Recaps

Shisui met Hiruzen Sarutobi alone to discuss Yaonai's disappearance and argued that someone inside Konoha must have helped the Kumogakure Delegation. He suspected the timing of Hiruzen's summons had left Yaonai vulnerable, and the chapter ended with Shisui wondering whether the Third was involved while blaming himself for failing to protect her.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to detain Uchiha clansmen, but Hiruzen refused and insisted Konoha continue searching for Yaonai.
• An ANBU agent reported that Uchiha Shisui had come to discuss Yaonai's disappearance, and Hiruzen chose to meet him alone.
• Shisui told Hiruzen that searches by the Uchiha Military Police Force, ANBU, and the clan had found no trace of Yaonai or the Kumogakure Delegation's escape route.
• Shisui argued that the kidnappers must have had help from someone in Konoha who knew patrol routes and could erase evidence.
• Shisui recalled that Hiruzen had summoned him away from the Uchiha District shortly before Yaonai vanished, and he wondered whether the Third had been involved.
• Shisui blamed himself for leaving Yaonai unprotected after Ren had entrusted her to him.

Shisui delivered Ren’s three-day ultimatum to Hiruzen: return Yaonai safely or the Uchiha Shrine would turn from Kumogakure against Konoha. Hiruzen promised an ANBU search, then confronted Danzo about Yaonai’s whereabouts.

• Shisui told Hiruzen that Ren had no claim on the Hokage Position but would retaliate if Yaonai was harmed or not returned.
• Shisui warned that Ren suspected someone in Konoha’s Leadership had helped the Kumogakure Delegation abduct Yaonai.
• Shisui gave Hiruzen three days to return Yaonai unharmed before the Uchiha Shrine turned its forces toward Konoha.
• Hiruzen promised to have ANBU devote everything to finding Yaonai, and Shisui left the Hokage Building.
• Hiruzen returned to his office, confronted Danzo, and demanded to know where Yaonai was.

Hiruzen ordered Danzo to recover Yaonai within three days after learning that Ren had issued the Uchiha's ultimatum and could control Tailed Beasts. Meanwhile, Ren continued fighting Raikage A and Killer B in the Land of Lightning, where their borrowed Tailed Beast Cloak let them hold out against him.

• Danzo admitted that he had arranged for Kumogakure to seize Yaonai, arguing that she was Ren's weakness and that Ren's growing power threatened his own influence.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to have Root recover Yaonai unharmed within three days, warning that Ren's message delivered by Shisui was an ultimatum.
• Hiruzen told Danzo that Ren could suppress Tailed Beasts with his ocular power, leaving Danzo shaken by the threat Ren posed to Konoha.
• After a full day and night of fighting, Ren faced Raikage A and Killer B, who used Killer B's connection to the Eight-Tails to give the Raikage a borrowed Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Ren praised their increased strength, while Killer B and Raikage A continued fighting to hold him back from Kumogakure.

Ren fought Raikage A and Killer B, who used a coordinated combination of Tailed Beast Cloak and Lightning Release Armor to counter his speed and intangibility. He realized Killer B’s chakra cloak let A sustain his strongest armor by shielding and healing the damage it caused.

• Ren attacked Killer B, but A intercepted the blow using his Tailed Beast Cloak and Lightning Release Armor.
• Killer B and A coordinated their attacks, striking whenever Ren turned solid and avoiding wasted attacks while he was intangible.
• Tekka, Nanami, Hizashi, and Itachi recognized that the Raikage and Killer B had adapted their fighting style to counter Ren.
• Killer B’s plan let both fighters stay mobile without Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, while the cloak protected and restored A as he fought.
• Ren understood that the Tailed Beast Cloak removed the physical cost that had limited A’s strongest Lightning Release Armor.

Raikage A and Killer B combined their Tailed Beast Cloaks with Lightning Release Armor, forcing Ren into a battle of attrition while Kumogakure’s defense held off the Uchiha Shrine’s attacks. The chapter ended with the battlefield still in a stalemate as both sides continued fighting.

