Chapter Summaries

Fugaku told Chikage that the village planned to move the Uchiha to the outskirts, and Chikage urged him to seek practical compensation rather than risk a confrontation. The chapter ended as Chikage questioned whether clan pride could provide for the Uchiha.

• Fugaku found Chikage asleep at his desk and scolded him for trying to clock out early.
• Fugaku asked Chikage what he thought of the Uchiha district and the growing hostility toward the clan.
• Chikage guessed that the village planned to relocate the Uchiha and place them under surveillance.
• Fugaku worried that the clan's hard-liners would resist the move and provoke bloodshed.
• Chikage argued that the clan could not defeat the village and should ask for tangible benefits instead of fighting over pride.

Chikage persuaded Fugaku to negotiate the Uchiha relocation by demanding detailed compensation for moving costs, lost income, new construction, business losses, and other hardships. Fugaku embraced the plan and had Chikage prepare an itemized bill, leaving them ready to bargain with Konoha’s leaders.

• Chikage listed relocation expenses, lost mission pay, construction costs, and losses to Uchiha businesses as compensation the village should provide.
• Chikage argued that the Uchiha could show willingness to relocate by negotiating for money, land, and guarantees instead of resorting to violence.
• Chikage added compensation for uprooting families and disruption to ancestral rites at Naka Shrine, while Fugaku recognized the strategy’s value.
• Fugaku asked Chikage to write a detailed compensation list and offered to pay him triple for overtime.
• Chikage began itemizing the claims, including shop inventory damage, lost training grounds, and special allowances for elderly and infirm clan members.
• Fugaku promised to double Chikage’s pay if the bill secured enough compensation, and Chikage vowed to charge for every detail, even roadside saplings.

Chikage drafted an elaborate compensation list for the Uchiha relocation and impressed Fugaku, then clocked out on time and received his monthly chakra reward. He left the Military Police Force and bought dango despite the villagers’ hostility toward the Uchiha.

• Chikage included unusual claims for patrol dogs’ emotional distress and young clan members’ matchmaking costs in the relocation bill, explaining how each affected the Uchiha and Konoha.
• Fugaku praised Chikage’s list and asked him to present it to the Third Hokage and the Advisory Council, but Chikage refused and prepared to leave at the end of his shift.
• At five o’clock, Chikage clocked out and received ten points and a monthly reward of chakra equal to Kakashi’s reserves.
• Chikage walked through the village and bought dango while villagers and the shopkeeper reacted fearfully to his Uchiha uniform.

Uchiha Fugaku presented the Third Hokage and the village leadership with a large relocation compensation bill, using Chikage’s advice to pressure them into negotiations. The leaders delayed their decision, and Fugaku left pleased with his performance while Danzo raged after him.

• Danzo denounced Fugaku’s compensation demands as absurd, but Fugaku argued that the Uchiha deserved payment for surrendering their ancestral homes and warned that the clan’s young people would not tolerate being ignored.
• Hiruzen proposed paying actual relocation costs while rejecting emotional-distress and romantic-setback compensation, but Fugaku claimed the elders had only accepted relocation because of the full list.
• Homura accused Fugaku of threatening the village, and Fugaku replied that the Uchiha could not keep making concessions if the village did not treat them as its own people.
• Hiruzen postponed a decision to review the figures, and Fugaku accepted the delay after making his position clear.
• Fugaku left the Hokage Building pleased with his negotiation and planned to promote Chikage, while Danzo slammed his cane and accused the Uchiha of extortion.

The Third Hokage agreed to negotiate with the Uchiha over relocation costs, but Danzo and the advisers resisted paying from their own budgets. Uchiha Fugaku later told Chikage the negotiations had advanced, then promoted him to deputy captain of the Military Police Force's Second Squad.

• Danzo, Homura, and Koharu rejected the Uchiha's relocation demands, while the Third argued that paying was safer than risking a fight.
• The Third proposed covering basic relocation and housing reconstruction costs by postponing Root's ninja tool purchase, but Danzo refused.
• Chikage clocked in at the Military Police headquarters and began his day with meat buns and tea.
• Fugaku told Chikage that the Third had accepted basic relocation costs but rejected the emotional distress claims.
• Chikage advised Fugaku to hold firm on the New Clan Grounds' infrastructure standards while negotiations continued.
• Fugaku promoted Chikage to deputy captain of the Military Police Force's Second Squad.

