Chapter Summaries

Danzo’s pursuit was disrupted by a Kakashi Shadow Clone and four figures using Rotation, forcing him to retreat when ANBU and the Military Police mobilized. Yakushi Nonō escaped, but Danzo’s venomous insects began killing her as an unidentified figure appeared behind her.

• Danzo attacked a Kakashi Shadow Clone with Vacuum Sphere, but the clone vanished when struck.
• Four masked figures used coordinated Rotation to repel Root’s attacks, then disappeared without a trace.
• Torune Aburame warned Danzo that ANBU and the Konoha Military Police Force were approaching, and Danzo withdrew with his forces.
• Yakushi Nonō checked herself for seals and Genjutsu, then fled through the alleys after the Man in Black left her alive.
• Danzo’s venomous insects activated inside Nonō, turning her skin gray as she realized he had intended to silence her.
• A figure appeared behind Nonō as she collapsed in the alley.

Uchiha Yongye confronted Yakushi Nonō after revealing that he had used a Sharingan Genjutsu to defeat her and accused her of stealing Shisui Uchiha’s eyes. He healed her poisoned body, claimed her as his lapdog, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take her outside Konoha.

• Yongye revealed that he had posed as the Man in Black and used a Sharingan Genjutsu to defeat Nonō.
• Yongye challenged Nonō’s claim that Danzo had forced her to steal Shisui Uchiha’s eyes by threatening the orphans.
• Yongye demanded that Nonō become his obedient lapdog, and she questioned how serving him differed from serving Danzo.
• Yongye healed Nonō’s poisoned body with ash-gray light, restoring her organs and skin.
• Yongye grabbed Nonō and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take her to the Naka River outside Konoha.
• Nonō recognized the technique as the Fourth Hokage’s Flying Thunder God.

Yongye’s display of power won Yakushi Nonō’s genuine awe, and he gained Perfect Senjutsu from a system reward. He returned to the Uchiha compound and found Fugaku, Itachi, and four elders waiting in his courtyard, where he challenged them to fight.

• Yakushi Nonō recognized Yongye’s vast abilities and, after he taunted her about Ayame’s interrogation, her remaining resistance crumbled.
• The system rewarded Yongye with a Super Mystery Box after Shimura Danzō’s plan to seize the eye failed and pushed him into an ultimate mental breakdown.
• Yongye opened the box and obtained Perfect Senjutsu, gaining the ability to sense Natural Energy and form Senjutsu Chakra without drawbacks.
• Yongye walked back toward Konoha and returned to his courtyard at the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Itachi, and elders Uchiha Kuteng, Uchiha Tetsusai, Uchiha Zhihuo, and Uchiha Kiyoshi confronted Yongye, who welcomed them and asked if they were ready to fight.

After Shisui was poisoned and had his Mangekyō Sharingan stolen, Yongye demanded authority over the investigation in exchange for helping the Uchiha. The Great Elder agreed to make him Deputy Director of the Security Force, while Fugaku and the other elders remained reluctant.

• Fugaku told Yongye that Shisui had been poisoned at Konoha Hospital and had his Mangekyō Sharingan stolen, while Itachi blamed Yongye for leaving Shisui vulnerable.
• Yongye mocked Itachi over his ties to Danzo, triggering a system reward that gave Yongye Super Medical Ninjutsu.
• Fugaku urged the Uchiha to stand together, but Yongye dismissed their vague plans and demanded to become Deputy Director so he could lead the investigation.
• The Great Elder, Kudeng, overruled the other elders’ hesitation and agreed to appoint Yongye Deputy Director, while Fugaku stayed silent.

Uchiha Yongye took charge of investigating the theft of Uchiha Shisui’s eyes and assembled five trusted officers under new names. He then went to Might Guy’s home and asked him to join the investigation as a witness because the case involved Kakashi.

• Uchiha Yongye announced to the Security Force officers that he was leading the investigation into Shisui’s stolen eyes and vowed to punish whoever was responsible.
• Yongye assigned Uchiha Izumi an important task and selected five officers to become his trusted men.
• Yongye renamed the five officers Uchiha Zhan Zhao, Uchiha Wang Chao, Uchiha Ma Han, Uchiha Jiang Long, and Uchiha Zhao Hu, then left headquarters with them.
• Yongye visited Might Guy and explained that the investigation involved Guy’s friend Kakashi.
• Yongye asked Might Guy to join the investigation team as a witness.

