Chapter Summaries

Sasuke forced the Third Hokage to authorize a search beneath the Hokage Building, where evidence showed Danzo had sent Konoha’s abbreviated defense map toward the Western Territory. As Sasuke prepared to expose Danzo publicly at dawn, a scout revealed that Shimura Danzō himself had bought the map through the exchange.

• Inoichi recovered Tayuya’s memory of Danzo sending an abbreviated defense map to the Black Market Exchange, and Sasuke had him make three evidence copies.
• Sasuke secured a search warrant from the Third Hokage and assigned Fugaku, Hiashi, Shikaku, Kakashi, and Yamada Naoto to guard evidence and search the Hokage Building.
• Hiashi’s team and the others found Root markings and a message chute beneath the Old Well, along with a charred scrap indicating the map had been sent to the Western Territory.
• Sasuke ordered warnings and interceptions along the western route, then arranged to display the evidence publicly at first light and send a copy to the Daimyo’s Residence.
• Inoichi secured the Yamanaka Clan’s role in investigations and signed the evidence record as the clan’s witness to Danzo’s treason.
• As Sasuke prepared to start the public disclosure, a Hyuga scout reported that the exchange had listed the abbreviated map for sale and named Shimura Danzō as its buyer.

Sasuke publicly exposed Danzo’s betrayal and forced the Third Hokage to sign an S-rank treason pursuit warrant, then ordered police to investigate Root’s remaining network in Konoha. The chapter ended when a message revealed that Danzo was offering the abridged Defense Line Map in exchange for the location of the Hashirama Cells Final Cultivation Pod.

• Sasuke showed the village evidence that Danzo had given Orochimaru the Defense Line Map, enabling the Sound Five to enter Konoha and Root operatives to aid them.
• Qingmu Shen confessed that Danzo had ordered him to help the Sound Ninja infiltrate the village and to kill himself if captured, and Inoichi and Hiashi confirmed the evidence.
• Sasuke presented proof that Danzo had offered another map through a Western Territory Bounty Exchange and demanded a worldwide S-rank treason pursuit warrant.
• Shikaku, Hiashi, Inoichi, Choza, and the crowd pressured the Third Hokage until he signed the warrant, which Sasuke announced with rewards for locating or capturing Danzo.
• Sasuke ordered police to arrest suspected Root accomplices and restrict their accounts and movements, while the clans endorsed the investigation.
• Kakashi received a reply from the Western Territory Bounty Exchange stating that Danzo had canceled the bounty and was offering the map for the location of the Hashirama Cells Final Cultivation Pod.

Sasuke forced the Third Hokage to expand Danzo’s pursuit warrant, authorizing cross-border recovery of stolen Root assets and a sweep of Root remnants. As Danzo fled after Orochimaru rejected him, Konoha’s search uncovered hidden communications and evidence pointing to an ANBU agent who had stood behind the Hokage.

• Fugaku found evidence that Danzo had sought a final cultivation chamber for Hashirama cells, and Sasuke demanded expanded authority to recover stolen Root assets across borders.
• Shikaku, Hiashi, Inoichi, Choza, Kakashi, and the villagers pressured the Third Hokage until he signed the amended warrant; Sasuke ordered Root residences sealed and accounts frozen.
• Sasuke ordered the Old Well secured and the ANBU Internal Affairs Archive sealed, while the Third Hokage handed over the well key and archive duplicate key.
• Orochimaru rejected Danzo’s request for help and kept the Three Sharingan, leaving Danzo to discover a black-market token pointing to the cultivation chamber at the Northwestern Abandoned Mine.
• Konoha’s police and clan squads raided Root hideouts, finding a hidden message channel and a passage beneath the Old Well; Kakashi matched a broken ANBU insignia to a man who had stood behind the Third Hokage.

Sasuke led a crackdown on Root’s surviving network after evidence showed its members were sending messages and concealing Cultivation Pod locations. The arrests revealed the Second Vault and a final Cultivation Pod, but Takehara Shin’s pulsing Black Mark threatened to trigger a Backup Seal.

