Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Minamoto returned to Konoha with Yugito Nii captured and learned that Kumogakure had requested peace talks after its earlier betrayal. At a meeting with Konoha’s leaders and envoy Dodai, Minamoto challenged Kumogakure’s claims and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to force Mitokado Homura back into his seat.

• Uchiha Minamoto handed Yugito Nii over to the Military Police Force and ordered them to guard her and monitor her condition.
• Shisui Uchiha told Minamoto about the peace negotiations, including Mitokado Homura’s proposal to ransom Yugito Nii and Tsunade’s rebuke of him.
• Minamoto and Shisui went to the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen Sarutobi convened Konoha’s leaders to discuss Kumogakure’s peace offer with Dodai.
• Minamoto accused Dodai of disguising another ambush as a sincere peace effort and mocked Kumogakure’s claim that Hayashi Village had orchestrated the previous attack.
• Mitokado Homura objected to Minamoto’s insults, but Minamoto invoked his Mangekyō Sharingan and crushed Homura back into his seat, breaking the chair beneath him.

Uchiha Minamoto turned the peace talks into an ultimatum, demanding that Kumogakure accept its own proposed treaty with the villages reversed. Dodai appealed to Hiruzen Sarutobi to prevent war, and the Third Hokage began by excusing Minamoto’s behavior.

• Uchiha Minamoto knocked Mitokado Homura to the floor, silencing the conference room while Utatane Koharu failed to challenge him.
• Uchiha Minamoto showed Dodai Kumogakure’s Thunder and Fire Security Treaty and demanded that Kumogakure accept the same terms with the village names swapped.
• Dodai called the reversed treaty unequal and offered compensation and a ransom for Yugito Nii, but Minamoto insisted the treaty come first and demanded a higher price for Yugito.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Dodai to return to Kumogakure and bring back Fourth Raikage A, warning that Konoha would give Kumogakure either peace or war.
• Dodai appealed to Hiruzen Sarutobi to avert war, and Hiruzen asked him to remain calm while excusing Minamoto as a young man fresh from battle.

Uchiha Minamoto rejected Dodai’s threats during the peace talks and ordered Shisui to escort the Kumogakure envoys out. He then turned his attention to Mitokado Homura, beginning to publicly question his past support for negotiations that led to a Kumogakure ambush.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi backed Minamoto’s call for Kumogakure to prove its desire for peace through concrete action.
• Dodai threatened war if Konoha refused to return the Two-Tails, but Minamoto said he welcomed the Fourth Raikage coming in person.
• Minamoto ordered Shisui Uchiha to escort Dodai out, and the Kumogakure envoys left the conference room.
• Konoha’s clan heads and Tsunade applauded Minamoto, while Hiruzen watched in silence.
• Minamoto stopped Mitokado Homura from leaving and asked him to answer for supporting earlier peace talks that ended in a Kumogakure ambush.

Uchiha Minamoto publicly accused Mitokado Homura of repeatedly backing peace talks with Kumogakure and exposed incriminating statements attributed to him in Shimura Danzō’s interrogation records. He then linked the Mysterious Masked Man to Danzō and Root, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi under renewed scrutiny.

• Uchiha Minamoto confronted Mitokado Homura over his repeated support for peace talks with Kumogakure, and Hiruzen Sarutobi offered no defense.
• Uchiha Minamoto accused Mitokado Homura of endangering Konoha and asked about his relationship with Shimura Danzō; Homura tried to distance himself by calling Danzō a missing-nin.
• Uchiha Minamoto read interrogation records in which Shimura Danzō accused Mitokado Homura of protecting his clan and pushing for peace at others’ expense.
• Utatane Koharu started to defend Mitokado Homura, but Uchiha Minamoto warned her and she fell silent.
• Uchiha Minamoto described the Mysterious Masked Man’s Sharingan, Izanagi, and First Hokage cells, then argued that Root’s allies remained active in Konoha and looked toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Uchiha Minamoto had Mitokado Homura arrested and then proposed taking the vacant Hokage Advisor position. Hiruzen Sarutobi challenged Minamoto’s age, but Minamoto answered by citing the failures of the village’s older leaders.

• Uchiha Minamoto demanded a renewed investigation into the Nine-Tails' Attack and named Mitokado Homura as a target.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the investigation, and Shisui Uchiha took Mitokado Homura into custody.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Mitokado Homura unfit to serve as an advisor and raised the need to fill the vacant position.
• Uchiha Minamoto questioned the need for Hokage Advisors and volunteered to become one.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi objected that Minamoto was only thirteen, and Minamoto pointed to the misconduct of Shimura Danzō and Mitokado Homura.