Yongye recruited Inoichi Yamanaka and Shikaku Nara to join the investigation into Shisui Uchiha’s stolen eyes, using intimidation when Inoichi tried to refuse. Shikaku agreed to attend and warned Shikamaru that Yongye was too dangerous to defy.

• Guy assured Yongye that Kakashi had nothing to do with Shisui’s attack, then praised Yongye’s supposed genius and vowed to train harder.
• Yongye invited Inoichi to join the investigation as a witness, but Inoichi initially declined because he feared the risks.
• Yongye challenged Inoichi to spar, and Inoichi changed his mind and agreed to help.
• Ma Han delivered Yongye’s invitation to Shikaku, who accepted and said he would come at once.
• Shikamaru questioned why Shikaku would get involved, and Shikaku warned him that Yongye might kill anyone who displeased him.

Uchiha Yongye brought Kakashi and Hyuga Hiashi in for questioning over the attack on Shisui Uchiha, forcing both men to yield rather than resist. Neji Hyuga watched them leave and was struck by Yongye’s defiant bearing.

• Shikaku Nara left after agreeing to Uchiha Yongye’s demand.
• Uchiha Yongye accused Kakashi of helping attack Shisui Uchiha and ordered him to assist the investigation; Kakashi denied it but eventually went with them.
• Might Guy promised to testify for Kakashi, while Inoichi Yamanaka and Shikaku Nara watched uneasily.
• Uchiha Yongye accused Hyuga Hiashi and two branch-family members of the attack and offered him the choice of cooperating or going to war.
• Hyuga Hiashi yielded and left with the two branch-family members surrounded by Zhan Zhao's group of five.
• Neji Hyuga watched Uchiha Yongye depart and thought that was how a man should be.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade learned that Uchiha Yongye was using witnesses and formal investigations to pursue Kakashi and the Hyuga Clan, then head for Root. Danzo refused to cooperate when Yongye arrived and ordered his forces to fight if he tried to enter.

• Sarutobi Tsukikage told Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, and Tsunade that Uchiha Yongye had arrested Kakashi with witnesses present and was leading the group to the Hyuga Clan.
• Tsunade recognized Yongye's actions as a political maneuver, while Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that he was turning public opinion against the leadership and warned Danzo not to act rashly.
• Sarutobi Tsukikage reported that the Hyuga Clan Leader had yielded and Yongye was taking the group to Root, so Tsunade and Jiraiya disguised themselves and went to watch.
• At Root, Danzo raged over his failed attempt to seize Shisui's eyes and the opposition from Kakashi and the Hyuga Clan.
• Torune Aburame told Danzo that Yongye had arrived to investigate him, and Danzo ordered him to fight if Yongye forced his way inside.

Uchiha Yongye led the Konoha Military Police Force and several allies to Root’s Iron Gate to arrest Shimura Danzō over the attack on Shisui Uchiha. When Torune claimed Danzō was absent, Yongye summoned fifty Shadow Clones and ordered them to storm Root and bring Danzō to justice.

• Danzo refused to use Izanagi as he headed toward the disturbance outside Root’s base.
• Uchiha Yongye led Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, Ma Han, Jiang Long, and Zhao Hu toward Root, followed by Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, Might Guy, Kakashi, and Hyuga Hiashi.
• Zhan Zhao demanded that Danzo come out and assist with the investigation into Shisui Uchiha’s attack, but Torune claimed Danzo was away.
• Yongye ordered his group to search Root, while Shikaku Nara warned him against forcing entry into a restricted site.
• Yongye summoned fifty Shadow Clones and ordered them to storm the Iron Gate, bring Danzo to justice, and kill anyone who stood in their way.

Uchiha Yongye’s Shadow Clones stormed Root’s base, killing its ninja and destroying its supplies as they searched for Danzo. Danzo finally shouted for Yongye to come face him, while the attack on his stronghold continued.

• Fifty of Yongye’s Shadow Clones breached Root’s Iron gate with a combined Fire Release, and Torune Aburame’s Kikaichū wall failed to stop the heat.
• Yongye’s Shadow Clones fought through Root’s passages, killing ninja with Taijutsu and Fire Release as the base began to collapse.
• The clones burned Root’s warehouse, setting off its Explosive Tags and destroying its supplies.
• Unable to find Danzo, the clones smashed through walls and hidden rooms while Root’s resistance weakened.
• Uchiha Yongye watched from aboveground as Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Hyuga Hiashi reacted with shock and relief, while Zhan Zhao’s group collected spoils.
• Danzo, enraged by the destruction of his base, shouted for Uchiha Yongye to come and kill him.

