Chapter Summaries

Tsunade led Konoha’s forces in a retreating battle while Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina fought the Third Raikage A. After Yoru and Kushina struck A with a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, A survived by escaping underground, and his clash with Yoru ended with a severed arm and Yoru gravely wounded.

• Tsunade used Summoning: Triple Rashomon to shield Konoha’s ninja from the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball, though the blast killed many Cloud Shinobi.
• Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina continued fighting the Third Raikage A as the armies converged, and Yoru used Fire Style: Dust Concealment Technique to obscure the battlefield.
• A broke through the dust and charged Tsunade with Hell Stab: One-Finger Thrust, but Yoru and Kushina appeared to unleash Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
• A diverted his attack and burrowed underground to survive the Rasenshuriken, then burst from the crater to attack Yoru.
• Yoru countered A with Silent Lightning Cutter, and their collision left A missing an arm and Yoru’s chest torn open.

Uchiha Yoru helped force the Cloud Shinobi to retreat and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan while condemning Konoha’s leadership and declaring his intent to become Hokage. As a Tailed Beast Ball hurtled toward the exhausted Konoha forces, Yoru stepped forward with a marked trident in hand.

• Uchiha Yoru and the Third Raikage exchanged devastating attacks, leaving both badly wounded before their allies rescued them.
• The Third Raikage ordered the Cloud Shinobi to retreat, and Konoha’s forces stood down as the battle ended.
• Uchiha Yoru declared that the Second Hokage’s sacrifice represented the true Will of Fire and denounced the current leadership’s distorted version of it.
• Uchiha Yoru awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, rejected Namikaze Minato’s defense of the Third Hokage, and vowed to become the new Hokage.
• A Cloud Shinobi Tailed Beast Ball raced toward the Konoha forces, and Uchiha Yoru stepped in front of it with a marked trident.

Uchiha Yoru stopped the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball with Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder, and Konoha celebrated surviving the battle despite the Cloud Shinobi’s retreat. The Third Raikage planned to use the defeat to unite the other villages against Konoha, while Sunagakure’s Elder Chiyo welcomed the prospect of a Four Kage Summit.

• Uchiha Yoru used Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder to send the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball away, but the Cloud Shinobi escaped after their Eight-Tails Jinchuriki blocked Kushina’s attack.
• Uchiha Yoru declared that he wanted to become the God of Shinobi and stand shoulder to shoulder with the moon, while Tsunade, Kushina, and Mikoto supported him.
• Third Raikage A ordered the Cloud Shinobi to abandon their positions in the Land of Hot Water, retreat to the Land of Moon, and spread news of Konoha’s strength to encourage a Four Kage Summit.
• A Cloud medical ninja reported that Third Raikage A had suffered grave injuries and needed at least half a year to recover, but A insisted that Kumogakure had not lost the battle.
• Elder Chiyo and Ebizo discussed the intelligence on Konoha’s many powerful ninja, and Chiyo anticipated that the other villages would join the Four Kage Summit against Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted the political and military fallout from the failed Cloud Village Collapse Plan as the other villages prepared for a Four Kage Summit. Uchiha Yoru’s declaration and newly revealed abilities unsettled Konoha’s leadership, while Madara Uchiha welcomed the prospect of a wider war that could advance Yoru’s path.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rebuked Utatane Koharu for intercepting reinforcements, while Shimura Danzō revealed Uchiha Yoru’s Mangekyō and Kumogakure’s Space Ninjutsu and plans for a Four Kage Summit.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that the village would help him master the Second Hokage’s Space Ninjutsu and gave him secret information about the Mangekyō so he could help check the Uchiha Clan.
• Onoki reviewed intelligence about Konoha’s strength and Uchiha Yoru’s abilities, then ordered Iwagakure to condemn Konoha publicly and investigate its plans against other villages.
• Madara Uchiha celebrated that Tsunade Senju and Konoha’s clan shinobi had acknowledged Uchiha Yoru, then welcomed the prospect of a Four Kage Summit and another great war.

After Konoha’s failed Collapse Plan damaged its standing, Uchiha Yoru revealed his Kyouka Suigetsu Mangekyo ability to Tsunade and returned to face the Uchiha Clan. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared Konoha for a war against the united villages and considered who would command an elite reserve force.

