Chapter Summaries

Baishuo awoke in Hatake Sakumo’s body after Sakumo’s suicide, and a confused system saved him and granted him top-tier Armament Haki. As Kakashi returned home, Sakumo resolved to avenge the bullying that drove his predecessor to take his life.

• Baishuo woke in Sakumo’s blood-soaked living room and learned he had transmigrated into the Naruto world as the White Fang of Konoha.
• The system healed Sakumo’s fatal wound and offered a choice between Hawkeye Mihawk’s swordsmanship and top-tier Armament Haki.
• Sakumo chose Armament Haki and gained the power to coat his fist in a black, metallic sheen.
• The system mistook Sakumo’s White Fang sword for Mihawk’s Black Blade: Yoru, and Sakumo picked up and cleaned his blade.
• Sakumo recalled how village ostracism over a failed mission had driven his predecessor to suicide, then vowed to settle the score.
• Kakashi arrived home and announced that he was back.

Hatake Sakumo, newly resolved to stop enduring Konoha’s hostility, beat two Chunin who insulted him and then fought off the Konoha Military Police Force when they tried to arrest him. After knocking out their leader, Uchiha Kō, he demanded to know why the Uchiha had targeted him.

• Kakashi came home, noticed blood on the floor, and silently accepted Hatake Sakumo’s explanation that they would go out to eat.
• Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi heard villagers insult him, then Hatake Sakumo knocked out Tanaka Ryōhei and Yamada Shigeru when they confronted him.
• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi to stop taking small Chunin missions and spend more time with children his own age.
• Uchiha Kō led the Konoha Military Police Force into the restaurant to arrest Hatake Sakumo for attacking fellow ninja.
• Hatake Sakumo defeated the Uchiha officers and knocked out Uchiha Kō, then woke him with slaps and demanded to know why he had come looking for trouble.

Hatake Sakumo planned to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, then use a forbidden seal to secure the support of Konoha’s advisors and claim the Hokage position. He infiltrated Hiruzen’s home at midnight, where Hiruzen recognized him as White Fang.

• Hatake Sakumo defeated Uchiha Kō and the Konoha Military Police Force officers, then finished his meal with Kakashi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned of the incident and watched Hatake Sakumo through the Telescope Technique without summoning him.
• Hatake Sakumo decided to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, then place the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
• An Uchiha Clan elder demanded that Hiruzen arrest Hatake Sakumo, but Hiruzen sent him away and dismissed Shimura Danzō’s demand to act.
• Hatake Sakumo entered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s bedroom at midnight, and Hiruzen woke and identified him as White Fang.

Hatake Sakumo raided Hiruzen Sarutobi’s home and used Armament Haki to overwhelm him and Enma. Hiruzen lost an arm and ordered Enma to carry him out through a window while they waited for reinforcements.

• Hatake Sakumo coated White Fang in Armament Haki and launched a black Flying Slash at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who dodged it and summoned Enma as the Adamantine Staff.
• Hatake Sakumo knocked Biwako Sarutobi unconscious, then struck Enma through the Adamantine Staff with his Haki-coated blade, forcing Enma out of staff form and injuring him.
• Hatake Sakumo kicked Hiruzen Sarutobi into a wall and cut through his Earth-Style Wall with another Flying Slash.
• Hatake Sakumo severed one of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s arms, and the noise brought Hiruzen’s eldest son and the household servants into the corridor.
• Enma attacked Hatake Sakumo, missed, and helped Hiruzen Sarutobi up; Hiruzen told Enma to take him out through the window so they could fight again after reinforcements arrived.

Hatake Sakumo killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma, then escaped the Sarutobi residence and slaughtered the Root guards at Shimura Danzō’s home. After learning Danzō was away, Sakumo headed for Root to find him.

• Hatake Sakumo pierced Enma’s heart with White Fang, then killed the wounded Hiruzen Sarutobi as he tried to escape.
• Sakumo knocked out the four ANBU guards from Squad Two without killing them and left the Sarutobi residence.
• Sakumo searched Shimura Danzō’s home, found him absent, and deliberately drew out the four Root ninja guarding the house.
• Sakumo killed all four Root ninja with White Fang and Armament Haki.
• Sakumo retrieved his blade and set off for Root, intent on finding Shimura Danzō.

