Chapter Summaries

Chikage used the Daimyo’s authorization and overwhelming chakra to drive the Anbu out of the Konoha Military Police Force, then demanded compensation from Hiruzen. The clan scouts witnessed the clash, and Hiruzen was left shaken after hearing the report.

• Chikage showed White Fox Anbu the Daimyo’s authorization and accused the Anbu of trying to steal Root’s seized assets.
• Chikage released the Anbu and ordered them to leave, demanded an explanatory report from Hiruzen, and set an 800,000-ryo compensation deadline.
• White Fox Anbu led his battered squad out as scouts from the major shinobi clans watched and questioned Chikage’s strength.
• Chikage clocked out on time, told Yashiro to collect payment from the Hokage’s Office, and left to buy grilled fish.
• White Fox Anbu reported the incident to Hiruzen, who dropped his pipe and realized the situation had spiraled out of control.

After the Daimyo froze Konoha’s defense funding, Hiruzen failed to persuade the clan leaders to accept reduced allowances. Chikage’s high-paying police recruitment drew Konoha’s shinobi, and Hiruzen was left isolated as his attempt to shut it down failed.

• White Fox reported that he and the Anbu could not withstand Chikage’s chakra, while the Finance Department director told Hiruzen that the Daimyo had frozen 3.5 billion ryō in defense funding and Konoha had less than five million ryō left.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Shikaku Nara, and the other clan leaders confronted Hiruzen over unpaid allowances, but Hiruzen urged them to share the hardship and accept reduced payments.
• Chikage, Yashiro, and Inabi announced thirty police positions with triple the Hokage Building’s standard mission allowance, benefits, and paid overtime, prompting young shinobi from several clans to rush to apply.
• Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to stop the recruitment, but Chikage showed the team captain a Daimyo-approved hiring permit for the special economic zone.
• Chikage publicly challenged Hiruzen over Konoha’s unpaid wages, drawing the crowd’s support while the clan leaders remained silent behind the isolated Hokage.

After Chikage’s hiring drive drew the major clans toward the Uchiha, Danzo and Obito enlisted Orochimaru to help destroy South Street. Orochimaru summoned three powerful shinobi from the dead, leaving Danzo convinced their assault would succeed.

• Hyuga Hiashi and the leaders of the Three Clans decided to send their clansmen to work for the Konoha Military Police Force, then left Hiruzen’s office.
• Chikage confirmed all thirty security positions on South Street had been filled, entrusted the contracts to Yashiro, and headed home.
• Danzo summoned Orochimaru to a hideout near the Land of Grass and offered intelligence on the Uchiha in exchange for help.
• Obito appeared and urged Orochimaru and Danzo to join forces against Chikage and South Street.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon three renowned shinobi, and Danzo celebrated the prospect of using them to attack South Street.

Danzo, Obito, and Orochimaru planned to attack South Street at six, while Shisui warned Chikage of the threat. Chikage stayed after work to grill meat, leaving the attackers waiting underground as Danzo urged Orochimaru to begin the assault.

• Danzo revealed an abandoned tunnel beneath South Street and set the attack for six the next evening, when the guard change would weaken security.
• Shisui reported Root activity and Orochimaru's snakes to Chikage, who told him to watch the hidden routes and alert Yashiro if anything changed.
• At five the next day, Chikage stayed outside the Military Police Force building to grill beef skewers with Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi.
• In the tunnel, Orochimaru prepared three reanimated Konoha jonin while Danzo urged him to break through the foundations, noting that Chikage had not left at five.

Danzo and Orochimaru attempted to destroy the South Street office, but Chikage’s Uchiha forces had prepared an ambush. Danzo forced the reanimated vanguard to attack, and the chapter ended as Chikage faced their charge beside his barbecue stall.

• Danzo and Orochimaru planted Explosive Tags beneath the South Street office, intending to collapse it on the Uchiha inside.
• Danzo and Orochimaru discovered Chikage and the Uchiha police holding a barbecue gathering above them, with Hyuga and Nara security personnel guarding the street.
• Orochimaru urged Danzo to retreat, but Danzo refused and used control talismans to order the reanimated vanguard to attack.
• Three reanimated ninja burst through the street and charged Chikage’s barbecue stall as Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi prepared to fight.
• Chikage stayed seated by the grill and taunted Danzo as the battle began.

Chikage trapped Danzo, Orochimaru, and five reanimated jonin in a barrier and detonated thirty thousand explosive tags, collapsing the underground passage and temporarily destroying the reanimated fighters. As Chikage ordered repairs aboveground, Orochimaru summoned a fourth coffin and prepared to unleash someone who had changed shinobi history.

