Recaps

Ren condemned Hiruzen Sarutobi for letting Root and the Hokage Tower suppress Konoha’s clans and sacrifice its people, arguing that oppression had pushed the Uchiha Clan to the brink of rebellion. He left Hiruzen facing accusations that his rule had weakened Konoha internally and yielded to its enemies, while the meeting watched in silence.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that he had created Root to strengthen the Hokage’s authority, then allowed Danzo to surveil and suppress the Uchiha Clan after the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• Ren accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of driving the Uchiha Clan toward rebellion through oppression, and said he had redirected the clan’s anger toward enemies outside Konoha.
• Ren cited the Senju clan’s decline, the Hyuga clan’s humiliation by Kumogakure, and Hatake Sakumo’s suicide as examples of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s failures.
• Ren blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for Orochimaru’s defection, Tsunade’s departure, and Jiraiya’s absence, then said Minato Namikaze had never truly controlled Konoha.
• Ren accused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s leadership of yielding to repeated abductions and allowing Root, human experimentation, and the exploitation of shinobi remains and bloodlines to flourish.

Ren forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to acknowledge that his indulgence of Danzo and Root had fostered Konoha’s darkness. He then demanded an immediate vote on removing Hiruzen as Hokage, leaving the Jonin and clan representatives weighing the village’s need for justice against the upheaval his removal could cause.

• Ren accused Hiruzen of enabling Danzo, Root, and other abuses, and the clan representatives and Jonin recognized that Konoha’s troubles had grown from within.
• Hiruzen admitted that he had repeatedly tolerated Danzo’s actions and accepted responsibility for creating the conditions behind Konoha’s chaos.
• Ren called on the Jonin Class, clan representatives, and Konoha Leadership to vote on impeaching and removing Hiruzen.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, and other Jonin weighed Hiruzen’s misconduct against his service to Konoha and the potential consequences of removing him.

Konoha’s clan leaders and Jonin agreed that Hiruzen Sarutobi should step down and elect a new Fifth Hokage. Ren declared Hiruzen’s immediate resignation and imposed conditions to dismantle Root and investigate Danzo.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura warned that removing Hiruzen could destabilize Konoha, while Ren argued that reform would fail if Hiruzen stayed in power.
• Hizashi Hyuga acknowledged Hiruzen’s past service but supported his stepping down, citing Konoha’s unresolved crises and the clans’ loss of trust.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, Hyuga Hiashi, and representatives of other major clans backed Hiruzen’s departure and a new Hokage election.
• Ren declared that Hiruzen would step down immediately and that Konoha would elect a Fifth Hokage.
• Ren barred Hiruzen from interfering in Hokage Building affairs, ordered Root abolished and its members reviewed, restricted ANBU to the officially appointed Hokage, and called for a joint investigation into Danzo.

Ren forced Hiruzen Sarutobi out of Konoha’s power center, stripped Danzo of his influence, and ensured Root would be investigated. As news spread that the Uchiha had defeated Kumogakure and secured enormous reparations and trade privileges, Konoha began to view the clan with awe and fear.

• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Hyuga Hiashi demanded conditions including investigations into Root and clan participation in inquiries about Kumogakure and stolen Kekkei Genkai.
• Ren warned Hiruzen Sarutobi not to protect Danzo, then left after securing Danzo’s removal, Root’s disbandment, and Hiruzen’s departure from the Hokage’s power center.
• News reached Konoha that the Land of Lightning and Kumogakure had unconditionally surrendered, with 678 billion ryo in reparations and major trade privileges going to the Uchiha.
• Shinobi and civilians discussed Ren defeating the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and the Two-Tails, while rumors spread about the Uchiha’s battlefield strength.
• Konoha learned that Ren, Shisui, Fugaku, and Itachi wielded Mangekyō Sharingan, and many concluded that the Uchiha had become too powerful to provoke.

Konoha celebrated the Uchiha clan’s victory over Kumogakure while the village leadership concealed the forced removal of Hiruzen Sarutobi and the crackdown on Danzo and Root. The leadership promoted battle reports to keep public attention on the Uchiha as the power shift inside the Hokage Building remained hidden.

• Villagers and shinobi praised the Uchiha after news spread that Kumogakure had surrendered and the Land of Lightning had agreed to pay 678 billion ryō.
• Uchiha Military Police Force shinobi noticed that villagers treated them with new respect during their patrol.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Hyuga Hiashi, and other leaders told the public that Hiruzen Sarutobi had stepped down voluntarily because of age and poor health.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi was placed under house arrest, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were confined, and Danzo was imprisoned while Root was sealed off and investigated.
• The leadership posted excerpts from the Land of Lightning battle report to keep villagers focused on the Uchiha’s victory and conceal the upheaval within Konoha’s leadership.