Chikage accepted Fugaku’s offer to become deputy captain of the Konoha Military Police Force in exchange for an easy workload, double pay, and guaranteed on-time departures. The promotion upgraded his Check-In System and sparked dreams of climbing to the top of Konoha, but he still clocked out at five sharp.

• Chikage refused Fugaku’s initial offer of deputy captain because he did not want the extra work or overtime.
• Fugaku promised Chikage a private office, double pay, limited duties, and permission to leave on time, so Chikage signed the appointment letter.
• Chikage’s promotion upgraded his Check-In System, increasing his daily points from ten to one hundred and unlocking advanced shop items.
• Chikage browsed the expanded System Shop and realized promotions could help him earn points for powerful abilities and kekkei genkai.
• Chikage resolved to rise through Konoha’s ranks, then clocked out at five o’clock and postponed his ambition until the next day.

Uchiha Chikage enjoyed his new deputy captain’s office and planned to spend the day avoiding work until he learned Root had arrested Captain Yashiro during a clash on South Street. To prevent the dispute from delaying his clock-out, Chikage took a baton and headed to confront the Shimura Clan troublemakers.

• Chikage clocked in at 9:00 a.m., settled into his new office, and quickly finished reviewing the squad’s reports.
• Captain Yashiro warned Chikage not to interfere with field assignments, then led half the squad out on patrol.
• A young officer told Chikage that Root had arrested Yashiro and his men after accusing them of police brutality, while Shimura Clan members continued wrecking Uchiha shops on South Street.
• Chikage realized the incident could keep him at work past clock-out, grabbed a steel baton, and set off for South Street.

Chikage confronted Shimura Ken and his men after they vandalized an Uchiha shop and extorted its owner. He broke Shimura Ken’s leg and warned the remaining thugs that resisting arrest could get them killed, leaving them unsure whether to fight back.

• Chikage set out with his baton despite a young officer’s concerns about Shimura and Root, insisting the clan head did not need to be notified.
• Shimura Ken and his men wrecked an Uchiha ninja tool shop, demanded protection money, and mocked the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Chikage arrived, formally placed Shimura Ken under arrest, and broke his left leg when Ken challenged him to try.
• Shimura Ken’s men drew weapons and threatened Chikage, who cited regulations authorizing lethal force against armed resistance.
• Chikage told the men to move aside and not interfere with his case, and they hesitated with their Kunai in hand.

Chikage beat Shimura Ken for extorting merchants and threatening a law enforcement officer, brushing aside Shimura Ken’s claims that his uncle Danzo and Root would protect him. After Chikage knocked out Shimura Ken’s teeth and demanded an admission, a subordinate pointed out that Shimura Ken could no longer speak.

• Shimura Ken threatened Chikage with his uncle Danzo and Root after Chikage broke his leg.
• Chikage cited Konoha’s regulations and struck Shimura Ken across the mouth for threatening an officer.
• Chikage demanded that Shimura Ken admit his wrongdoing, but Shimura Ken could only make muffled sounds.
• Chikage threatened another blow while Shimura Ken desperately tried to signal that he had surrendered.
• A young officer told Chikage that Shimura Ken could not talk because the blow had knocked out his front teeth.

Chikage brutally subdued Shimura Ken and ordered Uchiha Hikari to take him and his lackeys to the Konoha Military Police Force for special treatment. He reassured South Street’s residents that the police would protect them and promised the Shimura Clan would pay for the damage, leaving the Uchiha officers newly admiring and determined to follow him.

• Chikage stopped beating Shimura Ken, hauled him up by the collar, and declared their business only halfway settled.
• Chikage assigned Uchiha Hikari to take Shimura Ken and his lackeys in for causing trouble and resisting law enforcement, ordering her to give Ken a private room and minimal care until his family paid.
• Uchiha Hikari and the other officers arrested the group and carried the injured Ken away while his lackeys begged for mercy.
• Chikage told the shopkeeper to submit a bill for the damage and said he would have the cost deducted from the Shimura Clan’s account.
• Chikage promised South Street’s residents that the Konoha Military Police Force would protect them, and Uchiha Hikari resolved to follow his lead.

After earning South Street’s trust by arresting Shimura Ken, Chikage learned that Root had taken Squad Captain Yashiro and decided to march with the Second Squad to the Hokage Building to demand his release. He sent Uchiha Hikari to prepare Shimura Ken’s confession and document the damage as leverage.

