danzō face full accountability.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and the Shimura Clan head confronted Hiruzen, and the Shimura Clan head sought a way to protect his clan.
• Hiruzen said Danzō had likely been captured by Fang Xu and warned that the former allies risked implicating their clans if they defended him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi brokered a deal with the Shimura Clan and the other families to punish Shimura Danzō’s supporters and surrender most of the clan’s power and resources. The four families began coordinated arrests before Tsunade and Fang Xu returned, and their first operation surrounded a residence holding three of Danzō’s loyalists.

• The Shimura Clan's patriarch begged Hiruzen Sarutobi to protect the clan, and Hiruzen agreed to mediate if the families followed his conditions.
• Hiruzen ordered the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado families to condemn Shimura Danzō and surrender benefits, while the Shimura Clan had to arrest Danzō’s supporters.
• The Shimura Clan's patriarch reluctantly agreed to hand over ninety percent of the clan’s property, resources, and authority to Lady Tsunade.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed to provide personnel to help arrest Danzō’s diehard loyalists before Tsunade and Fang Xu returned.
• The four families assembled their ninja, located the targets, and surrounded a residence where three loyalists were staying.
• When a Shimura ninja rushed from his room, three kunai pinned his sleeves.

Konoha’s four great families arrested Shimura Danzō’s loyalists and publicly disavowed him, while civilians and frontline ninjas celebrated his downfall. As Fang Xu, Tsunade, and Nazi continued traveling back to Konoha, Tsunade played cards and planned to address the remaining matters upon their return.

• The Sarutobi, Mitokado, and Utatane families helped the Shimura Clan arrest Danzō’s loyalists across Konoha, sealing their chakra and detaining them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged the four great families to issue public statements, and they condemned Danzō and distanced themselves from his actions.
• Konoha’s civilians and ninjas welcomed Danzō’s downfall, while Fugaku Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, and Nara Shikaku considered how it changed the village’s power structure.
• Spies from Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure regretted that Fang Xu and Tsunade’s presence had prevented Konoha’s turmoil from becoming open conflict.
• Tsunade read the news of the arrests and statements in the carriage, then played cards with Fang Xu and Nazi as they continued toward Konoha.

Tsunade planned to punish Konoha’s former leaders by stripping them of their authority and resources while sparing their lives, and she began seeing the possibility of leading the village despite the burden of being Hokage. Fang Xu then exchanged a Chakra Refinement Technique scroll and chakra for an unknown result in the Resident Evil World, where mercenaries stood before the Red Queen’s mainframe.

• Tsunade rejected killing Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, but insisted they surrender their positions, authority, resources, and seized benefits to help rebuild Konoha.
• Fang Xu left Konoha’s internal affairs to Tsunade and warned that he would personally act if anyone protected Danzo or concealed resources.
• While traveling through a town, Tsunade surveyed the damage and repairs, and she began to believe she could lead Konoha in a new direction.
• Fang Xu warned that Minato could be sidelined if Tsunade abandoned the Hokage position, and Tsunade angrily ordered him to take her gambling in the next town.
• Fang Xu used his exchange talent on a Chakra Refinement Technique scroll and a mass of chakra, shifting the scene to the Resident Evil World, where Kaplan, Rain, Matt, and the other mercenaries stood before the Red Queen’s mainframe.

After Alice obtained the Chakra System, Fang Xu received the Red Queen’s motherboard, which his Exchange Talent transformed into an extraordinary biological chip. He bound the upgraded Red Queen to his Sea of Consciousness and planned to build a supercomputer and new artificial intelligence for Konoha.

• Kaplan ordered Matt to dismantle the mainframe, and the Red Queen’s motherboard vanished, leaving a Chakra Refinement Technique scroll and Chakra Seed for Alice.
• Alice absorbed the Chakra Seed and gained knowledge of Chakra as Matt, Rain, and the mercenaries gathered around her.
• Fang Xu received the Red Queen’s motherboard as an extraordinary biological chip containing extensive technological data and the Red Queen’s core program.
• Fang Xu bound the chip to his Sea of Consciousness and instructed the Red Queen to record his physical and cultivation data to help improve his techniques.
• Fang Xu confirmed that the Red Queen had nearly all of the Resident Evil World’s technological archives and decided to build a supercomputer and artificial intelligence for Konoha’s Research Department and administration.

Fang Xu and the Red Queen began building a supercomputer and planned an auxiliary AI for Konoha, but scarce materials left the machine unfinished. After learning how it could manage government affairs, Tsunade agreed to help gather the resources needed to complete it.

• Fang Xu assured the Red Queen that the new AI would have limited access and that she would remain his core AI, then worked with her to build a supercomputer.
• When key materials ran short, Fang Xu sent Shadow Clones to search for them and ordered Kakuzu to use the Dawn Group and merchant networks to gather supplies discreetly.
• Fang Xu asked Kakuzu about the Akatsuki and ordered him to remain undercover and report any major developments.
• Fang Xu decided to establish a full industrial production chain in the Spatial Ring World after finding the Naruto World's resources difficult to obtain.
• Tsunade learned the supercomputer could handle routine government work and development planning, and agreed to help gather its missing materials.
• Nazi asked whether the supercomputer was like Porygon, and Fang Xu explained that its AI would focus on research and government affairs.

Tsunade and Fang Xu returned to Konoha with Shimura Danzō captured, and Tsunade announced that he would face a public trial and execution. The old families agreed to surrender much of their power and wealth, while Tsunade and Fang Xu delayed their return to let public opinion develop and considered Konoha’s costly recovery.

• Tsunade told the gathered villagers that Shimura Danzō had been captured and would face a public trial and execution in Konoha’s central square.
• Fang Xu warned Tsunade that public opinion made leniency toward Shimura Danzō impossible, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura arrived to discuss Konoha’s future.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura offered to surrender thirty percent of their families’ power and interests, while the Shimura Clan offered ninety percent to preserve its lineage.
• Tsunade and Fang Xu accepted the Shimura Clan’s offer, and the old leadership abandoned any attempt to save Shimura Danzō.
• Tsunade told Fang Xu she wanted to avoid a large-scale purge and said Konoha needed stability and resources to rebuild after the war.
• Tsunade and Fang Xu decided to spend several more days in nearby towns so public sentiment could develop before they returned to resolve Konoha’s remaining problems.