Recaps

Mu Yue overwhelmed Rasa and summoned a massive Wood Golem that devastated the enemy forces, turning the battlefield decisively in Konoha’s favor. Ōnoki could not break free from Hiruzen Sarutobi and asked to negotiate peace, but Hiruzen rejected unconditional terms.

• Mu Yue severely wounded Rasa with a single punch, while Shisui killed the Sunagakure elite puppeteer Tian Li and Konoha’s fighters pressed their attack.
• The Third Raikage charged at Mu Yue with his One-Finger Nukite, but Mu Yue withdrew from his enhanced modes and summoned a towering Wood Golem.
• The Wood Golem regenerated its damaged leg, resisted the enemy forces’ attacks, and smashed through Iwagakure’s ranks as the Third Mizukage kept the Third Raikage occupied.
• Ōnoki tried to attack Mu Yue with Dust Release, but Hiruzen Sarutobi pinned him down with his Five Elements Release and forced him to defend himself.
• Seeing Iwagakure’s defeat was certain, Ōnoki asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for unconditional peace negotiations, and Hiruzen refused.

After Mu Yue helped Konoha and Kirigakure defeat the allied forces of Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure, the enemy villages agreed to stop fighting and hold peace talks. Hiruzen Sarutobi began negotiating compensation and alliances, leaving the victorious and defeated Kage to meet on unequal terms.

• Ōnoki agreed to compensate Konoha and form an alliance, then ordered Iwagakure to cease fighting and retreat.
• The Third Raikage and Rasa declared that Kumogakure and Sunagakure would also make peace, ending the battle in victory for Konoha and Kirigakure.
• The Kage praised Mu Yue for his battlefield achievements, while Rasa worried that his defeat would damage his reputation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mu Yue that he deserved the greatest credit and privately planned to investigate Shimura Danzō's death through Sōsuke.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gathered the Kage for peace talks in a Wood Release meeting room, with Mu Yue and Karatachi Yagura serving as guards.

The Five Great Ninja Villages ended their war and formed an alliance, while Yahiko considered how Ninshu could help preserve peace. Kakuzu returned to the Land of Rain and went to ask Sōsuke why he had killed Shimura Danzō.

• The Five Kage agreed to stop fighting, withdraw their forces, and form an alliance after arguing over reparations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Kage left the meeting, and the villages began withdrawing their forces as news of the peace spread.
• Yahiko celebrated the agreement with Nagato and Konan but warned that Konoha could ignite another war.
• Konan pointed out that Sōsuke was already spreading Ninshu in the Land of Birds through Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu asked about Shimura Danzō's death, then decided to speak with Sōsuke directly, and Yahiko followed him.

Mu Yue reassured Kakuzu that Ninshu would survive Konoha’s response to Shimura Danzō’s death, while Konoha welcomed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the victorious shinobi home. Obito admired their triumphant return but decided peace mattered more than experiencing a scene like it himself.

• Kakuzu confronted Mu Yue for killing Shimura Danzō without warning, and Mu Yue said he had kept quiet to avoid disrupting Kakuzu’s work in the Land of Birds.
• Kakuzu asked whether Mu Yue had a plan to protect Ninshu, and Mu Yue assured him that he was strong enough to safeguard the region.
• Konoha shinobi welcomed Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mu Yue, and the returning troops with cheers as they approached the village gates.
• Ōnoki recalled his first visit to Konoha, while the Third Mizukage looked forward to the release of the Hidden Mist Village prisoners.
• Obito admired the triumphant return and imagined experiencing one himself, but Kakashi pointed out that it followed a war, so Obito chose to hope for peace instead.
• Obito wondered whether his performance would earn him a distinctive nickname.

