Chapter Summaries

Sasuke led the public accountability proceedings that forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to resign as Third Hokage and transferred key government powers to Konoha’s new oversight bodies. Jiraiya entered the Hokage Building alone and confronted Sasuke over the proceedings.

• Sasuke questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Jiraiya’s unidentified companion, while Yamazaki Masanari revealed that the Land of Fire had suspended Hiruzen’s authority.
• Sasuke presented evidence against Hiruzen and the Advisory Council, and Kakashi challenged Hiruzen over his handling of the White Fang case.
• Hiashi and Shikaku exposed members of the Old ANBU Unit, who surrendered their Ninja Blades and accepted a joint review.
• Hiruzen signed his resignation, and Yamazaki confirmed that the Council of Elders and Joint Law Enforcement Department would temporarily share the Hokage’s authority.
• Sasuke distributed key command documents among Konoha’s leaders, while Jiraiya’s companion remained outside the gate and warned that Konoha’s bloodshed might make him draw his sword.
• Sasuke allowed Jiraiya to enter alone, and Jiraiya landed in the Hokage’s office and accused Sasuke of going too far.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha and clashed with Sasuke over the village’s new rules, Naruto’s safety, and Jiraiya’s undisclosed companion. As Jiraiya reviewed evidence and intelligence he had missed, a messenger arrived with a warning for Tsunade.

• Sasuke made Jiraiya review the dossiers on Danzo, Root, and Hatake Sakumo before registering to access sensitive records.
• Jiraiya refused to identify his armed companion, so Sasuke recorded him as withholding information about a high-risk individual.
• Jiraiya asked to take Naruto away to train, but Naruto hesitated after Sasuke revealed the neglect and missing records in his upbringing.
• Jiraiya’s chakra surged when Sasuke cited the rules for taking a jinchūriki out of the village, then subsided when he saw Sasuke’s controlled Sharingan and Wood Release.
• Sasuke showed Jiraiya intelligence about the Land of Rain, the Rinnegan, and missing-nin, then ordered Jiraiya’s network to register with the Joint Intelligence Repository.
• A messenger delivered a wooden plaque left by Jiraiya’s companion that warned, “Tell Tsunade not to return.”

Sasuke forced Jiraiya to account for his intelligence work and accept Konoha’s oversight, then nominated Tsunade as Hokage while refusing the position himself. Jiraiya left to find Tsunade with an official invitation and a warning meant to provoke her return.

• Sasuke presented Jiraiya’s intelligence funding records, demanded that he register his Land of Fire informants, file Naruto’s training plans, and hand over his Land of Rain intelligence; Jiraiya agreed to disclose fifty percent of his informants.
• Sasuke rejected the Hokage position for himself and nominated Tsunade, citing her ability to reassure the village and rebuild its medical system.
• Jiraiya questioned whether Tsunade would return, and Sasuke instructed him to bring the official documents and the wooden plaque telling her not to come back.
• Sasuke warned Jiraiya not to take Naruto away or privately appeal to Tsunade, and told him to say that Konoha needed a Hokage who could sign.

Sasuke arranged for Tsunade to return as the leading candidate for Fifth Hokage while dividing Konoha’s authority among departments and clans, leaving the Hokage with little more than a signature. As the meeting ended, a messenger brought Sasuke a blood-marked warning telling him to keep Naruto away from an unidentified woman.

• Sasuke argued that Tsunade should become Hokage while he oversaw the transition, and he confronted the former leadership with records of their abuses.
• Sasuke presented a medical reconstruction plan funded by confiscated Root assets and recovered accounts, winning support from several clans and departments.
• Sasuke proposed expanding joint law enforcement and abolishing the old Uchiha-run Military Police system, while Fugaku pledged Uchiha resources for reconstruction.
• Sasuke arranged supplementary support and shared training oversight for Naruto, who signed the resource schedule after asking if he could become strong.
• Yamazaki Masanari approved Tsunade's invitation and provisional candidacy, while Sasuke ordered the two Advisors restricted during the investigation.
• Sasuke assigned key responsibilities across Konoha's departments, then received a bloody wooden sign warning him not to let Naruto approach an unnamed woman.

Sasuke used the threat against Naruto and Tsunade as a reason to let the mysterious swordsman leave evidence while drafting laws to limit the Hokage’s power and dismantle the old factions’ control. After Jiraiya reported a warning about the Senju property ledgers, Tsunade arrived at Konoha’s gate demanding to see Sasuke.

