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.