Recaps

A group of Men in Black attacked the Shimura Clan compound with Susanoo and a Five Release Great Combo Technique, devastating the settlement as Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to defend it. As the attackers prepared another strike, Hiruzen summoned Enma.

• A Kurenai Susanoo giant slaughtered Shimura Clan guards and engulfed much of the settlement with Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked the Men in Black with Shadow Shuriken Technique, but three of them used the Hyuga Clan's Rotation to deflect the shuriken.
• Five Men in Black unleashed a second Five Release Great Combo Technique, breaking through Hiruzen Sarutobi's Earth Flow Wall and Water Formation Wall and destroying much of the compound.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi saw the dead and injured across the ruins and realized the attackers intended to exterminate the Shimura Clan.
• As the Men in Black began preparing a third Five Release Great Combo Technique, Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, who appeared holding the Adamantine Staff.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma tried to break through three Hyuga ninjas’ coordinated Rotation, but one confronted Hiruzen over Hizashi Hyuga’s forced death. As the Shimura Clan compound burned and survivors fled, Kakashi killed those who reached the gate, leaving Hiruzen to roar at his former ally.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma attacked the three Hyuga ninjas guarding the roof, but their alternating Rotations kept the pair out.
• A Hyuga ninja reminded Hiruzen that the Konoha High Command had forced Hizashi Hyuga to die in place of Hyuga Hiashi.
• The five men in black unleashed another Five Release Great Combo Technique, wrecking the Shimura Clan compound as the Kurenai Susanoo continued slaughtering its people.
• Kakashi used Lightning Blade to kill Shimura Clan survivors who tried to escape through the gate.
• Hiruzen saw Kakashi killing the survivors and shouted at him for betraying Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to stop Kakashi from killing the Shimura Clan survivors, but smoke concealed the attackers and they vanished before Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Konoha's ANBU arrived. Jiraiya and Tsunade found the clan compound destroyed and confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi, suspecting him of wiping out the clan.

• The Man in Black killed another Shimura Clan survivor with Lightning Blade while Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted threats from behind Rotation.
• Jiraiya warned Hiruzen Sarutobi not to act rashly because Kakashi was Minato's student, and Hiruzen Sarutobi began preparing a three-nature technique.
• Smoke Bombs filled the courtyard, and Hiruzen Sarutobi raised a defensive barrier as he waited for the attackers to strike.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Konoha's ANBU arrived as the smoke cleared and saw the ruined compound, bodies, blood, and flames.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rushed to the gate but found Kakashi and the Men in Black gone, leaving only corpses and blood behind.
• Tsunade identified the destruction as the work of the Five Release Great Combo Technique, and Jiraiya accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of massacring the Shimura Clan.

Tsunade and Jiraiya found Hiruzen at the ruined Shimura Clan compound, where the evidence suggested he had taken part in the massacre. After Hiruzen fled to find Kakashi, Tsunade and the Anbu confirmed that everyone was dead, leaving Tsunade to face the possibility that her former teacher was guilty.

• Hiruzen denied killing the Shimura Clan and claimed black-clad attackers had framed him, but Jiraiya questioned why Hiruzen was disguised at the compound.
• Tsunade demanded an explanation, and Hiruzen fled using the Body Flicker Technique, saying Kakashi could prove his innocence.
• Jiraiya stopped Tsunade from chasing Hiruzen and urged her to rescue survivors and extinguish the fires.
• Tsunade and the Anbu searched the compound and confirmed that no one from the Shimura Clan had survived.
• Jiraiya suggested the Sarutobi Clan and the Uchiha might have helped carry out the massacre, then asked Tsunade whether she would protect Hiruzen or uphold justice if he was guilty.

A masked man warned Kakashi that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo had conspired against his father and were now coming for him. Hiruzen attacked Kakashi at home, and their fight continued as Kakashi struck back with the Lightning Blade.

• Tsunade angrily silenced Jiraiya and left the courtyard, while Jiraiya watched her go with worry and anger.
• A masked man with a Sharingan appeared before Kakashi and urged him to seek revenge against Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.
• The masked man vanished as Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at Kakashi’s home, and Kakashi prepared to defend himself.
• Hiruzen attacked Kakashi with Wind Release and Fire Release techniques, then advanced with his Adamantine Staff.
• Kakashi dodged Hiruzen’s blows and thrust his Lightning Blade toward Hiruzen’s abdomen.