• Konoha’s shinobi and civilians blamed the village for the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi after his defeat by the Third Raikage.
• Tsunade examined Uchiha Yoru and learned that his Mangekyo technique, Kyouka Suigetsu, could completely hypnotize individuals or groups through all five senses.
• Uchiha Yoru asked Tsunade to keep the true nature of his eye technique secret, and she warned him that the village had placed him on the candidate list for its elite wartime reserve force.
• Tsunade revealed that the Mangekyo’s blindness could be prevented by combining it with Senju Wood Release cells, a secret known only to a few people.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi met with Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu to plan for the Four Great Shinobi Villages joining forces and proposed creating an elite reserve division.
• Shimura Danzō volunteered to lead the reserve force, challenging the possibility that Tsunade or Uchiha Yoru might command it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi organized Konoha’s wartime reserve forces while maneuvering to secure Minato Namikaze as his successor and weaken the great clans. At Naka Shrine, Uchiha Yoru revealed his Mangekyo to an ecstatic Uchiha Clan, consolidating their support behind him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to step down during the war, appointed Uchiha Yoru, Minato Namikaze, Shimura Danzō, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke as Reserve Force Vice-Captains, and planned to involve the Hyuga Clan on the Kirigakure front.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura backed plans to send the Uchiha Clan to Rōran and exploit competition among the great clans, while Hiruzen ordered increased training for Ninja Academy graduates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately urged Minato Namikaze to earn wartime merit, promised him Konoha’s resources, and presented him as the village’s best future Hokage.
• Uchiha Yoru arrived at Naka Shrine, where the Uchiha Clan’s elites had gathered to confirm reports of his Mangekyo.
• Uchiha Yoru displayed his Mangekyo, and the Uchiha Clan celebrated him as their powerful new leader.

Uchiha Yoru received the clan’s backing to lead a reserve force as war loomed, then confronted Shimura Danzō at the Ninja Academy. He destroyed Danzō’s notice and declared that the Uchiha would not be anyone’s dogs, leaving the gathered Konoha shinobi stunned.

• Uchiha Yoru won the clan leader’s support, and the Uchiha offered him seventeen Elite Jonin to form his reserve force.
• Uchiha Yoru appointed Uchiha Yashiro and Aburame Shikuroo as vice-captains and planned to recruit shinobi from other clans and among civilians.
• Uchiha Mikoto gave Uchiha Yoru a roster of Uchiha Chunin and pledged to stand behind him as the two shared an intimate evening.
• At the Ninja Academy graduation examination, Uchiha Yoru criticized the village for sending children toward a war that was only beginning.
• Shimura Danzō challenged Uchiha Yoru to make the Uchiha contribute their strength, and Uchiha Yoru burned his notice and declared that the Uchiha would not be anyone’s dogs.

Uchiha Yoru challenged Danzō’s attempt to recruit Academy students into Root, then received a reconnaissance mission to Rōran and selected graduating Genin for instructor teams. He secretly focused on recruiting Might Guy and the future Flying Thunder Formation specialists, while inviting Kushina to accompany him to Rōran.

• Yoru confronted Danzō over his claim that the village had ordered Uchiha recruitment, revealed his Mangekyo, and drew the other clans’ support.
• An ANBU delivered the Hokage’s order for fair Jonin assignments and gave Yoru a mission to investigate unknown puppets in Rōran.
• Konan brought Yoru the graduating students’ records, and Kushina and Mikoto asked to serve as instructors.
• Yoru chose student teams that included Anko, Shisui, Might Guy, and Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Tatami Iwashi.
• Yoru assigned Mikoto to oversee the three future Space Ninjutsu specialists and invited Kushina to join his Rōran mission.