The clans at Konoha’s meeting backed Uchiha Minamoto’s bid to become a Hokage Advisor, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi isolated. By the end, nearly every clan had declared its support while the Sarutobi Clan remained silent.

• Utatane Koharu decided to stop speaking, and Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to respond to Uchiha Minamoto’s proposal.
• Shimura Nozomi became the first to support Uchiha Minamoto, declaring the Shimura Clan’s backing.
• Hyuga Hiashi stood and announced that the Hyuga Clan also supported Uchiha Minamoto.
• Shisui Uchiha declared the Uchiha Clan’s support, followed by Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and representatives of other clans.
• Nearly every clan supported Uchiha Minamoto, while the Sarutobi Clan remained silent and Princess Tsunade laughed at the scene.

Uchiha Minamoto was appointed Hokage Advisor after the assembly supported him and Hiruzen Sarutobi approved. He then directed Konoha to plan for renewed war with Kumogakure, and Shikaku Nara outlined preparations while identifying Minamoto as the decisive force.

• Tsunade and Utatane Koharu supported Uchiha Minamoto's appointment as Hokage Advisor.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Minamoto's appointment, and the assembly applauded.
• Minamoto thanked the assembly and began discussing peace talks with Kumogakure, arguing that the village sought peace only because Konoha had hurt it.
• Minamoto told Shikaku Nara to plan on Kumogakure rejecting peace and starting another war.
• Shikaku Nara proposed strengthening the Northern Border, stockpiling war supplies, and contacting Iwagakure and Sunagakure, then said Minamoto could decide the war's outcome.

Uchiha Minamoto took control of Konoha’s meeting and then discussed the Two-Tails Jinchūriki with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade. He proposed returning Yugito Nii to Kumogakure while keeping the Two-Tails in Konoha, prompting Tsunade to ask whether he could separate the jinchūriki from the tailed beast.

• Uchiha Minamoto directed the meeting, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu as spectators.
• After the meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed Utatane Koharu and asked Tsunade to join a private discussion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Uchiha Minamoto how he planned to handle the Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Uchiha Minamoto said Yugito Nii could be returned to Kumogakure, but the Two-Tails would remain in Konoha.
• Tsunade asked whether Uchiha Minamoto could separate Yugito Nii from the Two-Tails.

Uchiha Minamoto told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had cracked Yugito Nii’s seal and could release the Two-Tails, then reviewed intelligence on surviving Uzumaki Clan members with Tsunade. The chapter left Hiruzen considering the Two-Tails’ next Jinchūriki while Tsunade pressed Minamoto on what would happen after the beast was unsealed.

• Uchiha Minamoto admitted that he had fully analyzed the Iron Armor Seal and could unseal the Two-Tails from Yugito Nii.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi celebrated the prospect of taking the Two-Tails and finding it a new Jinchūriki, then showed Minamoto intelligence gathered by Shimura Danzō’s Root.
• Uchiha Minamoto and Tsunade read the intelligence scroll and found entries for Karin and her mother, Momo-hime, in Kusagakure.
• Tsunade challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over Konoha’s failure to protect the Uzumaki Clan and its role in the Senju Clan’s decline, but he avoided answering.
• Uchiha Minamoto said he would unseal the Two-Tails and leave Yugito Nii to Konoha, and Tsunade demanded to know what would happen afterward.

Uchiha Minamoto agreed to become the Fifth Hokage, then freed Matatabi from Yugito Nii’s seal in the Empty District. The Great Love Panel rewarded him with the SS-rank Kekkei Tōta Blaze Release.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed that Konoha would take charge of Yugito Nii, while Minamoto said he would unseal the Two-Tails outside the village.
• Tsunade asked Minamoto if he wanted to become the Fifth Hokage, and he openly confirmed that he did.
• Minamoto used Divine Lightning to bring the unconscious Yugito Nii from the Konoha Military Police Force to the Empty District.
• Minamoto unraveled the Iron Armor Seal, allowing Matatabi to emerge while leaving some chakra inside Yugito Nii.
• Matatabi thanked Minamoto for freeing her, and the Great Love Panel awarded him ten million Great Love Points and the SS-rank Blaze Release.

Uchiha Minamoto gained the SS-rank Blaze Release and ten million Great Love Points after freeing Matatabi, who became excitedly attached to him. He checked that Yugito Nii was alive but had lost her ability to be a ninja, then introduced Matatabi to Yatagarasu and his summoned cats.