Uchiha Yongye received the Immobility Technique after the system registered Shimura Danzō’s psychological collapse. He called off his Shadow Clones, then slapped Danzō down when the leader begged for mercy, leaving the Root base in ruins and Danzō humiliated.

• The system awarded Yongye a Super Mystery Box for breaking Danzō and devastating Root, and Yongye opened it to obtain the Immobility Technique.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Might Guy urged Yongye to stop, while Hyuga Hiashi stayed silent and watched.
• Yongye dismissed his Shadow Clones, revealing the smoking Root base and its injured or dead ninja.
• Danzō rushed from the hideout and began berating Yongye, but immediately begged for his life when Yongye turned his gaze on him.
• Danzō tried to recover his pride, but Yongye appeared in front of him and slapped him across the face, knocking out five teeth before calling him disgusting.

Uchiha Yongye had Danzo captured and ordered him taken away for trial, leaving Root's surviving members devastated by their leader's public humiliation. From a distance, Jiraiya and Tsunade watched the group depart and decided to keep observing Yongye.

• Yongye taunted Danzo, then ordered Zhan Zhao, Wang Chao, Ma Han, Jiang Long, and Zhao Hu to restrain him and bind his hands.
• Danzo submitted to the capture, while Root's surviving ninjas watched in shock and a young Root ninja broke down crying.
• Yongye led Danzo out of the Ruins to put him on trial, with Shikaku, Inoichi, and the others following.
• Jiraiya angrily criticized Yongye, but Tsunade said his strength made confronting him too dangerous.
• Tsunade changed her appearance with the Transformation Technique, and she and Jiraiya set out to see what Yongye would do next.

Yongye transformed the Konoha Military Police Force hall into a grand public hearing room for the attack on Shisui Uchiha, drawing a huge crowd and alarming the gathered officials and clan representatives. The suspects, including Danzo, arrived to face the hearing as spectators speculated about the ominous Water-and-Fire Staffs.

• Yongye surveyed the newly emptied and polished hall, where a large plaque, a Gavel, and eight Water-and-Fire Staffs had been arranged for the hearing.
• Uchiha Izumi organized the long crowd outside after spreading news that the Konoha Military Police Force would publicly hear the case against Shisui Uchiha’s attackers.
• Zhan Zhao brought the battered Danzo into the hall, and Wang Chao struck Danzo when he tried to speak.
• Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, Might Guy, Kakashi, Hyuga Hiashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya reacted to Yongye’s imposing courtroom setup.
• Spectators and clan representatives discussed the plaque and Gavel, while an elderly man explained that Water-and-Fire Staffs had once been used to beat criminals.

Uchiha Yongye opened a public hearing into the attack on Shisui Uchiha with an intimidating display by the Security Force. He accused Shimura Danzō of serious crimes and ordered him punished, prompting Danzō to accuse Yongye of using the hearing to settle a personal grudge.

• Uchiha Yongye struck the Gavel as eight Security Force officers raised and slammed their Water-and-Fire Staffs, silencing and frightening the crowd.
• Tsunade admired the display while Jiraiya and the clan representatives watched uneasily.
• Uchiha Yongye announced that the suspects in the attack on Shisui Uchiha were present and that he would hold a public hearing.
• Uchiha Yongye accused Shimura Danzō of resisting the law, breaking it, and inciting Root ninja to attack the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Zhan Zhao and Wang Chao dragged Shimura Danzō before the desk and forced him to his knees after Yongye ordered a hundred strokes.
• Shimura Danzō glared at Uchiha Yongye and accused him of using the hearing to settle a personal grudge.

Yongye ordered another hundred blows after Danzo challenged his authority, then immobilized him and had the Security Force expose and beat him in public. The crowd laughed at Danzo as he endured the punishment in silence.

