Chapter Summaries

Yuu learned that Tsunade might return to Konoha once Sunagakure and Kumogakure delivered his wine. Biwako Sarutobi invited him to the Sarutobi Clan’s hot springs, and Yuu hinted that he wanted half of them, leaving Hiruzen alarmed.

• Yuu asked Hiruzen Sarutobi whether he had told him about the front lines, and Hiruzen realized he had not.
• Yuu told Shizune that Tsunade would probably return once Sunagakure and Kumogakure delivered his wine.
• Biwako Sarutobi invited Yuu to enjoy the Sarutobi Clan’s hot springs.
• Yuu asked Hiruzen to give him half of the hot springs, and Hiruzen feared he meant to take them.
• Yuu offered to treat them to a bath together.

Yuu gained exclusive use of the Sarutobi Clan’s hot springs after its elders eagerly offered him the resource in hopes of securing his friendship. Hiruzen Sarutobi watched enviously as the Great Elder berated him, eventually revealing his complaint that Hiruzen had failed to produce a daughter.

• Yuu ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi and grinned at Kurenai, Rin, and Shizune, making them blush.
• The Sarutobi Clan emptied its hot spring district for Yuu and offered to route him half its hot spring water.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized the elders were courting Yuu because his friendship could secure the clan’s future.
• The Sarutobi Clan’s Great Elder scolded Hiruzen Sarutobi for his appearance and conduct.
• The Great Elder furiously complained that Hiruzen Sarutobi had failed to produce a daughter.

Yuu enjoyed the Sarutobi Clan’s hot springs with Kurenai, Rin, and Shizune, then proposed building an estate together. Kurenai focused her attention on him as he raised the idea.

• The Sarutobi Clan’s Great Elder scolded Hiruzen for Asuma’s shortcomings and urged him to discipline his son.
• Hiruzen silently resolved to punish Asuma and headed home.
• Yuu relaxed in the hot springs while Kurenai, Rin, and Shizune attended to him.
• Yuu suggested building an estate together, and Kurenai fixed her gaze on him.

Yuu proposed building a luxurious mansion for himself, Kurenai, Rin, and Shizune, but Shizune warned him that it would cost an enormous amount and that casinos had blacklisted him. Kurenai and Rin said they were happy with their current home, leaving Yuu determined to think of a way to afford his grand plan.

• Yuu described an extravagant mansion he wanted to build for the three women.
• Shizune worried about the mansion's cost and reminded Yuu that casinos had blacklisted him.
• Shizune explained that casinos closed whenever Yuu showed up because they feared his gambling skills.
• Kurenai and Rin reassured Yuu that they liked their current home and did not need a mansion.
• Yuu insisted money was no obstacle and fell into deep thought.

Yuu promised Shizune, Kurenai, and Rin that he would fund a home for them by demanding more war reparations from the shinobi villages. The next morning, he attended a Sarutobi Clan banquet, where the clan honored him and Hiruzen Sarutobi watched jealously as Yuu drank its treasured wine.

• Shizune worried that building a house would cost too much, and Yuu said he would handle the money.
• Yuu told Shizune, Kurenai, and Rin he would seek reparations from Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure, while the three women happily discussed their future home.
• Yuu spent a happy night with the Sarutobi Clan and attended its banquet the following morning.
• The Sarutobi Clan's Great Elder gave Yuu the seat of honor, placing Hiruzen Sarutobi in the second seat.
• Yuu drank the clan's treasured wine while Hiruzen Sarutobi envied him and realized the elders had kept the clan's large wine reserves from him.

Yuu left the Sarutobi Clan with wine, gifts, and a list of brewing ingredients after charming the Great Elder. Hiruzen Sarutobi watched enviously as Yuu offered to use war reparations to help the clan, then held back from challenging him.

• The Sarutobi Clan's Great Elder gave Yuu several parcels of fine wine and promised to divert half the hot spring to Yuu's new residence.
• Yuu offered to ask the Intelligence Unit to increase Kumogakure and Sunagakure's war reparations for the Sarutobi Clan.
• The Great Elder wrote Yuu a list of special fruits and brewing materials, valuing his friendship more than money or resources.
• Yuu handed the list to Kurenai and scolded Hiruzen Sarutobi for being immature.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi resisted the urge to fight Yuu, fearing Yuu would shave off his hair and eyebrows.

After Yuu left, Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on his influence in Konoha before the Great Elder scolded him. Meanwhile, Fugaku Uchiha struggled to answer Itachi’s questions about the clan’s treatment by Konoha, which feared the Uchiha Sharingan’s ability to control tailed beasts.

• The Great Elder praised Yuu, and Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that Yuu could easily claim supreme authority but would still support him if needed.
• The Great Elder scolded Hiruzen Sarutobi for smiling and lacking a beard, then left after calling him rotten wood.
• Itachi Uchiha asked Fugaku Uchiha what had been happening within the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku recalled that Konoha’s leaders had repeatedly denied the Uchiha Clan’s requests to join the war and sent them to the Mist Battlefield instead.
• Fugaku considered how Root had closely surveilled the Uchiha during the tailed beast incident because Konoha feared the Sharingan could control tailed beasts.