Shikaku Nara urged Ren to become Konoha’s Fifth Hokage, but Ren refused, arguing that the office would bind the Uchiha Clan to Konoha’s problems. He laid out a plan for the clan to expand its influence across the Shinobi World through trade, resources, intelligence, and armed protection.

• Shikaku visited Ren to discuss the choice of Konoha’s Fifth Hokage and named Ren the strongest candidate.
• Shikaku cited Ren’s victory over Kumogakure and his prestige as reasons he could keep Konoha stable.
• Ren refused the Hokage Position and said the Uchiha Clan would focus on Military Police Force affairs rather than Konoha’s other government business.
• Ren explained that becoming Hokage would tie the Uchiha Clan to Konoha’s burdens and leave it constrained by village and national interests.
• Ren announced plans to build the Uchiha Clan into a power spanning the Shinobi World, beginning with the Land of Lightning’s trade routes.

Shikaku identified Tsunade as Konoha’s backup candidate for Fifth Hokage after Ren refused the position. He and the village leaders judged that Tsunade’s standing could stabilize Konoha and balance the Uchiha’s growing influence.

• Shikaku told Ren that Konoha’s leadership was considering Tsunade as its alternative candidate for Fifth Hokage.
• Ren said the Uchiha would not object to Tsunade’s appointment as long as she left their spoils of war and trade routes alone.
• Shikaku recalled refusing the Hokage position himself, arguing that the new leader would have to handle the Third Hokage’s resignation, Danzo’s crimes, and Konoha’s shifting power balance.
• Shikaku told the leadership council that Ren was the strongest candidate, but Ren would likely refuse because he had not claimed the position when he could have.
• Shikaku proposed Tsunade, and the council agreed that her lineage, reputation, strength, and medical expertise could help steady Konoha and counterbalance the Uchiha.

Shikaku identified Tsunade as Konoha’s best candidate for Fifth Hokage, while Ren agreed to accept her only if the village respected Uchiha rights and spoils. Inoichi found Tsunade outside Tanzaku Town and told her that the Third had stepped down after Ren exposed Danzo’s crimes, leaving Tsunade stunned and enraged.

• Shikaku told Konoha’s clan leaders that Tsunade was the strongest candidate for Hokage, with Jiraiya as a possible supporting figure.
• Ren told Shikaku that the Uchiha would accept Tsunade’s succession only if Konoha treated the clan fairly and left its war spoils under its control.
• Shikaku revealed that Inoichi had already located Tsunade and Jiraiya, then reported that Inoichi had gone to meet Tsunade.
• Inoichi found Tsunade gambling outside Tanzaku Town and told her that the Third had stepped down after Ren publicly impeached him.
• Inoichi explained that Ren had exposed Danzo’s stolen Sharingan and Hashirama’s Cells, along with the Third’s tolerance of Danzo’s abuses, and Tsunade reacted with shock and anger.

Inoichi told Tsunade that the Third had admitted to enabling Danzo and Root, and that Konoha’s provisional leadership wanted her to become the Fifth Hokage. He described Uchiha Ren’s victory over Kumogakure and his power over the Tailed Beasts, leaving Tsunade furious at Konoha’s leaders and questioning why they had waited so long to call her back.

• Inoichi told Tsunade that the Third had confessed to indulging Danzo and Root, stepped down after the clans voted, and left Konoha seeking a Fifth Hokage.
• Inoichi asked Tsunade to return as Hokage, explaining that the village’s clans and factions considered her the only candidate they could all accept.
• Inoichi explained that Uchiha Ren had unified the Uchiha, created the Temple system, and led them to break Kumogakure’s defenses and win its unconditional surrender.
• Inoichi described Ren defeating Killer B, severely injuring the Fourth Raikage, and using Mangekyō power to suppress the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails.
• Tsunade questioned whether the reports were exaggerated, and Inoichi confirmed them with the surrender treaty and corroborating accounts.
• Tsunade compared Ren’s ocular power to Uchiha Madara’s, then angrily confronted Konoha’s leaders for allowing Danzo and Root to misuse her grandfather’s cells.

Inoichi recounted how Ren exposed Danzo’s crimes during a Jonin meeting and challenged the Third over Yaonai’s disappearance. Ren then invoked an old agreement granting Uchiha and Senju the right to impeach the Hokage, leaving the Third’s leadership under threat.