Hiruzen Sarutobi approved most of Uchiha Yoru’s requests for the graduating students but assigned Mitaraishi Anko to Orochimaru, while Yoru arranged teams and prepared for a reconnaissance mission to Rōran with Kushina. As war approached, the graduates celebrated their new assignments, and Yoru set his plans in motion before the mission.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected the Uchiha’s request for Mitaraishi Anko, assigned her to Orochimaru, and approved their other requests while warning Shimura Danzō to restrain Root.
• Uchiha Yoru assigned Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Tatami Iwashi to Yashiro, placed Might Guy with Kakashi Squad, and arranged for Kushina to lead Shizune and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Uchiha Yoru promoted Might Duy to Chunin and added him to the wartime reserve force, explaining to Uchiha Mikoto that his Eight Gates technique made him exceptionally dangerous.
• Graduates celebrated their new status as Genin while Shizune worried about being assigned to Kushina, Kurenai Yuhi’s father fretted over the political implications, and Asuma Sarutobi blamed his father for the coming war.
• Uchiha Yoru told Tsunade that he planned to take Kushina on a reconnaissance mission to Rōran before war restricted her freedom.

Tsunade sealed a portion of Two-Tails Chakra inside Yugito, whose unusual willpower made her an ideal host for a Pseudo-Jinchuriki experiment. At a barbecue with the newly formed squads, Uchiha Yoru encouraged Might Guy and reassured the other students’ families as war approached.

• Tsunade explained that Yugito’s powerful consciousness made her suited to a long-term experiment that could gradually develop a symbiotic relationship with the sealed Two-Tails Chakra.
• Uzumaki Kushina established her squad with Kurenai Yuhi and Shizune, welcomed Kakashi’s squad, and invited Yuhi Shinkuro and Might Duy to join them for barbecue.
• Uchiha Yoru arrived at the restaurant and explained that he had recruited Might Duy and Might Guy because he believed in their potential.
• Yoru praised Guy’s talent for taijutsu, prompting Might Duy and the other diners to reconsider the young genin’s abilities.
• Yoru advised Yuhi Shinkuro to focus on preparing Kurenai for the coming war and arranged for Tsunade to help train Kurenai and Shizune.

Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina reached Rōran and found a group of Konoha ninjas fighting powerful puppets. After Yoru rescued Sakura Haruno, Sakura mistook him for Sasuke, while Yoru questioned the team about Naruto, the Dragon Vein, and Rōran’s transformation.

• Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina sheltered from a sandstorm, then continued toward Rōran while discussing Kushina’s limited freedom and Yoru’s hopes of becoming Hokage.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Yoru saw the ancient city of Rōran and heard explosions nearby; Kushina warned that the Konoha ninjas under attack might be part of a trap.
• Uchiha Yoru recognized the Chakra of a Wood Release user among the besieged group, while Uzumaki Kushina identified other abilities and suspected Root’s involvement.
• Sakura Haruno, Captain Yamato, and Sai fought powerful puppets and explained that Dragon Vein energy had separated them from Naruto and brought them to Rōran.
• Uchiha Yoru swept in with Chidori and severed the puppets’ Chakra threads; Sakura mistook him for Sasuke, and Yoru restrained her while asking about Naruto, the Dragon Vein, and Rōran.

Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina captured Yamato, Sai, and Sakura Haruno in a puppet-filled Rōran, then learned the trio came from another world. Yoru probed Yamato’s memories for intelligence about their world and Konoha, leaving Kushina troubled by what she had learned about their counterparts.

• Uchiha Yoru used Chidori Stream to destroy the puppets and confused Yamato, Sai, and Sakura Haruno by claiming to be an Uchiha who had rescued Yamato from a Wood Style laboratory.
• Uzumaki Kushina sealed Yamato and Sai when they attacked, and Yoru took all three captives away as more Rōran puppets approached.
• Yoru and Kushina found that Rōran’s lively city was mostly a façade maintained by emotionless puppets, then questioned the bound trio about their identities and Sakura’s Sakura Blossom Punch.
• Yamato revealed that he, Sai, and Sakura Haruno came from another world, and Yoru explained that their arrival and use of the Dragon Vein might have altered his world’s history.
• Yamato agreed to release the seal in his mind if Yoru spared his companions, and Yoru began probing his memories while Kushina kept watch.
• Yoru found information about the Third Shinobi World War and Konoha’s secrets, while Kushina worried about what the visitors’ world revealed about her and Yoru.

Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina freed Sai, Yamato, and Sakura Haruno, then joined them in rescuing Naruto and Queen Sara from puppet soldiers in Rōran. Kushina became furious when Naruto claimed the Fourth Hokage had invented the Rasengan, and the chapter ended with Naruto mistaking Yoru for Sasuke and chasing after him.

• Uchiha Yoru confirmed that Sai, Yamato, and Sakura Haruno came from a parallel world and learned about their world's advanced medical ninjutsu.
• Uzumaki Kushina sensed Naruto fighting puppet soldiers, and Uchiha Yoru freed the three prisoners before the group rushed to help.
• Naruto and Queen Sara were surrounded by puppets, but Yamato, Sakura, and Sai arrived and fought them off.
• Uzumaki Kushina cut the puppets' chakra threads with a Wind Style shuriken and destroyed a puppet's attack with a Rasengan.
• Naruto insisted that the Fourth Hokage had invented the Rasengan, provoking Kushina to unleash her Nine-Tails chakra until Uchiha Yoru calmed her.
• Naruto saw Uchiha Yoru leaving and, mistaking him for Sasuke, broke away from Yamato and chased after him.

Uzumaki Kushina argued with Naruto Uzumaki and his team over Rōran’s future and their interference in her world, while Uchiha Yoru supported her. The dispute erupted into combat after Naruto rejected her warning, and Kushina attacked him in a fury.

• Naruto Uzumaki grieved over Sasuke while Yamato apologized to Uzumaki Kushina and Sakura explained that they were in another world.
• Uzumaki Kushina condemned Naruto Uzumaki, the women of Rōran, and his Konoha teammates for opposing the sacrifices she believed were needed to protect the country.
• Uchiha Yoru confronted the visitors for interfering in the Queen of Roran’s choices, and Yamato warned Naruto that they might want to take the Nine-Tails.
• Uzumaki Kushina told the visitors to leave her world and explained that she supported Yoru’s ambition to become Hokage.
• Naruto Uzumaki refused to abandon Sara and insulted Yoru over the Rasengan, prompting Kushina to smash Yamato’s Wood Release barrier and charge at him.

Uchiha Yoru stopped Yamato, Sakura, and Sai from interfering as Uzumaki Kushina fought Naruto Uzumaki in Rōran, where their battle exposed Anrokuzan’s puppet workshop. Yoru pulled Kushina and Naruto into the sealing space and began releasing Naruto’s seal, drawing two figures who appeared to protect him.

• Uzumaki Kushina and Naruto Uzumaki clashed with Rasengan and Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, then fought in their Four-Tails forms as Uchiha Yoru blocked Yamato, Sakura, and Sai from intervening.
• Their battle’s aftermath exposed the puppet soldier workshop beneath Rōran, and Anrokuzan transformed into a giant centipede puppet to defend his country.
• Uchiha Yoru used his Mangekyō Sharingan to bring Kushina into Naruto’s sealing space and comforted her as she faced the Nine-Tails.
• Yoru restrained Naruto, questioned him about the two worlds, and began releasing the Eight Trigrams Seal, alarming both Nine-Tails.
• Two figures appeared in the sealing space and shielded Naruto from Yoru.

Uchiha Yoru confronted Minato Namikaze and Kushina from another world after they appeared inside Naruto’s sealed space, then tried to seize Minato’s knowledge of Flying Thunder God. Naruto escaped through a contingency space-time technique, while Kushina vowed to conquer the other world with Yoru and help him become Hokage.

• Minato Namikaze and Kushina appeared inside Naruto’s sealed space and discovered another Nine-Tails, while Uchiha Yoru and his Kushina confronted them.
• Yoru and Minato moved into a consciousness space to negotiate Naruto’s return, but Yoru tried to control Minato and take what was inside Naruto.
• Minato’s contingency technique sent Naruto through a spatial rift before Yoru could capture him, and Kushina announced that she had erased her counterpart.
• Kushina attacked the puppet soldiers and took Yamato, Sai, and Sakura hostage, while Anrokuzan decided to return to his original world.
• Kushina urged Yoru to become Hokage and conquer the other world with her, and Yoru agreed to travel to the other end of the Dragon Vein together.