• Sasuke ordered arrests across the ANBU logistics network, and Yamada Naoto discovered Morita Osamu had fled after taking an Old Key.
• Inoichi read Aota’s mind and learned Morita had gone to the Internal Affairs Storehouse, where Morita was found dead after burning location records and poisoning himself.
• Sasuke’s team intercepted three Ninja Hawks and found a message bearing the Hokage Building Logistics Administration Seal that ordered the Cultivation Pod moved to the Second Vault.
• Yamada Naoto’s squad tracked Root bookkeeper Takehara Shin to the Old Granary, where Sasuke’s team opened a trapped Sealed Box and found the Second Vault’s location and a diagram of the Final Cultivation Pod.
• Inoichi learned Danzo had ordered the Backup Seal activated if Konoha seized the Cultivation Pod, and Neji warned that Takehara Shin’s Root Black Mark was pulsing.

Sasuke led a team into Danzo’s Second Vault, seized its Hashirama-cell research, and secured it against ANBU custody. He began an experiment using the culture fluid on himself, and the chapter ended as his Sharingan gained a third tomoe while Wood Release chakra consumed its ocular power.

• Sasuke cut off Takehara Shin’s marked hand, sent him back to the dungeon for interrogation, and ordered his team to investigate the Second Vault.
• Sasuke and the others entered the Northwest Abandoned Mine through its watercourse, disabled the Sealing Core, and opened the vault using Danzo’s severed arm.
• Sasuke persuaded Root custodian Kishimoto Masashi to stand down by showing him that Danzo had stolen his family’s death benefits, and Kishimoto revealed how to disarm the self-destruct seals.
• Sasuke’s team secured the culture chamber, experimental records, and ledgers, then refused to hand them over to ANBU without countersigned orders.
• Sasuke reviewed the Hashirama-cell research and began an experiment with the culture fluid, while Fugaku, Kakashi, Hiashi, and Inoichi monitored him.
• As the culture fluid entered Sasuke’s bloodstream, his Sharingan gained a third tomoe, but Neji warned that Wood Release chakra was consuming its ocular power.

Sasuke stabilized his awakened Sharingan while containing the Wood Release backlash, then seized the Second Vault’s cultivation chamber, charts, and records despite the Third Hokage’s attempt to take them. The evidence was secured in the Uchiha secret chamber as Hiruzen prepared to confront Sasuke at the Council of Elders meeting, and a crow bearing a red-cloud message arrived.

• Sasuke stabilized his three-tomoe Sharingan and contained the Wood Release chakra in his left arm while Fugaku, Kakashi, Hiashi, Neji, and Inoichi monitored him.
• Sasuke ordered Fugaku to dismantle the final cultivation chamber and secure the charts and records, while a Hyuga team guarded the evidence.
• Sasuke found charts explaining that Hashirama cells consumed ocular power and could make Danzo’s right arm form an independent devouring core.
• Sasuke rejected Dog Face’s attempt to take the evidence, citing missing countersignatures and presenting Root ledgers that implicated the Hokage Building.
• The convoy stored the chamber and records in the Uchiha underground secret chamber, where Sasuke concluded that Danzo’s Sharingan arm made him dependent on the dead.
• Hiruzen gathered the old ANBU squads and planned to challenge Sasuke at the next Council of Elders meeting as a crow carrying a red-cloud message arrived.

Sasuke distributed resources seized from Root to secure his allies’ support, then underwent a dangerous experiment that spread Hashirama cells through his chakra pathways and greatly enhanced his body. As the Third Hokage’s ANBU inspected the police blockade, an unknown intruder passed through Konoha’s barrier using spatial distortion.

• Sasuke arranged for the Akimichi, Yamanaka, Hyuga, and Konoha Military Police Force to receive confiscated Root resources while keeping the Wood Release Charts for the Uchiha.
• Sasuke persuaded his allies to help him undergo a full-body Hashirama cell fusion, and Fugaku, Kakashi, Inoichi, Hiashi, and Neji controlled the operation as his chakra surged out of control.
• Sasuke forced the Wood Release chakra to obey, stabilized the transformation, and gained greatly increased chakra, strength, and recovery.
• Shikaku reported that the Third Hokage had sent old ANBU squads to inspect the police blockade points, and Sasuke decided to let him continue investigating.
• A Barrier Team member reported that someone had crossed Konoha’s outer barrier without leaving a breach or footprints, showing only traces of spatial distortion.

Sasuke tested his enhanced Sharingan, physical strength, and newly accessible Wood Release, then ordered tougher training for the Konoha Military Police recruits. His growth drew the attention of the Third Hokage, Danzo, and Akatsuki, and Obito approached Sasuke’s study in Konoha.