• Five reanimated jonin attacked the Konoha Military Police Force Building, and Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi blocked their techniques with a combined Fire Release.
• Yashiro discovered that the reanimated shinobi could regenerate from wounds as Orochimaru explained the power of Impure World Reincarnation and Danzo ordered the attackers to kill the Uchiha.
• Chikage activated the emergency defense plan, and Uchiha officers raised a barrier around South Street as he detonated thirty thousand explosive tags confiscated from Root.
• The explosions destroyed the reanimated jonin's bodies and collapsed the underground passage, leaving Danzo injured and trapping Orochimaru beneath the rubble.
• Chikage ordered Yashiro to fill the crater, while Shikaku Nara and Hyuga Hiashi recognized the precision of his blast control.
• Orochimaru formed hand seals and began summoning a fourth coffin, promising to reveal someone who had changed the history of the shinobi world.

Orochimaru summoned Tobirama Senju with a control talisman, and the Second Hokage unleashed a massive Water Release attack on the Konoha Military Police Force Building. Chikage stood his ground with Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi as all three Uchiha revealed their Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Orochimaru used a control talisman to summon Tobirama Senju and suppress his consciousness, while Danzo urged his former teacher to kill the Uchiha.
• Tobirama emerged from the crater, and Hiruzen recognized his chakra signature from the Hokage Building and realized Orochimaru had reanimated him.
• Tobirama created a towering wave with Water Release: Water Shockwave and sent it crashing toward the Konoha Military Police Force Building.
• Chikage ordered the Hyuga and Nara personnel to evacuate shopkeepers and protect the vault, then faced the incoming wave alongside Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi.
• Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi each awakened a different Mangekyō Sharingan as the wave bore down on them.

The Hyuga and other clans stayed out of the fight between Tobirama Senju and the Konoha Military Police Force, waiting to see who would win. Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka manifested three Susanoo to block Tobirama’s enormous flood, but Tobirama prepared another Water Release technique.

• Hyuga Hiashi ordered his clan to seal its compound and prepare congratulations for whichever side won.
• Shikaku Nara told the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to stay home and wait, and the Inuzuka and Aburame clans likewise avoided the battle.
• Yashiro, Inabi, and Tekka summoned orange, cyan, and yellow Susanoo to confront Tobirama Senju’s flood.
• The three Susanoo cut the torrent into sections, while the Hyuga security guards watched from a safe distance and welcomed their decision to work for the Military Police Force.
• Tobirama Senju formed hand seals and began Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion.

As Tobirama Senju’s water dragons battered the Uchiha Susanoo on the street, Danzo urged Obito to raid the understaffed Konoha Military Police Force Building and steal its treasury funds and research logs. Obito infiltrated the building but was stopped before reaching the Safe by a masked swordsman.

• Tobirama Senju kept attacking the three Susanoo with water dragons, while Inabi, Tekka, and Yashiro struggled to maintain their armor.
• Danzo watched from a ruined passage and persuaded Obito to break into the Konoha Military Police Force Building for the treasury money and Hashirama-cell research logs.
• Obito used his Space-Time Ninjutsu to enter the building and pass through the treasury door.
• Obito headed to the Archive and reached for the Safe containing the research scrolls and Experiment Logs.
• A masked figure dropped from the ceiling and slashed at Obito’s wrist, then stood between him and the Safe.

Obito infiltrated the underground Vault but was stopped by Shisui, whom he had believed dead, and could not reach the safe. Aboveground, Orochimaru grew impatient and ordered Tobirama to attack the Susanoo with a Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag.

• Shisui revealed himself as the Vault’s guard, and Obito recognized the supposedly dead Uchiha.
• Shisui’s Body Flicker attack passed through Obito’s neck when Obito used Kamui to become intangible.
• Obito unleashed a Fire Release attack, but Shisui cut through the flames with his Body Flicker Slash.
• Shisui stopped Obito from grabbing the safe and pierced its metal plating with a Chidori Blade.
• Orochimaru, seeing that no signal had come from the Vault after ten minutes, commanded Tobirama to attack the three Susanoo.
• Tobirama abandoned his Water Release assault and attached a Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag to the orange Susanoo’s ankle.

Chikage stopped Tobirama Senju’s Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags with a lightning-fast baton strike, saving the Uchiha jonin and the Konoha Military Police Force Building. Tobirama regenerated through Impure World Reincarnation and ambushed Chikage with Flying Thunder God, but his kunai failed to pierce Chikage’s neck.

