Chapter Summaries

Sōkyū Hatake defeated two Root ninja who tried to capture him, then fled before Konoha’s Anbu arrived and mistook the Lightning Release traces for signs of a Kumogakure attack. He returned to Ichiraku Ramen, where Ayame’s embrace of Pikachu briefly alarmed Teuchi.

• Sōkyū Hatake used Pikachu’s Thunder to kill the Root ninja restraining him, after which he reflected that Danzo still wanted to capture him.
• The system awarded Sōkyū Hatake 200 points for killing two Konoha ninja and began a 24-hour update that unlocked the points shop.
• Sōkyū Hatake looted the bodies, stored them in the system space, cleaned up the scene, and left using Soru.
• Anbu ninja found the Lightning Release traces and suspected that Kumogakure shinobi had been involved, then decided to report to the Hokage.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Ayame hugged Pikachu and accidentally clung to Sōkyū Hatake, prompting Teuchi to raise his cleaver before realizing what had happened.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s attempt to blame Sōkyū Hatake for the deaths in the Forest of Death and ordered a formal demand for answers from Kumogakure. Danzo planned to inflame tensions with Kumogakure, while rumors spread through Konoha and stirred public anger.

• Anbu reported powerful Lightning Release Chakra at the Forest of Death and suspected Kumogakure, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to order a demand for an explanation.
• Danzo insisted that Sōkyū Hatake was responsible and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to hand the boy over to Root, but Hiruzen refused and warned Danzo to stay away from him.
• Danzo left the Hokage Building determined to provoke Kumogakure and use a conflict to strengthen his claim to the Hokage position.
• Sōkyū Hatake returned home and noticed that the village had grown tense as rumors blamed Kumogakure for killing two Konoha ninja.
• Danzo watched villagers gather below the Hokage Office to demand action and smiled at the unrest.

As Konoha and Kumogakure moved toward war, Danzo volunteered to lead the first force to the battlefield and pushed for Uchiha fighters to join it. Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the deployment, and Danzo prepared to set out at the head of a thousand ninjas.

• Sōkyū Hatake observed Konoha's tense atmosphere as its conflict with Kumogakure escalated into war.
• Danzo volunteered to lead Konoha's response and proposed bringing Orochimaru, a Hyūga reconnaissance team, and members of the Uchiha and Aburame Clans.
• Orochimaru declined to join Danzo, while Uchiha Fugaku objected to sending Uchiha fighters because the clan was short-handed.
• Danzo insisted that at least ten Uchiha ninjas join the force, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu supported his request.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the deployment, and Danzo assembled a thousand ninjas for the expedition.

Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Shimura Danzō would lead a thousand ninja to confront Kumogakure, while Sōkyū Hatake and Kakashi stayed in Konoha and sparred. Their training match escalated when Kakashi unveiled Chidori, leaving Sōkyū facing the dangerous unfinished technique.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Kumogakure's declaration of war and sent Shimura Danzō with a thousand ninja toward the border.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Kakashi to be careful on his missions, and Kakashi challenged him to demonstrate his strength.
• Sōkyū Hatake and Kakashi went to the training ground and began sparring with wooden swords.
• Sōkyū Hatake evaded Kakashi's attack with Soru and countered with Wind Scar, which Kakashi avoided using Substitution Technique.
• Kakashi revealed his newly learned Chidori, and Sōkyū Hatake recognized the danger of the unfinished technique.

Sōkyū Hatake defeated Kakashi in their spar by dodging his Chidori and countering with Thousand Years of Death, then protected himself from Kakashi’s retaliation with Iron Body. After Kakashi was summoned by the Hokage, Sōkyū reflected on his brother’s burdens and resolved to keep growing stronger for the dangers ahead.

• Sōkyū Hatake used Kami-e to evade Kakashi’s Chidori and landed Thousand Years of Death while Kakashi could not control his charge.
• Kakashi seized Sōkyū Hatake to retaliate, but an Anbu ninja arrived and summoned him to the Hokage.
• Sōkyū Hatake tried to leave, but Kakashi attempted Thousand Years of Death on him; Sōkyū blocked it with Iron Body, injuring Kakashi’s hands.
• After Kakashi left the training ground, Sōkyū Hatake reappeared and reflected on Kakashi’s genius, emotional burdens, and the threats facing them in the future.

As war spread to Iwagakure and Sunagakure, Kakashi prepared to leave for the front while Sōkyū Hatake continued training. Orochimaru visited to collect the research materials Sōkyū had promised him, then left to relocate his laboratory and join the main force.