After returning to Konoha, Mu Yue gave his disciples a month to rest and went to repay Tsunade for lending him the First Hokage's Necklace. The chapter left Tsunade stunned when Mu Yue revealed he could make an identical necklace.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the ninja forces, escorted the four Kage to their accommodations, and told Mu Yue to visit the Hokage's Office at four in the afternoon for good news.
• Obito speculated that Mu Yue might become Hokage, while Mu Yue guessed Hiruzen Sarutobi might instead make him Hokage Advisor and reminded his disciples that leadership was about serving villagers.
• Mu Yue gave his disciples a month of rest, then checked their Life Mission progress and visited Tsunade's home to repay the meals he owed for borrowing her necklace.
• Shizune woke Tsunade by claiming Mu Yue had brought groceries, but Tsunade found him drinking tea without food and pinched Shizune for tricking her.
• Tsunade asked Mu Yue to raise the necklace's rental fee to three meals a day, and Mu Yue revealed a pale green crystal necklace he could use to replace the original.

Mu Yue accepted a four-year cooking debt from Tsunade, received Hiruzen Sarutobi's appointment as a Hokage Advisor, and recounted his battle with the suspected Uchiha Madara. After Kushina and Minato Namikaze returned to Konoha, the friends reunited at Mu Yue's home, where he prepared a meal and gave Minato a Chakra necklace to pass to Kushina.

• Tsunade accepted Mu Yue's pale green crystal as partial repayment and set his cooking debt at 1,461 days.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mu Yue that he would be appointed Hokage Advisor at the Jonin Meeting the following week, then asked him to recount the battle with the suspected Uchiha Madara.
• Mu Yue reported the battle, and Hiruzen Sarutobi considered searching Senju Tobirama's sealed records for information about Uchiha Madara.
• Kushina and Minato Namikaze visited Mu Yue after Kushina's training ended, and they discussed Mu Yue's rise and the end of the war.
• Kushina struggled to advise Mu Yue on his Yang Seal, while Minato Namikaze joined Mu Yue in the kitchen to help prepare their meal.
• Mu Yue gave Minato Namikaze a finished Chakra necklace and asked him to give it to Kushina.

After the war, Obito wandered around Konoha looking for company, then followed Asuma to a Ninja Academy event and discovered Yamato was thriving at school. Asuma began a demonstration and chose Yamato for the student guidance segment.

• Minato Namikaze accepted Mu Yue's gift for Kushina and thanked him before preparing ingredients.
• Obito searched for friends to spend his vacation with, but Rin was busy at the hospital and Kakashi was training, so he took photographs around Konoha.
• Obito met Asuma, learned he was headed to the Ninja Academy to give a speech, and followed him there.
• Obito visited Yamato's classroom, answered Hyuga Oriko's academic questions, and reassured himself that Yamato was enjoying school.
• Obito greeted his former teacher Iketani Isamu, then slipped away from the event speeches and went to train near the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Asuma defeated a Ninja Academy Chunin Teacher in a demonstration and selected Yamato for student guidance.

Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Hanyu Muyue as Hokage Advisor and Minato Namikaze as Jonin Commander, advancing Obito Uchiha’s Life Mission progress past its first settlement milestone. After the Jonin Meeting, Muyue joined a high-level meeting and reviewed intelligence linking Shimura Danzō to Hanzo’s apparent plot against Sōsuke.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced Hanyu Muyue’s appointment as Hokage Advisor, and the jonin applauded.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Minato Namikaze Jonin Commander, triggering Obito Uchiha’s mission progress to reach 54.6% and granting Muyue rewards.
• Muyue checked Might Guy’s mission and saw it was at 49.9% progress, just short of its next settlement milestone.
• After the Jonin Meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi called Muyue to a high-level meeting, where Muyue reviewed intelligence about the Land of Rain.
• Muyue learned Konoha suspected Shimura Danzō had cooperated with Hanzo in an apparent attempt to kill Sōsuke, though the circumstances suggested Sōsuke might have staged a coup and killed Hanzo.

