Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yoru used My Struggle to encourage Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato to question what peace meant while steering the children’s loyalties and separating Yahiko from the others. A mission sent Yoru toward a temporary command post, where he and his guards found a dying Sand Shinobi in Nagato’s former village and discovered the man had destroyed his own intelligence.

• Yahiko asked whether the stories in My Struggle were true, and Yoru explained that the book drew on real events and examined different kinds of peace.
• Yoru arranged for Yahiko to patrol more often and directed Konan to take Nagato on patrol, while Nagato began wondering whether Rain ninja had killed his parents in disguise.
• Mikoto delivered a mission for Yoru to investigate an area, and Yoru offered to carry a message to Nagato’s parents, prompting Nagato to ask him to say he would live on properly.
• Yoru, Kushina, and Hizashi found a badly injured Sand Shinobi in the ruins of Nagato’s former village, but the man died after Hizashi attacked him and destroyed the intelligence in his brain.
• Kushina revealed her Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Yoru found a Sealing Scroll on the corpse and cautioned her to wear gloves before handling it.

Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina uncovered a sealed vial that might contain Hanzo of the Salamander’s poison and delivered it to Tsunade for analysis. After Yoru secretly absorbed a White Zetsu clone, his body and Chakra began changing as he headed to meet White Fang with Uchiha Fugaku.

• Uzumaki Kushina broke the Sunagakure sealing formula and found a vial labeled “Pepper,” which she and Uchiha Yoru suspected contained salamander venom.
• Uzumaki Kushina sealed the vial for delivery to Tsunade, while Uchiha Yoru burned the corpse and secretly absorbed energy from the White Zetsu clone concealed within it.
• White Zetsu’s clone disappeared after reporting that Madara Uchiha’s plan had succeeded, and Yoru’s group reached the Konoha command post.
• Yoru found that absorbing the clone was changing his physique, eyes, and Chakra, and that his Chakra test paper displayed all five elemental changes.
• Tsunade examined the suspected venom and ordered Yoru to meet White Fang with Uchiha Fugaku while she investigated it.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Yoru that the coming operation could benefit the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Yoru and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to send fifteen elite Uchiha Jonin on Hatake Sakumo’s dangerous plan to strike the Sand Shinobi, and Yoru improved the operation’s retreat routes. The clans formed an alliance through gifts of Hatake swordsmanship and a Lightning Release technique, while Yoru and Tsunade prepared for the approaching decisive battle.

• Hatake Sakumo asked Uchiha Fugaku to provide fifteen three-tomoe Sharingan Jonin for a risky mission against the Sand Shinobi, and Uchiha Yoru agreed on the clan’s behalf.
• Uchiha Yoru suggested taking extra Medical Ninja and retreating through the Land of Birds, and Hatake Sakumo accepted the tactical additions.
• Hatake Sakumo gave Uchiha Yoru a Chakra weapon, Hatake swordsmanship, and the foundation of a Lightning Release Ninjutsu, which Yoru recognized as the basis of Chidori.
• Uchiha Yoru and Uchiha Fugaku planned to equip the deployed clan members with Chakra Metal, Exploding Tags, and Summoning Jutsu scrolls.
• Tsunade reported that she had identified the enemy’s amphibian venom and requested ingredients to develop an antidote, then warned Uchiha Yoru that the decisive battle was near.

Uchiha Yoru prepared for Konoha’s coming offensive while anticipating that Hanzo would strike through the Land of Rain’s Underground River. After Madara Uchiha arranged to expose the route, Yoru recognized the danger at a collapsed pit and sent Shadow Clones down to investigate.

• Uchiha Yoru and Tsunade planned to redeploy Konoha’s forces, sweep for suspicious figures, and draw the Hyuga and Aburame clans closer to Tsunade’s side.
• Chiyo ordered the Sand Shinobi to prepare a defensive war of attrition, while Hanzo of the Salamander secretly gathered elite Rain ninja and planned to attack Konoha through the Underground River.
• Madara Uchiha learned of Hanzo’s route and instructed White Zetsu to leak information about it, hoping to test Uchiha Yoru rather than protect him from every danger.
• Uchiha Yoru practiced the incomplete Chidori, then heard Konan and Nagato report a deep collapsed pit with water below.
• Uchiha Yoru sensed White Zetsu’s chakra near the pit, concealed his suspicions from Konan and Nagato, and sent two Shadow Clones down to investigate.

Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina investigated the underground rivers beneath the Land of Rain and warned Tsunade’s command about the threat of a rain shinobi attack through them. As the commanders planned their response, Tsunade rebuked Jiraiya over his remarks about the Major Clans, while Orochimaru began suspecting that Nawaki’s accident had not been accidental.

• Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina sent Shadow Clones and Katsuyu to trace the underground rivers and learned that they might connect to Amegakure’s lake.
• Uchiha Yoru reported the danger to Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya, who considered reinforcing the rear while continuing the planned assault.
• Tsunade identified the rear’s central towns as a likely target and proposed concentrating elite forces there.
• Jiraiya objected out of concern for the Major Clan shinobi, and Tsunade angrily rebuked him, defending the clans’ role in Konoha’s history.
• Orochimaru noticed Tsunade’s growing political wariness and wondered whether their teacher and village leaders had been involved in Nawaki’s accident.

Uzumaki Kushina’s Shadow Clones discovered an underground route to Amegakure, revealing a potential Rain Shinobi threat that Tsunade and the other commanders prepared to counter. Meanwhile, Hatake Sakumo led a Konoha squad into the Land of Wind to strike its oases and draw Sand Shinobi forces away from the Land of Rain.

• Uzumaki Kushina’s Shadow Clones explored the Underground River, and Uchiha Yoru treated her exhaustion while advising her on Wind Style techniques.
• A Shadow Clone reached Amegakure and reported its metal buildings and pipes, so Uchiha Yoru carried Kushina back to send the intelligence to Tsunade.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru learned that the Underground River could let Rain Shinobi infiltrate Konoha’s positions and planned to lay Exploding Tags to ambush them.
• Hatake Sakumo led an elite Konoha squad through the Land of Wind and ordered them to attack its oases, intending to force Sunagakure to withdraw troops from the Land of Rain.

As war spread, Uchiha Yoru led Konoha shinobi to prepare for an expected underground assault while Uzumaki Kushina deployed a sensory barrier using specialized kunai. Kushina realized Yoru was also a sensory ninja, and the two shared a private moment as the barrier searched the area.

• Uzumaki Kushina showed Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Yoru mesh underarmor, while Yoru explained it would hinder his speed and fighting style.
• Uchiha Yoru sent Konan and Nagato into hiding before leading more than fifty Konoha shinobi into the rain to search for enemies underground.
• Yoru ordered the Hyuga Ninja and Sensory Ninja to scan below ground and protect the scouts, while Konoha squads spread through the surrounding area.
• Uzumaki Kushina used formula-inscribed trident kunai to establish the Sky Canopy Formation, a wide sensory barrier that could detect living beings.
• Uchiha Yoru sensed Kushina's barrier and revealed that he was also a Sensory Ninja, prompting Kushina to complain that he had let her show off first.
• Uchiha Yoru told Kushina to keep his ability secret, and she blushed at the thought that they shared a secret.

Tsunade and the Konoha forces discovered Hanzo of the Salamander’s underground attack and detonated a million Exploding Tags to collapse the Underground River. The devastation forced Hanzo and surviving rain shinobi to emerge, setting the stage for a direct confrontation.

• Hanzo of the Salamander sent a thousand rain shinobi through the Underground River while a double impersonated him at the rear, and he ordered the force to split up and attack Konoha’s mining areas.
• A Hyuga Ninja spotted Chakra-bearing rats that the rain shinobi were using to confuse Konoha’s Sensory Ninja, and Konoha sent up signal flares to warn Tsunade.
• Tsunade ordered Konoha to retreat from the front line, prepare illumination flares, and detonate the Exploding Tags after three minutes; she also learned that Chiyo had launched a counterattack.
• Uchiha Yoru, Uzumaki Kushina, and Uchiha Mikoto prepared for battle as Kushina connected to the million Exploding Tags buried underground.
• Konoha detonated the Exploding Tags, causing widespread collapses and flooding that devastated the underground force.
• Hanzo of the Salamander emerged from the earth atop a Summoning Beast with the rain shinobi who had survived the disaster.

Uchiha Yoru and the Konoha forces ambushed the Rain shinobi, using coordinated techniques and terrain to blunt their attacks and inflict heavy losses. Hanzo of the Salamander gathered his scattered troops and prepared to confront Konoha with Ibuse as the main force converged on him.

