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Chapter 46 46: he Arrest of Danzō · Oct 25, 2026

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1 Chapter 1 1: The Night the Clan Was Erased 2026-10-25
2 Chapter 2 2: A Will of Fire That Even the Third Hokage Feared 2026-10-25
3 Chapter 3 3: The Sky Screen 2026-10-25
4 Chapter 4 4: Itachi the Clan-Slayer 2026-10-25
5 Chapter 5 5: The Fifth Hokage: Tsunade 2026-10-25
6 Chapter 6 6: A World-Ending Crisis? 2026-10-25
7 Chapter 7 7: The Five Kage Summit 2026-10-25
8 Chapter 8 8: Sasuke Uchiha? 2026-10-25
9 Chapter 9 9 – The World-Ender Appears 2026-10-25
10 Chapter 10 10: The Proclamation of the Fourth Shinobi World War 2026-10-25
11 Chapter 11 11: The Sarutobi Clan: Three Thousand Shinobi 2026-10-25
12 Chapter 12 12: Still Far Too Young 2026-10-25
13 Chapter 13 13: Gaara 2026-10-25
14 Chapter 14 14: One Hundred Thousand White Zetsu 2026-10-25
15 Chapter 15 15: Rinnegan Naruto 2026-10-25
16 Chapter 16 16: Who Else Is There? 2026-10-25
17 Chapter 17 17: Night Guy!!! 2026-10-25
18 Chapter 18 18: Izanagi 2026-10-25
19 Chapter 19 19: A Tremendous Aftershock 2026-10-25
20 Chapter 20 20: The Jōnin Council 2026-10-25
21 Chapter 21 21: A Hokage No Longer Trusted 2026-10-25
22 Chapter 22 22: Lv.2 2026-10-25
23 Chapter 23 23: Questioning the Heavenly Screen 2026-10-25
24 Chapter 24 24: A Clash of Ideals 2026-10-25
25 Chapter 25 25: Jiraiya and Naruto 2026-10-25
26 Chapter 26 26: Taking a Master 2026-10-25
27 Chapter 27 27: The Conviction to Become Hokage 2026-10-25
28 Chapter 28 28: This Is My Disciple 2026-10-25
29 Chapter 29 29: Year 60 of Konoha? 2026-10-25
30 Chapter 30 30: The Valley of the End 2026-10-25
31 Chapter 31 31: Body? Life? It Doesn’t Matter! 2026-10-25
32 Chapter 32 32: Naruto’s Defeat 2026-10-25
33 Chapter 33 33: Do You Even Know How to Raise Kids? 2026-10-25
34 Chapter 34 34: Team Taka 2026-10-25
35 Chapter 35 35: Itachi Uchiha’s Path 2026-10-25
36 Chapter 36 36: This Isn’t Holding Back… This Is Letting the Ocean Loose 2026-10-25
37 Chapter 37 37: The Masked Man 2026-10-25
38 Chapter 38 38: Can You Do It? 2026-10-25
39 Chapter 39 39: The Truth Behind Uchiha Shisui’s Death 2026-10-25
40 Chapter 40 40: The True Truth of the Clan’s Destruction 2026-10-25
41 Chapter 41 41: That’s It? It Just Ends Like This?! 2026-10-25
42 Chapter 42 42: Why Don’t You Become the Hokage? 2026-10-25
43 Chapter 43 43: This Is the Real “Mad Demon” Jiraiya 2026-10-25
44 Chapter 44 44: Am I Really That Unpopular? 2026-10-25
45 Chapter 45 45: Taking Control of ANBU 2026-10-25
46 Chapter 46 46: he Arrest of Danzō 2026-10-25
47 Chapter 47 47: Tsunade Is the Hokage 2026-10-25
48 Chapter 48 48: Danzō: “I Will Return” 2026-10-25
49 Chapter 49 49: Personal Revenge? 2026-10-25
50 Chapter 50 50: The Missing-nin: Danzō Shimura 2026-10-25

Those two words—

”Traitor to the village.”

—fell like a final judgment, hammering heavily into the hearts of every ANBU operative.

It meant that once they chose to stay, there would be no retreat.

No wavering.

No middle ground.

From that moment on, their blades could be raised for the Fifth Hokage alone.

”Dismissed.”

No explanations.

No reassurance.

No room for negotiation.

After delivering this earth-shaking order, Tsunade turned and left the sealed chamber without hesitation, leaving behind shock, struggle, and irreversible choices for the silent ANBU kneeling in her wake.

Tsunade stood by the window of the Hokage’s office, overlooking Konoha as night slowly descended.

In three days, she would formally assume the Hokage’s mantle.

Her gaze was calm and razor-sharp—there was none of the confusion or exhilaration that came with newly grasped power. Only a near-cruel clarity.

Her thinking was simple.

If she wanted reform, she needed absolute force that obeyed her alone.

ANBU was that blade—the sharpest and most critical one.

If even ANBU, which was nominally直属 to the Hokage, could be freely mobilized by former Hokage or village elders, then what exactly was the Fifth Hokage?