• Danzo accused Yongye of using the punishment to settle a personal grudge, and Yongye ordered a hundred additional blows for his defiance.
• Yongye used the Immobility Technique to stop Danzo from rising as the Security Force members restrained him and pulled down his pants.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade watched from the crowd, while Orochimaru openly mocked Danzo and Deva Path Pain silently enjoyed the spectacle.
• The Security Force members forced Danzo facedown and began striking him with a Water-and-Fire Staff, and Danzo clenched his teeth to keep from crying out.

Danzo endured a brutal beating by the Security Force, with Medical Chakra repeatedly healing him so the punishment could continue. As the blows resumed, he was left suffering through what he called all eighteen levels of purgatory.

• The Security Force officers beat Danzo until he screamed and eventually lost consciousness, while Orochimaru watched with delight.
• Shikaku Nara warned Uchiha Yongye that Danzo might die, but Yongye said Danzo could endure it and ordered a Medical Ninja to heal him if necessary.
• An officer used Medical Chakra to heal Danzo after one hundred blows, then resumed the beating against his newly healed skin.
• By the hundred and thirtieth blow, Danzo's lower body was badly mangled, and Zhan Zhao used stronger Medical Chakra to heal him again.
• Danzo shook beneath the healing and realized Uchiha Yongye intended to beat and heal him repeatedly, making him suffer worse than death.

Uchiha Yongye had Danzo beaten until he submitted, while onlookers feared Yongye’s ruthlessness. Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the ordeal and, worried about the investigation disrupting the plan to kill Madara Uchiha, left to act.

• A Security Force officer struck Danzo until the two hundred blows were complete, leaving him severely wounded as Orochimaru, Deva Path Pain, Tsunade, and Jiraiya watched.
• Uchiha Yongye asked Danzo whether he submitted, and Danzo eventually answered that he did.
• Yongye struck the Gavel against the desk, and the crowd reacted with fear and awe.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Danzo’s beating through the Crystal Ball and worried that Yongye’s investigation would endanger the alliance’s plan against Madara Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi shut off the Crystal Ball and used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

Shisui Uchiha tried to kill himself after losing his sight, but Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped him and asked for his help saving Konoha. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yongye accused Kakashi Hatake, Hyuga Hiashi, and Shimura Danzō of involvement in the attack and ordered Danzō to undergo a memory interrogation.

• Shisui pressed a Kunai to his throat, but Hiruzen arrived and persuaded him to stop, saying Konoha still needed him.
• At the Konoha Military Police Force hearing, Uchiha Yongye announced that Yakushi Nonō was missing and named Kakashi, the Hyuga Clan, and Danzō as suspects based on the techniques used in the fight.
• Kakashi, Hyuga Hiashi, and Danzō reacted as witnesses debated whether the suspects had been framed.
• Uchiha Yongye demanded that the suspects prove their innocence or submit to a Yamanaka memory interrogation.
• Uchiha Yongye singled out Danzō for interrogation first, and Kakashi and Hiashi hoped Danzō's memories would clear them.

After Danzo’s defeat, Yongye received Three-Part Origin Energy from the system, while Inoichi struggled to decide whether to interrogate the suspects. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shisui arrived, and Yongye told Hiruzen he had no authority over the trial.

• The system rewarded Yongye with Three-Part Origin Energy, which formed a silver-white vortex in his body and gave him a powerful ranged attack.
• Danzo denied being responsible as Yongye turned his attention to Inoichi and waited for him to decide whether to use memory interrogation.
• Inoichi feared that helping Yongye would make Danzo, Kakashi, and Hyuga Hiashi his enemies, while refusing could provoke Yongye.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shisui arrived, and Inoichi hurried behind Hiruzen and asked whether he should interrogate the suspects.
• Yongye told Hiruzen that he was no longer Hokage and was not qualified to speak about the trial.

Hiruzen Sarutobi used Shisui’s testimony to turn public opinion against Yongye and defend Danzo. The Konoha Military Police Force recognized Shisui’s statement as a lie protecting Danzo, but Yongye stopped Zhan Zhao from confronting him further.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Shisui forward and urged the crowd to trust the victim.
• Shisui claimed a Masked Man had stolen his Mangekyō Sharingan and caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
• The crowd blamed Yongye for beating Danzo, believing the Masked Man’s involvement meant Danzo was innocent.
• Zhan Zhao and the other Military Police Force members realized Shisui was lying to cover for Danzo and accused him of betraying the Uchiha Clan.
• Yongye calmly ordered Zhan Zhao to stop, and Zhan Zhao and the others returned to their places.