Hiruzen failed to kill Kakashi, who escaped with the Masked Man, and was left amid the burning ruins of the Shimura Clan. Orochimaru arrived and said he knew Hiruzen had not caused the massacre, leaving Hiruzen relieved that someone believed him.

• Hiruzen caught Kakashi's Lightning Blade and struck him hard enough to send him crashing through a window.
• The Masked Man appeared, seized Kakashi, and used his space-warping ability to escape with him as Hiruzen's Vacuum Sphere attacks missed.
• Hiruzen cursed Kakashi for betraying Konoha and joining the Masked Man, then wondered how he could explain himself to Danzo.
• Orochimaru appeared in a Root disguise, revealed himself, and said he had not orchestrated the Shimura Clan massacre.
• Hiruzen insisted he was innocent, and Orochimaru said he believed him because Hiruzen cared too much about Danzo to destroy his clan.

Orochimaru taunted Hiruzen Sarutobi that he would be blamed for the Shimura Clan massacre and become a Konoha Rogue Ninja. Hiruzen attacked him, but Orochimaru escaped as snakes, leaving Hiruzen to confront his predicament.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered his guard after realizing Orochimaru had not attacked him, and Orochimaru urged him to flee as a Konoha Rogue Ninja.
• Orochimaru said he had originally come to help Danzo kill Hiruzen but now wanted to watch Uchiha Yongye judge him for the massacre.
• Hiruzen realized his black clothes and mask at the Shimura Clan settlement made him look guilty, while Orochimaru insisted no one would believe him.
• Hiruzen struck Orochimaru with the Adamantine Staff, but Orochimaru laughed and said Hiruzen was destined to follow in his footsteps.
• Orochimaru transformed into venomous snakes and escaped, and Hiruzen decided to assess his predicament before forming Hand Seals for the Transformation Technique.

Disguised as Shinichi Sarutobi, Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Jiraiya and the village believed he had helped massacre the Shimura Clan. After Jiraiya rejected him as his teacher, Hiruzen fled into the shadows and headed for Konoha Hospital to seek help from Shisui Uchiha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi disguised himself as Shinichi Sarutobi and met Jiraiya at the Shimura Clan compound.
• Jiraiya told Hiruzen that Uchiha Yongye had ordered his capture after Hiroki Shimura accused him of working with the killer.
• Jiraiya questioned Hiruzen's claim that he had been unable to save anyone, then accused him of wiping out the clan and renounced him as his teacher.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi restrained himself from attacking Jiraiya and realized that he had to escape before Uchiha Yongye could capture him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided Shisui Uchiha was the person he could rely on and hurried toward Konoha Hospital.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi suffered an ultimate breakdown, Yongye opened a Super Mystery Box and received one-seventh of a Dragon Essence, which transformed his body and greatly extended his lifespan. The next morning, he ordered Danzo taken to the Shimura clan compound, expecting to extract more from him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi's breakdown earned Yongye a Super Mystery Box, which contained one-seventh of a Dragon Essence.
• Yongye swallowed the Dragon Essence and endured a painful transformation that strengthened his muscles, bones, and skin.
• Yongye discovered that his new physique could let him live for at least a thousand years.
• The next morning, Yongye ordered Zhan Zhao to take Danzo to the Shimura clan compound.

Yongye watched Danzo confront the corpses of his family and used reanimated relatives to deepen his despair. He ordered Hiruzen Sarutobi branded an S-rank Missing-nin and convinced Might Guy that Kakashi had defected, leaving Danzo broken and vulnerable.

• Zhan Zhao forced Danzo to kneel among the ruins, where he recognized his dead eldest son and grandson.
• Yongye summoned Danzo's eldest son and grandson with Impure World Reincarnation and watched Danzo demand answers from them.
• Zhan Zhao reported that Hiruzen Sarutobi had left the village, and Yongye ordered an S-rank Missing-nin notice and a hundred-million bounty on him.
• Might Guy asked Yongye about Kakashi, and Yongye claimed the evidence proved Kakashi had defected and must be treated as a Konoha Rogue Ninja.
• Might Guy left in distress, while Yongye turned his attention back to the devastated Danzo.