Fugaku Uchiha reflected on his son Itachi’s potential before Itachi accidentally collided with Saiki Yuu, who grabbed him and threatened him over his liquor. The chapter ended with Fugaku kneeling and pleading for Itachi’s life as Itachi realized how frightened his father was of Yuu.

• Fugaku Uchiha considered Itachi Uchiha a genius who might resolve the conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi Uchiha ran around a corner, collided with Saiki Yuu, and fell to the ground.
• Saiki Yuu seized Itachi and threatened to cut him down if the boy had broken his liquor.
• Fugaku Uchiha knelt before Saiki Yuu and begged him to spare Itachi.
• Itachi Uchiha recognized Saiki Yuu and saw his father trembling as he pleaded.

Fugaku Uchiha feared that Saiki Yuu might target the Uchiha Clan after Itachi displeased him. Yuu overwhelmed Fugaku with Conqueror’s Haki and confronted Itachi, who urged him to uphold Konoha’s rules.

• Fugaku Uchiha reflected on how Saiki Yuu had destroyed Root and crippled Utatane Koharu simply for displeasing him.
• Yuu recognized Itachi’s name and accused the young Uchiha of being dissatisfied with him.
• When Fugaku tried to defend Itachi, Yuu silenced him with Conqueror’s Haki, forcing Fugaku to the ground as his Sharingan activated uncontrollably.
• Yuu sensed the Yin power in Fugaku’s eyes and realized he belonged to the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi nervously praised Yuu as Konoha’s hero and asked him to uphold the village’s rules.

Yuu overpowered Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi, then offered to spare Itachi if Fugaku let him cut him once. The chapter ended with Fugaku accepting, ready to sacrifice himself for his son.

• Fugaku Uchiha realized his flattering account of Yuu had shaped Itachi's admiration and regretted bringing them into conflict with him.
• Yuu rejected Itachi's appeal and slammed the boy onto the ground while Fugaku remained pinned by Conqueror's Haki.
• Yuu noticed Fugaku's unusual Yin power and asked whether he wanted to save his son.
• Yuu demanded that Fugaku let him cut him once, curious about the reward for cutting down someone with a Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku Uchiha stood before Yuu and agreed to be cut so Itachi could be spared.

Yuu killed Fugaku Uchiha’s attacker and forced liquor on Itachi to stoke his hatred, while giving Fugaku treasured wine. The chapter ended with Fugaku thanking Yuu and showing no resentment.

• Yuu killed Fugaku Uchiha’s attacker with a slash, leaving Fugaku alive.
• Yuu asked Kurenai for wine, then had Rin bring him ordinary strong liquor instead.
• Yuu poured the liquor into Itachi Uchiha’s mouth and told him to live on with hatred and spite.
• Yuu forced Sarutobi Clan fine wine into Fugaku’s mouth, and Fugaku thanked him with delight.

Yuu left Itachi with Fugaku to raise until he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Meanwhile, Rasa led Sunagakure’s wine convoy toward the Konoha front, arriving just before the deadline and being greeted with a complaint that they were late.

• Yuu gave Fugaku an unfinished bottle of wine and left with the girls, saying there was no point dealing with Itachi yet.
• Rasa learned that Sunagakure’s convoy had three days left to meet the deadline and reflected on his fear of Saiki Yuu’s power.
• Rasa urged the convoy onward, while Sunagakure’s elders supplied fine wine to avoid provoking Saiki Yuu.
• After another day and night of travel, the convoy reached the Konoha front line camp, where someone complained that the Kazekage’s people were too slow.

Rasa and the Fourth Raikage brought Sunagakure and Kumogakure’s war-reparation lists to Konoha’s command tent, where Tsunade accepted the villages’ offerings but hinted that more remained to be settled.

• Kumogakure’s chief strategist scolded the bandaged Fourth Raikage and warned him not to anger Saiki Yuu.
• Rasa and the Fourth Raikage entered Konoha’s command tent with their villages’ reparation lists.
• Rasa asked where Yuu was, and Tsunade said he had something to handle and told them to give her the lists.
• Rasa and the Fourth Raikage handed the lists to Jiraiya and Orochimaru, who placed them before Tsunade.
• Tsunade said Konoha recognized the villages’ sincerity, then unsettled Rasa and the Fourth Raikage by adding, “However.”

Tsunade presented Rasa and the Fourth Raikage with Yuu's new, supposedly nonmandatory request. Ōnoki erupted over Iwagakure's enormous housing subsidy demand, then reluctantly faced the threat that Saiki Yuu would come to persuade them if they refused.