Hatake Sakumo broke into Root Base and fought his way through Root’s forces using Armament Haki while keeping his identity and White Fang hidden. After killing unit leader Shimura Hayato, he faced Shimura Danzō, who recognized the masked intruder as a serious threat.

• Shimura Danzō learned that a masked intruder had broken into Root Base and went to confront him.
• Hatake Sakumo killed three squads of Root ninja with Armament Haki, avoiding the use of his White Fang blade to conceal his identity.
• Shimura Hayato attacked Hatake Sakumo with Wind Release and then led a squad in surrounding him.
• Shimura Hayato’s sneak attack with a Kunai broke against Hatake Sakumo’s hardened body, and Hatake Sakumo killed him with a long-range Armament Haki kick.
• Shimura Danzō arrived, watched Hatake Sakumo kill the remaining attackers, and felt threatened as Hatake Sakumo walked toward him.

Hatake Sakumo fought through Shimura Danzō’s Root guards and pursued Danzō as he fled the base. The chapter left Sakumo closing in after Danzō narrowly dodged a flying slash.

• Hatake Sakumo shattered Shimura Danzō’s Wind Release attack with Armament Haki, then withstood ninjutsu from two Root squads.
• Sakumo used Lightning Release: Senbon to detonate incoming Explosive Tags, then killed Root ninja as he fought through their ranks.
• Shimura Danzō ordered the remaining Root members to attack while he fled, and Sakumo killed the last guards before chasing him with White Fang.
• Sakumo sent a flying slash at Danzō, but Danzō trusted his instincts and dropped flat to avoid it.
• Sakumo stopped disguising his voice and mocked Danzō for being nimble.

Hatake Sakumo fought Shimura Danzō, breaking through Danzō’s combined Baku and Wind Release attack before Danzō unleashed his final sealing technique. The Reverse Four Symbols Seal began pulling everything within five meters toward it, leaving Hatake Sakumo fearing he could not escape.

• Shimura Danzō summoned Baku and combined its suction with Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves to attack Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo protected his legs with Armament Haki and blocked the wind blades with White Fang as Baku dragged him closer.
• Hatake Sakumo used a powerful flying slash to cut Baku in two and stop its suction.
• Shimura Danzō tore open his shirt and activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, creating a deadly suction that Hatake Sakumo could not interrupt.
• Hatake Sakumo realized the seal would capture everything within five meters and panicked as it took effect.

Hatake Sakumo gained the Six Powers and Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability after killing Sengoku and Whitebeard, then used the quake power to escape Danzo’s sealing technique and the collapse of the Root Base. With Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō dead, he headed across Konoha to deal with the two remaining advisers.

• Hatake Sakumo demanded the reward for killing Hiruzen Sarutobi and received Sengoku’s Six Powers after killing Sengoku.
• The system rewarded Hatake Sakumo with Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability after he killed Whitebeard.
• Hatake Sakumo punched the ground with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit power, collapsing the Root Base and burying Danzo’s corpse and the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
• Hatake Sakumo used Moonwalk and White Fang to cut through falling wreckage and escape the collapsing Root Base.
• Hatake Sakumo confirmed the quake had barely affected Konoha, then headed toward Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to complete his plan.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi was found murdered, Sarutobi Ken organized Konoha’s response while Hatake Sakumo destroyed Root and captured Mitokado Homura. Sakumo revealed that he had killed both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, leaving Homura stunned.

• Sarutobi Ken found Hiruzen Sarutobi dead, confirmed Biwako Sarutobi was unharmed, and ordered ANBU to guard the residence and investigate.
• Sarutobi Ken told ANBU to notify Konoha’s clans, check who was missing, and keep the Uchiha under watch without informing them.
• A massive crash revealed that Root’s base had collapsed, prompting ANBU and clan leaders to suspect the Uchiha might be responsible.
• Hatake Sakumo left Root and went to Mitokado Homura’s residence, intending to eliminate the remaining Konoha advisors and secure the Hokage position.
• Hatake Sakumo tied up Mitokado Homura and stopped him from shouting when he woke.
• Mitokado Homura recognized Hatake Sakumo and blamed Shimura Danzō for the village’s past ostracism of him, but Sakumo said he had already killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.

Hatake Sakumo forced Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to support his bid to become the Fourth Hokage after killing Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō. As ANBU investigated the deaths, Sakumo returned home and concealed the evidence.