Konoha’s leaders agreed to negotiate with Ninshu and demand Sōsuke’s death, while Mu Yue celebrated his new position with friends and students. That night, Mu Yue’s eyes transformed as his right eye turned golden and developed eight triangular patterns.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other Konoha leaders discussed Hanzo’s death and agreed to begin negotiations with Ninshu, demanding that Sōsuke die.
• Mu Yue returned home and welcomed Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze, and his students for a celebratory dinner.
• Orochimaru tasted Mu Yue’s cooking, was astonished by the experience, and wondered whether Mu Yue had developed a cooking-related Ninjutsu.
• Mu Yue researched Sealing Jutsu, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach a mountain when a strange sensation began in his eyes.
• Mu Yue’s Chakra surged through his eyes, and his right eye turned golden with eight triangular patterns around the pupil.

Mu Yue tested the two abilities of his evolved right eye, Sukunabikona and Daikokuten, and discovered that he could shrink attacks and objects, fly, and store black cubes that interfered with perception. The next day, Hiruzen sent Orochimaru to negotiate with Ninshu over Sōsuke’s killing of Danzo’s advisor, leaving Orochimaru curious about whether Mu Yue had evidence of his collaboration with Shimura Danzō.

• Mu Yue discovered that his evolved right eye could shrink energy attacks, objects, and his own body, while Daikokuten transported him to a time-stopping dimension and let him release its black cubes.
• Mu Yue found that the black cubes blocked Observation Haki, could be shrunk and stored instantly, and could help him launch surprise attacks when paired with Daikokuten.
• Mu Yue discovered that his evolved Byakugan also let him fly, then checked Celebi’s progress and planned to visit Mount Myōboku once its Power of Time and Space improved.
• Hiruzen summoned Orochimaru and assigned him to lead negotiations with Ninshu, demanding that Sōsuke pay one life for killing Danzo’s advisor.
• Orochimaru met the negotiation team and noticed Shisui, wondering whether Mu Yue had evidence of his collaboration with Shimura Danzō.

Orochimaru led Konoha’s negotiating team to Six Paths City, where Kakuzu rejected Konoha’s demand that Sōsuke kill himself and Nagato showed his anger. The negotiations collapsed, and Shisui left worried that Ninshu’s destruction might create the evil Akatsuki, considering whether to tell Mu Yue about the future.

• Orochimaru gathered Konoha’s negotiating team and told them to project strength before meeting Ninshu.
• Kakuzu and Orochimaru traded accusations over Shimura Danzō’s death, and Kakuzu insisted Ninshu had been defending itself.
• Orochimaru demanded that Sōsuke kill himself in exchange for Konoha dropping the matter, and Nagato unleashed a powerful surge of Chakra.
• Kakuzu refused to accept Konoha’s demand, ending the negotiations, and Orochimaru immediately led his team back to Konoha.
• Shisui worried that Ninshu’s destruction could lead to the evil Akatsuki and considered telling Mu Yue about the future.

Orochimaru reported that negotiations with Ninshu had failed, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to order an investigation before deciding Konoha’s next move. Shisui and the others discussed the danger of war, planned a supervised ranking battle, and told Mu Yue about future disasters, but he assured them he would prevent them.

• Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Kakuzu had taken an unusually defiant stance and the negotiations with Ninshu had failed, so Hiruzen ordered a thorough investigation.
• Shisui gathered Kakashi, Obito, Nohara Rin, and Might Guy, and Kakashi warned that Konoha could not easily forgive Ninshu for killing Shimura Danzō.
• Kakashi proposed a ranking battle with restrictions on dangerous techniques, and the group agreed to ask Mu Yue to supervise it.
• The disciples agreed to tell Mu Yue about the Nine-Tails Attack and the Uchiha Clan Massacre while keeping other future information to themselves.
• The disciples confessed that they had secretly learned about the future, and Obito told Mu Yue that Minato Namikaze would die during the Nine-Tails Attack and Uchiha Itachi would later massacre the Uchiha Clan.
• Mu Yue assured the disciples that neither disaster would happen and said he would handle both threats.

Yamato joined Obito, Shisui, Rin, Kakashi, and Guy to watch Mu Yue’s ranking battle, where Kakashi defeated Guy with a powerful lightning slash. Kakashi remained exhausted after the fight, while Guy promised to catch up with his rival.

