Recaps

Xuanye refused Hiruzen Sarutobi's demand for details about the previous night's events and drove him from the training ground. Hiruzen fled in fear when Uchiha Cong approached, then spat blood after hearing Cong's explanation.

• Nawaki greeted Tsunade and pulled Uchiha Itachi back into training, while Xuanye teased Tsunade about having a child with him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Xuanye and demanded to know what had happened the previous night.
• Xuanye told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Konoha Military Police Force would handle the case and mocked his authority.
• When Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to reprimand him, Xuanye released a terrifying killing intent and ordered him to leave.
• Uchiha Cong approached, and Hiruzen Sarutobi fled in fear, thinking Cong might release another poison-gas bomb.
• Cong revealed that he had already let it all out near Itachi-san, and Hiruzen Sarutobi stumbled, spat blood, and ran faster.

Hyuga Hiashi rejected Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempt to justify sacrificing the Hyuga Clan and visited Uchiha Genya to thank him for defending the clan. Genya brushed off his gratitude by demanding more protection money, while Tsunade grew increasingly curious about him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi worried that Uchiha Genya’s strength and the ongoing Kumogakure negotiations left him unable to move against Genya safely.
• Hyuga Hiashi concluded that Hiruzen had schemed to weaken the Hyuga Clan and decided to openly thank Genya for protecting Hizashi Hyuga.
• Hiruzen tried to defend his actions as necessary for Konoha, but Hiashi dismissed his reasoning and entered the Military Police Force headquarters.
• Genya told Tsunade that Hiruzen did not deserve his respect and boasted that he would have broken the Hokage’s legs if Hiruzen had not left.
• Hiashi thanked Genya for his help, and Genya told him to repay the favor by increasing the Hyuga Clan’s protection payments by twenty percent.
• Tsunade watched Genya’s blunt exchange with Hiashi and found herself more curious about him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi asserted his authority over Shimura Danzō, while Xuanye hosted Hyuga Hiashi and revealed that he had captured Kumogakure's envoy Samui and Two-Tails Jinchūriki Yugito Nii. Hiashi promised the Hyuga Clan would stay out of any rebellion and offered clan members, including Hinata, to the Konoha Military Police Force; the chapter ended with Xuanye comparing Tsunade and Samui's figures.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rebuked Shimura Danzō for entering without knocking, and Danzo left without sharing intelligence about the Fourth Raikage or the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• At Xuanye's manor, he introduced Kushina Uzumaki to Tsunade and Hyuga Hiashi, startling them by calling her his bed-warming maid.
• Hyuga Hiashi promised that the Hyuga Clan would not fight Xuanye if he ever rebelled, but Xuanye said he had no interest in an alliance and accepted Hiashi's offer to provide Police Force recruits, including Hinata after she graduated.
• Xuanye used his Mangekyō to bring Samui and Yugito Nii from his basement, explaining that he had detained them for violating security rules and leading an assassination squad.
• After Hyuga Hiashi left, Xuanye compared Tsunade and Samui and concluded that Tsunade narrowly won.

Xuanye confronted the Fourth Raikage at Konoha’s gate after the Raikage attacked Uchiha Cong over a demand for compensation. As Xuanye crushed the Raikage’s ankle, Cong awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used its power to draw strength from Xuanye.

• While Xuanye teased Tsunade, he sensed visitors at Konoha’s entrance, tore open a spatial rift, and went to meet them.
• The Fourth Raikage attacked Uchiha Cong with a Liger Bomb after Cong demanded payment for the registration desk he had smashed.
• Xuanye caught the Raikage’s strike with one hand, declared that even the Five Kage had to obey his rules, and crushed the Raikage’s ankle.
• Cong awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as the Raikage’s attack nearly killed him.
• Cong used his Mangekyō eye technique, Deity Possession, to draw power from Xuanye, who granted his request and sent a surge of energy into him.

Uchiha Cong used his newly awakened Mangekyō ability to borrow Xuanye’s power and overwhelmed the Kumogakure Envoy Mission, while Xuanye crippled the Fourth Raikage. Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo arrived to find the battle over, and Cong collapsed from the strain of the borrowed strength.

• Uchiha Cong charged into the Kumogakure Envoy Mission and battered its elite ninja with power borrowed from Xuanye.
• The Fourth Raikage broke free and attacked Xuanye with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop, but Xuanye caught his wrist and shattered the joints in all four of his limbs.
• Xuanye stood with his foot on the Fourth Raikage while Uchiha Cong and the Konoha Military Police Force finished defeating and binding the Kumogakure ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo arrived with elite Anbu, recognized Uchiha Cong, and reacted with surprise and interest at his strength.
• Uchiha Cong proclaimed that whoever offended the Police Force would be slain, then passed out as the effects of borrowing Xuanye’s power overwhelmed him.