• Sasuke ordered the village to track the mysterious swordsman without confronting him, while the clans prepared to divide oversight of law enforcement, barriers, finances, and intelligence.
• Sasuke and Shikaku drafted ordinances abolishing the Hokage’s unilateral veto, requiring joint approval for defense orders, and subjecting spending and ANBU missions to review.
• Sasuke appointed Kakashi ANBU Captain-in-Chief, assigned him to purge Root-linked personnel, and explained that Tsunade was being nominated partly to audit the Senju’s former assets.
• Jiraiya sent word that the swordsman had warned, “Don’t let Tsunade see the ledgers for the Senju’s former properties,” so Sasuke ordered the ledgers moved to the Joint Law Enforcement Department.
• Tsunade reached the Konoha Gate, smashed an inspection table, and demanded to see Sasuke Uchiha.

Sasuke forced Tsunade to confront Konoha’s damaged public property, misused Senju assets, and neglected medical records while placing her candidate powers under strict oversight. After Tsunade agreed to run the hospital and consider becoming Hokage, an urgent border report revealed that the Kumogakure Envoy Mission had crossed early and concealed Hinata Hyuga’s name.

• Sasuke made Tsunade compensate the Joint Law Enforcement Department for the gate desk and registration array she had damaged upon arriving.
• Sasuke showed Tsunade Naruto’s neglected upbringing records and the ledgers documenting the Advisory Council’s misuse of Senju legacy assets.
• Tsunade signed an authorization to audit the Advisory Council and took charge of medical reconstruction, while Sasuke placed the hospital under independent oversight.
• Naruto urged Tsunade not to ignore the people who needed treatment, and she agreed to run the hospital, investigate the Advisory Council, and consider the Hokage candidacy.
• Yamada Naoto received an urgent report that the Kumogakure Envoy Mission had crossed the Land of Lightning border buffer early, and Sasuke learned the concealed name was Hinata Hyuga.

Sasuke exposed an attempt to use the old Kumogakure hostage exchange to target Hinata and secured compensation, public funding, and job opportunities that won the civilian faction's allegiance. The chapter ended with a Lightning Release-scorched piece of a Hyuga forehead protector arriving with a threat to hand over the Byakugan or face bloodshed at the border.

• Hiashi confirmed Hinata was safe in the clan compound, while his guard reported that someone had recently accessed records of Main Family children using the Advisory Council's old seal.
• Sasuke and Tsunade moved to reopen the old Kumogakure case and authorize compensation for Hizashi Hyuga and the Hyuga Branch Family.
• Sasuke, Shikaku, Choza, Inoichi, and Kakashi arranged public compensation, civilian benefits, scholarships, and expanded opportunities in the Joint Law Enforcement Department.
• Villagers saw the funds and payments displayed publicly, and civilian ninjas pledged themselves to the Joint Law Enforcement Department.
• Sasuke granted Hiashi authority to intercept the Kumogakure delegation and planned to interrogate Koharu and Homura about the old records and border list.
• A Messenger Hawk delivered a scorched piece of a Hyuga forehead protector bearing a threat to hand over the Byakugan or face bloodshed at the border.

Sasuke exposed Koharu and Homura for leaking Hyuga records and mishandling compensation, then organized Konoha’s response to Kumogakure’s border challenge. Obito planned to use the crisis to turn other villages against Konoha, and the chapter ended as Sasuke’s Malice Perception scroll marked Naruto as a target.

• Inoichi publicly read Homura’s and Koharu’s memories, revealing that they had handed Hyuga children’s records to a Kumogakure-linked merchant and withheld compensation for Hizashi Hyuga’s case.
• Tsunade froze Advisory Council assets, and Yamazaki Masanari suspended the council pending a joint review.
• Sasuke assigned Konoha’s forces to prepare for negotiations with Kumogakure, barred Naruto from the front, and ordered every negotiation to be recorded.
• Obito and Zetsu discussed exploiting Kumogakure’s challenge to make other villages fear Sasuke’s growing power, while Itachi listened in silence.
• Sasuke’s Malice Perception scroll turned black and named Naruto, prompting Kakashi to warn that the target was not the border.