• Yamato headed to the Southern Forest and met Obito and Shisui on the way to the ranking battles.
• Mu Yue had Obito, Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui draw lots, pairing Kakashi against Guy in the first match.
• Guy opened the Eight Gates and attacked Kakashi, who countered with his sword, Thunder Breathing Chakra Mode, and Armament Haki.
• Kakashi and Guy unleashed their strongest techniques, and Kakashi’s Modified Musou no Hitotachi overcame Guy’s Golden Horizon Line.
• Mu Yue stopped the battle and declared Kakashi the winner, while Guy praised his rival and vowed to catch up.

Shisui and Obito fought in the ranking battle, revealing that both could use Susanoo. Shisui’s Armament Haki-enhanced Susanoo nearly defeated Obito, but Obito used Kamui to evade Shisui’s hidden clone and won.

• Obito and Shisui opened with Fire Release and Taijutsu, matching each other as their Mangekyō Sharingan countered their usual advantages.
• Shisui summoned a green Susanoo, and Obito answered with a pale blue one; their skeletal giants clashed to a stalemate.
• Shisui poured Armament Haki into Susanoo’s fist, shattered Obito’s Susanoo, and struck Obito, who survived by using Kamui.
• Obito used Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and Blue Flare to damage Shisui’s Susanoo, then pressed his attack as Shisui weakened.
• Shisui’s concealed Shadow Clone attacked Obito from the side, but Obito phased through it with Kamui, grabbed Shisui, and knocked him down.
• Mu Yue declared Obito the winner, and Obito collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

After Obito defeated Might Guy, the ranking battle paused until the next day, while Kakashi teased Yamato and accepted his help. At a high-level meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to challenge Sōsuke himself so Konoha could pursue revenge without starting a war.

• Obito defeated Might Guy, and Kakashi worried about how to counter Obito's Phasing Kamui before the final match.
• Nohara Rin congratulated Obito, and Mu Yue ended the day's ranking battles so the participants could recover for the match against Kakashi tomorrow.
• Kakashi treated Yamato to ramen, took him to carry ninja tools, and then paid him for his help.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reported that Ninshu could gather only about two thousand ninjas, and the advisors discussed whether Konoha should delay action or negotiate.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed turning the negotiations into a challenge and declared that he would fight Sōsuke himself, overruling the objections of Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Mu Yue.

Obito prepared for his ranking battle with Kakashi, confident that he could claim first place. After a fierce fight in which both used powerful techniques and tactics, Obito defeated Kakashi and became Mu Yue's strongest disciple.

• Obito woke early, teased Charizard, ate breakfast, and headed to the Southern Forest with Shisui for training.
• Obito and Kakashi began their ranking battle, trading Fire Release and Earth Release techniques as Obito watched for Kakashi's clone tactics.
• Kakashi used Thunder Breathing Chakra Mode, lightning attacks, and a Lightning Clone to try to overcome Obito's Phasing Kamui, but Obito avoided the crucial strikes.
• Obito summoned a skeletal Susanoo to block Kakashi's Lightning Clone attack, then landed a heavy punch that left Kakashi unable to continue the fight.
• Mu Yue declared Obito the winner, and Obito celebrated taking first place in the ranking battle.

After Obito won the disciples’ ranking battle, Mu Yue assigned Shisui to help integrate Uchiha ninja into Konoha’s mission teams. He then confronted Orochimaru about illegal experiments and agreed to cooperate under strict limits, leaving Orochimaru’s research under his supervision.

• Obito celebrated defeating Kakashi and asked Mu Yue to begin teaching him the Flying Thunder God Technique, while Kakashi and the other disciples resumed training.
• Mu Yue asked Shisui to identify capable, younger Uchiha ninja for mission squads and encouraged Shisui and Obito to share their experiences with the clan.
• Orochimaru visited Mu Yue under the pretext of retrieving his belongings from the Training Squad base, and Mu Yue agreed to take him there.
• On the way, Orochimaru reflected on Mu Yue’s rise and tried to determine whether Mu Yue knew about his past experiments.
• At the base, Mu Yue confronted Orochimaru about illegal human experiments conducted with Shimura Danzō and proposed cooperation.
• Mu Yue required Orochimaru to disclose his experiments and forbid him from using captured civilians as test subjects, and Orochimaru accepted the terms.

