Chapter Summaries

Yemo teased Obito about his crush on Rin and encouraged him to confess before revealing that he was leaving Konoha for the war against Kumogakure. The chapter ended with Yemo departing to prepare for the border, while Obito planned to tell him something when he returned.

• Yemo noticed Obito watching Rin and teased him for secretly following her, but Obito insisted they had only run into each other.
• Yemo urged Obito to confess his feelings to Rin, but Obito feared rejection and damaging their friendship.
• Yemo told Obito he was leaving Konoha the next day to join Orochimaru at the border war against Kumogakure.
• Obito shouted in surprise, and Yemo covered his mouth before warning him that the war was a secret from ordinary people.
• Yemo left to prepare for his journey, promising to help Obito pursue Rin when he returned, and Obito decided to tell him something later.

Yemo left Konoha with Orochimaru to travel toward the Land of Fire’s border, despite Kushina’s worry about his first battlefield assignment. As they hurried along the road, Yemo wondered at how far he had gone from the village.

• Kushina scolded Yemo and warned him to stay alert, avoid risks, and stick with his teammates on the battlefield.
• Kushina prepared Yemo a lavish breakfast and packed him a large bundle, but he declined it and took his own small backpack.
• Yemo reassured Kushina that he would be careful and teased her about marrying Minato before saying goodbye.
• Yemo met Orochimaru at Konoha’s entrance, and the two left the village without registering at the gate.
• Yemo followed Orochimaru swiftly toward the border of the Land of Fire.

Yemo traveled with Orochimaru to the Land of Fire’s border, where he learned that travel had been improving his Chakra control. At the battlefield’s edge, he saw the devastation of war firsthand and gradually began to accept its brutality.

• Yemo and Orochimaru camped for the night, and Orochimaru explained that traveling with Chakra had improved Yemo’s control.
• Orochimaru pointed out that Yemo’s huge Chakra reserves hid how inefficiently he used Chakra.
• Yemo and Orochimaru crossed the Land of Fire and reached its evacuated border villages near the battlefield.
• Yemo saw the destroyed forest and dead Konoha and Kumo ninja, then vomited at the sight.
• Yemo followed Orochimaru deeper into the battlefield and gradually grew accustomed to scenes of war.

Orochimaru brought Yemo to Konoha's war base, where the ninja speculated about the Genin following him. At the command center, Jiraiya recognized Yemo and called out to him, leaving Yemo and everyone else wondering how they knew each other.

• Orochimaru showed Yemo battlefields near Konoha's border, and Yemo gradually learned to keep his composure around the aftermath of war.
• Yemo followed Orochimaru into the busy Konoha Ninja base, where ninja wondered whether the unfamiliar Genin was Orochimaru's student.
• Orochimaru entered the command center and greeted Jiraiya, who had been injured by a Kumo Ninja's poison.
• Jiraiya lamented that Tsunade was gone, and Orochimaru comforted him by acknowledging her grief.
• Jiraiya recognized Yemo and shouted his name, baffling Yemo and drawing the attention of everyone in the command center.

Jiraiya recognized Yemo as Kushina’s younger brother, and Orochimaru revealed that he had taken Yemo as his disciple. Shikafumi Nara reported that Kumo Ninja and possibly Iwa Ninja had appeared on the battlefield, and Orochimaru planned to take Yemo there the next day.

• Jiraiya explained that he knew Yemo from pictures at Minato Namikaze’s house and identified him as Kushina’s younger brother.
• Orochimaru announced that he had taken Yemo as his disciple, shocking Jiraiya and the other ninja.
• Shikafumi Nara reported that Blue B had caused heavy Konoha casualties and that Iwa Ninja had also been spotted, though their identity was unconfirmed.
• Jiraiya said he had sent elite ninja behind enemy lines to investigate the battlefield situation.
• Orochimaru told Yemo to rest and said he would take him to the battlefield the next day, despite Jiraiya’s doubts about bringing a Genin.

Yemo followed Uchiha Mikoto to a clearing where Konoha's young clan members were gathered and learned that she was a close friend of Kushina. He noticed Kakashi Hatake among the children, then joined Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi.