• Kakashi told Sōkyū Hatake that Iwagakure and Sunagakure had declared war on Konoha and that he was heading to the Iwagakure front.
• Kakashi left with the assembled force before Sōkyū woke the next morning.
• Sōkyū Hatake received a daily mission to swing a sword and do frog jumps, with Tempest Kick as a reward.
• Orochimaru revealed that his laboratory work was nearly complete and that he had stayed behind using a Shadow Clone while preparing to relocate the experiment site.
• Sōkyū gave Orochimaru the promised research material, and Orochimaru left to catch up with the main force.

After completing 365 days of check-ins at Hokage Rock, Sōkyū Hatake received the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bakusaiga, and an opportunity to perfect a skill. He ate the fruit, tested its lightning power, and used the upgrade to remove its weakness to water.

• Sōkyū Hatake checked in at Hokage Rock on his 365th day and received the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Bakusaiga, and a chance to raise one skill to perfect level.
• Sōkyū Hatake ate the entire Rumble-Rumble Fruit despite fearing its taste and felt it transform his body.
• Sōkyū Hatake released electricity from his hands and charred a nearby tree with an electrical attack.
• Sōkyū Hatake used his perfect-level upgrade on the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, removing its weakness to water.

After mastering the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s power, Sōkyū Hatake reflected on his family’s lost seat on the Council of Elders and tested his lightning on Pikachu. At Ichiraku Ramen, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, leaving Sōkyū suspecting the Hokage had come to watch him.

• Sōkyū Hatake recognized that the Hatake Clan’s Council of Elders seat remained vacant because he and Kakashi were minors, and he blamed Hiruzen Sarutobi for enabling Sakumo’s downfall.
• Sōkyū Hatake used Thunderclap on Pikachu, who absorbed the lightning without harm and enjoyed the charge.
• Sōkyū Hatake visited Ichiraku Ramen, where Teuchi served him extra pork bones and Ayame asked him to go shopping before remembering her noodle-making lesson.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at Ichiraku Ramen for chashu ramen, and Sōkyū Hatake wondered whether the Hokage had come to keep an eye on him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi met Sōkyū Hatake at Ichiraku Ramen and tried to persuade the five-year-old to authorize him to make decisions for the Hatake Clan. The chapter left Hiruzen explaining the Council of Elders’ deadlock while angling to gain control of the Hatake seat.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sōkyū Hatake traded remarks about Sakumo while eating ramen at Ichiraku.
• Sōkyū finished first, and Hiruzen suggested they take a walk; Teuchi stopped Hiruzen from leaving without paying, so Hiruzen paid for both meals.
• Sōkyū asked why Hiruzen had come, and Hiruzen brought up the war declared by three villages and the tied votes at Council of Elders meetings.
• Hiruzen sought Sōkyū’s signature on documents that would let the Hokage temporarily make decisions for the Hatake Clan and secure its Council seat.

Sōkyū Hatake tricked Hiruzen Sarutobi into accepting a forged signature on an agreement that would supposedly bind the Hatake Clan, then secretly tracked where Hiruzen hid it. After leaving the Hokage building, Sōkyū noticed Uchiha Fugaku shopping for supplies ahead of Uchiha Mikoto’s birth.

• Sōkyū Hatake agreed to sign Hiruzen Sarutobi’s agreement so he could attend the next Council of Elders Meeting, but imitated Hiruzen’s handwriting instead of his own.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi hid the signed agreement in a secret compartment in his office, while Sōkyū used Mantra to learn where it was kept.
• Sōkyū Hatake decided not to take the agreement yet, knowing Hiruzen could blame him for its disappearance.
• Sōkyū Hatake encountered Uchiha Fugaku, who was buying supplies because Uchiha Mikoto was six months pregnant.
• Uchiha Fugaku remained unconcerned about Konoha’s circumstances, since the Uchiha Clan had little chance to earn military merits or attend the Council of Elders.

Sōkyū Hatake approached Uchiha Fugaku to discuss reclaiming the Uchiha Clan’s Council of Elders seat and proposed that they become allies. He left Fugaku stunned after revealing that he knew Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and was losing his vision.