Yongye confronted the broken Danzo in the Ruins, denied responsibility for the Shimura Clan's destruction, and persuaded Danzo that Uchiha Itachi had massacred them out of jealousy. Danzo ended the chapter cursing Itachi as the man who had taken his anger out on the clan.

• The system rewarded Yongye with Disfiguring Kick after detecting Might Guy's mental breakdown over Kakashi's disappearance and disgrace.
• Yongye sealed the coffins, approached the bound Danzo, and told him the Shimura Clan was gone and he would be executed in five days.
• Danzo accused Yongye of killing his clan, but Yongye demonstrated his golden Susanoo and argued that the massacre could not be pinned on him.
• Yongye told Danzo that Uchiha Mikoto had slept with him to save Sasuke and that he had told Uchiha Itachi about it.
• Danzo believed Itachi had killed the Shimura Clan out of jealousy and cursed him as a coward and a rabid dog.

Yongye received the Xingtian Immortal Body after breaking Danzo’s spirit, then left the ruined Shimura Clan behind. He visited the imprisoned Uchiha Itachi, who accused him of destroying the clan, and insisted the culprit was someone with a crimson Susanoo.

• Danzo’s spirit broke, and Yongye opened an Ultimate Mystery Box that granted him the Xingtian Immortal Body.
• Yongye realized the power made him nearly impossible to kill and resolved to break people’s spirits more ruthlessly.
• Yongye left Danzo kneeling amid the ashes of the Shimura Clan’s Ruins.
• Itachi awoke in a cell with his eyes intact and his Chakra pathways seemingly inactive.
• Yongye told Itachi that a Uchiha with a crimson Susanoo had wiped out the Shimura Clan.
• Itachi accused Yongye, but Yongye showed him his golden Susanoo and claimed the crimson-Susanoo user was someone else.

Yongye gave Itachi three choices, and Itachi chose to confess to wiping out the Danzo Clan to protect Sasuke. After his family and Izumi failed to change his account, Mikoto decided to beg Yongye for mercy.

• Yongye told Itachi he would be executed and offered him three choices: confess to killing the Danzo Clan, confess to trying to assassinate Yongye, or deny both and fight for a chance to live.
• Itachi considered the risks of denying the charges and resolved to protect Sasuke, even if it meant accepting Yongye's terms.
• Izumi visited Yongye and insisted Itachi had been framed, but Yongye told her to question Itachi herself.
• Fugaku, Mikoto, and Izumi confronted Itachi, who confessed to killing the Danzo Clan alone and told them not to blame Sasuke.
• After their pleas failed, Mikoto said she would beg Yongye to spare Itachi.

Mikoto, Fugaku, and Izumi asked Yongye to let Itachi atone through service, but he challenged whether a clan exterminator should be killed. Afterward, Mikoto told Izumi that saving Itachi would require Izumi to sacrifice herself, while preparations continued for another public trial in Konoha.

• Mikoto, Fugaku, and Izumi went to Yongye's office and asked him to help Itachi atone through service.
• Yongye rejected their appeal as a serious crime and asked whether someone who exterminated a clan should be killed.
• Mikoto left with Fugaku and Izumi, then pulled Izumi aside and said she would have to sacrifice herself to save Itachi.
• Izumi stood stunned after Mikoto left her at the staircase.
• That afternoon, the Military Police Force Building in Konoha prepared a larger platform for a public trial.

Tsunade arrived at Danzo’s public trial and challenged Yongye by asking for a seat, but he answered with a public rebuke. Yongye then exposed Jiraiya’s secret disguises and identified Orochimaru hiding in the crowd, leaving the gathered crowd in an uproar.

• The crowd gathered for Danzo’s public trial, which implicated Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kakashi, and Uchiha Itachi in the clan massacre.
• Tsunade arrived with Jiraiya and asked Yongye where her seat was; Yongye had Zhan Zhao place a chair beside his desk, and Tsunade sat down.
• Yongye told Tsunade she had finally stopped skulking around and shown her real face, provoking murmurs from the crowd.
• Jiraiya confronted Yongye over his disrespect toward Tsunade, but Yongye accused Jiraiya of changing his appearance and sneaking around.
• Yongye spotted Orochimaru disguised as an ordinary civilian and called him out, setting off an uproar in the crowd.

