Chapter Summaries

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.

After Konoha was devastated, Yongye gained the Tri-Beam technique from Tsunade’s despair and offered to help her treat the injured in exchange for sex. Tsunade agreed to one night, but Yongye demanded at least a year, leaving them arguing over the price of his aid.

• Yongye blamed Tsunade for Konoha’s destruction, and her despair earned him a Super Mystery Box containing Tri-Beam.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and spread her Medical Chakra across the ruins, but she could reach only a tenth of the injured.
• Yongye offered to transfer his Chakra to help Tsunade save more people, rejecting her appeal to duty and demanding payment.
• Yongye demanded at least a year with Tsunade, while she insisted she would give him only one night.

Tsunade agreed to Yongye’s demand for a year of work, then offered him anything if he would kill Deva Path Pain. Yongye infused Tsunade with chakra and sent a swarm of Shadow Clones to attack Pain, who was surrounded again after his Shinra Tensei blasted the clones back.

• Yongye threatened to defect to Iwagakure, and Tsunade agreed to let him work for a year before he raised his price and demanded complete obedience.
• Deva Path Pain attacked Tsunade from above, but Choza and Guy’s combined assault was repelled by Shinra Tensei, leaving both men down.
• Tsunade offered Yongye anything in exchange for killing Pain, and Yongye created more than a hundred Shadow Clones to charge him.
• Yongye pressed his hand to Tsunade and poured chakra into her as his Shadow Clones surrounded Pain in midair.
• Pain used a powerful Shinra Tensei to destroy or scatter the front ranks, but the remaining clones regrouped and closed in around him again.

Yongye's Shadow Clones crippled Deva Path Pain and destroyed his rising black sphere before it could pull Konoha's ruins into the sky. As Orochimaru escaped and Jiraiya approached Pain for answers, a Shadow Clone kicked Jiraiya into the rubble.

• Yongye's Shadow Clones riddled Deva Path Pain with Three-Part Divine Finger shots, leaving him wounded in the rubble.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda to face Jiraiya and Gamabunta, but Deva Path Pain's black sphere began lifting rubble and fighters into the sky.
• Yongye ordered three Shadow Clones to pierce and shatter the black sphere with Tri-Beam, freeing the rubble to fall.
• Yongye's Shadow Clones pinned Deva Path Pain and removed the Black Rods from his body.
• Orochimaru chose not to use Impure World Reincarnation and escaped with Manda, while Jiraiya let them go and approached Pain.
• Jiraiya demanded answers from his former student, but a Shadow Clone kicked him into the rubble, and Gamabunta vanished.

Yongye opened a Spatial Villa blind box while Tsunade treated Konoha’s wounded after Pain’s attack. Kakashi and Obito watched from hiding and decided they had to earn Yongye’s trust before killing him.

• Yongye received a Spatial Villa from an Advanced Blind Box and planned to pass it off as a Mangekyo Sharingan ability.
• Yongye baited Tsunade into blaming Jiraiya for Konoha’s destruction, then warned her that stopping her Chakra would endanger the wounded.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha’s ninja to begin rescue work and sent Shizune to relay instructions to Shikaku.
• Tsunade treated the injured and replenished her Yin Seal Chakra, leaving herself mentally exhausted.
• Kakashi and Obito watched the battle in disguise and agreed to gain Yongye’s trust before striking.
• Kakashi saw Yongye’s Shadow Clone leave Jiraiya in agony and resolved that they had to kill him.

Yongye captured Deva Path Pain and discovered that Kakashi had joined Obito, then copied Kamui from their Sharingan. He took Kakashi into his Spatial Villa alone, leaving Obito stunned and increasingly determined to kill him.

• Obito told Kakashi to help lower Yongye’s guard, while Kakashi’s anxiety grew.
• Yongye stored Deva Path Pain’s body in his Spatial Villa after Tsunade finished treating the wounded.
• Obito and Kakashi appeared disguised, and Yongye copied Kamui from Obito’s right eye and Kakashi’s left eye.
• Yongye welcomed Kakashi to the Avengers Alliance and said Deva Path Pain could be returned for a price, prompting Kakashi to question him.
• Yongye took Kakashi into the Spatial Villa to discuss secrets alone, leaving Obito behind.
• Obito realized Yongye could use Space-Time Ninjutsu and resolved that the powerful young man could not be allowed to live.