• Killer B revealed that he had combined the Eight-Tails Cloak with Lightning Release Armor, and Itachi identified the pair’s double amplification.
• Killer B and Raikage A coordinated attacks to exploit the moments when Ren became tangible, forcing him to keep using his ocular techniques.
• Raikage A abandoned his pride and accepted Killer B and Gyuki’s power to protect Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Shrine’s Lightning Cloud attacks were countered by Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannons, while Nanami ordered squads to launch Flaming Meteor.
• Darui rallied the Cloud Ninja to hold the defensive line as Uchiha Shrine’s four-person formations fought through the advancing defenders.

Nanami led the Uchiha Shrine in an assault on Kumogakure’s Chakra Cannons, but Dodai identified a weakness in their Temple Formation and turned the attack into a deadly war of attrition. Ren saw the Uchiha’s losses mount as the cannons continued to suppress Lightning Cloud, leaving the battle tilting against them.

• Nanami led First, Second, and Fifth Squads toward the Chakra Cannons while the rest of the Uchiha Shrine covered their advance, and Tekka joined her.
• Hizashi Hyuga detected Kumogakure traps and hidden shinobi, while Tekka broke a Sealing Lightning Formation and Nanami’s squad fought through the defenders.
• Dodai recognized that the Temple Formation weakened its members when it concentrated chakra on one attacker, and Kumogakure shinobi began targeting its supports.
• Kumogakure forces exploited the weakness and killed the first Uchiha Shrine member, followed by two more as Nanami, Tekka, Hizashi Hyuga, and Itachi were wounded or strained.
• Ren evaded Killer B and Raikage A and saw Nanami’s assault stalled, the Chakra Cannons still firing, and the battle turning against the Uchiha.

Fugaku Uchiha led reinforcements to the battlefield, freeing Ren to focus on Raikage A and Killer B. Ren overwhelmed Killer B and sent him crashing into a hillside, leaving the battle’s next turn unresolved.

• Ren held back from overusing his ocular power while Kumogakure’s forces pressed the Uchiha Shrine defenders and Obito and Black Zetsu remained hidden.
• Fugaku Uchiha arrived with Uchiha reinforcements and told Ren that Shisui had stabilized the district, allowing Ren to stop holding back.
• The Uchiha reinforcements broke Kumogakure’s blockade around the Chakra Cannons, restored the Temple Formation, and reversed the battle’s momentum.
• Ren attacked Killer B at increased speed, repeatedly striking the same point in his Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Ren shattered Killer B’s Tailed Beast Cloak and Lightning Release Armor, then sent him through three rock walls into a hillside.

Ren defeated Raikage A and left Killer B in an Eight-Tails rampage, while Fugaku’s newly awakened Sharingan locked onto Gyuki. In Konoha, Hiruzen confronted Danzo over Yaonai’s disappearance and warned that Ren’s ultimatum could bring the Uchiha forces to Konoha.

• Ren overwhelmed Raikage A and knocked him unconscious with a final Twentyfold Combo.
• Killer B lost control and transformed into the rampaging Eight-Tails as Kumogakure’s forces despaired.
• Fugaku revealed lotus-like patterns in his Sharingan and locked his gaze onto Gyuki, whose will stiffened under the ocular power.
• Hiruzen accused Danzo of using Root to cover up the Kumogakure Delegation’s actions and Yaonai’s disappearance.
• Danzo denied responsibility for lack of evidence, but Hiruzen warned that Ren would not wait for proof before acting on his three-day ultimatum.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to have Root bring Yaonai back to the Uchiha Residence after Uchiha Ren threatened to attack Konoha if she was not returned. Yaonai was safely recovered, and a gathering of Konoha leaders debated Ren’s threat and the growing power of the Uchiha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Danzo to return Yaonai safely to the Uchiha Residence within three days, warning that Ren would make Konoha pay if she was harmed.
• Danzo sent Root to investigate the Kumogakure Delegation’s hidden bases, and Root recovered Yaonai before the ultimatum expired.
• Shisui embraced Yaonai at the Uchiha Residence as Uchiha clan members gathered around them in relief.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha’s clan heads and Jonin, who argued over Ren’s threat and whether the Uchiha had become too powerful to restrain.
• Shikaku Nara warned that Konoha might not withstand a war against the Uchiha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said Ren’s anger had a reason because Yaonai had vanished in Konoha.