Orochimaru revealed himself at Yongye’s public trial of the Shimura Clan massacre and agreed to watch as the proceedings continued. Itachi confessed to killing the Shimura Clan, and the chapter ended with Danzo lunging at him.

• Orochimaru shed his disguise in the crowd, and Jiraiya confronted him about the Shimura Clan massacre.
• Yongye ordered the trial to proceed, and Jiraiya returned to Tsunade’s side rather than attack Orochimaru.
• Security Force members brought Itachi and Danzo onto the platform before the crowd.
• Yongye asked Itachi about the massacre, and Itachi admitted he had killed the Shimura Clan to avenge Danzo’s theft of Uchiha eyes and attack on Sasuke.
• Danzo reacted to Itachi’s confession by lunging at him.

Yongye silenced Danzo and questioned Itachi about the massacre before naming Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kakashi Hatake, and the Hyuga Clan as prime suspects. When Jiraiya opposed the S-Rank notices, Yongye ordered him dragged out and threatened to kill him if he resisted, while Tsunade realized they could not win a fight.

• Danzo lunged at Itachi, but Water-and-Fire Staffs knocked him down, and a Security Force member gagged him on Yongye's order.
• Yongye questioned Itachi, who said he had sought revenge but had not recognized the other killers and left after his own indiscriminate killing.
• Yongye declared Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kakashi Hatake, and the Hyuga Clan prime suspects, ordered an investigation of the Hyuga Clan, and called for S-Rank Wanted Notices for Hiruzen and Kakashi.
• Jiraiya objected to the notice and demanded to retrieve Hiruzen himself, so Yongye ordered the guards to drag him out.
• Jiraiya prepared to fight, but Tsunade warned him not to, then recognized from Yongye's confidence that they could not win.

Yongye dismissed Itachi's trial without a verdict and refused Tsunade's suggestion to attack Orochimaru. News that Hiruzen had become a rogue ninja reached Sunagakure, where Rasa proposed an attack, but Chiyo and Ebizo warned that Konoha might be more dangerous without him.

• Yongye announced that Itachi would face execution in ten days if investigators found no other killers, then dismissed the court as Danzo struggled to speak.
• Tsunade urged Yongye to capture Orochimaru, but Yongye refused, and Tsunade left planning to poison him.
• Ninja Crows spread news that Hiruzen Sarutobi had fled punishment and become an S-rank rogue ninja, stirring calls to attack Konoha.
• Rasa proposed that Sunagakure attack Konoha, but Chiyo and Ebizo argued that Hiruzen's departure could make Konoha more dangerous.

Sand, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure weighed how to respond to Konoha’s turmoil, while Uchiha Mikoto tried to bargain with Yongye for help saving Itachi. After Mikoto left promising a better offer, Uchiha Izumi arrived at Yongye’s residence.

• Chiyo advised Sand to prepare for war but let Kumogakure make the first move, and Rasa agreed.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered Yugito to attack Konoha border outposts and told Kumogakure to prepare for war.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to avoid clashes with Konoha, warning Kitsuchi that Uchiha Yongye might become a grave threat.
• Uchiha Mikoto asked Yongye to help clear Itachi’s name, but he said her offer was not enough and demanded more.
• Uchiha Mikoto promised to raise her offer and left, then Uchiha Izumi arrived at Yongye’s residence.

Izumi agreed to Yongye’s demands in exchange for help rescuing Itachi, while Obito convinced Kakashi that Yongye had framed him and recruited him to a plan to make Yongye fight God Pain. Obito decided to bring other enemies of Yongye into the scheme, and Asuma lay awake haunted by the losses surrounding him.

• Izumi confronted Yongye about his deception, then knelt beside him after he promised to help rescue Itachi if she followed Ayame’s example.
• Obito found Kakashi grieving at Hatake Sakumo’s grave and blamed Yongye for Kakashi’s troubles.
• Obito persuaded Kakashi to pretend to join Yongye’s Justice League and provoke a fight between Yongye and God Pain.
• Kakashi agreed to the plan, and Obito decided to recruit other Konoha Ninja who hated Yongye.
• Asuma could not sleep as he remembered Yongye’s Heir-Breaking Kick, Kokoro no Suke’s corpse, Konohamaru’s death, and his father’s fall from Hokage to S-rank Missing-nin.

