Chapter Summaries

Shisui Uchiha wounded Orochimaru, who escaped using his skin-shedding technique, while Uchiha Minamoto fought Shimura Danzō. Danzō revived twice with Izanagi, but Minamoto outmaneuvered him and struck at close range.

• Shisui Uchiha cut through Orochimaru, who shed his skin and fled underground.
• Uchiha Minamoto identified Shimura Danzō’s return from death as Izanagi and questioned how he had obtained the Uchiha technique.
• Shimura Danzō summoned Baku to attack Minamoto, but Yatagarasu’s Amaterasu feathers set the summon and Danzō ablaze.
• Shimura Danzō revived with only three Sharingan still glimmering on his right arm and fired Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere.
• Uchiha Minamoto evaded the wind projectile with Lightning Flash Instantaneous Movement and attacked Danzō with a lightning-wreathed short blade.

Uchiha Minamoto severed Shimura Danzō’s Sharingan-filled right arm and sealed it away, leaving Danzō desperate to flee. Danzō’s escape was stopped by Shisui Uchiha, who appeared in his path with his eyes turned scarlet.

• Shimura Danzō revived after another death and tried to find a way to escape Uchiha Minamoto.
• Danzō attacked with Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves, but Minamoto dodged the blades and struck him with Thunderclap Slash.
• Minamoto severed Danzō’s right arm, sealed it in a scroll, and took away the Sharingan embedded in it.
• Danzō used the Body Flicker Technique to flee toward Konoha while Minamoto followed at a leisurely pace.
• Shisui Uchiha appeared in front of Danzō and addressed him as his eyes turned scarlet.

Uchiha Minamoto captured Shimura Danzō after stopping him from activating a suicide seal, then brought him and the caravan back toward Konoha. Minamoto planned to expose Danzō’s allies and investigate the caravan leader’s suspected collusion with him.

• Shimura Danzō accused Shisui Uchiha of betraying the village, but Uchiha Minamoto listed Danzō’s crimes and challenged his accusations.
• Shimura Danzō tried to activate the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and use Izanagi, but Uchiha Minamoto bound and chakra-sealed him with Lightning Light Chain Lock.
• Shisui Uchiha worried that killing a senior village elder would be difficult to explain, so Uchiha Minamoto proposed putting Danzō on trial and executing him as a Missing-nin.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Shisui Uchiha returned to the village with the unconscious Shimura Danzō and woke the caravan leader.
• Uchiha Minamoto told the caravan leader that the mission’s rank had not matched the danger and ordered the caravan back to Konoha.
• Uchiha Minamoto suspected the caravan leader had colluded with Shimura Danzō and planned to put him in the Konoha Military Police Force Prison for questioning.

Uchiha Minamoto examined the Sharingan-studded arm taken from Shimura Danzō and had [Heart of Great Love] scan its Hashirama cells. A week later, the caravan was nearing Konoha, and the scan was almost complete.

• Uchiha Minamoto reviewed the captured ninjutsu, including [Izanagi], and considered its permanent Sharingan cost too high to use.
• Uchiha Minamoto unsealed Shimura Danzō's arm, and Shisui Uchiha recognized the Sharingan embedded in it and renewed his hatred of Shimura Danzō.
• Shisui Uchiha cast several torture genjutsu on the unconscious Shimura Danzō while Uchiha Minamoto scanned the arm.
• [Heart of Great Love] completed its scan of the arm's A-rank Three-Tomoe Sharingan and began scanning its S-rank Hashirama cells.
• A week passed as the caravan returned toward Konoha, with the Hashirama cell scan nearing completion.

Uchiha Minamoto summoned the clan’s leaders and Great Love Group members to Naka Shrine, where they found Shimura Danzō captured and gravely broken. Minamoto began explaining that Danzō had colluded with Orochimaru to ambush him and Shisui, but the chapter ended before he finished presenting the case.

• Uchiha Minamoto told the caravan to wait at Naka Shrine and sent Shisui Uchiha to notify the clan leader about a clan meeting.
• Uchiha Minamoto sat in the head seat at Naka Shrine beside the battered Shimura Danzō, whom Shisui Uchiha had tortured with genjutsu for nearly a week.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived, recognized Shimura Danzō, and laughed with relief before taking the seat beside Uchiha Minamoto.
• Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Yakumi, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka arrived and reacted with surprise and delight at seeing Danzō captured.
• Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Rai, Uchiha Hinotori, Uchiha Hazuki, and the other core members of the Great Love Group joined the gathering.
• Uchiha Minamoto explained that he and Shisui Uchiha had been ambushed during a mission by Orochimaru and Shimura Danzō, who had conspired to attack Konoha ninja.