• Hatake Sakumo told Mitokado Homura that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō were dead and demanded his support for becoming Fourth Hokage.
• Sakumo placed the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on Mitokado Homura and ordered him to help secure support from the village clans.
• Sakumo explained why Tsunade and Jiraiya were unlikely candidates and argued that he was more qualified than Orochimaru.
• Sakumo left to make the same arrangements with Utatane Koharu, while Mitokado Homura accepted his situation and lamented Hiruzen's choices.
• Sakumo noticed ANBU hurrying through the village, then burned his bloodstained clothes and mask after returning home.

Hatake Sakumo attended an emergency meeting after Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō were killed, pretending to be shocked by their deaths. The meeting had turned to selecting a new Hokage, and Orochimaru watched Sakumo suspiciously while nursing his own thwarted ambitions.

• Hatake Sakumo found Kakashi's note saying he had left on a mission, then answered the door to two ANBU.
• The ANBU invited Hatake Sakumo to an emergency meeting, and he delayed washing up before going with them.
• Mitokado Homura told the gathered clan heads and senior jonin that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō had been killed.
• Hatake Sakumo convincingly acted shocked and asked whether the killer had been identified.
• Mitokado Homura said the village needed to choose a Hokage quickly, while Orochimaru watched Hatake Sakumo and remained displeased that his own bid had been overruled.

Hatake Sakumo maneuvered through Konoha’s leadership meeting and accepted the position of Fourth Hokage after Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu argued that the village could not wait for Tsunade. He took the seat of honor and opened the meeting by asking for a report on the previous night’s events.

• Hatake Sakumo proposed Tsunade as the next Hokage, but Utatane Koharu said her grief and fear of blood made her unfit to lead.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu urged Hatake Sakumo to become Fourth Hokage, while Hatake Sakumo protested that his past mission decision had caused the village losses.
• Mitokado Homura defended Hatake Sakumo’s choice to save his comrades, and Utatane Koharu revealed that Shimura Danzō had fueled the villagers’ scorn of him.
• Mitokado Homura argued that Konoha could not wait for Tsunade to return, and the meeting accepted Hatake Sakumo as Hokage without anyone opposing him.
• Hatake Sakumo bowed to the advisors, took the Hokage’s seat, and asked who would report what had happened the previous night.

Kakashi encountered Rin after his father, Hatake Sakumo, secretly coached her on how to comfort him. As Rin began repeating Sakumo’s advice, Kakashi listened, unaware of the promise she had made.

• Kakashi returned from a mission and decided to head home rather than take another assignment, remembering his father’s advice to spend time with children his age.
• Hatake Sakumo assigned investigations into Hiruzen Sarutobi’s murder and the Root Base’s destruction, declared Danzo dead, and disbanded Root, transferring its members to the ANBU.
• Sakumo met Rin and coached her to tell Kakashi that he had made the right choice and that comrades mattered more than rules, asking her to keep their conversation secret.
• Kakashi saw Sakumo speaking with Rin from a distance and assumed his father was doing well, then continued toward home.
• Kakashi greeted Rin, and she began repeating Sakumo’s words to him.

Kakashi learned that the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō had been killed and that Hatake Sakumo would become the Fourth Hokage. Five days later, Tsunade returned to Konoha while Jiraiya traveled back with Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko, though Hatake Sakumo did not yet know Tsunade had arrived.

• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi that Rin Nohara was cute and polite, and Kakashi agreed after remembering how she had defended his father's choice.
• Over dinner, Hatake Sakumo revealed the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō had been killed and that he had been chosen as the Fourth Hokage; he told Kakashi to stop taking missions.
• Rin remembered that she had forgotten the errand her mother sent her to do after Kakashi sincerely thanked her for her words.
• Tsunade returned to Konoha with Shizune and Tonton because the Third Hokage had been killed.
• Jiraiya headed back to Konoha with Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko after cutting short his plans to teach them.
• Nara Shikata told Hatake Sakumo that Tsunade and Jiraiya should return soon, unaware that Tsunade had already entered Konoha.

Tsunade returned to Konoha and learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had been murdered, but the investigation had uncovered no leads. Hatake Sakumo offered her the Fourth Hokage position, but she refused and left him in charge.

