Recaps

After Blue B and Orochimaru’s battle ended without a victor, Yemo waited in the forest for a smuggling caravan to cross the border between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire. He transformed into a stone and secretly slipped aboard one of its covered carriages.

• Blue B’s attack destroyed the Triple Rashomon, and Orochimaru summoned two giant snakes that were burned to charcoal by the remaining white light.
• Blue B and Orochimaru ordered their exhausted forces to retreat after a day of fighting, with both sides suffering heavy losses.
• Yemo waited in the forest and spotted a caravan guarded by armed men, including two missing-nin from Kirigakure.
• Yemo transformed into a small stone and landed on a carriage, drawing a brief but fruitless inspection from one of the guards.
• The carriage jolted, and Yemo’s stone form rolled through a gap in the black cloth and fell inside.

Yemo hid in a carriage as a convoy carrying long boxes crossed into the Land of Lightning, then discovered a concealed Kumo Ninja among the guards. After the Kumo Ninja poisoned the guards and revealed himself as a Jonin, the two missing-nin fled, and he pursued one with the Lightning Body Flicker Technique.

• Yemo hid inside a covered carriage and watched the convoy pass through a barrier into the Land of Lightning.
• Yemo waited as the exhausted convoy rested, then sensed a third ninja hiding his Chakra.
• The disguised Kumo Ninja poisoned the guards, leaving himself and the two missing-nin alive.
• The Kumo Ninja revealed his identity and defeated the missing-nin's thrown Kunai, showing he was a Jonin.
• The two missing-nin fled in opposite directions, and the Kumo Ninja used the Lightning Body Flicker Technique to appear behind one of them.

Yemo escaped the clearing after a Kumo Jonin killed one missing-nin and pursued the other, then headed toward the Kumo camp to investigate whether the Iwa Ninja were genuine. The Jonin ambushed Yemo and revealed he had sensed him earlier, leaving Yemo injured but smiling as he recognized the man as a sensor-type Jonin.

• A Kumo Jonin killed a Kirigakure missing-nin with Lightning Release and chased his fleeing companion.
• Yemo left the clearing, considered how to verify the Iwa Ninja's identity, and headed toward the Kumo camp.
• A tagged Kunai exploded beside Yemo, blasting him into a tree and leaving him injured.
• The Kumo Jonin confronted Yemo and explained that he had sensed Yemo's Chakra when he used the Transformation Technique.
• Yemo identified the Jonin as a sensor-type ninja and smiled, unsettling his opponent.

Yemo ambushed the Kumo sensory ninja Daruka with vines, then used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to overwhelm him. Daruka fought through the clones, but many still surrounded him.

• Yemo revealed that he had already begun fighting back and struck Daruka with a surprise attack using thick vines.
• Daruka destroyed the vines with Lightning Release: Turbulence and sent Yemo flying with a punch.
• Yemo used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, creating dozens of physical clones that kicked Daruka back.
• Daruka realized the Yemos were real bodies rather than Genjutsu and attacked them with lightning.
• Daruka drew two Kunai and fought through the remaining clones, dispersing them with strikes and kicks.

Yemo overwhelmed Daruka with clones and Wood Vine Strangulation, then unleashed his newly created Pagoda in the Palm technique. The chapter ended as two enormous hands rose from the earth around Daruka.

• Daruka fought through Yemo's clones but was badly beaten and forced to call for the real Yemo.
• Yemo emerged and trapped Daruka with Wood Vine Strangulation, but Daruka used dozens of Explosive Tags to blast the vines apart.
• Daruka survived the explosions by burrowing underground, though the blasts left him badly wounded.
• Daruka asked whether Yemo belonged to Konoha's Senju Clan, and Yemo announced that he had created his next Ninjutsu himself.
• Yemo performed Pagoda in the Palm, raising two enormous hands from the ground as Daruka stared in disbelief.

Daruka sacrificed himself to kill Yemo, detonating a thousand Explosive Tags as Yemo tried to shield himself. The enormous blast engulfed Yemo and put both the Kumo Ninja and Konoha bases on combat alert.