Uchiha Ren returned from the Land of Lightning and confronted Konoha’s leaders over Yaonai’s disappearance. He revealed that Kumogakure had unconditionally surrendered and laid out the terms of its treaty, including recognition of the Uchiha Clan Head as equal in status to a Daimyo.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged the leaders to appease the Uchiha, find the Kumogakure Delegation, and prevent the village from falling into chaos.
• Uchiha Ren appeared in Konoha’s meeting room and demanded an explanation for Yaonai’s disappearance and the traces of Root’s involvement.
• Ren told the gathering that Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning had unconditionally surrendered after he defeated Raikage A, suppressed the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, and helped destroy Kumogakure’s defenses.
• Ren said he had no intention of occupying the Land of Lightning or taking over Kumogakure, but demanded substantial war reparations assessed by the Uchiha.
• Ren stipulated tax-free trade for Uchiha caravans, safe passage for Uchiha on missions, and recognition of the Uchiha Clan Head as a figure equal in status to a Daimyo.

Uchiha Ren imposed an alliance treaty on the defeated Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning, demanding reparations, trade privileges, secret techniques, and two Kumogakure Jonin to support Uchiha’s trade network. Kumogakure kept the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails but was forbidden from using them against the Uchiha, and both sides signed the treaty.

• Ren presented a treaty requiring Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning to pay reparations and grant the Uchiha Clan commercial privileges and political status.
• Ren allowed Kumogakure to keep the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails but warned that he would destroy them and the village if they attacked the Uchiha again.
• Ren demanded Kumogakure’s complete Lightning Release Armor training materials and the Heavenly Transfer Technique’s formulae and operating methods.
• Ren named Mabui and Samui as liaison officers for Uchiha’s trade network, and Mabui accepted that Kumogakure could no longer refuse.
• Raikage A, the Land of Lightning’s envoy, and Darui signed the treaty, binding Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning to the alliance.

Ren told Konoha’s conference that the Land of Lightning and Kumogakure had surrendered unconditionally, but the Jonin doubted him until he produced the signed treaty. The treaty confirmed Kumogakure’s humiliating defeat, leaving the room to confront the Uchiha Clan’s power.

• Ren announced that the Land of Lightning and Kumogakure had surrendered unconditionally, prompting disbelief from the Jonin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned whether Kumogakure had truly accepted unconditional surrender and asked Ren to verify his claim.
• Ren tossed the signed treaty onto the table, and Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka examined its seals.
• The Jonin read the treaty’s harsh terms, including reparations, exclusive Uchiha trade rights, and Kumogakure’s obligation to avoid Uchiha clansmen.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized the Daimyo, Raikage, and Cloud Elders Council seals, and the room accepted that Kumogakure had been forced into surrender.

After forcing Kumogakure to surrender, Ren confronted Hiruzen and Konoha’s leaders over their attempt to claim credit for the Uchiha victory and their failure to protect Yaonai. The meeting ended with Ren challenging the purpose of Konoha and the Hokage’s office.