Xuanye faced Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Hokage's advisors after crippling the Fourth Raikage, while they blamed him for risking war and demanded his resignation as Police Force Captain. He promised the village would get an explanation, then called Uchiha Itachi forward, leaving Itachi fearing what Xuanye planned to reveal.

• Xuanye ordered the surviving Kumogakure delegation members arrested after crippling the Fourth Raikage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Xuanye and warned that his actions could provoke war, but Xuanye mocked him and kept a hand on his head.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu joined Hiruzen in demanding Xuanye resign as commander of the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Xuanye dismissed their accusations and said someone would explain what had happened to the village.
• Xuanye called Uchiha Itachi forward, and Itachi reluctantly stepped out, worried about being caught between Xuanye and the Hokage.

Uchiha Itachi publicly argued that Xuanye’s capture of the Fourth Raikage had strengthened Konoha’s position and would not provoke war. His reasoning turned the crowd against Hiruzen Sarutobi’s objections and left Xuanye hailed as a hero.

• Xuanye asked Uchiha Itachi to analyze Hiruzen Sarutobi’s speech and offered him a made-up deputy squad leader position.
• Uchiha Itachi said Konoha should demand enormous war reparations from Kumogakure because the Fourth Raikage was captured.
• Uchiha Itachi explained that Kumogakure could not afford an all-out war and would hesitate to act while its Raikage remained a hostage.
• Uchiha Itachi suggested that Mitokado Homura’s suspected intelligence leak had encouraged Kumogakure’s aggression.
• The crowd accepted Uchiha Itachi’s argument, while Hiruzen Sarutobi was left furious and Xuanye was celebrated as Konoha’s hero.

Xuanye crippled the Fourth Raikage, returned to the Konoha Military Police Force, and learned that the Raikage would never regain his peak strength. The chapter ended with Uchiha Cong interrogating the furious Raikage as if he were a spy.

• Xuanye cited Konoha's public security rules as another reason for beating the Raikage, ordered the surviving prisoners locked up, and entered the village.
• Kushina dragged Samui from the basement into Xuanye's room, then got pulled inside herself; Yugito Nii wondered whether Samui was in danger while Matatabi discouraged her from intervening.
• Xuanye returned to the Police Force headquarters after resting and received system rewards that increased his attributes, chakra, and Wood Release proficiency.
• Tsunade told Xuanye that the Raikage's injuries had stabilized but that he would never recover his peak combat strength, and Xuanye offered her a share of the follow-up treatment fees.
• Xuanye went to the interrogation room and watched Uchiha Cong accuse the Fourth Raikage of being a spy, prompting the Raikage to furiously identify himself.

Xuanye assigned Uchiha Cong to interrogate the Raikage and left the work to return to his personal plans. After hearing Uchiha Itachi’s report on the Military Police Force, Hiruzen Sarutobi focused on Uchiha Cong’s Mangekyō Sharingan and began plotting to recruit him.

• Xuanye handed Uchiha Cong responsibility for interrogating the Raikage, then left to clock out and planned a visit to Mikoto.
• Uchiha Itachi reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Military Police Force’s routines seemed harmless and that he had seen no plot against the village.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed Uchiha Itachi’s conclusions and ordered him to continue his undercover work.
• After Uchiha Itachi left, Hiruzen Sarutobi identified Uchiha Cong as a potential opening in Uchiha Genya’s control of the Military Police Force.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned an Anbu operative and secretly ordered an investigation into Uchiha Cong’s background and loyalty.

Uchiha Cong accidentally exposed Biwako Sarutobi to a powerful aphrodisiac, and Shimura Danzō arrived at the Sarutobi home before Hiruzen. The potion rekindled Biwako and Danzō’s old passion, while Cong prepared to record the scandal as Hiruzen hurried home.

• Uchiha Cong spilled his Divine Water onto his hand when an Anbu summoned him to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s residence.
• Biwako Sarutobi inhaled a drop of the potion that flew off Cong’s finger, and Cong retreated in alarm.
• Shimura Danzō learned that Hiruzen had not returned home and went to the Sarutobi compound to seize Cong.
• Biwako, affected by the potion, embraced Danzō and dragged him inside, calling him “Brother Zang.”
• Uchiha Cong watched the encounter, readied his miniature camera, and saw Hiruzen hurrying home.

Hiruzen Sarutobi invited Uchiha Cong to his home, where they discovered Biwako and Shimura Danzō together. After Danzo attacked him, Cong awakened Susanoo, arrested Danzo, and publicly announced the scandal across Konoha, leaving Hiruzen devastated.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi brought Uchiha Cong into his bedroom, where they found Biwako and Shimura Danzō entangled on the sofa.
• Biwako blamed Danzo for forcing her, and Uchiha Cong declared that the Konoha Military Police Force would investigate and arrest him.
• Danzo attacked Cong with a kunai, prompting Cong to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and manifest Susanoo.
• Cong seized Danzo with Susanoo, smashed through the bedroom wall, and carried him across the rooftops while announcing the alleged rape to Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi collapsed onto the ruined sofa as Biwako lay beside him, still dazed.