Rōshi returned from establishing Ninshu in the Land of Birds and reported his plans to Mu Yue as tensions with Konoha rose. After seeing Ninshu’s experimental prosthetics, he joined Kakuzu and Nagato to observe Orochimaru’s latest negotiation team.

• Kakuzu welcomed Rōshi and the Land of Birds’ Ninshu ninjas back to Six Paths City and explained that Konoha’s failed talks had made residents fear war.
• Rōshi reported on Ninshu’s progress in the Land of Birds and proposed expanding its ideals, investigating local ninja factions, and improving public security.
• Rōshi offered to use his Jinchuriki identity to divert Konoha’s attention, but Mu Yue told him to focus on his work and not worry about Konoha.
• Kakuzu showed Rōshi Sasori’s puppet prosthesis, which could restore lost limbs and be equipped with hidden weapons, though Sasori was the only one able to perform the procedure.
• A Ninshu ninja announced that Orochimaru had arrived with another Konoha negotiation team, and Rōshi chose to join Kakuzu and Nagato in watching the talks.

Konoha proposed settling the dispute with Ninshu through a duel between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sōsuke, and Sōsuke agreed. Meanwhile, Shisui planned to recruit Uchiha ninja for village missions, and the chapter ended with Mu Yue receiving a reward for Might Guy’s progress.

• Orochimaru told Kakuzu that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to duel Sōsuke and would consider Shimura Danzō’s matter settled regardless of the outcome.
• Mu Yue agreed to the duel, and Kakuzu accepted Konoha’s terms on Ninshu’s behalf.
• Sasori asked Nagato to help him earn an early release by assisting with attacks on Konoha, but Nagato reassured him that Sōsuke would protect Ninshu.
• Shisui proposed temporarily assigning Uchiha ninja to high-quality missions and developed a survey and recruitment plan with Uchiha Fugaku.
• Shisui reported his plan to Mu Yue, who praised his progress.
• Mu Yue received a system reward after Might Guy grew stronger and advanced toward becoming the strongest in taijutsu.

Mu Yue obtained the Limitless Cursed Technique and tested its defenses, weaknesses, and applications, then considered how it might fit into his training system. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared to face Ninshu at the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain, leaving Mu Yue and Utatane Koharu in charge of Konoha as he departed.

• Mu Yue used the S+ self-selected extraction scroll to obtain the Mastery Level Limitless Cursed Technique.
• Mu Yue tested Limitless against a Shadow Clone’s attacks, finding that it stopped physical and ninjutsu attacks but did not prevent genjutsu or Shadow Imitation Jutsu, and that the Six Paths Staff could nullify it.
• Mu Yue considered using the Yang Seal to offset Limitless’s Chakra consumption and explored its offensive and movement applications.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura agreed to travel to the border battle site four days later, while Hiruzen left Mu Yue responsible for urgent matters in Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura departed with six jonin guards disguised as ordinary ninja, and Hiruzen vowed to avenge Danzo.

Mu Yue faced Hiruzen Sarutobi at the arranged mountain battlefield after Ninshu’s members tried to accompany him and the selected group traveled to the border. The two leaders prepared to fight while their allies withdrew, and Mu Yue resolved to test his strongest abilities.

• Yahiko, Kakuzu, Nagato, Konan, Rōshi, and several Ninshu elders asked to accompany Sōsuke, so Mu Yue held a lottery and selected Nagato, Kakuzu, Rōshi, and Chi Chang, then chose five more shinobi.
• Konan gave Mu Yue a paper flower, and Ninshu’s shinobi gathered to see him off, believing he was risking his life to protect their organization.
• Mu Yue traveled toward the battlefield with the selected shinobi while his main body arrived and substituted a Shadow Clone; he sensed Hiruzen Sarutobi’s group approaching the mountain.
• Mu Yue’s group and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s group met on the mountainside, where both sides assessed each other and Mu Yue greeted Hiruzen before asking to begin.
• Hiruzen and Mu Yue signaled for their allies to retreat, and Mu Yue prepared to use his full capabilities against Hiruzen.