• Yemo brought two giant palms down on Daruka, who charged himself with lightning and prepared a desperate counterattack.
• Daruka scattered a thousand Explosive Tags and revealed his intent to take Yemo with him before the palms crushed him.
• Daruka used lightning to detonate the Explosive Tags, and Yemo formed a wooden shield to withstand the blast.
• The explosion shattered Yemo’s shield and engulfed him in flames.
• The blast and rising smoke alerted both the Kumo Ninja and Konoha bases, which went on combat alert.

After surviving Daruka’s explosion by using Yin-Yang Release to restore his body, Yemo realized how dangerous Jonin were and tried to escape the Land of Lightning. Kumo Ninja found the crater and tracked his footprints, leaving Yemo hidden nearby and his mission exposed.

• Orochimaru grew concerned about Yemo after seeing smoke near the border, while Blue B ordered Killer B to go out after suspecting trouble with the intelligence operative.
• Yemo crawled from the crater, having exhausted his Chakra while using Yin-Yang Release to survive the blast that destroyed the forest and killed Daruka.
• Yemo reflected that Jonin were far stronger than he had assumed and forced himself to leave the crater before Kumo Ninja arrived.
• Three Kumo Jonin searched the crater, found Yemo’s footprints, and split up so Daru and their leader could pursue him while Wanda reported the incident.
• Yemo hid inside a tree and overheard the Kumo Jonin, realizing his mission had been compromised and that he needed to leave the Land of Lightning.

After abandoning his failed mission, Yemo restored his Chakra and fled deeper into the Land of Lightning to avoid the guarded border. A powerful Kumo Ninja caught up with him, and Yemo led the pursuit into a canyon, where they prepared to fight.

• Yemo gave up on infiltrating the Kumo Ninja base, restored his Chakra, and left his hiding place in a tree.
• Yemo studied his map and chose a longer route through the Land of Lightning to avoid the guarded border.
• A powerful Kumo Ninja tracked Yemo, and the two raced through the forest and across a scorching Gobi desert.
• Yemo spotted a mountain gorge and led his pursuer through its ravines into a canyon.
• Yemo stopped in the canyon, and the pursuing Kumo Ninja leaped down to face him as a battle became inevitable.

Yemo Uzumaki encountered Killer B while fleeing across the border, and learned that Blue B had warned his student about Yemo’s abilities. Killer B began testing Yemo’s strength, leaving Yemo injured but ready to face another attack.

• Killer B introduced himself and demanded Yemo’s name after recognizing him as the Konoha ninja who killed Daruka.
• Yemo revealed his name, and Killer B explained that his teacher, Blue B, had often spoken about him and his Wood Release.
• Killer B ordered Yemo to surrender, but Yemo refused and insisted he would not return to Kumo alive.
• Killer B charged Yemo with a lightning-coated punch, and Yemo blocked it but was driven backward with both arms badly injured.
• Yemo’s Sage Body and Yin-Yang Release rapidly healed his arms, and Killer B launched another punch at him.

Yemo fought Killer B in the canyon but was overwhelmed by his four-sword Acrobat technique. Unable to stand, Yemo activated a sealing formation around Killer B, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Yemo and Killer B clashed with lightning-enhanced punches, and Killer B forced Yemo backward.
• Killer B drew four swords and attacked with Acrobat, cutting Yemo’s legs and kicking him into a crater.
• Yemo realized he could not keep fighting Killer B’s swordsmanship and sat injured on the ground.
• Yemo raised eight earthen pillars and threw marked Kunai into them.
• Yemo channeled Chakra through the pillars and trapped Killer B inside an octagonal barrier, calling it Eight Trigrams Sealing.

Yemo trapped Killer B inside an Eight Trigrams Sealing Barrier after secretly healing his leg wounds, and Killer B failed to break free. When Killer B revealed that Blue B would send Kumogakure forces after Yemo specifically, Yemo proposed a deal to learn why he mattered.