• Hiruzen tried to call the Uchiha victory Konoha’s glory, but Ren rejected his claim and said Konoha had provided no support during the war.
• Ren accused Hiruzen of abandoning the Uchiha when Kumogakure kidnapped a child and of expecting to share the spoils after the Uchiha won alone.
• Ren demanded an explanation for Yaonai’s kidnapping and questioned whether Hiruzen still had the ability to govern Konoha.
• Koharu, Homura, and several Jonin defended Hiruzen and argued that the kidnapping did not invalidate his leadership.
• Ren stood and challenged the meeting over whether Konoha existed to protect children or merely to serve the Hokage and Elders Council.

Ren challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Konoha leadership over the village’s repeated failures to protect children, citing years of abductions and Orochimaru’s human experiments. The conference room fell silent as clan leaders and jonin began questioning the leadership’s ability to govern.

• Ren argued that protecting children was the fundamental reason Hashirama and Madara had founded Konoha.
• Ren revealed that Kumogakure shinobi had abducted Uzumaki Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, from Konoha before Minato Namikaze rescued her.
• Ren exposed Orochimaru’s secret experiments on children taken from within the village and asked whether the leadership had ever answered to their parents.
• Ren recalled that a Kumogakure envoy had infiltrated the Hyuga Main House to abduct Hyuga Hinata, prompting Hyuga Hiashi to clench his fists.
• Ren condemned Konoha’s failure to stop Uchiha Yaonai’s abduction and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi whether he protected Konoha or the Hokage Building’s reputation.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, Hyuga Hiashi, and several jonin grew wary of the leadership as Ren’s accusations exposed repeated security failures.

Ren challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s excuses for Konoha’s repeated security failures and accused Shimura Danzō’s Root of helping Orochimaru and Kumogakure operate inside the village. The meeting erupted as the Jonin considered the possibility that Konoha’s own hidden organization had betrayed its people.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi cited wartime losses and the Nine-Tails’ Attack to explain Konoha’s security gaps, while implying that a Mangekyō Sharingan had controlled the Nine-Tails.
• Ren accepted that the wars and the Nine-Tails’ Attack caused damage, but argued that they could not explain enemies evading patrols, learning guard schedules, and erasing evidence.
• Ren concluded that someone inside Konoha had opened the door to the attacks, prompting alarm among Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, and Hyuga Hiashi.
• Ren confronted Shimura Danzō and accused him of covering for Orochimaru’s human experiments and helping Kumogakure’s delegation infiltrate and escape Konoha.
• The Jonin erupted into whispers about Root, with many reconsidering their assumptions about Konoha’s security failures.

Ren accused Danzo of hiding stolen Sharingan and evidence of human experimentation beneath the bandages on his right eye and arm, then demanded that he uncover them to prove his innocence. Danzo refused, and Hyuga Hiashi detected abnormal chakra in both concealed areas, leaving the accusation supported by evidence.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders cautioned Ren against accusing Danzo without proof, while several Jonin watched Danzo with suspicion.
• Ren pointed to Danzo's right eye and arm, claiming the eye was stolen and the arm resulted from Orochimaru's experiments and Root's crimes.
• Ren challenged Danzo to remove his bandages before the Hokage, Jonin, and clan heads to prove his innocence.
• Danzo called the demand an insult and insisted his injuries were sacrifices made for Konoha, but his tense reaction deepened the Jonin's suspicions.
• Hyuga Hiashi used his Byakugan and reported abnormal chakra around Danzo's right eye and chakra signatures in his right arm unlike normal flesh and blood.

Ren exposed Danzo’s bandaged right eye as a Sharingan belonging to Kagami Uchiha during a Konoha leadership meeting. Danzo claimed Kagami had entrusted it to him, but Ren accused him of murdering his comrade and stealing the eye.

• Hiashi and Ren pressured Danzo to unwrap his bandages, and Hiruzen demanded that he reveal his right eye.
• Danzo refused and ordered the ANBU to stop Ren, but Ren moved too quickly for anyone to intervene.
• Ren tore away Danzo’s bandages, exposing a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and identifying it as Kagami Uchiha’s eye.
• Danzo claimed Kagami had entrusted him with the eye and said he had concealed it for Konoha’s sake.
• Ren challenged Danzo’s account and accused him of ambushing Kagami, taking his eye, and using his name to justify it.