• Uchiha Fugaku noticed Sōkyū Hatake watching him while he shopped and asked what he wanted.
• Sōkyū Hatake congratulated Fugaku on his pregnant wife and asked whether he wanted to reclaim the Uchiha Clan’s Council of Elders seat.
• Fugaku said he would abide by the village’s arrangements, while Sōkyū revealed that the Hatake Clan had permission to attend the Council of Elders Meeting.
• Sōkyū told Fugaku he needed allies and intended to build a broader alliance, not just partner with the Uchiha Clan.
• Sōkyū revealed that Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan was beginning to cost him his vision, then walked away and left Fugaku stunned.

Sōkyū Hatake met Uchiha Fugaku at night and promised to show him a way out of the Uchiha Clan’s predicament. Their conversation turned to the clan’s exclusion from power and the Konoha Military Police Force, leaving Sōkyū poised to explain how that arrangement had contributed to the problem.

• Uchiha Fugaku entered the Hatake Clan Compound to hear Sōkyū Hatake’s proposed solution for the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan as a show of sincerity, and Sōkyū served him tea left by Hatake Sakumo.
• Uchiha Fugaku blamed the clan’s predicament on prejudice from Konoha’s leadership.
• Sōkyū challenged Fugaku’s explanation by pointing out that the Uchiha Clan had controlled the Konoha Military Police Force for years.
• Sōkyū explained that Tobirama Senju had established the force and assigned it to the Uchiha Clan, making them responsible for public order and likely to offend others.

Sōkyū Hatake explained to Uchiha Fugaku how the Konoha Military Police Force and Uchiha pride had isolated the clan from Konoha’s center of power. He urged Fugaku to resolve the clan’s internal divisions first, leaving Fugaku to consider how to act against his own clansmen.

• Uchiha Fugaku described the Konoha Military Police Force as authority granted to the Uchiha Clan, and Sōkyū Hatake argued that it had helped distance the clan from power and alienate villagers.
• Sōkyū Hatake explained how the Uchiha Clan’s history, Madara Uchiha’s departure, and the importance of public support had kept its members from becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked for liquor, and Sōkyū Hatake used Soru to fetch a bottle for him.
• Sōkyū Hatake told Uchiha Fugaku that the clan needed to solve its internal problems and unite its Dove and Hawk factions.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized that he had to face the division but hesitated to take action against his own clansmen.

Sōkyū Hatake proposed that Uchiha Fugaku reform the Uchiha Clan and broaden the Konoha Military Police Force by involving other clans. He suggested using Uchiha Yenka’s staged death as a pretext to send the Uchiha to the front lines, and Fugaku left considering the plan after agreeing to a partnership.

• Sōkyū Hatake urged Uchiha Fugaku to resolve the Uchiha Clan’s internal problems instead of letting it decline.
• Sōkyū Hatake proposed dismantling the Uchiha Clan’s exclusive control of the Konoha Military Police Force by inviting other clans to join.
• Sōkyū Hatake suggested reducing Uchiha manpower by using Uchiha Yenka’s supposed death at Kumogakure’s hands as a pretext to send the Uchiha to the battlefield.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized the plan’s potential and agreed to consider it while shaking hands with Sōkyū Hatake.
• Uchiha Fugaku drank liquor with Sōkyū Hatake and said Uchiha Mikoto would not object to him coming home drunk.

Sōkyū Hatake received Uchiha Fugaku’s message about Uchiha Yenka and planned to use the Council of Elders Meeting as an alibi. At the meeting, Konoha’s leaders assessed the war on three fronts and the strain on its forces and supplies.

• Uchiha Fugaku sent Sōkyū Hatake a message saying Uchiha Yenka would appear in the Forest of Death at three that afternoon, and Sōkyū Hatake burned it.
• Sōkyū Hatake accompanied Hiruzen Sarutobi to the Council of Elders Meeting, where Tuan Gou Shimura worried that Hiruzen had drawn Sōkyū into his faction first.
• Chōza Akimichi welcomed Sōkyū Hatake and gave him a lollipop before Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the meeting.
• Shikaku Nara reported that Konoha faced Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, with Killer B already on the Kumogakure front and Yugito Nii still absent.
• Utatane Koharu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha’s food reserves could last a year, but a larger war might require villagers to stockpile supplies.