A hollow symbol?

A puppet performing on the stage while others pulled the strings backstage?

”Ridiculous,” Tsunade scoffed inwardly.

She knew Konoha’s rot all too well.

A Hokage whose orders never left the tower—or were obeyed in name only once they did—was no Hokage at all.

She would not repeat that mistake.

The three-day deadline she gave ANBU was not merely a loyalty test—it was a forced declaration of allegiance.

Once you chose a side, betrayal would no longer be tolerated.

If you couldn’t commit, then you were better off leaving—or dying.

Taking control of ANBU was only the first step.

Three days later, Konoha’s central plaza was packed to the brim.

There were no elaborate rituals.

No drawn-out speeches.

When the appointed time arrived and Tsunade appeared on the Hokage Tower balcony, the entire plaza erupted.

She did not wear the traditional Hokage robes—only her familiar tea-green coat, with the Hokage’s hat resting atop her head.

Yet as she stood there, golden ponytail swaying in the wind, posture straight and unyielding, everyone felt it—

This was a new kind of power.

Something utterly different from the rot of the past.

”Konoha’s people!”

Tsunade’s clear, penetrating voice swept across the plaza, instantly silencing the roar of the crowd.

”I am—Tsunade!”

”From this day forward, inheriting the Will of Fire, I take up the mantle of—Fifth Hokage of Konohagakure!”

No polite deflections.

No indulgent nostalgia for her predecessor.

Only a clean, forceful declaration.

”WOOO—!!”

”Lady Tsunade!”

”Fifth Hokage!”

”Princess Tsunade!”

The response was thunderous, like waves crashing against the sky itself.

Faces glowed with genuine joy and anticipation. Arms waved wildly. Eyes burned with hope.

This cheer was not only for her status as one of the Legendary Sannin—

Nor merely for her lineage as the First Hokage’s granddaughter.

It was a cheer born of a hunger for change.

The darkness exposed by the Heavenly Screen had unsettled even ordinary villagers.

External suspicion and pressure had made them fear for Konoha’s future.

They were tired of conspiracies hidden beneath a façade of peace.

They wanted a leader strong enough to cut through the shadows—

Someone who could lead Konoha toward a future that was truly bright, truly worthy of pride.

And Tsunade—

Her forceful personality, peerless medical ninjutsu, and clear break from past darkness—

She was exactly what they needed.

Looking out over the countless hopeful faces, listening to the deafening cheers, Tsunade drew a deep breath.

She felt the weight of that trust—and it only hardened her resolve.

Raising her hand, she signaled for silence.

The plaza quieted almost instantly.

”I swear here and now,” Tsunade declared, her voice echoing between heaven and earth,

”That I will give everything to protect every citizen of Konoha—purge its rot, and lead it toward a new era of glory!”

”FIFTH HOKAGE!!”

The chants rose again, even more fervent.

In that moment, Konoha’s authority was truly and completely placed into the hands of the Fifth Hokage—Tsunade.

Among the crowd, Naruto Uzumaki watched with eyes full of awe, his face flushed with excitement.

One day…

He would stand up there too.

He would become the strongest Hokage Konoha had ever known.

Back in the Hokage’s office, the atmosphere turned cold and razor-tight the moment Tsunade returned.

Led by Shikaku Nara, the heads of Konoha’s core clans had already assembled.

Before anyone could even sit down, Tsunade dropped a bomb—direct and merciless:

”By order of the Fifth Hokage—effective immediately, conduct a full investigation into the remnants of ROOT.”

”All bases. All personnel. All historical operation records.”

”What?!”

Even Shikaku’s pupils shrank despite his famed composure. He exchanged stunned looks with Hiashi Hyūga, Chōza Akimichi, and the others.

So fast?

So direct?

She had just formally taken office—and was already striking at Konoha’s deepest, most poisonous shadow?

This wasn’t three fires of a new Hokage.

This was marching straight in with a torch to burn down the entire underground fortress.

Tsunade met their shock without the slightest wavering. Her voice was iron-cold, filled with unmistakable killing intent:

”During this process, anyone who resists investigation or obstructs enforcement—regardless of identity or background—will be treated as a traitor.”

”They may be apprehended on the spot.”

”And if they offer violent resistance—kill them immediately.”

The clan heads felt a chill run through their hearts.

So this was the iron hand hidden beneath the surface of the legendary medical saint.

Then Tsunade delivered the final blow—the true objective that gave all actions an unquestionable justification:

”Simultaneously, issue a formal arrest warrant for Danzō Shimura.”

Her gaze swept across the room as she stated the charge—one that no one could refute:

”The crime—the theft, research, and attempted control of the bloodline limits of Konoha’s clans.”

Stealing bloodline limits.

That accusation fell like an ultimatum, shattering any lingering hesitation the clan heads might have had.

Bloodline limits were the foundation of every great clan’s survival—their legacy, their treasure, their absolute taboo.

Danzō had crossed everyone’s bottom line.

This was no longer a struggle among the village’s upper ranks—

It was a conflict that threatened the very survival of the clans themselves.

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