• Yemo revealed that his leg wounds had healed and explained how he had used the delay to set up the sealing barrier.
• Killer B attacked the barrier with his Super Sonic Vibration Lightning Blade but could not break through it.
• Yemo claimed the barrier could hold Killer B for a day and night, while Killer B pointed out that it depended on Yemo supplying Chakra and that Kumogakure forces could arrive.
• Killer B said Blue B would send every ninja to capture Yemo, unlike any other Konoha Genin, but refused to explain why.
• Yemo decided he needed to learn what made him important to Blue B and proposed a deal to Killer B.

Yemo traded Killer B’s freedom for an explanation of why Kumogakure was pursuing him, then learned the war’s opening spark may have been Yemo and Kushina. He left the revelation unconvinced but began to consider that Killer B was telling the truth.

• Yemo offered to free Killer B and explain his infiltration in exchange for learning why Blue B had been hunting him.
• Killer B accepted, and Yemo revealed that he had entered the Land of Lightning to investigate whether Kumogakure and the Iwa Ninja were cooperating.
• Killer B confirmed that Kumogakure and Iwagakure were not allied and that Iwagakure missing-nin had impersonated Iwa Ninja and poisoned Jiraiya of the Sannin.
• Killer B said the war was about to end and named Yemo Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki as the spark that started it.
• Yemo accused Killer B of lying and threatened him, but Killer B’s anger made Yemo pause and question whether the claim was true.

Yemo used a marked kunai to summon Minato Namikaze with Flying Thunder God and escaped before the approaching Kumo Ninja arrived. Killer B survived the barrier’s collapse and vowed to capture Yemo when they met again.

• Yemo sensed several dozen Kumo Ninja approaching and threw three marked kunai around himself.
• The kunai activated, and Minato Namikaze appeared in the canyon using Flying Thunder God.
• Minato agreed to take Yemo back to the base, while Yemo explained that Killer B was a Kumogakure genius and asked to leave before reinforcements arrived.
• Killer B and Yemo traded promises to capture each other in a future battlefield encounter.
• Minato teleported away with Yemo as the Kumo Ninja reached the nearby hill, and the barrier collapsed, destroying its supporting pillars.
• Killer B emerged from the rubble and angrily vowed not to spare Yemo next time.

Yemo returned to the Konoha base with Minato after their Flying Thunder God trip was interrupted, and he concealed that his use of Yin-Yang Release had caused the mishap. Orochimaru reprimanded Yemo for his failed mission and the disturbance caused by his Explosive Tags, but Jiraiya praised his achievement in killing a Special Jōnin.

• Yemo and Minato fell out of spacetime into a forest pool after Yemo secretly used Yin-Yang Release during Minato's Flying Thunder God journey.
• Minato questioned Yemo about the interruption, and Yemo hid the role of Yin-Yang Release while Minato suspected a flaw in his technique.
• Minato took Yemo back to the Konoha base, where they greeted Orochimaru and Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya explained that Yemo's detonation of over a thousand Explosive Tags had alerted both armies and nearly sparked a clash at the border.
• Orochimaru reprimanded Yemo for being discovered in the Land of Lightning and failing his mission, while Jiraiya defended him and praised him for killing a Special Jōnin.

Yemo reported that Kumogakure had used its border buildup to draw Konoha’s attention while secretly pursuing Kushina and him for their ability to suppress Tailed Beast chakra. He then revealed that someone in Konoha may have provoked Kumogakure into war, and Orochimaru ordered the sensitive information kept secret.

• Yemo told Orochimaru and Jiraiya that Kumogakure had not allied with Iwagakure and described how he learned Killer B’s plans.
• Yemo explained that Kumogakure wanted to capture Kushina to help control the Eight-Tails and had also targeted him after Blue B discovered his ability to suppress Tailed Beast chakra.
• Orochimaru suspected Yemo was withholding information, so Yemo revealed that Kumogakure had not intended to start a war until someone attacked them.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya realized the revelation implicated a hidden actor in Konoha, while Minato understood the political danger.
• Orochimaru ordered Yemo and Minato to keep the discussion secret, and they left him and Jiraiya to consider how to suppress the information.