• Orochimaru’s Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags battered Yashiro, Tekka, and Inabi’s Susanoo until the three Uchiha jonin were close to defeat.
• Chikage left his ruined grilled meat stall, activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and struck Tobirama Senju with his Fine Steel Baton, stopping the chain of explosions.
• Tobirama regenerated from the blow, while Orochimaru and Danzo reacted with shock to Chikage’s power and chakra.
• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to appear behind Chikage and thrust a wind-coated kunai at the back of his neck.
• The kunai clanged off Chikage’s skin, which tightened and began healing through the Senju Sage Body.

Chikage revealed a powerful Sage Body and defeated Tobirama Senju, freeing him from Orochimaru’s control. Orochimaru escaped underground while Chikage noticed his retreat and prepared to pursue him.

• Chikage healed from Tobirama’s attack with a surge of vitality, and Tobirama recognized his body as resembling Hashirama Senju’s Sage Body.
• Chikage grabbed Tobirama, overwhelmed him with chakra, and pinned him in a crater with lightning spikes that destroyed Orochimaru’s control formula.
• Danzo and Orochimaru watched in disbelief as Chikage displayed his power, while Orochimaru realized he could not win the fight.
• Orochimaru released his reincarnated summons and escaped in a python through the underground sewage, abandoning Danzo and his research journal.
• Chikage spotted Orochimaru’s escape route and prepared to pursue him for the damage to South Street.

Chikage captured Orochimaru after stopping his escape through the sewers, but Orochimaru sacrificed his body and escaped as a small snake. Chikage exposed and publicly denounced Danzo as a rogue ninja, then dragged him to South Street’s plaza and announced his alleged crimes.

• Chikage used Wood Release to capture Orochimaru and destroy the snakes he sent fleeing through the sewer.
• Chikage demanded one hundred million ryo in damages, but Orochimaru blew apart his body and escaped as a small white snake.
• Chikage found Danzo hiding underground and blasted him out of the rubble with his lightning-charged baton.
• Shisui returned with Obito’s severed White Zetsu arm and revealed that Obito had escaped the Vault.
• Chikage seized Danzo and dragged him through South Street to the plaza as merchants, civilians, and clan scouts watched.
• Chikage used the Daimyo-approved loudspeaker to identify Danzo as an S-rank rogue ninja suspected of seven serious offenses.

Chikage publicly humiliated Danzo, demanded one billion ryo in damages, and stopped his attempt to activate the Reverse Four Symbols Seal with a single lightning-charged finger. As Chikage prepared to break Danzo’s remaining arm, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with the Anbu and ordered him to stop.

• Chikage slapped Danzo, read out a list of alleged damages, and demanded one billion ryo in compensation.
• Danzo activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and threatened to take everyone nearby with him.
• Chikage pierced Danzo’s chest with a Lightning Release Chakra Needle, disrupting his chakra pathways and stopping the seal.
• Chikage declared that Danzo had no right to die before repaying the debt and prepared to break his remaining arm.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with the Anbu and ordered Chikage to stop.

Uchiha Chikage defied Hiruzen Sarutobi’s demand to hand over Danzo, citing the Daimyo’s laws and Danzo’s status as an S-rank fugitive. Chikage crippled Danzo in front of Hiruzen and the Anbu, leaving Hiruzen furious and accusing the Uchiha Clan of rebellion.

• Hiruzen arrived with Anbu and ordered Chikage to surrender Danzo for trial at the Hokage Building.
• Yashiro and the Uchiha police force blocked the Anbu, while Chikage cited the Special Economic Zone Ordinance and Danzo’s fugitive status.
• Hiruzen invoked Konoha High Command’s authority and tried to pressure Chikage into handing Danzo over.
• Chikage smashed Danzo’s knees and right elbow with his baton as Hiruzen lunged to stop him.
• Hiruzen halted with his Golden Cudgel near Chikage and accused him and the Uchiha Clan of defying the Hokage and plotting rebellion.

Chikage confronted Hiruzen over Danzo and Orochimaru’s infiltration, blaming the Hokage Building for failing to protect South Street. Faced with public accusations and the threat to Konoha’s frozen military funding, Hiruzen signed a five-hundred-million-ryo liability acknowledgment.

• Chikage defended his arrest of Danzo as lawful enforcement and presented Orochimaru’s snakeskin and Impure World Reincarnation talismans as evidence.
• Chikage accused the Barrier Team of failing to detect Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju’s reanimated body, while witnesses from the Hyuga and Nara clans confirmed the attack and the Barrier Team’s failure.
• Chikage itemized South Street’s damages and demanded five hundred million ryo from the Hokage Building.
• Chikage threatened to report the Hokage Building to Lord Asano and endanger the Daimyo’s Residence’s frozen three-and-a-half-billion-ryo military funding if Hiruzen refused to pay.
• With the police, clan representatives, and villagers watching, Hiruzen signed the liability acknowledgment and stamped it with the Hokage’s Office seal.