Uchiha Minamoto proposed defecting from Konoha and putting Shimura Danzō on public trial, but Uchiha Yashiro called for an immediate coup. Minamoto subdued Yashiro with Susanoo and won the clan leaders’ support for his plan.

• Uchiha Minamoto announced that he intended to defect from the village and publicly try Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Yashiro urged the clan to launch a coup, seize the Hokage Building, and make an Uchiha Hokage.
• Uchiha Minamoto outlined charges against Danzō and proposed a public trial before Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Jonin Commander, followed by Danzō’s execution.
• When Yashiro opposed the plan again, Uchiha Minamoto used Susanoo to seize and silence him, stunning the clan leaders with his power.
• Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Yakumi, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka declared support for Minamoto’s plan.

Uchiha Fugaku approved Uchiha Minamoto’s plan and promoted him to detachment leader of the Konoha Military Police Force’s Fifth Division. At the clan meeting, Minamoto announced a public trial for Shimura Danzō in one week and rallied the Uchiha, drawing the clan’s jonin into the Great Love Group.

• Uchiha Fugaku approved Uchiha Minamoto’s plan, and Uchiha Yashiro left after Minamoto reminded him to attend the clan meeting.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Minamoto he would become the Fifth Division’s detachment leader, and Minamoto accepted the promotion.
• Uchiha Minamoto announced at Naka Shrine that the Konoha Military Police Force would hold a public trial for Shimura Danzō in one week.
• Uchiha Minamoto urged the clan to restore the Uchiha’s former glory, and the meeting ended with clansmen gathering around him.
• Uchiha jonin praised Minamoto and joined the Great Love Group, impressed by his position, strength, and rumored Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo.

Uchiha Minamoto brought nearly all of the Uchiha Jonin into the Great Love Group and announced that its Ninjutsu Exchange Meeting would resume after Shimura Danzō's matter was resolved. He then took Shisui Uchiha to the Hokage's office, where he presented Hiruzen Sarutobi and the senior advisers with tomorrow's newspaper, hinting at a major revelation.

• Uchiha Minamoto recruited the Uchiha Jonin into the Great Love Group and promised new ninjutsu when the exchange meeting resumed.
• Uchiha Minamoto gave Uchiha Hinotori a newspaper headline manuscript and ordered him to distribute the paper throughout Konoha by noon the next day.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked Shisui Uchiha to accompany him to the Hokage Building while a Shadow Clone stayed behind to watch Shimura Danzō.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on the village's recent calm and Naruto Uzumaki's good deeds before Uchiha Itachi announced Uchiha Minamoto and Shisui's arrival.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to summon Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, then placed the next day's newspaper on the desk for them to read.

Uchiha Minamoto confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisers with evidence that Shimura Danzō had betrayed Konoha and demanded signed warrants to arrest him formally and search Root. Hiruzen sent Minamoto and Shisui Uchiha out so the elders could discuss Danzō’s capture and the danger of his crimes becoming public.

• Uchiha Minamoto showed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu a newspaper report depicting Danzō’s defeat and described how Danzō had joined forces with Orochimaru to attack fellow Konoha Ninja.
• Minamoto presented arrest and search warrants, explaining that Danzō was held in the Military Police Force’s Special Prison and asking Hiruzen to sign them.
• Homura objected to publicizing Danzō’s case, but Hiruzen rebuked him and asked Minamoto and Shisui Uchiha to wait outside.
• Homura called the Uchiha born evil, while Koharu argued that Danzō’s capture made his actions a disastrous mistake that threatened Konoha’s Will of Fire.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to issue warrants for Shimura Danzō and Root and let the Military Police Force hold Danzō’s public trial after Uchiha Minamoto challenged the elders’ objections. The next morning, Minamoto’s newspaper turned Konoha’s villagers against Danzō, and Minamoto ordered more copies printed so everyone could read it.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided he could not refuse Uchiha Minamoto’s request for warrants, though he planned to use the night to clear Root’s evidence.
• Uchiha Minamoto asked Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisers to attend Danzō’s public trial alongside the Jonin Commander and the village clan heads.
• Mitokado Homura objected to the Military Police Force trying Danzō, but Minamoto challenged him and Hiruzen Sarutobi yielded to the trial.
• The Love Newspaper Office published a report accusing Shimura Danzō of causing heavy losses, and Konoha villagers condemned him.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Uchiha Hinotori to print more newspapers so everyone in Konoha could see the report.

Uchiha Minamoto received the Hokage’s orders to search Root and publicly try Shimura Danzō, then brought Tenzo and Shisui Uchiha to the Special Prison. He revealed the orders to Shimura Danzō, who was left shaken and unable to speak.