• Tsunade gave Rasa and the Fourth Raikage the list of Yuu's new request.
• Ōnoki read the list and condemned the housing subsidy as robbery, saying it would cost Iwagakure five years of income.
• Ōnoki declared that Iwagakure would not pay and insisted Konoha had already received enough through mediation.
• Kitsuchi told Ōnoki that Saiki Yuu would personally come to persuade Iwagakure if it refused.
• Ōnoki remembered Saiki Yuu's destructive sword slash, reconsidered his refusal, and Kitsuchi asked whether they would pay.

Ōnoki accepted the enormous war compensation demanded by Saiki Yuu, while Rasa and the Fourth Raikage learned they had ten days to pay their shares. The chapter left Sunagakure and Kumogakure's leaders fearing that resisting Saiki Yuu would destroy their villages.

• Ōnoki dismissed Kitsuchi's hesitation and accepted the compensation rather than risk Saiki Yuu coming to Iwagakure.
• Ōnoki wondered whether Konoha could truly control Saiki Yuu and whether he intended to spend the money on a house.
• At the Konoha front-line camp, Rasa saw the compensation list and worried that Sunagakure could not afford the enormous sum.
• Tsunade told Rasa and the Fourth Raikage that Saiki Yuu expected the funds in Konoha within ten days.
• Rasa and the Fourth Raikage fell silent as they imagined Saiki Yuu destroying their villages if he became unhappy.

Tsunade told the Fourth Raikage and Rasa that their villages could request the return of captured ninja after delivering the agreed funds to Konoha. The Raikage accepted the terms and planned to ask for Killer B, while Konoha's negotiators prepared to release the prisoners.

• The Fourth Raikage agreed to Kumogakure's payment terms and asked whether Konoha would return Killer B.
• Tsunade said the Raikage could make a request of Yuu after delivering the funds, though she doubted Killer B would be returned.
• The Fourth Raikage accepted the deal, and Kumogakure's strategist was relieved that the village's safety was secured.
• Rasa accepted Sunagakure's terms, and Tsunade said the captured ninja would be released to help escort the money.
• Jiraiya and Orochimaru privately lamented their low standing in Konoha's inner circle before Tsunade addressed them.

Tsunade ordered Jiraiya and Orochimaru to hand over the Kumogakure and Sunagakure prisoners to their leaders. She told Uzuki Yugao they would return to Konoha once the matter was settled and invited her to live with Yuu and Tsunade in their new house.

• Tsunade sent Jiraiya and Orochimaru away with Rasa and the Fourth Raikage to hand over the prisoners.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Tsunade when they could return to Konoha, and Tsunade said they could leave once the matter was settled.
• Tsunade urged Uzuki Yugao to keep practicing her swordsmanship so Yuu could inspect it when they returned.
• Tsunade invited Uzuki Yugao to move into the new house with her and Yuu, delighting and embarrassing her.
• After Uzuki Yugao ran off, Tsunade grumbled that Yuu had left her with the work and had not told her first about building a house.

After Konoha’s victories over Sunagakure and Kumogakure, Saiki Yuu became renowned as the strongest shinobi of the era, while the other villages retreated or submitted. Uchiha Madara and Zetsu decided to accelerate their plans now that Konoha held six tailed beasts.

• Tsunade remembered sparring with Yuu and looked forward to challenging him again when she returned to Konoha.
• After Sunagakure and Kumogakure were defeated and their tailed beasts seized, Kirigakure withdrew its troops and fortified its borders.
• Konoha reclaimed its standing as the Shinobi World’s leading village, and people began calling Saiki Yuu the era’s God of Shinobi.
• Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Saiki Yuu had defeated both villages and brought their tailed beasts to Konoha, warning that his power was growing beyond expectations.
• Uchiha Madara agreed to accelerate his plans after learning Konoha held six tailed beasts.

Roshi and Han were released from their sealed prison cells and believed Danzo planned to use them against Saiki Yuu. They prepared to kill Danzo to prove their worth, then were led by Anbu to an unknown destination.

• Roshi and Han waited for Konoha Anbu to release them so they could claim credit by attacking Danzo.
• The Four-Tails urged Roshi to fire a Tailed Beast Bomb before the Five-Tails, while the Five-Tails pressed Han to kill Danzo for Saiki Yuu.
• An Anbu released the seals suppressing Roshi and Han’s chakra and ordered them to come along.
• Roshi and Han concluded that Saiki Yuu had returned to Konoha and secretly gathered Tailed Beast chakra as they followed the Anbu.
• The Anbu led Roshi and Han to a place they identified as their destination.

Roshi and Han entered a massive building expecting to attack Danzo, but the Four-Tails and Five-Tails instead found themselves facing the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails. After the newcomers restrained them, Roshi and Han tried to explain their mistaken attack.

• Anbu escorted Roshi and Han into a huge building and said Lord Yuu would inspect them later.
• Roshi and Han released the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, then fired Tailed Beast Bombs into the darkness, believing Danzo was inside.
• Several enormous tails emerged from the smoke and bound the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• The One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Eight-Tails appeared, and the Eight-Tails angrily confronted the pair for attacking them.
• Roshi and Han apologized and asked why the three other Tailed Beasts were there.