• Uchiha Mikoto told Yemo that the children in the forest had come to experience the brutality of war and train for Konoha's future.
• Yemo told Uchiha Mikoto that Orochimaru was taking him to the battlefield, and she introduced herself as Kushina's close friend.
• Yemo explained that the Third Hokage had recommended him to Orochimaru and personally made him a Genin, surprising Uchiha Mikoto.
• Uchiha Mikoto led Yemo to a clearing where dozens of young clan members were gathered, then left him there.
• Yemo spotted Kakashi Hatake reading by a tree, then answered Chōza's call and sat with Shikaku, Chōza, and Inoichi.

Yemo reunited with Shikaku, Inoichi, and Chōza at the war camp and told them Orochimaru had made him his disciple and secured his Genin status. After spending a day at camp, Yemo prepared to join a battle with Orochimaru and met the distant young Kakashi the next morning.

• Yemo told Shikaku, Inoichi, and Chōza that he had come with Orochimaru, who had taken him as a disciple and obtained his Forehead Protector from the Third Hokage.
• Chōza described how the group had spent most of their time at camp, and Yemo learned that Kakashi was the only one who had defeated a Chunin and joined battles.
• Yemo told his friends that Orochimaru planned to take him to the battlefield the following morning.
• Yemo spent the afternoon and evening playing cards with Shikaku and the others before going to bed.
• Yemo met Kakashi early the next morning, introduced himself, and learned that Kakashi also had a combat mission that day.

Yemo arrived for his first mission and learned that Orochimaru had chosen him for a dangerous intelligence-gathering operation behind enemy lines. After revealing Yemo’s rare sensory skills and combat abilities to secure approval, Orochimaru and the others explained the mission and left the decision to Yemo.

• Uchiha Mikoto returned to take Yemo to the mission headquarters, where he saw ninja gathering for assignments.
• Orochimaru defended his choice to send Yemo on a dangerous intelligence mission despite Jiraiya and Shikafumi Nara’s objections.
• Orochimaru revealed that Yemo had mastered the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura, could conceal his Chakra, and had learned Lightning Release and Fire Style.
• Jiraiya and Shikafumi agreed to the assignment after Orochimaru vouched for Yemo and accepted responsibility for the consequences.
• Orochimaru and Jiraiya told Yemo to investigate whether the suspected Iwa Ninja were sent by Iwagakure and, if possible, learn the fate of a missing Konoha ninja.
• Shikafumi warned Yemo that the mission behind Kumogakure’s lines was extremely dangerous and gave him the choice to accept or refuse.

Yemo accepted a dangerous solo reconnaissance mission into Kumogakure to investigate reports of Iwa Ninja, while Orochimaru launched an attack to divert the enemy and aid his passage. The chapter ended as Konoha and Kumogakure committed nearly all their forces to battle.

• Yemo considered the risks of infiltrating Kumogakure, then agreed to take the mission despite his lack of experience.
• Jiraiya promised to recommend Yemo for promotion to Chunin and teach him a Ninjutsu if he returned successfully.
• Yemo left the base alone with Jiraiya's map and set out to cross the battlefield before nightfall.
• Orochimaru led a force against the Kumo Ninja to draw their attention and create an opening for Yemo.
• Kumo Ninja scouts spotted Konoha's deployment, and both sides sent nearly all their forces into battle.

Yemo reached the ravine between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, intending to cross it after nightfall with help from someone else. Meanwhile, Konoha and Kumogakure fought a massive battle in which Blue B’s Aurora Slash pierced two of Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon gates and began cracking the third.

• Blue B learned that Konoha had mobilized its entire army and rushed to investigate, with Kuruda following him.
• Yemo arrived at the border ravine and decided to wait until night for someone else to help him cross.
• Orochimaru led Konoha’s forces into battle against Kumogakure, and the two armies exchanged volleys before breaking into a chaotic melee.
• Orochimaru and Blue B confronted each other in the midst of the battle, and Blue B attacked with Aurora Slash.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon, but Blue B’s attack destroyed the first two gates and cracked the third.

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.