Sasuke foiled a plot to destroy Konoha’s orphanage and used the crisis to formalize the postwar provisional government, with himself wielding broad security powers. As Konoha’s internal purge ended, the Kumogakure Envoy Mission refused to explain the attack and arrived with a supposedly dead Hyuga Branch Family ninja as a witness to the old Hyuga case.

• Kakashi captured three disguised attackers carrying Lightning Release explosive tags intended for the orphanage, and extracted evidence that a white half-body figure had ordered them to frame Kumogakure and provoke chaos around Naruto.
• Naruto learned that the orphanage’s children had been denied subsidies, then agreed to medical checks and was listed as a publicly funded protection and training target.
• Tsunade secured independent audit rights over the hospital and orphanage, while Yamazaki Masanari established the Konoha Postwar Provisional Committee and named Sasuke Chief Arbiter of the Joint Law Enforcement Department.
• Sasuke sent Kumogakure a formal accusation demanding an explanation for the lightning-pattern talismans and ordered the Root abolition decree sealed.
• The Kumogakure Envoy Mission refused to explain the talismans and brought a Hyuga Branch Family ninja who was believed to have died, claiming he was an original witness to the old Hyuga case.

Sasuke prepared Konoha to handle Kumogakure’s pressure while setting a trap for Kakuzu and Hidan, who crossed into the Land of Fire seeking Naruto and Sasuke. The Akatsuki pair reached the Eastern Suburb Forest Farm, but Kakuzu grew suspicious when apparent evidence of Naruto’s presence surfaced.

• Sasuke placed Konoha’s defenses under the Joint Law Enforcement Department, ordered heightened security, and refused to let Kumogakure dictate negotiations.
• Kakuzu and Hidan learned that Sasuke controlled Konoha’s defenses and that Naruto might train at the Eastern Suburb Forest Farm, then set out to capture Naruto and pursue Sasuke’s bounty.
• Sasuke used the Scroll of Malice to detect the pair and planned to lure them toward a Wood Release clone of Naruto, record their attack, and gather evidence against Akatsuki.
• Sasuke announced a Shift Rotation Drill and allowed news of Naruto’s supposed training location to leak, while Konoha’s teams prepared an ambush.
• Kakuzu and Hidan crossed the border through an apparent gap in Konoha’s defenses as a hidden recording bug sent their movements back to Sasuke.
• Hidan found a training schedule naming Naruto at the forest farm, but Kakuzu smelled fresh ink and became suspicious when a patrol ninja cried that Naruto’s training tent had not been taken down.

Sasuke and Konoha set a false intelligence leak to lure Kakuzu and Hidan into a recorded trap near the eastern outskirts. The trap exposed their attack on a Naruto decoy, and the chapter ended as Konoha closed the net around them.

• Kakuzu distrusted the patrol information, but his greed for the Nine-Tails and Sasuke’s bounty convinced him to continue with Hidan.
• Sasuke, Kakashi, Hiashi, Shikaku, and the others prepared a layered sealing trap and a Wood Release Clone disguised as Naruto.
• Konoha recruits planted fresh rumors and tracks, persuading Hidan that the Nine-Tails was vulnerable while Kakuzu remained suspicious.
• Hidan attacked the Naruto decoy, revealing its wooden body and activating the recording arrays and sealing formation.
• Sasuke identified Kakuzu and Hidan’s crimes for the record, while Kakashi and Guy confronted them inside the barrier.
• Kakuzu began gathering Wind Release chakra as Sasuke ordered the formation closed and pointed his sword into the cage.

Sasuke’s team exposed Kakuzu and Hidan’s abilities while fighting to capture them alive at the Eastern Suburb Forest Farm. As Guy opened the Sixth Gate and the team prepared to seal Hidan, Yamada Naoto detected an unknown chakra presence outside the perimeter.

• Sasuke identified Kakuzu’s five hearts and Hidan’s blood-based ritual, then assigned the team roles to counter them.
• Kakashi, Neji, Sasuke, and Guy battled Kakuzu and Hidan while the recording officer documented their crimes and tactics.
• Kakuzu tried to break through the barrier with a combined attack, but Sasuke’s team blocked him, and Kakuzu abandoned Hidan.
• Hidan nearly reached Sasuke with a hidden blood needle, but Sasuke knocked it away and Guy dragged Hidan back before he could collect blood.
• Sasuke ordered Hidan cut apart and sealed in separate mud boxes, while Guy opened the Sixth Gate and Kakuzu’s masks lunged to recover Hidan.
• Yamada Naoto detected a third chakra presence beyond the Eastern Suburb Forest Farm’s perimeter.