• Tsunade entered the Hokage's office with Shizune and greeted Hatake Sakumo and Nara Shikata.
• Nara Shikata told Tsunade that investigators had found no clues to Hiruzen Sarutobi's murder or the destruction of the Root Base.
• Tsunade considered the possibility that a powerful figure from the older generation had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, but could not identify anyone who fit.
• Hatake Sakumo offered Tsunade the position of Fourth Hokage, but Tsunade declined because she did not want to return to village life or take the role.

Hatake Sakumo and Nara Shikata visited the Sarutobi family and persuaded Biwako Sarutobi and Sarutobi Ken to hold a public memorial for Hiruzen Sarutobi. Sakumo arranged for the village ceremony the next day and looked forward to formalizing his ascension as Hokage after the burial.

• Hatake Sakumo told Nara Shikata they needed to discuss burying Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose body had been kept on ice for six days.
• Nara Shikata privately suspected Hatake Sakumo or Orochimaru was involved in Hiruzen Sarutobi's murder, though he had no evidence.
• Hatake Sakumo and Nara Shikata visited Biwako Sarutobi, Sarutobi Ken, and Tsunade, and Sakumo admitted the murder investigation had found no leads.
• Nara Shikata argued that Hiruzen Sarutobi should be laid to rest with dignity, and Biwako Sarutobi and Sarutobi Ken agreed to a village memorial the next day.
• Hatake Sakumo assigned Nara Shikata and other village leaders to organize the memorial, then looked forward to choosing a date for his formal ascension.

Hatake Sakumo oversaw Hiruzen Sarutobi’s funeral, then gathered Konoha’s leaders to discuss publicly blaming Shimura Danzō for the murder. He proposed the story to prevent panic, and Nara Shikata cautiously voiced support.

• Hatake Sakumo watched Biwako Sarutobi, Sarutobi Ken, Asuma Sarutobi, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and the gathered shinobi mourn and bury Hiruzen Sarutobi in the rain.
• After the memorial, Hatake Sakumo noted that Konoha planned no funeral for Shimura Danzō and intended to make him the scapegoat for the Third Hokage’s murder.
• Hatake Sakumo reviewed recovered Root documents detailing Shimura Danzō’s covert operations and summoned the village’s senior leaders to the Hokage’s office.
• Hatake Sakumo showed the leaders the Root documents and proposed announcing that Shimura Danzō had used Root to assassinate Hiruzen Sarutobi and seize power.
• Nara Shikata remained silent briefly, then said Hatake Sakumo’s proposal had merit.

Hatake Sakumo secured the leadership’s agreement to blame Shimura Danzō publicly for the Third Hokage’s murder while claiming the investigation would continue. After the meeting, Sakumo looked forward to his formal accession and wondered whether the coming war might let him earn more system rewards.

• Nara Shikata proposed directing the villagers’ fear and anger toward Shimura Danzō, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu supported the plan.
• Orochimaru suspected Hatake Sakumo had killed Hiruzen Sarutobi and destroyed Root, but he had found no evidence and agreed to the proposal anyway.
• Tsunade and Sarutobi Ken agreed to the plan while insisting the search for the Third Hokage’s killer continue.
• Hatake Sakumo assigned Nara Shikata to announce the decision publicly, and the meeting ended with the blame set to fall on Shimura Danzō.
• Alone in his office, Hatake Sakumo considered whether the deaths of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō would hasten the Third Shinobi World War and wondered if the system could grant him more rewards.
• Jiraiya remained some distance from Konoha.

Kakashi learned that Shimura Danzō had framed his father and assassinated the Third Hokage, then joined Rin and their classmates for dango. The other great nations took advantage of Konoha’s turmoil to escalate border tensions, just as Jiraiya returned to the village with his three disciples.

• Kakashi read a notice accusing Shimura Danzō of murdering the Third Hokage and framing Hatake Sakumo for the failed mission that had ruined his reputation.
• Kakashi met Rin Nohara, Obito Uchiha, Kurenai Yuhi, Might Guy, and Mitaraishi Anko at the notice board, then accepted Rin’s invitation to eat dango with them.
• Rin offered Kakashi a dango skewer, making Obito jealous, while Kurenai worried aloud about Asuma grieving the Third Hokage’s death.
• Spies spread news of Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō’s deaths, and Iwagakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure began increasing border friction with the Land of Fire.
• As tensions among the Five Great Nations intensified, Jiraiya returned to Konoha with his three disciples.