Chapter Summaries

Danzo celebrated the deaths of Chikage, Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka at Sunset Gorge, while Hiruzen and the senior advisers treated the attack as an opportunity to weaken the Uchiha. The chapter ended with Hiruzen transferring South Street’s security authority from the Konoha Military Police Force to the Anbu’s Second Division.

• A Root scout reported that Chikage, Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka had died in an explosion at Sunset Gorge, leaving no remains.
• Danzo celebrated the deaths and Shisui’s apparent drowning, then ordered the scene cleaned up before heading to the Hokage Building.
• Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura discussed Shisui’s disappearance and the destruction of Chikage’s carriage and the Second Squad’s leadership.
• Danzo argued that the Uchiha could no longer police South Street, and Koharu and Homura supported transferring its security duties.
• Hiruzen signed an order giving the Anbu’s Second Division authority over South Street and directing the Konoha Military Police Force to withdraw to the Uchiha District.

The Hokage’s higher-ups took the Uchiha’s silence as surrender and moved to seize control of South Street, while Fugaku calmly waited for Chikage to return with the Daimyo’s authority. Fugaku expected Chikage to arrive with the Daimyo’s honor guard that afternoon and expose the higher-ups’ actions.

• Anbu delivered the Hokage’s order for the Konoha Military Police Force to abandon its South Street posts, but the Uchiha headquarters remained shut.
• Koharu, Homura, Danzo, and Hiruzen interpreted the Uchiha’s silence as fear and ordered Anbu to take over South Street.
• Uchiha Hikari urged Fugaku to respond, but he told her that Yashiro and Chikage were not dead and ordered the clan to stay home.
• Fugaku revealed that Chikage had obtained an inspection decree and royal concession rights in the Land of Fire Capital, and said he would return by five with the Daimyo’s honor guard.
• Fugaku told Itachi that Shisui’s injuries were no longer serious and that Chikage’s documents had helped Shisui regain his composure.

Uchiha Chikage returned to Konoha with Uchiha Yashiro and the others just as the Anbu moved to seize the police force’s South Street jurisdiction. Minister Asano arrived with the Daimyo’s procession and prepared to deliver an edict, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō stunned by Chikage’s survival.

• An Anbu squad captain announced that the Anbu Second Unit was taking over South Street and ordered his forces to move on the police building.
• Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi watched from a teahouse as the takeover began, believing Uchiha Chikage was dead.
• A ceremonial procession from the Daimyo’s Residence arrived on South Street, halting the Anbu’s advance.
• Minister Asano and Uchiha Chikage stepped out of the carriage, followed by Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka.
• Chikage pushed aside the Anbu captain’s sword and warned him not to frighten the Daimyo’s envoy.
• Minister Asano presented the Daimyo’s Edict, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisers bowed to receive it.

Minister Asano declared South Street a Royal Trade Zone under the Daimyo’s authority, placing its security in Chikage’s hands and accusing Danzo of attacking a tribute shipment. The next morning, Chikage accompanied Uchida Masatsugu to the Hokage Building to examine its accounts.

• Minister Asano announced the Royal Trade Zone charter and assigned its security to the Second Squad, prompting cheers from merchants and residents.
• Minister Asano challenged Danzo over Root weapons found at the scene of an ambush on Chikage’s tribute shipment and warned Hiruzen Sarutobi about the Daimyo’s upcoming inspection.
• Minister Asano departed after entrusting South Street’s security to Chikage, who clocked out at five and left for the Uchiha Clan Compound as Danzo collapsed.
• The next morning, Chikage met Uchida Masatsugu, who said he intended to review Konoha’s accounts by the book, and set off with him for the Hokage Building.

Chikage and Uchida Masatsugu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha’s advisors with a 300-million-ryō compensation claim for the Anbu’s actions in the Royal Special Zone. The chapter ended with Hiruzen facing the threat of losing Konoha’s military funding and asking Chikage what he wanted.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed the fallout from South Street becoming a Daimyo-controlled special zone and Danzo’s failed ambush.
• Chikage entered the Hokage’s Office with Uchida Masatsugu, who presented credentials from the Daimyo’s Internal Affairs Ministry.
• Chikage demanded 300 million ryō in damages, and Uchida cited the Land of Fire Legal Code to justify the claim.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu disputed the claim, but Chikage pointed to the Anbu’s armed intimidation and the edict’s effective date.
• Uchida threatened to report Konoha’s refusal to the Daimyo and request that all 3.5 billion ryō of its military funding be withheld.
• Hiruzen stopped Uchida from sending the letter and asked Chikage what he wanted.