• Uchiha Yoru led Konoha Shinobi toward the flare, where Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga discovered that the Rain shinobi had suffered heavy losses in the Exploding Tag ambush.
• Uchiha Yoru used Fire Style to obscure and burn the Rain shinobi while the Konoha Shinobi followed with Exploding Tags and Kushina's Wind Style Shuriken.
• The Rain shinobi unleashed a massive combined Water Style attack, but Uchiha Yoru and the Earth Release users opened a chasm that drained away most of the wave.
• Uchiha Yoru charged into the Rain shinobi as Konoha Shinobi pressed the attack, preventing them from forming more combined jutsu while reinforcements converged.
• Hanzo of the Salamander ordered the scattered Rain shinobi to gather at his position and prepared to use Ibuse's poison against the approaching Konoha forces.

Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya led Konoha’s fight against Hanzo of the Salamander while Uchiha Yoru and his allies battled Rain ninjas elsewhere. As Yahiko vowed to become strong enough to surpass Yoru and bring peace, Tsunade and Orochimaru revealed their Cursed Seal powers and turned the tide of their clash with Hanzo.

• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade summoned Manda, Gamabunta, and Katsuyu, then led Konoha’s shinobi toward Hanzo while warning them about his poison.
• Uchiha Yoru, Uchiha Mikoto, Uzumaki Kushina, and other Konoha shinobi coordinated attacks that overwhelmed groups of Rain ninjas, who fought back with suicidal charges and Exploding Tags.
• Konan and Nagato worried about Yoru as Yahiko encouraged the youths to train together, surpass Yoru, and establish peace as gods of the world.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru revealed Cursed Mark patterns after Jiraiya escaped Hanzo’s Exploding Flame Formation, and Tsunade warned him about the buried Exploding Tags.
• Orochimaru restrained Hanzo with Shadow Snake Hand while Tsunade attacked, but Hanzo used Water Body Flicker Technique and struck at her with his chain sickle.
• Tsunade blocked Hanzo’s sickle with her reinforced glove, seized his chains, and used her Cursed Seal’s power to yank him toward her.

Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya fought Hanzo of the Salamander, but his traps nearly killed Tsunade before Uchiha Yoru, Uchiha Mikoto, and Uzumaki Kushina rescued her. As Hanzo revealed his poisonous breath and vowed to continue, Kushina summoned Katsuyu and revealed her growing Tailed Beast power, leaving the battle between Konoha’s strongest fighters and Hanzo poised to resume.

• Tsunade struck Hanzo with a Rasengan after dodging his Water Clone, but he escaped with Water Style and wounded her team with powerful attacks.
• Hanzo concealed Exploding Tags in the mud and trapped Tsunade and Jiraiya, but Uchiha Yoru rescued Tsunade while Uzumaki Kushina sealed the tags and Uchiha Mikoto attacked Hanzo.
• Hanzo rejected Jiraiya’s claim that Konoha had won, removed his breathing mask, and warned that his breath was poisonous.
• Uzumaki Kushina borrowed Tsunade’s blood, summoned Katsuyu, and began transforming into a Jinchuriki as Tsunade sent Jiraiya to command the other battlefields.
• Uchiha Yoru ordered Uchiha Mikoto to withdraw after three minutes, while the five remaining fighters prepared to face Hanzo atop Katsuyu.

Uchiha Yoru and his allies fought Hanzo of the Salamander, but their coordinated attacks could not overcome him. As Kushina prepared to unleash the Nine-Tails’ full power to save them, Yoru stepped in front of her and announced he would try an unfinished ninjutsu.

• Kushina released three tails of Nine-Tails Chakra, and Yoru urged her to fight alongside the others as Tsunade, Mikoto, and Orochimaru used their Cursed Seals.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, Yoru, Mikoto, and Kushina coordinated attacks against Hanzo, but he countered them with powerful ninjutsu and taijutsu.
• Jiraiya learned that Rain shinobi were breaking through toward Hanzo, while Chiyo ordered the Sand Shinobi to retreat after Konoha’s elite force breached defenses in the Land of Birds.
• Hanzo’s summoning beast vanished after being badly injured, but he remained strong enough to threaten the exhausted Konoha fighters and his surviving Rain shinobi.
• Kushina prepared to release the Nine-Tails’ full power so the others could escape, while Yoru rejected the chance to flee and stepped in front of her.
• Yoru told Kushina he would try an unfinished ninjutsu and touched her forehead before walking toward Hanzo.