Hiruzen Sarutobi secured the council's approval for major clans to send personnel to the front lines, then Uchiha Fugaku arrived and demanded that the Uchiha Clan join the war against Kumogakure. The chapter ended with Fugaku declaring that the Uchiha would fight until one side was dead after accusing Kumogakure of killing Uchiha Yenka and stealing his Sharingan.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the clan heads to vote on sending ninja to the front lines, and the measure passed unanimously.
• Sōkyū Hatake voted in favor, while his lightning clone's memories revealed that Uchiha Yenka had been killed and his Sharingan removed.
• Uchiha Fugaku entered the council meeting and announced that the Uchiha Clan wanted to join the war.
• Uchiha Fugaku accused Kumogakure of killing Uchiha Yenka in the Forest of Death and gouging out his Sharingan.
• An Anbu ninja reported that lightning-nature chakra had been found at the scene, and Fugaku declared that the Uchiha would fight Kumogakure until one side was dead.

Uchiha Fugaku demanded permission to take his clan to war against Kumogakure after a Uchiha heir was killed, and offered to share control of the Konoha Military Police Force with four clans. He rejected Hyuga Hiashi’s attempt to join the force, ending the meeting in open hostility.

• Uchiha Fugaku told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kumogakure had killed the Uchiha grand elder’s grandson and demanded that the Uchiha Clan be allowed onto the battlefield.
• Hyuga Hiashi warned that sending Uchiha members to war would weaken the Konoha Military Police Force, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to ask Fugaku how he would handle it.
• Uchiha Fugaku proposed bringing members of the Inuzuka, Aburame, Sarutobi, and Yamanaka clans into the Konoha Military Police Force while most Uchiha went to war.
• Hyuga Hiashi objected to being excluded and argued that the Hyuga Clan was best suited to join the force.
• Uchiha Fugaku refused to admit the Hyuga Clan, citing the Byakugan as a threat to the force’s headquarters and mockingly suggesting that Hyuga recruits blind themselves.

Uchiha Fugaku pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi to approve the Uchiha Clan’s deployment to the Kumogakure front, using Danzo’s emergency dispatch to secure the decision. That night, Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi visited Sōkyū Hatake and confirmed their council meeting strategy had succeeded.

• Uchiha Fugaku challenged the Hyuga Clan and demanded a decision from Hiruzen Sarutobi, while Hiruzen tried to postpone the matter.
• An Anbu ninja delivered a dispatch reporting Danzo’s severe injuries, nearly a hundred casualties, and the appearance of the Two-Tails Jinchūriki at the Kumogakure front.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura supported replacing Danzo with Jiraiya, and Uchiha Fugaku secured permission to send Uchiha forces to the front.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged personnel for the Konoha Military Police Force and ended the Council of Elders Meeting.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi joined Sōkyū Hatake for tea and discussed how their apparent conflict had helped their plan succeed.

Sōkyū Hatake learned that Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku had secretly been close friends since their school days and had worked together on a plan. Fugaku prepared to lead the Uchiha to the battlefield, while Mikoto stayed in Konoha to guard the clan, and Sōkyū jokingly promised to care for Fugaku’s family.

• Hyuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku explained that they had secretly been close friends since school and used Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God Technique to meet without attracting Hiruzen Sarutobi’s suspicion.
• Uchiha Fugaku said Hyuga Hiashi had helped carry out Sōkyū Hatake’s plan and announced that he would lead the Uchiha to the battlefield the next day.
• Hyuga Hiashi warned Fugaku that Hiruzen Sarutobi might have left the Uchiha grand elder in Konoha to cause trouble, but Fugaku trusted Uchiha Mikoto to protect the clan.
• Sōkyū Hatake joked that he would care for Fugaku’s wife and children, then Fugaku and Hiashi left for home.

The Uchiha Clan joined the war against Kumogakure, leaving both sides locked in a stalemate. Back home, Kakashi visited Sōkyū Hatake before his first day of school, then arranged a private conversation with him after Obito and Rin left.

• Kumogakure deployed Killer B and Yugito Nii after the Uchiha Clan appeared on the front line, and the Third Raikage accepted that war was inevitable.
• Kakashi visited Sōkyū Hatake at the Hatake Clan Compound, claiming he had come to deliver a letter, while Obito Uchiha revealed he had returned for Sōkyū's first day of school.
• Obito Uchiha said he had saved Kakashi's life at the front, so Kakashi dragged him into the bushes and returned with him bruised.
• Kakashi asked Sōkyū Hatake about joining the Council of Elders, and Sōkyū explained that the Hokage had wanted him to represent the Hatake Clan.
• Kakashi and Sōkyū arranged to talk privately, and Rin Nohara led Obito Uchiha home after he realized the two brothers had other business to discuss.