Chikage forced Hiruzen to sign a 500-million-ryō compensation pledge and kept Danzo in Uchiha custody, then rewarded the police officers who defended South Street. Back at his office, Chikage learned that changing this major historical turning point had earned him top-tier system rewards.

• Hiruzen signed a pledge to pay 500 million ryo in compensation, with installments subject to compounding interest.
• Chikage refused to hand Danzo over to Hiruzen and cited the Daimyo's authorization to keep him in Military Police custody.
• Yashiro and Tekka dragged Danzo to a maximum-security cell as Hiruzen withdrew with the Anbu.
• Shikaku told Choza and Inoichi that the clans should stop backing the Hokage Building and avoid offending Chikage.
• Chikage gave participating officers double pay next month and a 100,000-ryo overtime bonus, then returned to his office.
• Chikage's system announced that Danzo had lost his political power, Root had collapsed, and top-tier rewards were coming.

Chikage redeemed Perfect wood release and Shikkotsu Forest sage mode, greatly increasing his power after defeating Danzo’s plot. He arranged for Shisui to remain hidden and prepared to use the Hokage Building’s debt to expand the Konoha Military Police Force’s influence through military procurement and weapons sales.

• Chikage received 100,000 special event points and unlocked discounted advanced-shop abilities after defeating Tobirama Senju, wounding Orochimaru, thwarting Obito, and imprisoning Shimura Danzō.
• Chikage redeemed Perfect wood release kekkei genkai and Shikkotsu Forest sage mode, awakening Wood Release and gaining stronger chakra and natural-energy abilities.
• Uchiha Itachi reported that Shisui had been moved in disguise to the Secret Hideout Downstream of the Naka River and that patrol routes had been adjusted to conceal him.
• Itachi warned Chikage that Hiruzen Sarutobi might retaliate politically once the Hokage Building recovered, but Chikage dismissed the threat because it could not repay its debts.
• Chikage showed Itachi a proposal to sell ninja tools and explosive tags to the border under the Daimyo's Residence’s authorization, threatening to raise the late-payment penalty on the Hokage Building’s five hundred million ryo debt.

Chikage used the threat of Kirigakure’s invasion to secure a Daimyo-backed monopoly on Fire Country’s military supplies, leaving the Hokage Building short of equipment. The chapter ended with an emergency report confirming that Yagura had led four thousand Kirigakure ninja across the coast and declared war on Konoha.

• Fugaku urged Chikage to warn Hiruzen, but Chikage argued that the Hokage would use wartime powers to seize the South Street Special Zone and its revenue.
• Chikage persuaded Minister Asano to authorize the Ministry of Internal Affairs to impound military supplies and route wartime procurement through the South Street Special Zone.
• Asano stamped the authorization order and assigned two hundred Imperial Guard soldiers to help secure the supplies.
• Chikage directed Fugaku to have Inabi and Tekka move supplies from Konoha’s major merchant associations into the zone’s warehouses.
• The Ministry’s Sealing Order redirected suppliers’ goods to South Street, while Hiruzen cut spending because the Hokage Building was short of funds.
• An Anbu messenger reported that Yagura had led four thousand Kirigakure ninja in an attack on a Land of Waves outpost and formally declared war on Konoha.

Kirigakure declared war and broke through Konoha’s eastern defenses, while Hiruzen discovered that the village lacked supplies and Uchiha Chikage controlled the wartime stockpiles. Chikage demanded cash at triple the usual prices, leaving Hiruzen to choose between paying him and risking the defensive line’s collapse.

• Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s clans and Anbu to mobilize against Kirigakure, but the Logistics Department reported that the village lacked essential supplies.
• The Anbu supervisor explained that procurement funds had gone to the Konoha Military Police Force and that the Daimyo’s wartime trading company had sealed strategic goods under Uchiha Chikage’s control.
• Chikage told Hiruzen and the advisors that supplies would be sold at triple the usual price and only with payment upfront, rejecting their requests for standard prices or credit.
• Hiruzen threatened Chikage, but Chikage said the Special Economic Zone was protected by the Daimyo’s agreement and prepared to leave before his shift ended.
• A bloodied Anbu messenger reported that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had broken through Konoha’s forward line, killed over two hundred defenders, and demanded thirty thousand Explosive Tags and medical supplies.
• Chikage asked Hiruzen whether he would pay ninety million ryo for the Explosive Tags.