Uchiha Yoru unleashed Kirin against Hanzo of the Salamander, and Konoha’s victory in the war was confirmed by an urgent report. Yoru survived by using a Shadow Clone and hiding underground, while Hanzo retreated with the Rain ninja.

• Uchiha Yoru stood between Uzumaki Kushina and Hanzo of the Salamander, then asked Kushina to locate Hanzo’s real body while he prepared Kirin.
• Uzumaki Kushina detected Hanzo underground, and Tsunade smashed open the ground to force him out.
• Uchiha Yoru summoned Kirin, but Hanzo used Water Body Flicker to reach him and escaped the lightning strike by sacrificing his Summoning Beast.
• Hanzo received a report that the Sand Shinobi had been defeated and acknowledged Konoha’s victory, while Yoru revealed he had survived using a Shadow Clone and hiding underground.
• Hanzo ordered the Rain ninja to retreat, and Konoha and Amegakure disengaged as both sides treated their wounded.

While recovering at Konoha Camp, Uchiha Yoru discussed his unfinished lightning technique with Orochimaru and learned that the war was nearing its end. Tsunade warned Yoru and Mikoto that Konoha’s leaders were sidelining wartime heroes and might soon target the Uchiha, while Yoru remained stunned that his companions thought he was naïve about the village.

• Tsunade scolded Uchiha Yoru for guiding lightning into himself, while Orochimaru praised the technique and explained how the Sharingan could help control it.
• Orochimaru told Yoru that White Fang’s raid had driven the Sand Shinobi back and that the rain shinobi were discussing an end to the war; he also gave Yoru Lightning Release materials and proposed studying the technique together.
• Tsunade complained that Konoha had sent her to the rear and transferred White Fang away from the front, presenting the moves as protection for the village’s heroes.
• Uzumaki Kushina defended Yoru by recalling his stubborn Academy devotion to the Will of Fire, while Tsunade warned that the Uchiha might also be sent to the rear and urged Mikoto to watch for political dangers.
• Tsunade challenged Yoru’s faith in the Will of Fire, and Yoru realized that Tsunade, Kushina, and Mikoto all believed he failed to see Konoha’s corruption.

Madara Uchiha decided to push Konoha’s hidden forces to make Uchiha Yoru confront the village’s darkness, while Yoru prepared to return from the Land of Rain and encouraged Uchiha Mikoto to pursue strength over clan authority. The chapter ended when Konan rushed in with news that something had happened to Nagato.

• Madara Uchiha refused to guide Uchiha Yoru directly into darkness and told White Zetsu to secretly help him grow faster as Konoha’s hidden forces made their move.
• In the Land of Rain, Uchiha Yoru ordered his shinobi to mine as much Chakra Metal as possible before Konoha withdrew its troops.
• Uchiha Mikoto congratulated Uchiha Yoru on his coming promotion and raised the possibility of competing with Captain Fugaku for leadership of the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Yoru urged Uchiha Mikoto to pursue the Sharingan’s power instead of authority, and she promised to stand by him.
• Uchiha Yoru said Yahiko could choose his own path and that he would discuss Konan and Nagato’s plans with them.
• Konan burst into the room and warned Uchiha Yoru that something had happened to Nagato, prompting him to hurry after her.

Uchiha Yoru uncovered a Root operation in the Land of Rain involving Nagato’s Rinnegan and a stolen intelligence scroll, then eliminated the operatives while concealing the evidence. In Konoha, Shimura Danzō and the village advisors discussed a plan to remove Uzumaki Kushina and keep the Nine-Tails as Konoha’s sole ultimate weapon.

• Nagato killed a disguised Root operative while protecting Konan, revealing his Rinnegan to Uchiha Yoru and Uchiha Mikoto.
• Uchiha Yoru found Root’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on the corpse and recovered an encrypted scroll as two Root operatives watched from the forest.
• Uchiha Yoru used reflections in the rain to trap the Root operatives in Sharingan Genjutsu, making them stab each other, then searched the area and erased the evidence.
• White Zetsu revealed that the bodies and clues had been planted to frame Uchiha Yoru and his companions.
• Shimura Danzō told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that Root had leaked information about Uzumaki Kushina and was preparing to lure Tsunade away so Kushina could disappear in the Land of Rain.

Uchiha Yoru and his allies learned that Root had leaked information about Tsunade and Uzumaki Kushina, setting off a coordinated rescue as Cloud Shinobi attacked them. Yoru raced toward the ambush, convinced Madara had created an opportunity for him to change the Shinobi World, while Kushina fought back and reinforcements converged.