Ren exposed Danzo’s transplanted Hashirama’s Cells before Konoha’s Jonin and clan leaders, who condemned his experiments and desecration of the First’s remains. Danzo claimed the Senju clan and the Third had approved the research to protect Konoha, but Ren challenged why Danzo and Root had stayed out of the fight during the Nine-Tails’ Attack, leaving Danzo’s defense under heavy suspicion.

• Ren struck Danzo’s bandaged right arm and exposed the Hashirama’s Cells transplanted into it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the clan leaders condemned Danzo for using Hashirama’s Cells and linked the transplant to Root’s and Orochimaru’s human experiments.
• Danzo said his research was meant to use Wood Release against the Nine-Tails and claimed the Senju clan and the Third had acquiesced.
• Ren asked why Danzo and Root had not used that power during the Nine-Tails’ Attack, when the village was under assault.
• Danzo claimed Root had been rescuing civilians and maintaining order, but the Jonin found his explanation difficult to believe.

Ren publicly accused Danzo of multiple crimes and urged Hiruzen to act. After Hiruzen ordered Danzo arrested, Danzo fought back and tried to escape, but Ren stopped him and removed Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan.

• Ren accused Danzo of stealing Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan, aiding Orochimaru and the Kumogakure Delegation, and being a suspect in the Nine-Tails’ Attack.
• Ren demanded Hiruzen make a decision in front of the clan heads and Jonin, and Hiruzen dismissed Danzo from his positions and ordered ANBU to arrest him.
• Danzo attacked the ANBU with his Hashirama-cell-implanted arm and tried to escape through a window.
• Ren intercepted Danzo, disabled his right arm, and ripped Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan from his eye socket.

Ren defeated Danzo, seized Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan, and sealed Danzo’s chakra before declaring him under arrest for multiple crimes. Hiruzen Sarutobi opposed handing Danzo to the Uchiha Military Police Force, and Ren challenged Hiruzen’s motives.

• Ren used precise, layered strikes to take Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan from Danzo while the meeting-room witnesses watched.
• Ren sealed Danzo’s chakra and suppressed Hashirama’s Cells, leaving him unable to move or signal Root.
• Ren listed Danzo’s crimes and declared him under arrest, saying the Uchiha Military Police Force would interrogate him and recover any Sharingan held by Root.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura objected to the Uchiha taking Danzo, arguing that ANBU should investigate him because he knew too many village secrets.
• Ren coldly challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi for insisting that ANBU handle Danzo.

Uchiha Ren accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of enabling Danzo’s crimes and failing to protect Konoha, then formally initiated proceedings to remove him as Hokage. The meeting ended with Utatane Koharu challenging Ren’s authority to impeach the Third.

• Ren rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to place Danzo in ANBU custody and argued that the Uchiha Clan and Military Police Force had the right to hold him accountable.
• Ren accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of knowingly or negligently enabling Danzo and Orochimaru’s crimes and failing to protect Konoha from foreign threats.
• Utatane Koharu accused Ren of using the Uchiha Clan’s victory over Kumogakure to undermine the Hokage, and Ren admitted he had come for Hiruzen’s position.
• Ren declared that the Uchiha Clan, as a founding clan, had the right to impeach the Hokage and formally proposed removing Hiruzen Sarutobi over six alleged failures.
• Utatane Koharu angrily challenged Ren, asking whether he thought he could remove the Hokage simply because he had won a war.

Ren produced a founding-era covenant signed by Hashirama and Tobirama Senju that granted the Uchiha authority to impeach a Hokage under extreme circumstances. After Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Ren's right to invoke it, Ren began presenting his charges, starting with Konoha's response to Kumogakure kidnapping an Uchiha child.