Uchiha Yoru fought and defeated Uzumaki Naruto after Naruto transformed into the Six-Tails state, while Kushina prepared a sealing altar. Yoru carried the battered Naruto to Kushina, and a Shadow Clone revealed that the Fourth Hokage's consciousness had anticipated their plan to obtain the Nine-Tails and expected Naruto to return home once the Dragon Vein was shut down.

• Yamato, Sai, and Sakura hung captive from a church spire as Naruto saw them and erupted in rage at Yoru and Kushina.
• Naruto drew on the Nine-Tails' power and transformed into the Six-Tails state while Kushina left to prepare a sealing altar.
• Yoru fought Naruto through Rōran, protected the First Hokage's Necklace, and eventually overwhelmed him with lightning attacks and Fuinjutsu: Five Elements Seal.
• Yoru broke Naruto's arms and legs, then carried him toward Kushina after declaring the fight over.
• A Shadow Clone of Naruto revealed that the Fourth Hokage's consciousness had predicted the enemy's plan and believed shutting down the Dragon Vein would send Naruto back to his world.

Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina extracted power from Naruto in another world, and Yoru used the Dragon Vein to take Sarah’s special power before the group returned home. As the Four Great Shinobi Villages declared war on Konoha, Yoru showed Tsunade a forbidden technique from another world.

• Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina extracted four tails’ worth of Nine-Tails Chakra and other power from Naruto while Naruto’s Shadow Clones tried to stop them at the Dragon Vein.
• Uchiha Yoru used Mangekyō Genjutsu to make Naruto believe he had killed Sai, then let Sarah shut down the Dragon Vein and absorbed her power before returning to his own world.
• Naruto, Yamato, Sakura, and the others returned to the ruins of Loulan, where Sakura treated Naruto and Yamato prepared to seal the passage between worlds.
• The Four Great Shinobi Villages formed an alliance and declared war on Konoha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha to prepare for battle.
• Uchiha Yoru gave Tsunade a completed Creation Rebirth: Hundred Healings Technique, which she recognized as a forbidden technique from another world.

Uchiha Yoru told Tsunade about the alternate world revealed by the Rōran mission, and they discussed how its intelligence could help Konoha. As war pressures and political tensions mounted, Tsunade decided to take Kushina to the front lines, while Yoru left to report to the Hokage and pursue his ambition to evolve beyond ordinary human limits.

• Tsunade learned that an alternate-world version of herself had developed Creation Rebirth: Hundred Healings Technique and that she had become the Fifth Hokage in that world.
• Uchiha Yoru explained that the alternate world had lost its Uchiha and Senju clans and shared intelligence about Konoha, the wars, and powerful shinobi.
• Tsunade told Yoru that the Third Hokage had grown suspicious after his defeat and that Konoha's morale and reputation were suffering amid rumors and a gag order.
• Tsunade decided to take Kushina to the front lines because her exposed identity made her a target and her presence could deter Cloud Shinobi.
• Kushina urged Yoru to stay safe before he left for the Hokage Building to report on Rōran, reflecting on his plan to combine Kekkei Genkai powers and achieve a longer life.

Uchiha Yoru returned from Rōran with evidence of mass-produced Sand Shinobi puppets and accepted a mission against an elite Kirigakure force. As his reserve team assembled, he used a new book and the Konoha Military Police Force to promote a shinobi-first hierarchy, then gathered the team at a crowded tavern.

• Uchiha Yoru reported finding powerless puppets and traces of Sand Shinobi in Rōran, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the puppets studied.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Uchiha Yoru that war had begun on several fronts and assigned him to lead a mission against an elite Kirigakure force in three days.
• Uchiha Mikoto gave Uchiha Yoru the roster for his ninety-eight-member reserve team, and he discussed training Yugito with Nine-Tails Chakra to cultivate the Two-Tails' power.
• Uchiha Yoru drafted a book promoting higher status for powerful shinobi and announced that the Konoha Military Police Force would favor shinobi and major clans in public security matters.
• Uchiha Yoru explained his hierarchical ideas to Uchiha Mikoto and planned to publish several issues that would gradually reshape views of shinobi status.
• Uchiha Yoru asked his team to gather at the Senju-owned tavern, where Asuma Sarutobi and Ebisu watched the reserve team fill the crowded room.