• Sasuke tested his speed and fought Might Guy without ninjutsu or genjutsu, proving he could withstand and briefly drive back the taijutsu instructor.
• Sasuke channeled Wood Release and grew a small sprout, then ordered the recruits’ taijutsu and barrier response training doubled.
• The Third Hokage read Kakashi’s report and worried that Sasuke was already experimenting with Wood Release.
• Danzo learned that the Final Cultivation Pod had been seized and Sasuke might have completed the fusion, while a report mentioned a Red Cloud Mark near Konoha.
• Zetsu told Obito, Pain, and Itachi about Sasuke’s rise, and Obito decided to investigate and possibly recruit or silence him.
• Obito entered Sasuke’s study through a spatial ripple, and Sasuke addressed him without looking up.

Obito confronted Sasuke in the Hokage’s study, but Sasuke used evidence and witnesses to expose the danger of Obito’s intrusion and challenge Itachi’s motives. As Obito tried to seize Sasuke, Sasuke named him as Uchiha Obito and mentioned the Fourth Hokage’s Rasengan, leaving Obito visibly shocked.

• Obito entered Sasuke’s study through a space-time distortion, and Sasuke revealed he knew about Akatsuki and their meeting place.
• Sasuke accused Itachi of helping Danzo harvest Uchiha eyes and said he would make Itachi face the consequences before he died.
• Sasuke used Obito’s barrier breach to threaten political pressure on the Third Hokage and asked what Itachi had told Akatsuki about him.
• Fugaku, Kakashi, and Yamada Naoto’s police squads gathered outside as Sasuke prepared to record Obito’s intrusion.
• Obito attacked Sasuke with his Mangekyo ability, but Sasuke named him Uchiha Obito and asked whether his back still hurt from the Fourth Hokage’s Rasengan, disrupting Obito’s space-time vortex.

Sasuke confronted Obito in the Uchiha study, exposing his identity and using knowledge of Kamui to pressure him while Fugaku and Kakashi waited nearby. Obito’s genjutsu failed to silence Sasuke, leaving their fight unresolved in the dark.

• Sasuke named Obito and revealed details of his role in the Nine-Tails’ attack, then threatened to expose his identity with a prepared scroll.
• Sasuke tracked the timing of Obito’s Kamui and used lightning, roots, and a sword strike to cut his sleeve.
• Obito taunted Fugaku with claims about Itachi and tried to seize scrolls from a sealed cabinet, but Kakashi’s Lightning Blade forced him back.
• Kakashi entered the study and demanded Obito’s identity, while Sasuke said Obito was connected to the Nine-Tails’ attack, Minato’s death, and Rin’s death.
• Obito attacked Sasuke with mental chakra, but Sasuke resisted and mocked his genjutsu as the study went dark.

Sasuke resisted Obito’s Mangekyo genjutsu and helped Fugaku and Kakashi force him back. Obito fled after leaving a bloody message accusing Kakashi’s left eye of holding the truth about Rin’s death.

• Obito trapped Sasuke in a genjutsu, but Sasuke used his Sharingan, vitality, and Wood Release to break through it and injure Obito in reality.
• Fugaku guarded Sasuke while Kakashi and Yamada Naoto watched the confrontation unfold.
• Sasuke, Fugaku, and Kakashi coordinated their attacks, forcing Obito to materialize and take a blow from Sasuke before he escaped their trap.
• Sasuke exposed Obito as a culprit behind the Nine-Tails Incident and the Fourth Hokage’s death, while Obito stayed silent.
• Obito began to flee, then left a black spike with a sealing message that told Kakashi to ask his left eye about Rin’s death.

Sasuke exposed Obito’s identity and challenged his account of Rin’s death while coordinating Kakashi, Fugaku, and the Konoha forces against him. Obito’s attack on Kakashi’s left eye was interrupted as the Sharingan began spinning on its own.

• Sasuke identified the sealed spike’s bone fragment as carrying altered chakra linked to the Three-Tails and Kirigakure, then explained that Rin had thrown herself into Kakashi’s Chidori to protect Konoha.
• Sasuke named the masked attacker as Obito Uchiha and arranged for the evidence to be recorded, while a barrier prevented Obito from seizing Yamada Naoto.
• Obito attacked Sasuke and Kakashi, but Sasuke used a lightning talisman to strike Obito when he materialized, and Kakashi addressed him by name.
• Neji and the Konoha Military Police Force joined the confrontation as Sasuke threatened to expose evidence about the Nine-Tails Incident, Kannabi Bridge, and the false Madara identity.
• Obito abandoned his attempt to take the scrolls and reached for Kakashi’s left eye; Sasuke cut Obito’s wrist, and Kakashi’s Sharingan began spinning on its own.