• Inoichi told Tsunade that Ren returned from the Land of Lightning and confronted the Third about Yaonai’s disappearance during a Jonin meeting.
• Ren accused Danzo of aiding Yaonai’s kidnappers, exposed Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan and Hashirama’s Cells in Danzo’s body, and demanded answers about Danzo’s absence during the Nine-Tails’ Attack.
• After the Third ordered Danzo imprisoned, Danzo attacked ANBU and tried to escape, but Ren disabled him, reclaimed Kagami Uchiha’s Sharingan, and sealed his Chakra.
• Ren accused Danzo of murder, theft, desecrating the First’s remains, aiding Orochimaru’s experiments, and assisting the Kumogakure Delegation in Yaonai’s kidnapping.
• Ren produced an old agreement signed by the First and countersigned by the Second, which allowed Uchiha and Senju to impeach a Hokage who strayed from Konoha’s founding purpose.

Tsunade learned that Hiruzen had admitted his failures and stepped down, and Inoichi asked her to return as Fifth Hokage to stabilize Konoha. After reading Kumogakure’s surrender terms, Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure not to provoke Uchiha Ren, as news of Ren’s victory spread across the Shinobi World.

• Inoichi told Tsunade that Ren had impeached Hiruzen for his failures and that Hiruzen had admitted his mistakes before stepping down.
• Tsunade acknowledged her pain over her former teacher’s removal, and Inoichi asked her to return to Konoha as Fifth Hokage.
• Ōnoki read that Uchiha Ren had defeated Kumogakure and secured its unconditional surrender and extensive reparations.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure shinobi not to approach or provoke Ren and to report his whereabouts immediately.
• News of Ren’s victory shook the great villages and prompted smaller nations to change how they treated Uchiha trade caravans.

After the Uchiha Clan’s fortune surged from the Land of Lightning’s reparations, Ren received three techniques that offered a stable path to Six Paths Transcendence. He decided to develop the techniques across the clan rather than pursue the dangerous path of gathering the Tailed Beasts.

• The Uchiha Clan processed the Land of Lightning’s reparations and expanded its wealth, resources, and military strength.
• Ren saw that the clan’s fortune had increased enough to raise its family level to LV3.
• The level-up rewarded Ren with the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique, the Great River Qi Refinement Method, and the Heart Sea Spirit Refinement Art.
• Ren considered gathering the Tailed Beasts but rejected the plan because it would provoke the Shinobi World and expose the Uchiha to Black Zetsu’s trap.
• Ren determined that the three techniques could be taught throughout the clan, strengthening members’ bodies, energy, and minds from an early age.

Ren planned to spread three cultivation techniques throughout the Uchiha, using clan resources to raise its overall strength and develop a path to Transcendence. Jiraiya returned to Konoha with Tsunade and revealed that he had witnessed the severity of Kumogakure’s defeat.

• Ren planned to teach the techniques to core Uchiha members first, then select cultivators and use the Land of Lightning’s reparations to fund medicinal support.
• Ren resolved to pursue Six Paths Transcendence through the cultivation system and the Uchiha’s growing resources.
• Jiraiya entered Konoha alongside Tsunade and joked about the village’s female shinobi until Tsunade warned him not to provoke Uchiha Ren.
• Tsunade realized Jiraiya knew more about Ren than she expected, and Jiraiya said he had personally visited the Land of Lightning.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Kumogakure had suffered a crushing defeat that left its backbone shattered.

Jiraiya warned Tsunade that Uchiha Ren had overwhelmed Kumogakure with extraordinary powers and that Konoha could not afford to provoke him. He then revealed that Mount Myoboku had summoned him to meet the Great Toad Sage, leaving Tsunade awaiting what the prophetic sage had told him.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Ren had suppressed the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, badly wounded the Fourth Raikage, and displayed extreme speed and intangibility.
• Jiraiya warned Tsunade that the Uchiha were gaining strength and that anyone trying to suppress them by old methods would be courting death.
• Tsunade said she would meet Ren without causing trouble because she needed to learn what he wanted before becoming Fifth Hokage.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Sage Fukasaku had summoned him to Mount Myoboku, where he met the Great Toad Sage.

Jiraiya told Tsunade that the Great Toad Sage had prophesied Uchiha Ren would rise above the Shinobi World and eventually surpass the Sage of Six Paths. He also revealed that the Uchiha and Senju descended from the Sage’s sons, Indra and Asura.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade that the Great Toad Sage had foreseen Uchiha Ren ruling over the Shinobi World and gathering followers across nations and clans.
• Jiraiya said the Great Toad Sage had prophesied that Ren would surpass the Sage of Six Paths, prompting Tsunade to reject the prediction in disbelief.
• Jiraiya explained that the Great Toad Sage had personally known the Sage of Six Paths and understood his power firsthand.
• Jiraiya revealed that the Uchiha inherited Indra’s bloodline and the Senju inherited Asura’s, making both clans descendants of the Sage of Six Paths.