• Homura and Koharu challenged Ren's authority to impeach Hiruzen, arguing that the Uchiha could not initiate the process alone.
• Ren presented an authenticated founding covenant that granted the Uchiha and Senju clans impeachment authority in extreme circumstances.
• Ren explained that he had found the covenant in the Uchiha archives and invoked it because of Danzo's abuses and evidence concerning Kumogakure's kidnapping of Yaonai.
• Homura accused Ren of using the Uchiha's military victories to seize the Hokage's seat, but Ren publicly denied seeking power for himself or the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen accepted the covenant as grounds for Ren to present his case, and Ren accused Konoha's leadership of considering handing over Itachi Uchiha after Kumogakure kidnapped an Uchiha child.

Ren challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s defense of Konoha’s decision to yield to Kumogakure, arguing that the leadership had sacrificed its own people and damaged the village’s dignity. He left the conference room confronting the elders over their suppression of the Uchiha and the resentment that had nearly driven the clan toward rebellion.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would still have handed over Itachi Uchiha to avoid war, explaining that Konoha had been weakened after the Nine-Tails' Attack and that the Uchiha had concealed their strength.
• Ren accused Hiruzen of disguising weakness as concern for the village and argued that the leadership’s repeated compromises justified impeaching the Hokage.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura blamed the Uchiha for hiding their power and contributing to Konoha’s disadvantage.
• Ren explained that the Uchiha powerhouses were a new generation trained after he became clan head, not hidden forces who had stood by during earlier crises.
• Ren listed the leadership’s actions against the Uchiha after the Nine-Tails' Attack, including forced relocation, surveillance, economic isolation, and turning the Military Police Force into a source of resentment.
• Ren said the leadership had pushed the Uchiha toward opposing Konoha and that he had stabilized the clan after becoming its head.

Ren challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi’s defense of Konoha’s treatment of the Uchiha, arguing that the Hokage Building had helped drive the clan toward rebellion. He broadened his accusations to other clans and prominent shinobi, leaving Hiruzen and the other leaders facing a growing list of grievances.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that the village’s later surveillance and suppression of the Uchiha had been mishandled, but blamed many actions on Danzo and Root.
• Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Sarutobi clan Jonin defended the village’s suspicion of the Uchiha after the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• Ren challenged Hiruzen’s claim of ignorance, citing the Uchiha relocation, restrictions on the Military Police Force, surveillance, and manipulation of public opinion.
• Ren argued that the Hokage Building’s pressure had helped push the Uchiha toward rebellion, drawing uneasy reactions from Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, and Hyuga Hiashi.
• Ren accused Hiruzen’s leadership of marginalizing the Senju, failing to protect the Hyuga’s dignity against Kumogakure, and contributing to Hatake Sakumo’s death.
• Ren cited Orochimaru’s defection, Tsunade’s departure, and Jiraiya’s years away from Konoha as evidence that Hiruzen’s power structure had driven away his own students.

Ren formally accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of misgoverning Konoha, and Hiruzen admitted that he had empowered Danzo and his allies to strengthen the Hokage’s authority over the clans. He began explaining the village’s early power struggles, leaving the Jonin to reckon with his admission.

• Ren argued that Hiruzen had suppressed talent, appeased foreign threats, and allowed Konoha’s clans and institutions to decline.
• Ren formally impeached and accused Hiruzen on behalf of the Uchiha Clan, declaring that Hiruzen no longer qualified to lead Konoha.
• Hiruzen challenged Ren’s judgment and explained that he had inherited the Hokage position amid war and powerful clans that resisted his authority.
• Hiruzen admitted that he had supported Danzo, Koharu, and Homura and used Root to strengthen the Hokage’s power, but that his concessions had enabled Danzo’s rise.
• The Jonin reconsidered Hiruzen’s rule as he described how the village’s clans had resisted handing their core power to the Hokage.