Chikage secured Hokage approval for a 300-million-ryō compensation agreement, including an 80-million-ryō down payment. When Danzo tried to seize the agreement and threatened the Uchiha, Yashiro awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, leaving Danzo terrified.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted Chikage's installment plan and stamped the compensation agreement, requiring an 80-million-ryō down payment by three that afternoon.
• Chikage told Yashiro the agreement had been signed and ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to recalculate patrol subsidies.
• Danzo blocked Chikage and Yashiro on the main road with six Root Guards, demanded the agreement, and threatened the Uchiha Clan.
• Yashiro confronted Danzo over the Sunset Gorge ambush and awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, blasting the Root Guards away with his chakra.
• Yashiro manifested a Half-Body Susanoo before Danzo, who realized Yashiro had defeated Root's elite and trembled in fear as Susanoo aimed its blade at him.

Chikage and Yashiro forced Danzo to honor the compensation agreement, and the Hokage Building paid the Uchiha police force eighty million ryo. Chikage distributed bonuses and promised support to South Street, while cuts to Anbu and Root funding left Root short of supplies and trust in Danzo began to erode.

• Yashiro dismissed his Susanoo after Chikage stopped him, and Chikage reminded Danzo that the Hokage Building owed an eighty-million-ryo down payment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the payment to avoid conflict in Konoha and ordered cuts to Anbu and Root budgets.
• Uchida Masatsugu received the eighty million ryo from the Anbu and stamped the Daimyo's Residence receipt.
• Chikage gave the Second Squad triple pay and a three-hundred-thousand-ryo allowance, then promised South Street merchants three months without security fees and repairs to streetlights and drains.
• Root's supplies and medical provisions ran low, prompting its ninja to question why the Uchiha received money while they lacked basic support.
• Chikage marked the end of the workday and told the police officers to go home without overtime.

Chikage designed personalized genjutsu scenarios to trigger Inabi and Tekka’s deepest fears, and both awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. The Konoha Military Police Force gained two new Mangekyō wielders as Chikage insisted everyone leave on time.

• Chikage explained that Inabi feared losing his fiancée to Danzo, while Tekka dreaded endless overtime, and prepared tailored genjutsu scenarios for them.
• Fugaku cast Mangekyō genjutsu on Inabi and Tekka, trapping them in visions of betrayal and punishing work schedules.
• Inabi awakened a Trident-Shaped Mangekyō Sharingan, and Tekka awakened a chain-link-patterned Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Chikage congratulated Inabi and Tekka, then ordered them to go home and told Yashiro to clean up.
• Chikage left at 4:45 p.m. and ordered everyone to clock out at five rather than stay for extra training.

Chikage’s South Street auction brought in over one hundred million ryo and drew several major clans into negotiations to open shops. The Hokage Building demanded that outside trade stop, while an Anbu squad arrived at the zone’s entrance.

• Chikage and Uchiha Yashiro prepared South Street for the Daimyo’s visit and organized security and seating for visiting delegations.
• The Daimyo inspected the Royal Trade Zone, and the auction’s first seven lots sold for more than one hundred million ryo.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka discussed opening clan businesses on South Street.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered an investigation into the zone and its trade, while Root gathered transaction records for Danzo.
• Chikage received the auction’s final sales statement and offered leases to the four clans’ representatives.
• Uchiha Hikari delivered the Hokage Building’s order to suspend outside trade, as an Anbu squad stopped at the zone’s archway.

Obito and Danzo conspired to destroy South Street during the auction’s final day, framing the Uchiha for the Daimyo’s murder. Danzo deployed Root operatives for the attack, while Obito promised to keep Chikage occupied.

• Obito watched South Street prosper and realized that the Uchiha were unlikely to rebel or fall into despair.
• Obito confronted Danzo in the Root Underground Base and urged him to eliminate Chikage and reclaim power.
• Obito proposed planting a hundred thousand Explosive Tags beneath the viewing stand and having Root operatives dressed as Uchiha kill survivors after the blast.
• Danzo agreed to the plan, and Obito promised to distract Chikage during the explosion.
• Danzo ordered twelve Suicide Operatives to prepare for the attack at the auction, then vowed to take back his lost dignity and money.

Obito infiltrated the Konoha Military Police Force to kill Chikage before Danzo’s planned attack, but found Chikage gone and encountered Uchiha Inabi and Uchiha Tekka training. The two revealed Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving Obito stunned as they prepared to attack him.

