And now for the chapter I've been waiting for. And what a chapter. You exceeded my expectation which is saying something becuase they are pretty high. But THIS is how you do an explanation chapter. From how they pulled off the bounties, to settling down, to whats happening to konoha. You even explained why tenten and ino joined. Really good show.
I'd also like to say while it saddens me to see some of the kindest characters in the series (lee and chouji with lee being one of my favorite characters)giving into hate, it makes me happy to see that there is still a (small) faction standing behind naruto. Sasuke is also playing up the friend angle horribly. He isn't even playing it right. Now granted like you I don't like sasuke as a character (post time skip anyway. early on he was tolerable) but when naruto was in his position he tried to bring him back unpunished despite all the terrible things he did. Sasuke is trying to play up the "i don't want to but I have to" angle... which only a few are noticing... It's a simple kind of villianous act but it works here. We don't need a big villain liek madara with large over arching plans. For something like this a small time puppetmaster wannabe is all we need.
Great work i hope to see the next chapter soon.