Jiraiya explained to Tsunade that the Senju and Uchiha descended from Asura and Indra, leading her to reconsider Uchiha Ren and agree to meet him before deciding whether to become Hokage. Meanwhile, Ren tested three cultivation methods and found that his lack of an innate Cultivation Physique hindered the Great River Qi Refinement Method, while body tempering progressed too slowly for an imminent breakthrough.

• Jiraiya told Tsunade and Shizune that the Senju and Uchiha descended from Asura and Indra, whose inherited powers shaped the two clans.
• Tsunade recognized that Uchiha Ren's strength might be tied to his lineage and circumstances, and said she would meet him before deciding whether to return as the Fifth Hokage.
• Ren tested the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique and concluded that its slow, decades-long progression made it unsuitable as his main path to a near-term breakthrough.
• Ren advanced the Great River Qi Refinement Method to its third level, improving the strength and stability of his chakra.
• Ren found that he could not retain much of the spiritual energy needed for the method's fourth level because he lacked an innate Cultivation Physique.

Ren cultivated three new arts and assessed their benefits and limits, then met Tsunade as she came to discuss becoming the Fifth Hokage. He acknowledged that no Hokage could bypass the Uchiha, leaving Tsunade’s candidacy and their relationship unresolved.

• Ren found that the Heart Sea Spirit Refinement Art strengthened his senses and stabilized his Sharingan, but rapidly consumed his vital essence.
• Ren decided to restrict access to the cultivation techniques, spreading only their first three levels while reserving the full arts for himself and core clansmen.
• Tsunade arrived at the Uchiha District with Shizune and Jiraiya to meet Ren.
• Tsunade said she had come to judge what Ren wanted because she believed his support was essential to becoming Hokage.
• Ren agreed that no one becoming Hokage in Konoha could bypass the Uchiha.

Ren proposed that the Uchiha fund a new commercial city between their district and Konoha, with the village providing support, to strengthen the economy and connect trade between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning. Tsunade recognized the plan’s potential but asked whether Ren intended to build only Super Amazing City.

• Ren told Tsunade he would not seek the Hokage position or support an Uchiha candidate, and said he wanted Konoha to avoid further decline.
• Ren presented a map and proposed that the Uchiha fund Super Amazing City on the wasteland between their district and Konoha.
• Ren outlined plans for the city to bring together trade, entertainment, lodging, auctions, ninja tools, medicinal herbs, and goods from both the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.
• Ren argued that the city would benefit Konoha’s residents, merchants, shinobi, village revenues, and military resources while turning the buffer zone into a busy commercial hub.
• Tsunade considered the proposal’s scale and asked Ren whether he wanted to build only one Super Amazing City.

Ren proposed a trade network centered on Super Amazing City and negotiated Konoha’s cooperation with Tsunade. Tsunade agreed to advance the plan while requesting Uchiha squads to help stabilize Konoha, and Ren set terms for their deployment.

• Ren explained how Uchiha would expand trade routes, businesses, resources, and intelligence networks through the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.
• Ren demanded Konoha’s approval for road planning, caravan access, and commercial administration, while offering economic growth, resources, stability, and Uchiha’s support for Tsunade as Hokage.
• Tsunade reviewed Ren’s detailed plan and said she could push the cooperation through, but asked to borrow Uchiha squads for Root purges, ANBU reorganization, border defense, and other critical missions.
• Ren required a limited deployment period, advance notice, the right to reject unreasonable missions, S-rank compensation, and joint review authority over specified sensitive matters.

Ren and Tsunade agreed to limited cooperation while maintaining the Uchiha’s independence, and Tsunade promised to investigate Konoha’s past abuses. At the Hokage Office, Shikaku recognized that Ren planned to build Uchiha power through commerce rather than compete for control of Konoha.

• Tsunade and Ren agreed that the Uchiha would cooperate with the Hokage on limited missions without becoming the Hokage Tower’s tool again.
• Tsunade promised to investigate Danzo, the Third Hokage, and the First Hokage Cells matter for Konoha’s sake.
• Ren named Shisui as the Uchiha representative and described Super Amazing City as a gateway for the clan’s future trade and influence.
• Tsunade presented Ren’s plan to Shikaku, Inoichi, Choza, Hiashi, and the others at the Hokage Office.
• Shikaku concluded that Ren intended to free the Uchiha from dependence on Konoha and build influence through commerce, which could benefit the village even as it reduced its control over the clan.