Yemo learned that Minato would take the young Genin back the next morning, then realized Kakashi’s age meant a major event in Konoha was due to happen this year. The chapter left Yemo expecting an earth-shattering turn of events despite his arrival having seemed to change the future.

• Minato told Yemo that Kushina was angry with him and that he and the other Genin would leave the next morning.
• Yemo healed his wounds with his Sage Body and Yin-Yang Release, then returned to the training ground.
• Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi questioned Yemo about his mission, while Kakashi returned exhausted and went straight to his room.
• Shikaku said Kakashi was seven, prompting Yemo to realize that a shocking event in Konoha would happen this year.

Yemo and the others returned to Konoha, where the children reunited with their families and Yemo joined Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi for barbecue. At the restaurant, Yemo learned that Kakashi’s father, White Fang, had abandoned a mission to save his teammates and was now being blamed by the village.

• Minato escorted Yemo and the children back to Konoha after a two-day journey, and their parents welcomed them at the village gate.
• Yemo avoided going home and left with Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi to eat barbecue, while Minato worried that Kushina would blame him for letting Yemo go.
• While waiting outside the crowded restaurant, Yemo saw Kakashi walking alone as villagers pointed at him and whispered.
• Yemo asked two ninjas what had happened, and they explained that White Fang had abandoned a mission to save his teammates, causing losses for the village.
• Yemo realized that the White Fang incident from history had occurred while he and the others were away.

Yemo defended Hatake Sakumo’s choice to save his comrades, then found himself outside the Hatake Clan’s home while thinking about Sakumo’s likely death. He wondered whether the coincidence meant he could intervene.

• Over dinner, Yemo told Shikaku, Inoichi, and Chōza that he would choose his comrades’ lives over a mission.
• After the meal, Yemo walked home alone and reacted to a black cat as if it were an enemy.
• Yemo reflected on Hatake Sakumo’s ostracism and considered whether he could do anything to prevent Sakumo’s death.
• Lost in thought, Yemo wandered through the village and discovered he had reached the Hatake Clan’s gate.
• Yemo wondered whether his arrival at the Hatake Clan was a sign that he should try to stop Sakumo from dying.

Yemo entered the Hatake Clan compound after hearing a scream and found Hatake Sakumo dead by suicide, with Kakashi grieving over him. The Third Hokage and Konoha’s leaders discussed the consequences and ordered Kakashi watched, then the Third turned his attention to Yemo.

• Yemo hesitated outside the Hatake Clan gate, then heard a scream and jumped into the compound.
• Yemo found Hatake Sakumo dead with White Fang in his chest while Kakashi wept over him.
• The Third Hokage, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Danzō arrived and discussed how Sakumo’s death could weaken Konoha.
• Shimura Danzō urged them to conceal the death and prepare for possible trouble from other villages.
• The Third learned that Kakashi had fainted and ordered Anbu to watch him and keep him from taking missions.
• The Third fixed his gaze on Yemo, who straightened up nervously.

Yemo avoided Shimura Danzō’s attempt to recruit him into Root after the Third refused, then confronted the Third over Hatake Sakumo’s death. The Third explained that Sakumo’s failed mission had cost Konoha as much as its current war with the Land of Lightning.

• The Third praised Yemo for his battlefield service and for killing a Kumogakure Jonin, astonishing Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Danzō.
• Shimura Danzō urged the Third to let Yemo join Root, but the Third refused and said Orochimaru would train him.
• Shimura Danzō left angrily, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu departed to discuss the situation.
• Yemo told the Third that High Command’s failure to defend Hatake Sakumo had helped drive him to suicide.
• The Third told Yemo that Sakumo’s mission had cost Konoha as much as its current battle with the Land of Lightning.