Sasuke led Konoha’s team in documenting Hidan and Kakuzu’s abilities while keeping them alive, using the recorded evidence to expose the Akatsuki. The fight reached a breaking point as Kakuzu unleashed a compound attack and Hidan neared completion of his ritual, while White Zetsu ordered them to retreat.

• Sasuke ordered the team to record White Zetsu’s chakra and let him escape so he could report that Konoha had opened a case against the Akatsuki.
• Sasuke identified Hidan’s blood-based ritual, and Guy kept Hidan from completing its circle while the recording team documented his methods.
• Kakashi and Neji damaged Kakuzu’s masks as Sasuke redirected their attacks and captured images of the creatures for the record.
• Sasuke’s team disrupted Kakuzu’s water-and-lightning attack and destroyed the Wind Release mask, while Guy continued restraining Hidan.
• Kakuzu prepared a compound ninjutsu as Hidan nearly completed his ritual with his own blood, forcing Sasuke’s team to face both attacks at once.
• White Zetsu appeared at the barrier and ordered Kakuzu and Hidan to retreat rather than let the Uchiha take prisoners alive.

Jiraiya returned to Konoha and tried to stop Sasuke’s army from marching against Kumogakure, arguing for negotiation and warning of the cost of war. Sasuke and the others confronted him with evidence of Kumogakure’s attacks, and he remained in the road as Sasuke invoked wartime law and brought out the Wartime Codex.

• Jiraiya blocked the army at Konoha’s gate and urged Sasuke to halt the march, while Hiashi, Naruto, Kakashi, and Shikaku challenged his call for peace.
• Yamada Naoto showed Jiraiya images of Kumogakure reinforcing the border bridge and preparing a false witness, while Sasuke rejected sending a Negotiation Team.
• Jiraiya accused the assembled ninjas of being incited, and Naruto defended their anger over the orphanage attack, Kumogakure’s declaration of war, and the revealed ledger.
• Sasuke questioned Jiraiya about the deaths and betrayals tied to Kumogakure, then showed him footage of the orphanage attack as Tsunade confirmed there was no room for negotiation.
• Naruto told Jiraiya not to stop the people protecting him, and Sasuke ordered Shikaku to record Jiraiya’s obstruction under wartime law.
• Jiraiya refused to move, so Shikaku produced the Wartime Codex as Mitokado Homura wondered whether Sasuke would really convict him.

Sasuke publicly challenged Jiraiya’s call for negotiations, exposing the harm Kumogakure had caused and the cost of Jiraiya’s proposed peace. As Shikaku prepared to suspend Jiraiya’s Wartime Authority, Neji reported that Kumogakure’s vanguard had begun crossing the river with the False Witness bound to a bridgehead pillar.

• Sasuke connected the village’s Water Mirrors and questioned Jiraiya before Konoha about his ceasefire proposal and what would happen if Kumogakure refused to withdraw.
• Hiashi confronted Jiraiya over his absence during the Byakugan theft, Hizashi’s death, and the threats against Hinata, while Sasuke showed evidence of Kumogakure’s actions.
• Sasuke challenged Jiraiya’s claim that he was protecting Naruto, and Naruto declared that he would defend his comrades and the village.
• Sasuke’s words turned the crowd against Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, and Tsunade had them escorted back to the Interrogation Room.
• Shikaku opened the Wartime Codex to suspend Jiraiya’s Wartime Authority, but Neji reported that Kumogakure’s vanguard was forcing a river crossing with the False Witness tied to the Bridgehead Pillar.

Sasuke suspended Jiraiya’s wartime command authority and sent him to work at the orphanage, then led Konoha’s army toward the northeastern front. The chapter ended with Fourth Raikage A crossing the river and challenging Sasuke directly.

