Recaps

While Konoha attacked Sunagakure’s front, Saiki Yuu cut off its supplies and infiltrated the village in disguise. He split the Kazekage’s Building with a devastating slash, then used the Anbu’s evacuation of the injured elders to drink the village’s wine.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that Saiki Yuu had destroyed Sunagakure’s largest Transfer Camp and approved a Konoha attack on the Sand front.
• Yuu wandered into the Land of Wind, learned that Konoha had launched a major offensive, and decided to make a dramatic return rather than go back to camp.
• Yuu ambushed Hattou Hideki’s supply convoy, destroyed it with a sword slash, and forced Hattou Hideki to guide him toward Sunagakure.
• Rasa ordered a widespread search for the attacker, while Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Minato Namikaze and the Ino-Shika-Cho team into the Land of Wind to coordinate with Yuu.
• Yuu killed Hattou Hideki, copied his appearance, and slaughtered the thirty-five guards at One Line Sky before entering Sunagakure.
• Yuu attacked the Kazekage’s Building with a black-violet slash that broke through the Anbu’s defenses, damaged the building, killed one elder, and severely injured two others.
• The elders ordered the Anbu to evacuate them for treatment instead of pursuing Yuu, giving him time to find the village’s liquor and drink it.

Yuu attacked Sunagakure alone and devastated the village while the Sand shinobi struggled to stop him. As he moved to finish the exhausted Sand Anbu Captain, Elder Chiyo arrived to confront him.

• The Sand Anbu Captain discovered Yuu hiding in the damaged Kazekage's Building, where Yuu admitted that he had attacked Sunagakure as a greeting.
• The Sand Anbu Captain fought Yuu, but Yuu cut through his Wind Release and, after his anger boosted his abilities, wounded him and drove the battle outside.
• Yuu unleashed destructive sword slashes across Sunagakure, killing many defenders and reducing the Kazekage's Building and the surrounding area to ruins.
• Rasa recalled search teams and border forces to defend Sunagakure, while Minato learned of the invasion and set out alone to rescue Yuu.
• The Sand Anbu Captain and Vice-Captain used Wind Release: Tornado Strangulation, but Yuu cleaved the hurricane apart with Heart Slash and gained swordsmanship comprehension.
• Yuu killed the Anbu Vice-Captain and many other defenders, then approached the exhausted Sand Anbu Captain as Chiyo arrived and attacked with her puppets.
• Yuu cut apart Chiyo's puppet-created tornado, and Chiyo judged him a threat who had to be killed while Yuu accused her of ruining his plans.

Yuu’s drunken detour into the Land of Wind ended with him destroying Sunagakure and forcing its forces to retreat. Back at Konoha’s camp, his victory reshaped the village’s war plans, while Tsunade discovered that her fear of blood had eased.

• Chiyo attacked Yuu with the Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu, but after he unleashed a devastating technique that tore through Sunagakure, she was left gravely wounded.
• Minato found Yuu among the ruins, heard how he had wandered into the Land of Wind and attacked Sunagakure on a whim, then brought him back to Konoha’s camp.
• Pakura and the survivors treated Chiyo and rescued the wounded, while Rasa ordered Sunagakure’s forces to retreat after learning the scale of the losses.
• Konoha’s shinobi celebrated Yuu’s victory, and staff officers mistook his boastful stories for carefully planned strategies.
• Hiruzen told the elders that Sunagakure had withdrawn, while Danzo’s plan to use Yuu’s unauthorized attack against Hiruzen collapsed.
• The elders warned that Iwagakure and Kumogakure might unite against Konoha, and Hiruzen began discussing preparations for a wider war.
• After Tsunade bit Yuu and saw his blood, she realized her hemophobia had eased, tested her reaction to her own blood, and demanded another taste from him.

After Yuu’s attack on Sunagakure helped bring Iwagakure and Kumogakure into the war against Konoha, he returned to a hero’s welcome and resumed tormenting Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi. He collected a large supply of Hiruzen’s fine wine and settled in with Tsunade, while the war against the remaining villages loomed.

• Yuu discovered that Tsunade’s hemophobia had been cured by drinking his blood, while the system explained that alcohol had strengthened his recovery and his blood’s alcohol essence had cured her.
• Ōnoki learned that Saiki Yuu had attacked Sunagakure and allied Iwagakure with it, while the Third Raikage declared war on Konoha, leaving Konoha facing three great villages.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Yuu and other elites from the Sunagakure front, planned Konoha’s response to Iwagakure and Kumogakure, and considered the possibility that Kirigakure would join the war.
• Yuu returned to Konoha with Kakashi Hatake and Minato Namikaze carrying signs of his achievements and Hiruzen’s wine debt, then publicly insulted Danzo as the villagers welcomed him.
• Kurenai, Rin, Shizune, and Tsunade kept Yuu busy with outings, while he took Tsunade gambling and won back the advantage in their wager.
• Yuu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the promised compensation, then took three crates of Nectar with Asuma and persuaded Hiruzen to hand over more fine wine by offering to face Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
• Yuu and Tsunade carried the wine to his residence, where Yuu grudgingly shared a cup with her and gained one point of Constitution from Nectar’s aroma.