Yemo learned why Konoha’s leaders had left Hatake Sakumo’s failed mission unpunished, but rejected the Third’s attempt to guide him toward the Will of Fire. After Sakumo’s death, Yemo resolved to stop treating the Naruto world like a story and live by his own convictions.

• The Third told Yemo that the mission’s cost had been so great that Konoha High Command had considered punishing Hatake Sakumo, but ultimately chose to do nothing; he admitted the leaders bore responsibility for Sakumo’s suicide.
• Yemo suggested that Sakumo had used White Fang’s death as a silent defense, while the Third spoke of the Will of Fire and insisted that comrades should not be abandoned for missions.
• Yemo concluded that his own ninja way differed from the Third’s: he would protect the people and things important to him rather than sacrifice them for the village or the whole world.
• Yemo returned home late, and Kushina’s anger faded when she saw how weary and troubled he was.
• Alone in his room, Yemo blamed himself for hesitating to visit Sakumo, then realized he needed to stop relying on manga memories and live freely as a ninja in a world he could change.

Yemo received a blood-red message warning that the Uzumaki Clan was in danger and struggled over whether to return, deciding to wait until his sister came back so he could consult her. He then went to train, gave Ayame and the other children the training ground, and practiced chakra control in the forest.

• Yemo found a letter bearing the Uzumaki Clan emblem and read its warning: “The clan is in danger. Return at once!”
• Yemo considered returning but decided to wait for his sister, who was away on a mission, before making a choice.
• Yemo found Ayame and a group of children playing at the training ground and let them keep using it.
• Yemo went to the forest and practiced chakra control after noticing his control had been lacking in battle.

Yemo trained his Chakra control, extending his Chakra thread beyond twenty meters while reducing its cost. He attended Hatake Sakumo’s funeral, regretting that he had hesitated to intervene before Sakumo’s death.

• Yemo practiced forming and extending a thin Chakra thread, reaching ten meters while consuming Chakra inefficiently.
• Yemo improved his control enough to cut the thread’s Chakra cost by about ten percent and extend it beyond twenty meters.
• Yemo dressed in black and went to Hatake Sakumo’s funeral, where villagers gathered to mourn and repent for condemning him.
• The Third Hokage presided over the funeral and praised Hatake Sakumo, acknowledging the harm caused by people’s words.
• Yemo watched the funeral end and regretted not acting sooner to prevent Hatake Sakumo’s death.

After Hatake Sakumo’s funeral, Yemo spoke with Orochimaru and was summoned to the Hokage’s office. There, the Third Hokage revealed that the Uzumaki Clan had asked Konoha for help, and Yemo met the Senju Clan Head, who had also received the plea.

• Yemo visited Hatake Sakumo’s grave after the funeral and left without speaking.
• Orochimaru waited for Yemo, discussed the troubles beneath Konoha’s surface, and led him to meet the Third.
• The Third told Yemo that the Uzumaki Clan had sent Konoha a plea for help against the threat of extermination.
• The Senju Clan Head questioned Yemo and introduced himself as another recipient of the Uzumaki Clan’s appeal.
• Yemo greeted the Senju Clan Head and guessed that he might be Tsunade’s father.

Yemo learned that the Uzumaki Clan had asked Konoha and the Senju Clan for help, and he was assigned to join an S-Rank intelligence mission to the Land of Whirlpools. After leaving the Hokage’s office, he discovered that one of his teammates was Kosuke, the legendary Eternal Genin.

• The head of the Senju Clan told the Third that the Senju had received a plea for help from the Uzumaki Clan and would not ignore the threat to their distant relatives.
• The Third assigned Yemo to an elite squad gathering intelligence on the crisis, with Minato as captain, and warned Yemo to follow Minato’s orders.
• The Third classified the mission as S-Rank and told Minato to avoid rash action until the squad understood the situation.
• Yemo snatched the squad files from Minato after they left the Hokage’s office and read that Kosuke was a Genin with Elite Jonin strength and fifteen completed S-Rank missions.
• Yemo recognized Kosuke as Konoha’s Eternal Genin, while Minato said he had not heard of him.