Xuanye planned a public trial for the captured Raikage while Samui settled into her role at his side. The next morning, Tsunade suspected Xuanye had kidney deficiency, and the Police Force arrested Shimura Danzō after Uchiha Cong accused him of rape, leaving Xuanye to order the confiscation of Danzō’s instrument of crime.

• Xuanye told Samui that the Raikage would face a public trial in Konoha Central Square, and she expressed interest in attending.
• Tsunade, kept awake by the noise from Xuanye’s room, questioned him the next morning about symptoms of kidney deficiency, but Xuanye dismissed her diagnosis.
• Xuanye arrived at Police Force headquarters with Tsunade and found Uchiha Cong excitedly reporting that he had arrested a rapist.
• Uchiha Cong accused Shimura Danzō of assaulting Biwako Sarutobi, while Danzō insisted that she had forced herself on him.
• Uchiha Itachi read the regulation requiring the confiscation of an egregious offender’s instrument of crime, and Xuanye ordered the officers to enforce it.

After Shimura Danzō refused to pay his fines and medical expenses, Xuanye ordered the Konoha Military Police Force to begin compulsory enforcement. The force mobilized for the former Root Base, while gossip about the scandal involving Danzō spread through Konoha.

• Uchiha Shanyang told Xuanye that Shimura Danzō refused to sign the Public Order Fine Notice or pay his bills.
• Xuanye ordered compulsory enforcement, and Uchiha Shanyang called the entire Konoha Military Police Force to assemble.
• Might Guy, Senju Nawaki, and Uchiha Itachi joined the assembled officers as Xuanye announced the operation against Shimura Danzō.
• Xuanye identified the target as the former Root Base beneath the abandoned laboratory and ordered officers to cut down anyone who resisted with a weapon.
• Villagers watched the force march through Konoha and spread rumors about Danzō and the Hokage’s wife.
• Xuanye followed at the rear as the officers headed to seal the entrances and exits to the Root Base.

Xuanye led the Konoha Military Police Force to raid Root’s base, where Shisui and the Root operatives refused to surrender and a battle began. As the fighting continued, Might Guy warned Xuanye that Shisui’s strength could put the Police Force members in danger.

• Xuanye imagined equipping the Konoha Military Police Force with chakra motorcycles and planned to fund their development with Danzo’s seized money.
• Xuanye and Tsunade discussed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s absence from the front lines during the wars.
• Uchiha Shanyang reported that the Police Force had sealed every entrance to Root’s base, where Shisui stood with hundreds of Root operatives.
• After Shisui’s group ignored three warnings to stand down, Shanyang activated the Forced Execution procedure and the Police Force attacked.
• Uchiha Itachi joined the fight against Root despite his close bond with Shisui, while Xuanye watched from the rear.
• Might Guy warned Xuanye that Shisui was extremely powerful and offered to fight to protect their comrades from casualties.

Might Guy fought Shisui Uchiha at the Root Base while the Konoha Military Police Force battled Root operatives. Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, but Xuanye mocked the green giant, leaving Tsunade stunned.

• Xuanye sent Might Guy to defeat Shisui, and Might Guy charged into battle while Tsunade questioned whether he could match the famed Shisui.
• Might Guy overwhelmed Shisui with Taijutsu and nunchaku, while Shisui struggled to answer his accusation that Root was obstructing law enforcement.
• Shisui attempted to trap Might Guy with Genjutsu, but Might Guy watched his feet and struck at his chest.
• Shisui awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned an emerald-green Susanoo to block Might Guy's attack.
• The Konoha Military Police Force pressed its advantage over Root as Uchiha Cong led the assault, and Tsunade worried that Susanoo might turn the battle against them.
• Xuanye remained calm and mocked Shisui's Susanoo, stunning Tsunade.

Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and shattered Shisui Uchiha’s Susanoo, securing the Police Force’s victory at the Root Base. After ordering the punishment and confiscation of Danzo’s property, Xuanye restored Might Guy’s exhausted body with his mysterious power.

• Tsunade summoned Giant Katsuyu to heal the Police Force members fighting Root’s death soldiers.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and struck Shisui Uchiha’s Susanoo with a relentless barrage until it shattered, then knocked Shisui unconscious.
• Xuanye’s forces cleared the Root Base perimeter, and Xuanye ordered the arrested resisters detained and Danzo’s property confiscated.
• Xuanye used Reincarnation Unsealing to restore Might Guy’s body and stamina after the Seventh Gate’s strain.