• Chikage addressed South Street’s shopkeepers, promised the law would apply even to the Hokage’s relatives, and won their applause.
• Uchiha Hikari returned with Shimura Ken in custody and warned Chikage that Root had taken Squad Captain Yashiro.
• Chikage rejected asking Clan Leader Fugaku for help and ordered the Second Squad to demand Yashiro’s release at the Hokage Building.
• Chikage instructed Hikari to prepare Shimura Ken’s confession and compile evidence and damage estimates from the vandalized shops.
• Chikage ordered the Second Squad to gather its weapons and accompany him to the Hokage Building before lunch.

Uchiha Chikage led the Konoha Military Police Force toward the Hokage Building to demand the release of Squad Captain Yashiro, while Shisui Uchiha tried to stop them. Chikage challenged Shisui’s appeals to the Will of Fire and insisted the officers were acting lawfully, leaving Shisui unable to answer his arguments.

• Chikage marched with dozens of Uchiha police officers toward the Hokage Building, carrying Shimura Ken’s written confession as evidence.
• Reports of the march reached Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, while Shisui learned the force was advancing and hurried to intercept them.
• Shisui blocked the road and pleaded with Chikage to return to headquarters, warning that the march could provoke the village leadership.
• Chikage challenged Shisui’s appeals to the village’s greater good by pointing to the Shimura Clan’s shop attack and Root’s arrest of Yashiro’s officers.
• Chikage argued that the force was following proper channels and accused Shisui of placing the Hokage elders above his own clan.
• When Shisui warned that a fight at the Hokage Building would amount to treason, Chikage said they were law enforcement officers acting on evidence and law.

Chikage cited the regulations and challenged Shisui to justify Root’s arrest of Uchiha captain Yashiro, then appealed to the crowd over the Uchiha’s treatment and the rule of law. The crowd began demanding an explanation from the Hokage as Shisui questioned his own judgment, and Uchiha Hikari confronted him.

• Chikage quoted regulations requiring a Hokage-signed warrant and a Military Police captain’s supervision for arrests, and accused Shisui of defending Root without checking whether it had followed the law.
• Shisui pleaded that the village could not withstand more turmoil and argued that someone had to yield for the sake of harmony.
• Chikage described the Uchiha’s sacrifices and mistreatment, warning that Root’s unlawful arrest of a police captain threatened the safety of every clan and civilian.
• Several people in the crowd supported Chikage and called for the Hokage to explain himself, while Shisui struggled to answer and began doubting his convictions.
• Uchiha Hikari accused Shisui of being detached from the hardships faced by rank-and-file officers and said they would not speak for the leadership.

Chikage led the Uchiha police to the Hokage Building to challenge Root’s arrest of Yashiro and present evidence in the South Street case. After confronting the Anbu guards, he publicly laid out the case and appealed to the Hokage, while Yashiro remained imprisoned and tortured beneath the building.

• Chikage dismissed Shisui’s plea to consider the greater good and led the police officers onward, prompting Shisui to follow and watch what happened.
• Danzō tortured Yashiro in Root’s interrogation room and demanded that he sign a confession accusing the Uchiha of plotting a riot, but Yashiro refused.
• Chikage’s unit reached the Hokage Building, where the Anbu captain accused them of rebellion and threatened to kill them if they advanced.
• Chikage cited Konoha’s regulations and presented the case file, witness statements, and evidence against Shimura Ken and the other suspects.
• Chikage amplified his voice across the plaza, announced Root’s interference and Yashiro’s arrest, and called on the Hokage to deliver justice.

Uchiha Chikage led the Konoha Military Police Force to the Hokage Building with evidence that Shimura Ken had vandalized shops and that Root had abducted Division Commander Yashiro. As the Third Hokage summoned Chikage and ordered Danzo brought in, Fugaku learned what had happened and mobilized the Uchiha Clan.

• Chikage accused the Anbu of obstructing law enforcement and led dozens of officers into the Hokage Building square without them daring to attack.
• Hiruzen recognized that Chikage had brought evidence and witnesses, so he ordered Chikage to come upstairs alone and the officers to wait in the square.
• Hiruzen sent an Anbu ninja to bring Danzo from the Root Base.
• An Uchiha Chunin told Fugaku that Root had arrested Yashiro and Chikage had led the Second Division to the Hokage Building.
• After hearing how Shimura Ken and Root had provoked the confrontation, Fugaku destroyed his desk and ordered all available Uchiha fighters to assemble.

After Root seized Yashiro, Fugaku rallied nearly a hundred Uchiha and marched toward the Hokage Building to support Chikage and demand justice. Chikage reached Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office with the case file as Fugaku’s column closed in.