Obito abducted Asuma into the Kamui Dimension after proposing an alliance against Uchiha Yongye. At an abandoned training ground, Orochimaru recruited Hiruzen Sarutobi into a plan to ambush Yongye with Shisui Uchiha and revealed coffins containing Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

• Obito appeared in Asuma's room and proposed joining forces against Uchiha Yongye.
• Asuma attacked Obito, but his blades passed through him, and Obito used Kamui to drag Asuma into the Kamui Dimension.
• Orochimaru met Hiruzen Sarutobi outside Konoha and said he wanted to kill Uchiha Yongye with Hiruzen's help.
• Orochimaru proposed using Shisui Uchiha to lure Yongye into an ambush, and Hiruzen questioned whether the plan could overcome Yongye's Eight Gates.
• Orochimaru summoned coffins containing Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, calling them the Senju Clan's answer to the Uchiha.

On the day of Danzo’s public execution, he confessed that he had targeted the Uchiha and taken their eyes, then accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of secretly supporting him. Danzo began explaining that the Hokage Office had assigned the trap missions, leaving Jiraiya demanding proof.

• Yongye opened Danzo’s public execution before a packed hall, with Tsunade and her advisors in attendance.
• Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, and Ma Han brought the wounded, shackled Danzo before Yongye’s platform.
• Danzo asked to speak before his death and confessed that he had targeted the Uchiha and taken their eyes.
• Danzo claimed that Hiruzen Sarutobi knew of and secretly supported his actions, provoking Jiraiya to confront him.
• Danzo said the Hokage Office had assigned the trap missions and claimed he could not have sent Uchiha on them without the Hokage’s cooperation.

Danzo exposed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s complicity in Root’s human experiments and Hizashi Hyuga’s death, destroying Hiruzen’s reputation and driving him to the breaking point. Yongye gained the Dragon Ball Flight Technique and ordered Danzo’s execution, leaving him beneath the Dog-Head Guillotine.

• Danzo accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of approving Root’s human experiments and forcing Hizashi Hyuga to die to avoid war with Kumogakure.
• The crowd erupted in outrage as Hiruzen Sarutobi, disguised as an old man, realized Danzo had ruined his reputation.
• Yongye received and opened a Super Mystery Box, gaining the Dragon Ball Flight Technique.
• Tsunade and Inoichi Yamanaka searched the crowd for a familiar presence while Yongye raised the Gavel and ordered Danzo’s execution.
• Wang Chao and Mahan dragged Danzo to the Dog-Head Guillotine as the crowd condemned him and called for Hiruzen Sarutobi to face the same fate.

Danzo was executed before the gathered crowd, and Yongye dismissed the court. After the crowd dispersed, Orochimaru and Deva Path Pain were ambushed in an alley by Tsunade and her forces.

• Zhan Zhao executed Danzo with the guillotine while Yongye and the crowd watched.
• Wang Chao raised Danzo's severed head before the crowd, which broke into applause.
• Yongye dismissed the court, and Wang Chao washed the blood from the hall floor.
• Orochimaru and Deva Path Pain left the spectacle and entered a narrow alley.
• Tsunade and her forces surrounded Orochimaru and Deva Path Pain in the alley.

Orochimaru and Deva Path Pain revealed themselves as Konoha forces surrounded them, and Pain declared that he would teach the village about pain. He unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, devastating the center of Konoha and leaving Tsunade injured amid the crater.

• Jiraiya, Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Choza Akimichi, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and ANBU surrounded Orochimaru and Deva Path Pain.
• Orochimaru and Deva Path Pain dropped their disguises, revealing Orochimaru and Pain's Rinnegan.
• Tsunade questioned Orochimaru about Danzo's clan, while Orochimaru denied responsibility and warned the group that they had brought the attack on themselves.
• Deva Path Pain declared that he would show Konoha what pain meant and claimed that pain would teach peace.
• Jiraiya recognized Pain as Nagato and tried to talk him out of acting, but Pain rose into the air and used Super Shinra Tensei.
• Pain's repulsive force destroyed the surrounding streets and buildings, forming a crater more than two hundred meters wide and leaving Tsunade injured.