Yongye brought Kakashi into his Mangekyo Sharingan ability, Paradise, and used the setting to convince him that Obito might be manipulating him and threatening Konoha. Kakashi began to doubt Obito and asked whether there was proof that Madara had twisted his will and whether Obito could be brought back.

• Kakashi arrived in Yongye's strange, modern-looking Mangekyo dimension and questioned what it was.
• Yongye claimed Paradise was his Mangekyo ability, then lied about its origins to make Kakashi doubt Obito's account of Yongye's powers.
• Yongye asked whether Kakashi was only working with Obito to discover Kamui's weakness or was truly helping him bring ruin to Konoha.
• Yongye reminded Kakashi that Obito had caused the Fourth Hokage's death and warned that Obito might betray Kakashi as well.
• Yongye suggested that Madara had secretly twisted Obito's will, and Kakashi asked for proof and whether Obito could be brought back.

Yongye persuaded Kakashi that Obito might be under Kotoamatsukami and gave him a choice between continuing to aid Konoha’s destruction or returning to the village. Kakashi pledged loyalty to Konoha and revealed Obito’s plans, while Tsunade remained angry in the underground laboratory.

• Yongye told Kakashi he suspected Obito had been controlled by Kotoamatsukami, though he admitted he had no evidence and intended to find a way to kill Obito regardless.
• Yongye said he hated Konoha’s leaders rather than the village, and revealed that he had formed a private marriage alliance with Tsunade.
• Remembering Minato, Rin, and Obito’s past sacrifices, Kakashi knelt and pledged to return to Konoha, spy on Obito, and kill him if he could not be saved.
• Kakashi reported that Obito had recruited Gekko Hayate, captured Asuma Sarutobi for repeated illusion torture, and was working with God Pain to set a deadly trap for Yongye.
• In the underground laboratory beneath the ruined Hokage Building, Tsunade angrily vowed to get the better of Yongye.

Tsunade finished a cure for Yongye’s poison and moved into a newly rebuilt Hokage Building made with Wood Release. After working through her paperwork, she faced Yongye when he arrived at night, and he promised a memorable evening before revealing his plans.

• Tsunade completed a clear antidote using Chiyo’s black heart and vowed to make Yongye pay for their deal.
• Tsunade discovered that the Hokage Building had been rebuilt with Wood Release and considered the significance of Konoha having another Wood Release user.
• Tsunade reviewed Shikaku’s briefs, ordered a large dinner, ate, and finished most of her official work.
• Yongye entered Tsunade’s office through the window, and Shizune rushed in with a Kunai before backing away when Tsunade said she was fine.
• Tsunade asked Yongye whether they would do it in the office, and Yongye said he had something better planned for the night.

Yongye brought Tsunade to Paradise and pressured her to honor their agreement, while Jiraiya lay incapacitated in the hospital. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru recruited Jiraiya to help stop Yongye, with Itachi claiming Yongye had framed him for Danzo’s clan massacre.

• Yongye transported Tsunade to Paradise and called it their main battlefield for the coming year.
• Tsunade reluctantly honored their agreement rather than risk provoking Yongye and endangering Konoha.
• Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Jiraiya in the hospital and urged him to help save Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi presented Uchiha Itachi as a witness, and Itachi claimed Yongye had controlled the red Susanoo and forced him to confess to the massacre.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Jiraiya that they had a plan to kill Yongye and needed help from him and Tsunade.

Jiraiya learned that the Great Toad Sage had ordered him to take Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Itachi’s brother to Mount Myōboku, while also naming Uchiha Yongye as a threat to be killed. As Yongye and Tsunade reached a humiliating investment agreement, he gained Sword Twenty-Three and received another blind box reward.

• Sage Fukasaku arrived at the hospital and told Jiraiya that the Great Toad Sage had sent him to bring the two Children of Fate to Mount Myōboku.
• Sage Fukasaku identified Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Itachi’s brother as the Children of Fate and said killing Uchiha Yongye was an even greater priority than guiding them.
• Jiraiya agreed that he wanted revenge on Yongye but said Konoha needed Yongye’s support while it recovered.
• Yongye opened a Super Blind Box and received Sword Twenty-Three, a technique that let him freeze time in his perception for an instant.
• Tsunade endured Yongye’s demands and agreed to the investment terms, earning Yongye an Advanced Blind Box reward.