• Neji recorded Kumogakure threatening a former Hyuga Branch Family member, and Sasuke cited wartime law to suspend Jiraiya’s command authority and restrict him to the orphanage.
• Jiraiya abandoned his confrontation with Sasuke and accepted the order to go to the orphanage after Sasuke warned that resistance would aid Kumogakure.
• Sasuke authorized Neji to dismantle the bridge without pursuing, and Neji’s team rescued the captive witness from Kumogakure’s blade.
• Sasuke led Konoha’s First Army out of the village while Naruto stayed behind to defend the village and orphanage.
• Fourth Raikage A crossed the river, demanded to see Sasuke, and challenged him to face his death.

Sasuke let Kumogakure cross the border so Konoha could document its invasion and put the Raikage’s actions on trial before the Shinobi World. As the battle turned against Kumogakure, Sasuke confronted the charging Raikage alone, and his Sharingan began transforming under the pressure of the Raikage’s killing blow.

• Sasuke ordered Neji to bring the false witness back, leave three bridge pilings intact, and connect the border recordings to every available channel.
• Neji captured the false witness, and Sasuke broadcast evidence that Kumogakure had abducted him and crossed the border by force.
• The Raikage led Kumogakure’s vanguard across the river, while Sasuke ordered Konoha to attack the vanguard and record the battle.
• Konoha’s forces split up and restrained Kumogakure’s vanguard as Sasuke recorded its attempt to silence the evidence collectors.
• The Raikage charged into Konoha’s main formation, and Sasuke stopped Fugaku, Kakashi, and Guy from intervening before meeting the Raikage’s attack himself.
• Sasuke clashed with the Raikage, then faced his Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop as blood spilled from his eyes and his three tomoe began to join.

Sasuke awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan under the Raikage’s killing strike and used Amaterasu to trap and burn the Raikage’s left arm. As Konoha pushed Kumogakure’s forces back, Sasuke forced the Raikage to choose between losing his arm and letting the flames reach his vital organs.

• Sasuke endured the Raikage’s attack as his Sharingan transformed into the Mangekyo, then ignited the Raikage’s Lightning Release Armor with Amaterasu.
• The black flames diverted the Raikage’s strike and spread along his left arm while Konoha’s fighters held off Kumogakure’s rescue attempts.
• Sasuke used Kagutsuchi to shape the flames into spikes and had Yamada Naoto record the Raikage’s threat to raze Konoha.
• Shikaku, Hiashi, and Kakashi coordinated Konoha’s advance, disrupted Kumogakure’s communications, and forced its vanguard back across the river.
• As the flames threatened his vital organs, the Raikage raised his lightning-wreathed hand and chopped toward his own burning left arm.

Sasuke used Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi to sever the Raikage’s left arm, then forced Kumogakure to withdraw and accept negotiations over Konoha’s demands. As footage of the battle reached the Akatsuki, Itachi watched Sasuke’s Mangekyo and collapsed coughing blood.

• Sasuke broadcast evidence of Kumogakure’s attacks and confronted the Raikage, whose forces retreated across the Boundary River.
• Sasuke presented demands for Kumogakure’s withdrawal, the surrender of implicated ninja and documents, and compensation; the Raikage agreed to withdraw while leaving the terms for negotiation.
• Neji returned with the captured False Witness, and Sasuke assigned the Hyuga to interrogate him before handing him to the Joint Law Enforcement Department.
• Sasuke ordered Konoha to preserve and spread the battle footage, while Shikaku warned that the Akatsuki would see it.
• In the Land of Rain, Obito, Kisame, and Itachi watched Sasuke’s Mangekyo defeat the Raikage; Itachi trembled, coughed blood, and continued staring at the image.

Sasuke confronted Itachi at Konoha’s South Gate, exposing his crimes before the gathered clans and officials as the village prepared to detain him. Itachi trapped Sasuke in Tsukuyomi, but Sasuke revealed a Hexagram Pinwheel Pattern and began to break the illusion.

• Itachi and Kisame entered Konoha and found Sasuke, Fugaku, and village forces waiting at the South Gate.
• Sasuke had Itachi’s illegal infiltration recorded, while Guy, Kakashi, and the Nara forces moved to isolate Kisame.
• Itachi defended his actions as a pursuit of peace, and Sasuke confronted him with his murder of the Uchiha clan and service to Danzo.
• Sasuke ordered the village-wide broadcast prepared as the barrier sealed the South Gate and prevented Itachi’s crows from escaping.
• Itachi cast Tsukuyomi on Sasuke, but Sasuke revealed his Hexagram Pinwheel Pattern and cracked the genjutsu space.