Sōsuke faced Hiruzen Sarutobi in a no-referee battle and walked unharmed through the Hokage’s increasingly powerful attacks, revealing an unfamiliar defensive Ninjutsu. After Sōsuke defeated Hiruzen’s Shadow Clones in close combat, Hiruzen recognized the danger and summoned Enma.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Sōsuke with a massive Fire Release technique, but Sōsuke emerged from the flames completely unharmed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi followed with Earth Dragon Flame Stream, Lightning Water Dragon Bullet, and a Shuriken Shadow Clone barrage, yet none of the attacks injured or slowed Sōsuke.
• Shisui realized Sōsuke’s ability was a protective shield rather than a technique like Kamui, while the watching Konoha and Ninshu ninja reacted to Sōsuke’s apparent advantage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent two Shadow Clones to attack Sōsuke with Taijutsu, but Sōsuke crushed one clone’s wrist and kicked the other apart.
• Recognizing that Sōsuke was a serious threat, Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma and prepared to go all out.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tested Mu Yue's defenses with a series of attacks, then unleashed his Five Elements Release: Great Bullet Technique. Mu Yue erased the combined assault with Sukunabikona, leaving the battlefield silent and Hiruzen Sarutobi realizing how badly he had underestimated him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi found that his Adamantine Staff and genjutsu could not bypass Mu Yue's defenses, while Mu Yue revealed a Byakugan and a golden eye that summoned a black cube.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dodged the falling cubes, used explosive tags and Earth Release to restrain Mu Yue, and trapped him in an Adamantine Prison Wall.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi created four Shadow Clones and attacked Mu Yue with the Five Elements Release: Great Bullet Technique, believing it was his best chance to win.
• Mu Yue escaped the swamp, destroyed the Adamantine Prison Wall with Fire Release: Fire Dragon Dance, and used Sukunabikona to shrink and erase the five-element attack.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a bitter smile as the battlefield fell silent and realized he had been investigating the wrong source of the Ninshu side's strength.

Mu Yue, disguised as Sōsuke, overwhelmingly defeated Hiruzen Sarutobi in their duel, then healed him and stopped the battle before either side suffered serious losses. After Hiruzen admitted defeat and withdrew with the Konoha forces, Mu Yue told Kakuzu that conflict with the great villages would suit his plans.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi attacked Sōsuke with Shadow Clones, Wind Release, Earth Release, and the Reaper Death Seal, but Mu Yue countered his techniques and sent him flying with a powerful punch.
• Mu Yue crushed Enma’s transformed Adamantine Staff with Daikokuten cubes and interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s attempt to use the Reaper Death Seal.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi was struck down, the Konoha ninja and Ninshu ninja began fighting, while Shisui held back his ocular technique and watched Sōsuke approach Hiruzen.
• Mu Yue healed Hiruzen Sarutobi and ordered both sides to stop; Hiruzen accepted defeat and led the Konoha group away.
• Kakuzu questioned why Mu Yue had let the Konoha group leave, and Mu Yue said conflict with the great villages would be useful and that it would be best if they came together.

After returning to Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi admitted that Sōsuke had overwhelmingly defeated him and considered passing the Hokage position to Mu Yue. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu urged him to reconsider, while Asuma and Sarutobi Biwako offered their views on Mu Yue’s suitability.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura secretly returned to Konoha after the battle with Sōsuke.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that Sōsuke had defeated him decisively and proposed passing the Hokage position to Mu Yue.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu argued that Hiruzen Sarutobi should remain Hokage, and he agreed to think the matter over.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Asuma what he thought of his leadership, and Asuma said he would choose Mu Yue as Hokage.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Sarutobi Biwako about Mu Yue, and she said he was respected by his students and had helped Asuma become stronger and more sensible.