• Uchiha Minamoto discovered that Blaze Release was a kekkei tōta and received ten million Great Love Points for helping Matatabi regain her freedom.
• Matatabi celebrated her freedom by rubbing against Uchiha Minamoto and inhaling his scent until he calmed her down.
• Uchiha Minamoto examined Yugito Nii and found her alive, though she would no longer be a ninja; Matatabi bid her farewell.
• Uchiha Minamoto introduced Matatabi to Yatagarasu, and the two argued over whether Matatabi sounded like a meowing cat.
• Uchiha Minamoto summoned Shamisen, Ruri, and Yukino, and Shamisen asked who the enormous blue cat was.

Uchiha Minamoto welcomed Matatabi to the Empty District and warned her about the powerful enemies she might encounter. Matatabi began her new life with the Ninja Cats but was left shaken by the dangers awaiting her outside the sealing space.

• Uchiha Minamoto introduced Matatabi to Shamisen, Ruri, Yukino, and Yatagarasu, and the cats gradually warmed to her.
• Uchiha Minamoto showed Matatabi the Empty District, where Shamisen offered to guide her and Matatabi said she liked the place.
• Uchiha Minamoto used his Mangekyō Sharingan to show Matatabi Shisui Uchiha and warned her about his dangerous eyes.
• Uchiha Minamoto showed Matatabi the Mysterious Masked Man and explained that he had both the Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood Release.
• Uchiha Minamoto warned Matatabi that the Akatsuki, whose members possessed the Rinnegan, would be her greatest danger, leaving her stunned by how perilous the outside world was.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rushed to the Naka River expecting the Two-Tails to be rampaging, but found Uchiha Minamoto calmly partnered with the docile Matatabi. After Yugito Nii was taken into custody, Matatabi carried Minamoto away to patrol the Empty District, leaving Hiruzen and the Anbu bewildered.

• A Sensory Unit ninja warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that an enormous chakra signature had erupted near the Naka River, and Hiruzen led two Anbu squads to investigate.
• Hiruzen and the Anbu found Matatabi resting peacefully beside Uchiha Minamoto, Yatagarasu, and several ninja cats.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Hiruzen that Matatabi was his partner and that Yugito Nii was unconscious nearby after he removed her seal and destroyed her ability to mold chakra.
• Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to take Yugito Nii away, while Matatabi swept Minamoto onto her back and ran into the Empty District with Yatagarasu following.
• Hiruzen watched Matatabi and Minamoto disappear, then told the Anbu to return to Konoha.

Uchiha Minamoto evolved his Mangekyō Sharingan into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and gained SS-rank mental energy. In Kumogakure, Fourth Raikage A reacted furiously to Minamoto demanding extra payment for Yugito Nii, but news that Kirigakure had deployed troops made him realize Kumogakure might face attacks from three villages.

• Uchiha Minamoto spent ten million Great Love Points to evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, raising his Mental Energy Strength to SS-rank.
• Fourth Raikage A learned that Uchiha Minamoto had demanded extra payment for Yugito Nii and smashed his desk and office wall in anger.
• A ordered Kumogakure to recall its ninjas and prepare to attack the Land of Fire, but Mabui warned that Iwagakure could exploit their absence.
• A Kumogakure Anbu reported that Kirigakure had deployed troops, leaving A and Mabui stunned by the prospect of Kumogakure facing pressure from three villages.

A learned that Kirigakure was preparing to attack Konoha through the Land of Whirlpools, giving Kumogakure a chance to move against the Land of Woods. In Kirigakure, Mei Terumi was forced to accept command of a unit, then sought Ao at a secret base to ask what he had discovered.

• Mabui reported that Kisame Hoshigaki had led Kirigakure forces to the Land of Waves, and A concluded Kirigakure was targeting Konoha.
• A ordered elite Kumogakure troops assembled and Killer B recalled, with the Land of Woods as their target.
• Obito Uchiha revealed himself to Karatachi Yagura and ordered him to make Konoha pay, while Yagura directed Kisame Hoshigaki to use the Land of Whirlpools as a base for an attack on the eastern Land of Fire.
• Mei Terumi confronted Karatachi Yagura over his plan to wage war on Konoha, but he appointed her commander of the Third Unit and forced her to accept.
• Mei Terumi went to a secret base and asked Ao whether he had discovered anything.