Sasuke and the Uchiha forces cornered Obito during his night raid, using coordinated attacks and recorded evidence to expose the limits of his Kamui. Obito prepared to flee, then turned to attack the recording ninja, leaving Sasuke ready for his next move.

• Kakashi, Fugaku, Sasuke, and the others trapped Obito in the study and documented his intrusion as a crime.
• Sasuke and the others coordinated attacks that forced Obito to use Kamui repeatedly, while Sasuke tracked its limits and struck him with a powerful kick.
• Sasuke caught Obito's chain in sealing tags, and Fugaku cut it off as Yamada Naoto sealed it as evidence.
• Sasuke set up a chakra-sensing bronze mirror to record the gaps in Obito's intangibility, while Kakashi demanded to know whether Obito caused the Nine-Tails Incident.
• Obito began to escape, but Sasuke stopped Fugaku from pursuing and threatened to expose the raid; Obito then abandoned his escape and targeted the recording ninja.

Sasuke drove Obito out of Konoha after turning the masked man's attack into evidence and leverage, while Kakashi confronted Obito about Rin and the Nine-Tails Incident. The chapter ended with Sasuke learning that the Third Hokage had ordered him placed under preemptive control and sent ANBU to take over the Uchiha perimeter barrier before dawn.

• Yamada Naoto's team escaped through a hidden passage as Sasuke, Fugaku, Kakashi, and Neji cornered Obito, and Sasuke cut off a piece of Obito's mask for evidence.
• Kakashi recognized Obito and demanded to know why he had not returned, while Obito blamed Konoha for Rin's death and denied Kakashi's appeal to the village.
• Sasuke threatened to expose Obito's identity and past crimes, then forced him to retreat without taking Kakashi's eye.
• Obito refused to answer whether he caused the Nine-Tails Incident, and Sasuke warned him against involving Itachi or sending more black nails to Konoha.
• Sasuke ordered Kakashi to prepare two reports and told Yamada Naoto to secure evidence and investigate who had opened the barrier for Obito.
• A Military Police Force shinobi delivered the Third Hokage's order to take over the Uchiha perimeter barrier and place Sasuke under preemptive control on suspicion of village betrayal.

After the Third Hokage ordered ANBU to take control of the Uchiha crime scene, Sasuke used internal memoranda to win Ino-Shika-Cho's support for a review of the Hokage Building's forces and offices. The Hokage then ordered patrol records destroyed and named Kakashi as a scapegoat, invoking the White Fang precedent.

• Sasuke ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to stop the old ANBU contingent and Barrier Team from taking over the crime scene, while Kakashi returned to the Hokage Building to deliver Sasuke's message.
• Neji reported that Matsui from the old ANBU contingent had signed the order reassigning the northeast patrol, and Sasuke connected the order to the Third Hokage's office.
• Sasuke showed Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza memoranda documenting efforts to weaken their clans and proposed a mutual protection alliance in exchange for their support at the Council of Elders meeting.
• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza signed the agreement to support Sasuke's lockdown and review of the Barrier Team, old ANBU contingent, and Internal Affairs Office.
• Yamada Naoto reported that the Hokage Building had ordered northeast patrol records destroyed and listed Kakashi as the first scapegoat, with the White Fang precedent cited as a possible punishment.

Sasuke and five clans formed a blood-sealed alliance to restrict the Hokage Building’s power and investigate the night attack. Matsui Takashi was arrested after evidence linked him to forged orders, but a new secret order to empty the Uchiha patrol zone revealed another threat.

• Sasuke secured blood seals from the Uchiha, Hyuga, Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans for an alliance agreement limiting the Hokage Building’s control of core defenses.
• Sasuke sent Kakashi to seize records from the Old ANBU Unit’s Internal Affairs Office while summoning Matsui Takashi to the Council of Elders meeting.
• Hiashi reported that Matsui had signed an order reassigning the northeast patrol, and Kakashi brought sealed Internal Affairs records to the meeting.
• Sasuke presented evidence that Matsui had invoked the White Fang Precedent and acted without approval, and the Third Hokage failed to deny Matsui’s claim that he followed the Hokage’s wishes.
• Kakashi subdued Matsui, and the Council of Elders relieved him of his duties and suspended the Internal Affairs Office from issuing defense deployment orders.
• A Barrier Team ninja revealed that the Internal Affairs Office had secretly ordered the Uchiha patrol zone emptied, and Sasuke spotted an unburned corner of the order on an ANBU member.

