Chapter Summaries

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.

Yemo joined Minato, Kosuke, and Kakashi on a mission to investigate the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction, while asking Minato to keep the matter from Kushina. The team left Konoha and camped near the border, where they shared a roasted boar.

• Yemo read Kosuke’s and Kakashi’s files and was surprised that they had been assigned to Minato’s team.
• Yemo persuaded Minato not to tell Kushina about the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction, and Minato agreed for now.
• Yemo left a note for Kushina and departed Konoha with Minato, Kosuke, and Kakashi.
• Minato explained that the team’s main task was to investigate and, if necessary, help the Uzumaki Clan fend off outsiders.
• The team traveled through the forest and reached a camp near Konoha’s border at midnight.
• Kosuke finished roasting a wild boar, and Yemo eagerly ate a leg.

Yemo, Minato, Kosuke, and Kakashi traveled from the Land of Fire into the Land of Whirlpools and reached a river with Uzushiogakure visible across it. Minato warned the team that enemy ninja could be nearby as they continued toward the village.

• Yemo and the others ate Kosuke's roast boar and divided the night watch between them.
• During the watch, Yemo asked Kakashi about Rin, and Kakashi reflected that their feelings and futures were uncertain.
• The group slept through the night, ate breakfast, and crossed into the Land of Whirlpools.
• Yemo told Minato that they needed to cross one more large river to reach Uzushiogakure.
• The four reached the broad river and saw Uzushiogakure built on a high mountain across the water.
• Minato warned Yemo, Kakashi, and Kosuke that ninja from Uzushiogakure or other forces might be in the area and ordered them to stay alert.

Minato and his companions found a village massacred by unknown ninjas and searched the ruins for clues. Yemo and Kakashi discovered a hidden Explosive Tags trap and prepared to report it to Minato-sensei.

• Yemo, Minato, Kosuke, and Kakashi arrived at a village where hundreds of villagers had been killed and the buildings burned.
• Kosuke examined the bodies, and Minato warned the others not to assume who was responsible without evidence.
• Minato sent Yemo and Kakashi to investigate the ruined streets, where Yemo asked Kakashi about his reaction to the massacre.
• Yemo and Kakashi heard a noise in a ruined house and threw Kunai at what turned out to be a torn garment.
• Kakashi stopped Yemo from stepping on a nearly invisible thread, and they uncovered a pile of Explosive Tags connected to it.
• Yemo severed the thread, and Kakashi said they should report the trap to Minato-sensei; Yemo thanked him for the warning.

Minato and Kosuke were ambushed at the village entrance while Yemo and Kakashi encountered Ikeda on the way back. Yemo survived Ikeda’s strange spike attack, and the two sides remained locked in separate battles.

• Minato and Kosuke found no clues among the burned village ruins before attackers struck them with projectiles and explosive tags.
• Yemo and Kakashi saw the explosion and hurried toward the entrance, but Ikeda raised an earthen wall to block their way.
• Yemo and Kakashi challenged Ikeda, then coordinated an attack as Kakashi threw Kunai and Yemo charged.
• Ikeda knocked away Kakashi’s Kunai and shot a white spike from his palm, sending Yemo crashing into a crater.
• Kakashi rushed to dig Yemo out, but Yemo sat up from the rubble and said Ikeda’s attack could not kill him.

Yemo and Kakashi fought Ikeda, a Kaguya Clan Jonin who could manipulate bones, and learned that his hardened bones made close combat dangerous. Their coordinated attacks forced Ikeda back, but Kakashi’s attempt to finish him left him exposed to Ikeda’s counterattack.

• Ikeda wounded Yemo with a bone spike, and Yemo identified Ikeda as a Kaguya Clan member with a bone-manipulating Kekkei Genkai.
• Yemo explained the Kaguya Clan’s abilities to Kakashi, and they agreed to rely on Ninjutsu and keep their distance.
• Yemo and Kakashi attacked Ikeda with Earth Release, Fire Style, and explosive-tagged Kunai, driving him back.
• Kakashi leaped down with White Fang and forced Ikeda to his knees, but he could not break through Ikeda’s bone weapons.
• Yemo warned Kakashi to retreat as Ikeda launched the Dance of the Willow.