• Uchiha Minamoto received the arrest warrant for Shimura Danzō and the authorization to search Root, both bearing the Third Hokage’s seal.
• Uchiha Minamoto recognized the Anbu ninja Tenzo as Yamato and took him along with Shisui Uchiha to the Special Prison.
• Uchiha Minamoto entered Shimura Danzō’s cell and shocked him awake with a lightning-charged stomp.
• Uchiha Minamoto showed Shimura Danzō the newspaper and search warrant, telling him that the villagers saw him as Konoha’s sinner and that the Third Hokage had abandoned Root.
• Uchiha Minamoto began reading Shimura Danzō the arrest warrant for his public trial, while Shimura Danzō struggled to respond.

Uchiha Minamoto used Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan to extract Shimura Danzō’s secrets, then led a search of Root’s abandoned base with Hyuga Kamon and Yamato. Although the base had been thoroughly cleaned, the Love Newspaper Office began publishing scandalous revelations about Danzō, leaving his crimes exposed to the village.

• Uchiha Minamoto had Shisui use genjutsu on Shimura Danzō, who revealed intelligence about Root, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Uchiha Minamoto introduced Hyuga Kamon and led him, Shisui, Yamato, and the Fifth Division to search Root’s base.
• Hyuga Kamon used the Byakugan to locate the base’s three levels and reported faint traces of chakra despite the apparent cleanup.
• Uchiha Minamoto found the base completely cleared of evidence and left with the search party, while Yamato nervously suggested insiders had handled the cleanup.
• The Love Newspaper Office published a series of reports accusing Shimura Danzō of colluding with Orochimaru, conducting illegal experiments, stealing Uchiha Sharingan, and defiling the First Hokage’s corpse.

Uchiha Minamoto executed Shimura Danzō in public after Danzō accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of sharing responsibility for Konoha’s darkness. The Great Love Panel rewarded Minamoto with one million Great Love Points and the S-rank Blaze Release Kekkei Genkai.

• Konoha’s villagers condemned Shimura Danzō after newspapers exposed his crimes, and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s reputation began to suffer.
• Uchiha Minamoto summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu to Danzō’s public trial.
• Shimura Danzō declared that he had shouldered Konoha’s darkness and accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of having dirtier hands.
• Uchiha Minamoto executed Shimura Danzō with [Electric Light Pill] as the crowd watched.
• The Great Love Panel awarded Uchiha Minamoto one million Great Love Points and the S-rank Blaze Release Kekkei Genkai.

Uchiha Minamoto reviewed the abilities he had obtained from Shimura Danzō and others, then calculated that his Great Love Points had surged after Danzō’s execution. He ended with nearly 1.8 million points and considered future ways to improve his abilities.

• Uchiha Minamoto tested [Blaze Release] and noted that it resembled [Amaterasu] without its eye-damaging drawback.
• Uchiha Minamoto added Shimura Danzō’s [Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique] to the [Heart of Great Love] database but decided not to use it himself.
• Uchiha Minamoto assessed [Wood Release] and concluded that he lacked the chakra reserves to make it worthwhile.
• Uchiha Minamoto examined the Byakugan he had scanned from Hyuga Kamon and considered seeking the [Tenseigan] on the moon.
• Uchiha Minamoto counted nearly eight hundred thousand existing Great Love Points, then received one million more after executing Shimura Danzō.

Uchiha Minamoto used Heart of Great Love to derive the Mangekyō Sharingan, awakening the ocular techniques Kamumusuhi and Amenotokotachi, then upgraded his lightning abilities. He planned to save Great Love Points to improve his life energy and derive Sage Mode.

• Uchiha Minamoto spent 1.2 million Great Love Points to derive the Mangekyō Sharingan and strengthened the chakra pathways around his eyes.
• Uchiha Minamoto discovered that his left-eye technique, Kamumusuhi, was still unclear, while his right-eye technique, Amenotokotachi, manipulated gravity.
• Uchiha Minamoto tested Amenotokotachi by floating in the air and concluded that it was a space-time ocular technique.
• Uchiha Minamoto spent 200,000 Great Love Points to upgrade Lightning Sense to Heavenly Lightning Sense and Lightning Flash Instantaneous Movement to Instant Prison Thunder.
• Uchiha Minamoto kept the rest of his points to improve his A-rank life energy and eventually derive Sage Mode.

After advancing to Kage level, Uchiha Minamoto met with Hiruzen Sarutobi and the advisers to discuss Shimura Danzō’s execution and remains. He defended the execution as justified and said the Konoha Military Police Force would examine Danzō’s body before returning it to the Shimura Clan.