• Obito entered the Military Police Force to eliminate Chikage, but found the deputy captain’s office empty and a note saying Chikage had clocked out on time.
• Obito heard chakra from the Underground Training Ground and discovered Inabi and Tekka practicing their newly awakened powers.
• Obito confronted the two Uchiha, claimed to be Madara Uchiha, and threatened to wipe out their clan.
• Inabi and Tekka dismissed Obito as a spy sent by Danzo, and he attacked them with poisoned Black Rods.
• Inabi and Tekka awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan, deflected the Black Rods, and prepared to kill Obito under Konoha’s security regulations.

Inabi and Tekka mistook Obito for a sparring partner arranged by Vice Captain Chikage and awakened their Mangekyō Sharingan, then used their Susanoo to overwhelm him. Obito escaped into the Kamui Dimension, shocked by the Uchiha Clan’s strength and resolved to advance his planned massacre.

• Inabi and Tekka reasoned that Obito was an NPC in a surprise combat test arranged by Vice Captain Chikage.
• Inabi and Tekka summoned crimson and blue-gray Susanoo and attacked Obito, who used Kamui to remain intangible.
• Inabi and Tekka kept up their attacks to earn full marks and triple overtime pay, forcing Obito to retreat as his Kamui limit dwindled.
• Obito escaped through Kamui, leaving behind a scrap of clothing, while Inabi and Tekka assumed they had passed the test.
• In the Kamui Dimension, Obito counted the Uchiha’s Mangekyō-level fighters and decided to begin his planned clan massacre ahead of schedule.

Chikage uncovered a plot to blow up the Daimyo’s grandstand and seized the explosives, then arranged to return half of them to Danzo’s doorstep. As the Daimyo arrived for the auction, Obito and Danzo still expected the explosives to detonate, unaware that Chikage’s forces had removed them all.

• Inabi and Tekka told Chikage they had fought a masked man they mistook for a test NPC, and Chikage praised them for passing his supposed assessment.
• Chikage led the Konoha Military Police Force in a fire safety inspection and uncovered a hundred thousand Explosive Tags beneath the grandstand.
• Chikage ordered the explosives seized and divided, keeping fifty thousand for the police force and arranging for the other fifty thousand to be delivered near Root’s underground base.
• Obito watched the plaza and expected the explosives to detonate at noon, while Danzo prepared Root operatives to attack during the chaos.
• Inabi reported that the explosives had all been removed and the foundation filled with gravel as the Daimyo’s procession arrived.
• Chikage welcomed the Daimyo and said the auction would be a spectacle.

Danzo’s attempt to detonate the explosive tags beneath South Street failed, while his backup detonator set off a cache of tags at Root’s headquarters. Chikage watched the destruction from the peaceful auction, and the Daimyo was reassured that South Street remained safe.

• At the South Street auction, Chikage and Yashiro discussed the final chakra blades and making sure the Konoha Military Police Force’s accounts stayed balanced.
• Danzo ordered his operatives to detonate the explosive tags beneath the viewing platform, but the trigger produced no blast.
• Danzo repeatedly activated his backup detonator, which set off fifty thousand explosive tags stored beside Root’s headquarters ventilation outlets and destroyed much of the base.
• A surviving Root ninja told Danzo that the police force had delivered the sealed crates under lost-and-found labels, and Danzo realized Chikage had redirected his explosives.
• Chikage calmly watched the smoke rise as Yashiro celebrated the blast, while Uchiha Inabi reassured the Daimyo that the explosion was a routine municipal fire drill.

Danzo ordered twelve operatives disguised as Uchiha police to attack the Daimyo and frame the Uchiha for treason. Chikage’s men stopped the attack in seconds, but the Daimyo demanded an explanation from him.

• Danzo sent twelve suicide operatives in Uchiha police uniforms to attack the Daimyo and incriminate the Uchiha.
• The operatives charged the viewing stand, where Chikage calmly ordered Yashiro to stop them.
• Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka revealed their three pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan and immobilized the attackers.
• Tekka broke the operatives’ wrists and ankles, and the three Uchiha pinned all twelve to the ground.
• Chikage called the incident a routine patrol catching petty thieves, while the village envoys reacted with alarm at the three Mangekyō users.
• The Daimyo accused the attackers of treason and demanded that Chikage explain why they wore police uniforms.

Chikage exposed the twelve attackers as Root operatives, turning the Daimyo against Danzo and prompting a freeze on Konoha’s military funding until the attack was investigated. After securing evidence and ordering the operatives taken into custody, Chikage left South Street as a messenger rode in from the Hokage Building.