Mei Terumi and Ao discovered that the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, was under genjutsu control and decided to seek Uchiha Minamoto’s help. Meanwhile, Uchiha Minamoto confronted the imprisoned Mitokado Homura and offered him a chance to confess, leaving Homura facing the threat of his clan’s destruction.

• Ao used his Byakugan to confirm that Karatachi Yagura’s chaotic chakra flow showed he was being controlled by genjutsu.
• Mei Terumi and Ao wondered whether the Third Mizukage had also been controlled and resolved to find Uchiha Minamoto for help against Yagura.
• Uchiha Minamoto visited Mitokado Homura in the Konoha Military Police Force prison and presented a dossier of his alleged crimes.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Mitokado Homura that Hiruzen Sarutobi had abandoned him and urged him to confess to avoid his clan becoming the next Shimura Clan.

Uchiha Minamoto persuaded Mitokado Homura to expose Hiruzen Sarutobi and then recruited Shimura Nozomi to support a new Konoha Military Police Force squad. The Shimura Clan agreed to donate all its revenue for the year to establish it.

• Uchiha Minamoto stopped Mitokado Homura from signing his confession and urged him to hold Hiruzen Sarutobi responsible.
• Mitokado Homura agreed to cooperate and revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi had rebuilt Root, among other secrets.
• Uchiha Minamoto told Mitokado Homura that Lord Third had appointed him as the new advisor and ordered that Homura be treated with dignity.
• Shimura Nozomi visited Uchiha Minamoto, who proposed forming a Ninja Clan Commander Squad with the Shimura Clan providing its first core members.
• Shimura Nozomi pledged the Shimura Clan’s full support and offered all of its revenue for the year to fund the squad.

Shimura Nozomi joined the Konoha Military Police Force as a detachment leader, and Uchiha Minamoto encouraged him to have Shimura children join the Campus Great Love Group. At the Hokage’s office, Minamoto accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s peace proposal for returning Yugito Nii, then appointed Uchiha Setsuna to wield his advisor authority when he was absent, leaving Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu uneasy.

• Uchiha Minamoto welcomed Shimura Nozomi as leader of the Ninja Clan Commander Squad in the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Minamoto urged Nozomi to have Shimura children join Naruto’s Campus Great Love Group to protect them from bullying and improve the clan’s reputation.
• Minamoto reviewed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s proposal to return Yugito Nii to Kumogakure in exchange for reparations and a nonaggression treaty, and said his vote did not matter.
• Minamoto told Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu that Uchiha Setsuna would exercise his Hokage Advisor authority whenever Minamoto was absent.
• Hiruzen and Koharu reacted with concern as Setsuna met Hiruzen’s gaze without hesitation.

Kisame Hoshigaki led Kirigakure’s forces in a surprise attack that overwhelmed Konoha’s eastern coastal defenses, while Kumogakure also regrouped on the northern front. Hiruzen Sarutobi faced the new crisis in the Hokage Building as Uchiha Setsuna challenged Utatane Koharu to propose a response.

• Uchiha Minamoto left the Hokage’s office after abstaining from the debate over peace talks with Kumogakure, and Uchiha Setsuna declared his opposition to negotiations.
• Kisame Hoshigaki killed two Konoha sentries with Samehada and led Kirigakure ninja in a nighttime assault on the eastern coastal outposts.
• Kirigakure’s forces captured the coastal defenses and Kisame ordered a report to the Mizukage requesting that the main force advance into the Land of Fire.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received reports that Kumogakure was regrouping and Kirigakure had breached the eastern defenses, and he wondered whether the villages had formed an alliance.
• Utatane Koharu warned that Kisame Hoshigaki’s forces would soon overwhelm the coastal troops, and Uchiha Setsuna sarcastically asked what solution she proposed.

Uchiha Setsuna opposed peace talks with Kumogakure and urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to respond to Kirigakure’s surprise attack. At the emergency war meeting, Konoha’s jonin learned that Kirigakure had breached the eastern defenses, which were too weak to stop its advance.

• Utatane Koharu proposed concluding peace talks with Kumogakure, but Uchiha Setsuna angrily argued that Konoha should fight Kirigakure instead.
• Uchiha Setsuna declared his opposition to peace talks on behalf of Uchiha Minamoto and called for the Jonin Commander to convene an emergency meeting.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the jonin in the village and announced Kirigakure’s surprise attack on the eastern front.
• Shikaku Nara reported that Kirigakure’s vanguard had broken through the Eastern Coast Defense Line and that Konoha’s depleted forces there were unlikely to stop it.