Tsunade confronted Hiruzen and the elders over their past suppression of the Uchiha, arguing that Ren’s Super Amazing City plan would reconnect the clan with Konoha and benefit the village. Hiruzen warned that the Uchiha’s growing influence could overshadow Konoha’s leadership, but Tsunade insisted that cooperation could turn that strength into protection for the village.

• Tsunade told Hiruzen that Ren’s plans showed he had no interest in taking the Hokage’s seat, making the Hokage Tower’s past suppression of the Uchiha misguided.
• Tsunade challenged Utatane Koharu’s defense of the village’s precautions and argued that commerce and shared interests could bring the Uchiha back into Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara, Hyuga Hiashi, and Choza Akimichi supported Tsunade’s view, noting that Super Amazing City could connect the Uchiha District to the village and increase trade and revenue.
• Hiruzen warned that Ren could become an immense force influencing Konoha even without holding the Hokage’s position.
• Tsunade argued that the Uchiha’s strength could deter foreign enemies and serve as Konoha’s backing if the Hokage chose cooperation over suspicion and suppression.

Tsunade committed to working with the Uchiha and ending Konoha’s old secretive practices, while Ren welcomed Mabui and Samui as Kumogakure’s attendants and discussed the failures of the shinobi village system. The chapter left Mabui considering how village rivalries had expanded warfare rather than ended it.

• Tsunade declared that she would advance the Super Amazing City plan, honor the Uchiha’s spoils and trade routes, continue investigating Root, and establish new rules as Hokage.
• Mabui and Samui, transferred to the Uchiha under Kumogakure’s surrender terms, met Ren in their guest courtyard.
• Ren accepted Mabui’s guardedness and told the women to complete their treaty-assigned work without revealing secrets they were unwilling to share.
• Ren asked Mabui and Samui where the Shinobi World’s problems lay, then argued that the One Country, One Village System had shifted conflict from clans to larger wars between nations and villages.
• Mabui fell silent as Ren described the human costs of war, which she knew from handling Kumogakure’s logistics and military documents.

Mabui argued that resource inequality drove war and that unifying the Shinobi World was the only theoretical way to end it, though its entrenched interests made it nearly impossible. Ren agreed that unification would fail, but said peace could be maintained by making war too costly through overwhelming deterrent strength; Samui thought of Kumogakure.

• Mabui explained how differences in each country’s resources fueled competition and war, then proposed unification as the only theoretical solution.
• Mabui warned that regional identities and entrenched interests would make forced unification unstable, while Samui considered the burden it would entail.
• Ren praised Mabui’s clear judgment and agreed that the Shinobi World could no longer be unified.
• Ren explained that governing the different countries and dismantling their systems would provoke constant resistance and rebellion.
• Ren said peace could instead come from making war’s cost unbearable through strength capable of deterring the entire Shinobi World.
• Samui immediately thought of Kumogakure.

Ren explained that he wanted to build the Uchiha into a force powerful enough to deter wars across the Shinobi World. Convinced by his goal, Mabui and Samui pledged their service, and Ren bestowed the Uchiha surname upon them.

• Ren said Hashirama had once prevented great wars through his strength, but that he wanted the entire Uchiha clan—not one person alone—to become a deterrent.
• Ren explained that Uchiha wealth, trade routes, intelligence, resources, and armed forces would help the clan detect and suppress wars.
• Mabui and Samui agreed that the Uchiha could reduce large-scale wars and said they were willing to serve Ren's goal.
• Mabui and Samui knelt before Ren and pledged to follow him and serve the Uchiha.
• Ren bestowed the Uchiha surname on Mabui and Samui, and they greeted him as Clan Head.

Ren revealed Kagami Uchiha’s Assimilation Hypnosis eye and explained how he planned to use it to protect the Uchiha from internal betrayal. He also described how the clan’s new cultivation methods could strengthen both its members and the damaged eye, leaving his plan for safeguarding the clan in place.

• Ren revealed the vertical Mangekyo eye from Kagami Uchiha and explained that its Assimilation Hypnosis gradually made targets accept his ideals and loyalty as their own.
• Ren told Mabui and Samui that Danzo had used the eye to make Root shinobi fanatically devoted to him, but said he had not used it to influence their choice to submit.
• Ren warned that the Uchiha’s greatest danger lay within the clan, as Shisui, Itachi, or Fugaku could be swayed by outsiders despite their strength.
• Ren announced that he would introduce three cultivation methods and use Assimilation Hypnosis to guard the clan’s core fighters against betrayal.
• Ren explained that he had transplanted the damaged eye into his forehead and that the Tiger-Leopard Thunderclap Body-Tempering Technique could help repair it.