• Chikage tore open the suicide squad captain’s clothes and revealed Root’s insignia and the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal beneath his tongue.
• The Cloud Envoy and Sand Elder identified the seal as Danzo’s method of controlling Root shinobi, and the crowd accused Danzo of trying to assassinate the Daimyo.
• The Daimyo ordered Asano to investigate the twelve operatives and demand an explanation from Hiruzen, threatening to withhold Konoha’s military funding.
• Danzo heard the accusations, coughed up black blood, and collapsed in despair over his ruined reputation and lost standing with the Daimyo.
• Chikage ordered Yashiro to document the seals and handprints, bill Konoha for deployment costs and custody, and arrange for the operatives to be collected.
• Chikage told Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka to secure the scene, then headed back to the police building as a messenger rode toward South Street.

After evidence tied Shimura Danzō to an assassination plot against the Daimyo, Hiruzen stripped him of his Konoha status and named him an S-rank rogue ninja. Chikage then demanded fifty million ryo for the Military Police Force to hunt him, leaving Hiruzen under pressure from the furious Daimyo.

• Hiruzen arrived at South Street and saw the captured Root operatives, while Chikage presented evidence linking them to Danzo.
• Chikage showed Hiruzen records of Root explosives and a statement alleging Danzo ordered the assassination of the Daimyo and Minister Asano and planned to frame the Uchiha.
• The Daimyo threatened to withhold Konoha's military funding and take South Street from village control unless Hiruzen acted against Danzo.
• Hiruzen dismissed Danzo from his leadership posts, stripped him of his ninja status, and declared him an S-rank rogue ninja wanted dead or alive.
• Chikage demanded fifty million ryo for the Military Police Force's pursuit, and the Daimyo berated Hiruzen for balking at the cost.

Chikage forced Hiruzen to authorize the recovery of funds and property connected to Danzo, then prepared the Uchiha police to seize Root’s assets under orders from the Daimyo’s Residence. The chapter ended as Yashiro presented the confiscation decree and recovery authorization to Anbu guarding Root’s ruined headquarters.

• Hiruzen signed Chikage’s recovery authorization after the Daimyo threatened to implicate him in the plot, and the Daimyo entrusted South Street’s security to Chikage’s Second Squad.
• Chikage clocked out, then told Yashiro to inventory Root’s bases and supplies the next morning while Danzo fled through Konoha’s tunnels from pursuing Anbu.
• At nine the next morning, Chikage gave Yashiro the Daimyo’s confiscation decree and Hiruzen’s recovery authorization to collect Root’s assets against its three-hundred-million-ryo debt.
• Yashiro led more than two hundred Uchiha police officers and a hundred handcarts to Root’s ruined headquarters in the Northwest Corner.
• When Anbu barred the force from entering the restricted area, Yashiro showed their leader the official documents and warned that obstructing the confiscation would be dealt with according to law.

Chikage led the Konoha Military Police Force in stripping Danzo's ruined Root base of money, records, weapons, and building materials under a joint recovery order, then confronted Hiruzen when he arrived. The operation left Hiruzen unable to reclaim the evidence and earned Chikage 48,000 system points for destroying Root's remaining stronghold.

• Chikage rejected the Anbu's attempt to halt the lawful investigation and ordered Yashiro to detain anyone obstructing the police.
• The police recovered gold and banknotes, Root research records, and a hidden armory, recording their provisional values against the Daimyo's Residence's compensation claim.
• Chikage ordered the officers to dismantle the base's steel doors and pry up its floor tiles for reuse, leaving the underground fortress stripped bare.
• Hiruzen arrived and demanded custody of the research records, but Chikage cited the criminal evidence rules and refused to hand them over.
• The police escorted a hundred loaded handcarts back to South Street, and Chikage received 48,000 achievement points for destroying Root's remaining stronghold.

Chikage exchanged 50,000 points for the Senju Sage Body, greatly increasing his vitality and chakra. After finding records linking Danzo and the Hokage's Office to human experiments, he confronted Anbu sent to seize the evidence and overwhelmed them with his chakra.

• Chikage exchanged points for the Senju Sage Body and felt his chakra capacity and ocular power surge.
• Yashiro brought Chikage two sealed boxes recovered from Root, and Chikage found records documenting experiments on Konoha civilians and orphans with a Hokage's Office clearance stamp.
• Chikage told Yashiro to safeguard the experiment log as leverage against Hiruzen during the Daimyo's Residence audit.
• Anbu broke into the police force courtyard, injured two officers, and demanded the seized Root records under the Third Hokage's order.
• Chikage rejected the Anbu's demand and unleashed his chakra, forcing several Anbu to their knees and shattering their masks.