• Uchiha Itachi summoned Uchiha Minamoto to meet Hiruzen Sarutobi and followed him from the Konoha Military Police Force building.
• Uchiha Minamoto offered Uchiha Itachi a place in the Fifth Division if he became unhappy in the Anbu.
• Villagers praised Uchiha Minamoto for executing Shimura Danzō, and Minamoto approved of the improved public reputation of the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked what Minamoto thought of Shimura Danzō’s final words, and Minamoto called them heartfelt but treasonous.
• Minamoto said the Konoha Military Police Force would return Shimura Danzō’s body after examinations, including checking for implanted Sharingan.

After Shimura Danzō’s death, Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Uchiha Minamoto about the Uchiha Clan’s plans and the Hokage, then reflected on Minamoto’s words. The Shimura Clan struggled with the disgrace left by Danzō, while Shikaku Nara proposed getting closer to Minamoto as the Uchiha Clan’s influence rose.

• Uchiha Minamoto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Military Police Force and Great Love Group would continue their work, and he had no plans beyond his ordinary duties.
• When Hiruzen Sarutobi asked about the Hokage, Uchiha Minamoto said that those who earned everyone’s recognition could become Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Uchiha Minamoto was thirteen and let him leave, then asked Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura whether they had grown old.
• Shimura Nozomi and the Shimura Clan lamented their ruined reputation and the lack of a reply from the Hokage after Shimura Danzō’s execution.
• Shikaku Nara told Choza Akimichi and Inoichi Yamanaka that they should get closer to Uchiha Minamoto, whose rise reflected the Uchiha Clan’s changing fortunes.

Shikaku Nara and Choza Akimichi discussed the Uchiha Clan's history and Uchiha Minamoto's strength as news spread that Shimura Danzō had been publicly executed. Jiraiya refused the call to return as a Hokage candidate, while Tsunade learned of Danzō's death and continued gambling in stunned silence.

• Shikaku Nara and Choza Akimichi debated the Uchiha Clan's standing and compared Uchiha Minamoto with the village's other ninja.
• Jiraiya received a message that Shimura Danzō had been publicly executed and that Konoha was in peril.
• Kosuke the Toad asked Jiraiya to return and find a successor, but Jiraiya refused to become Hokage and told the Third Hokage to find someone else.
• Tsunade received Konoha's message from Katsuyu and learned that Danzō was dead, killed by a thirteen-year-old Uchiha accused of desecrating Hashirama Senju's remains.
• Tsunade bet on big without looking at the dice, which landed on fifteen points.

The Shinobi villages and the Akatsuki reacted to Shimura Danzō’s public execution by Uchiha Minamoto, while Iwagakure hired the Akatsuki to fight Kumogakure. The chapter ended with Ōnoki ordering Deidara brought in after an explosion, as a bespectacled mother and son headed toward Iwagakure’s gates.

• Fourth Raikage A learned that Uchiha Minamoto had publicly executed Shimura Danzō and discussed attacking Konoha, but Mabui warned him that Kumogakure was already at war with Iwagakure.
• Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki read about Danzō’s death, then learned that Deidara had crashed explosive birds into two buildings and ordered an Anbu to bring him in.
• Ōnoki approved money to hire the Akatsuki to weaken Kumogakure and ordered an Anbu to contact them.
• An Iwagakure Anbu spotted a bespectacled mother and son heading toward the village gates while searching for Deidara.
• Pain told the Akatsuki that Iwagakure had hired them to join the war against Kumogakure and announced that Danzō was dead.
• Nagato reflected on losing the chance to take revenge on Danzō, while Kakuzu lamented losing a potential bounty.

At an Akatsuki meeting, Pain ordered surveillance on Uchiha Minamoto, and Obito resolved to confront him after learning he had awakened Susanoo with three tomoe. The next day, Minamoto began a ninjutsu lesson for the Uchiha Clan by having them test their chakra natures with Chakra Paper.

• White Zetsu mocked Orochimaru over his defeat by Uchiha Minamoto and Shisui Uchiha, until Pain ended the joking and assigned the Akatsuki to Iwagakure's battlefield commission.
• Zetsu told Obito Uchiha that Shimura Danzō had been killed by Uchiha Minamoto, and Black Zetsu revealed Minamoto had awakened Susanoo despite having only the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Obito regretted Danzō's death and disappeared, vowing to show Minamoto how cruel reality could be.
• Uchiha Minamoto gathered his clan at Training Ground No. 7 and introduced Chakra Paper as part of a new ninjutsu lesson.
• Uchiha Arashi tested his chakra and discovered he had wind nature, prompting Minamoto to invite the rest of the clan to line up for their tests.