• Fugaku donned the Uchiha Clan Head’s battle robe and ordered the clan to accompany him to the Hokage Building to demand Yashiro’s release and an explanation.
• Anbu observers sent up a red alarm flare, prompting panic among villagers and drawing the attention of Hyuga Hiashi, Choza Akimichi, and Shikaku Nara.
• Fugaku led the armed Uchiha down Konoha’s main road, and Uchiha Jonin disarmed and restrained Root members who tried to block the column.
• Chikage climbed through the Anbu-guarded Hokage Building and entered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office with the case file.
• Chikage placed the case file on Hiruzen’s desk and identified himself as the deputy captain of the Konoha Military Police Force’s Second Squad.

Chikage confronted Hiruzen and the village advisors with evidence that Shimura Ken’s gang had attacked South Street merchants and that Root had seized Captain Yashiro during the investigation. Hiruzen tried to delay a decision, but Chikage announced that the Military Police would issue a village-wide wanted notice for suspected accomplices.

• Chikage entered the Hokage’s office with the case file and challenged Mitokado Homura’s accusations against the Uchiha and the Military Police.
• Chikage accused Root of allowing Shimura Ken’s gang to attack merchants and extort them, while Hiruzen reviewed the confession and compensation claims.
• Chikage formally demanded that Hiruzen order Root to release Uchiha Yashiro and hand over the Root personnel who had obstructed the investigation.
• Hiruzen promised to investigate and asked Chikage to take his people away, hoping to settle the dispute later.
• Chikage said the Military Police would pursue the fugitives and had authority to issue a village-wide wanted notice for suspected accomplices.

Chikage confronted Danzo and the senior advisors over Root’s detention of Yashiro, using Konoha’s regulations and evidence against Danzo’s nephew to challenge their actions. The Third Hokage stopped Danzo’s Root operatives and tried to reframe Yashiro’s abduction as an improper attempt to investigate the South Street incident.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu condemned Chikage’s plan to issue a village-wide notice, but Chikage cited the law authorizing the Military Police to seek help finding those who obstructed them and detained an officer.
• Shimura Danzō entered the Hokage’s office, and Chikage presented a ticket and compensation bill accusing Danzō’s nephew, Shimura Ken, of extorting shopkeepers and resisting arrest.
• Danzo called the case a frame-up and accused Chikage of excessive force, but Chikage offered the evidence and challenged Root’s authority to seize Yashiro without a warrant or transfer papers.
• Danzo ordered Root operatives to arrest Chikage for slander, but the Third Hokage stopped them and told Danzo to stand down.
• The Third Hokage admitted Root had intervened without proper paperwork and suggested that its operatives had only invited Yashiro to assist with an investigation.

Chikage challenged Danzo’s claim that Root had only requested Yashiro’s help, using Konoha regulations to expose Danzo’s unauthorized detention of a Military Police commander. He also defended the Uchiha gathering as a lawful escort of evidence, leaving the Hokage’s advisors unable to answer his final challenge.

• Danzo reframed Root’s detention of Yashiro as routine investigative questioning and accused the Uchiha of surrounding the Hokage Building to pressure the Hokage.
• Chikage cited Article 37, which required a Hokage-issued Red Writ to summon a Military Police squad commander, and asked whether the Hokage had issued one.
• Hiruzen denied issuing a writ, allowing Chikage to accuse Danzo of deploying Root and detaining Yashiro without authorization.
• Chikage challenged Danzo’s claim that Root had acted to control the South Street disturbance, pointing out that Root had ignored the armed troublemakers and arrested Yashiro instead.
• Chikage cited Military Police regulations to explain that the Second Squad had escorted case evidence to the Hokage Building and argued that its orderly presence was not a demonstration or treason.

Chikage defended the Konoha Military Police Force’s appeal for justice by invoking Konoha’s founding ideals, leaving Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura unable to answer. As tensions mounted in the Hokage Building, Uchiha Fugaku arrived with nearly a hundred armed elites and hurried inside to protect Chikage.

• Chikage argued that the Konoha Military Police Force had brought evidence and villagers’ grievances to seek justice, not to force the Hokage’s hand.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura fell silent under Chikage’s arguments, while Danzo demanded that Hiruzen have the Anbu arrest him.
• Hiruzen refused to order Chikage’s arrest because the evidence could support the accusations that the leadership was protecting Root and suppressing the police force.
• Fugaku arrived at the Hokage Building with nearly a hundred armed Uchiha elites and ordered the Anbu blocking his way to move.
• Fugaku hurried toward the Hokage’s office, determined to bring Chikage back unharmed despite the risk of confronting the village leadership.