Sasuke and the Council of Elders exposed the Hokage Building’s secret orders and moved to curb the Third Hokage’s authority. After Matsui Takashi was taken for interrogation, a hidden message accused someone on the Council of Elders of helping the Masked Man enter Konoha.

• Sasuke revealed a secret order to transfer Uchiha patrols to the Old ANBU Unit, and Inoichi read the operative’s mind to learn that Noguchi drafted it and Matsui countersigned it using the Hokage Seal.
• Sasuke secured the council’s approval to seal away the Hokage Seal, block two compromised appointees, cut the Old ANBU Unit’s budget, and suspend implicated personnel.
• Kakashi asked for access to the report on his father, and Sasuke presented an approved retrieval order as the Third Hokage left the meeting.
• Konoha Military Police Force ninja took Matsui Takashi away, but he revealed hidden coordinates to the Hokage Building Underground and a message claiming a Council of Elders member had opened the door for the Masked Man.

Sasuke's team uncovered an intelligence room beneath the Hokage Building and learned that Orochimaru planned to impersonate the Kazekage during the Chunin Ninja Exams. As Sasuke prepared to use the plot to force the Third Hokage to hand over security authority, a note warned that the real Kazekage was already dead.

• Inoichi read Matsui Takashi's memories and learned that someone bearing an old Hokage Building advisors' insignia had ordered him silenced.
• Neji traced the coordinates to a concealed passage beneath the Hokage Building, and Sasuke led a small team to investigate it.
• Sasuke's team opened a hidden intelligence room and found supplies, delegation passes, and reports outlining Orochimaru's plan to replace the Kazekage.
• Sasuke ordered the village to strengthen civilian protections but chose not to warn the Third Hokage, intending to use the plot to secure control of Chunin Ninja Exams security.
• An unidentified person left a note warning Sasuke's team that the Kazekage was dead and that the person beside the Third Hokage was Orochimaru.

Sasuke secured authority for the Konoha Military Police Force to take over security for the Chunin Ninja Exams while investigating the suspicious Sunagakure delegation. As his team tracked a suspicious box and a figure in the Kazekage's robes, Neji discovered the box contained enough Explosive Tags to destroy half a street.

• Neji found that Orochimaru's message had been delivered by a snake, and Sasuke ordered the Third Hokage to be told only about suspicious activity around the Sunagakure delegation.
• Sasuke proposed a village-wide security takeover, and the Third Hokage signed the authorization after Sasuke and the clan advisers pressed him to close the security gaps.
• Sasuke assigned the Konoha Military Police Force, Hyuga, Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi roles in security while setting layered barriers and a covert route to mislead Orochimaru.
• Neji reported that guards had carried a box from Sunagakure's main tent toward a way station, and Sasuke ordered his team to follow it without alerting Sunagakure.
• Neji detected Explosive Tags inside the box, while a figure in the Kazekage's robes emerged from the tent and looked toward Sasuke's alley.

Sasuke coordinated Konoha’s preparations to expose Orochimaru and contain the planned attack during the Chunin Ninja Exams. As the invasion began and civilians were evacuated, Neji detected an unknown fifth person sabotaging the barrier around the Third Hokage and Orochimaru.

• Sasuke and Kakashi intercepted a Sand Ninja cart carrying rigged explosive tags, while Sasuke chose to wait until Orochimaru acted publicly before making an arrest.
• Sasuke warned Naruto and Sakura to evacuate if chaos broke out, then joined Fugaku and Kakashi at Hokage Rock as their teams tracked the Sound and Sand Ninja forces.
• Sasuke’s forces detected coordinated genjutsu and communications interference, but Sasuke ordered them to let the first wave fall so the Konoha Military Police Force recruits could publicly rescue civilians.
• Naruto and Sakura used an evacuation talisman to escape the genjutsu as Konoha Military Police Force members evacuated the affected spectators.
• Orochimaru revealed himself beside the Third Hokage, and four Sound Ninja raised the Four Violet Flames Formation around them.
• Explosions signaled that the invasion had begun, but Neji spotted a chakra-less fifth person beneath the VIP seats inserting a black sealing spike into the barrier’s core.