• Senju Ki decrypted part of a scroll and discovered that Tsunade and Uzumaki Kushina were in danger, so Uchiha Yoru left to pursue them and Senju Ki summoned trusted allies.
• Orochimaru learned that the rendezvous squad had lost contact and dispatched Shinobi to support Tsunade and encircle the attackers.
• Cloud Shinobi and Root trapped Tsunade and Kushina, while White Zetsu revealed he had manipulated Danzō's plan to draw Uchiha Yoru and Tsunade into the scheme.
• A masked ninja used Uzumaki Clan Fuinjutsu to suppress Kushina's Tailed Beast Chakra, but Kushina identified the attackers as Black Demons and charged them with a Wind Style Chakra Blade.
• Uchiha Yoru deduced that Madara had built a stage for him and resolved to seize the opportunity as Senju Ki, Uchiha Mikoto, and their allies raced to the ambush.

Uchiha Yoru fought to reach Uzumaki Kushina and Tsunade, then shattered their barrier and took a fatal-looking lightning strike while saving them. Seeing his ruined body, Uzumaki Kushina erupted into a sane Four-Tails Transformation and formed a Tailed Beast Ball.

• Uchiha Yoru found the Cloud Shinobi’s barrier and attacked, but Aragaki Ryūba intercepted him and engaged him in a fierce sword fight.
• White Zetsu’s Genjutsu manipulated the Cloud Shinobi squad as Uzumaki Kushina was wounded inside the barrier and Uchiha Yoru realized Madara Uchiha intended to use her death to spur him and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Yoru let four Cloud Shinobi stab him, activated Uzumaki Kushina’s Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal to immobilize them, and killed them before using an unfinished Kirin to break the barrier.
• The Cloud Shinobi leader charged at Uzumaki Kushina, but Uchiha Yoru shoved her and Tsunade clear and took the Lightning Style: Raging Thunder Blade himself.
• Tsunade killed the Cloud Shinobi leader with Heavenly Pain Kick, while White Zetsu panicked over the failed plan and Uchiha Yoru’s apparent death.
• Uzumaki Kushina saw Uchiha Yoru’s mangled body, lost control of her emotions, and entered a sane Four-Tails Transformation as she formed a Tailed Beast Ball.

Uzumaki Kushina unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball against the Cloud Shinobi, but Uchiha Yoru stopped her from using up the Nine-Tails' Chakra and was left mortally wounded. Kushina awakened her healing ability and restored Yoru, while Uchiha Mikoto briefly awakened her Mangekyo; the chapter ended with the Konoha shinobi discovering Yoru had recovered.

• Uzumaki Kushina fired a Tailed Beast Ball at the Cloud Shinobi, and Uchiha Yoru placed a Talisman Seal on her leg to stop her rampage.
• Tsunade and the arriving Konoha reinforcements found Yoru and Dan Katō gravely wounded, while Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto pleaded for Yoru to survive.
• As Yoru appeared to die, Uchiha Mikoto awakened her Mangekyo, and Kushina awakened her Uzumaki healing ability.
• Kushina fed Yoru her special Chakra through blood, and Tsunade helped restore Kushina's Chakra as Yoru's wounds rapidly healed.
• White Zetsu realized that neither Kushina nor Yoru had died as planned, and the Konoha shinobi saw Yoru alive when Kushina's sealing chains dispersed.

Hiruzen stripped Danzo of Root’s authority after the failed attack on Uzumaki Kushina, while Madara decided his manipulation had still achieved its purpose. In the Land of Rain, Uchiha Yoru destroyed evidence to prevent unrest, learned that Uchiha Mikoto had awakened Mangekyo Sharingan with Izanagi, and was urged by Tsunade to help stabilize her.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi revoked Shimura Danzō’s authority over Root after learning about the attack, and Danzō stormed out in anger.
• Madara Uchiha learned that Uchiha Yoru had nearly died saving Uzumaki Kushina and that she had awakened; he decided his plan had still planted doubt in Yoru.
• Tsunade scolded Uchiha Yoru and Uzumaki Kushina, but Yoru burned the decoded scroll to suppress evidence that could destabilize Konoha, and Kushina agreed with his choice.
• Tsunade gave Yoru incomplete records of Lightning Chakra Mode and Hell Stab, while Yoru suspected Madara Uchiha had arranged for the techniques to reach him.
• Uchiha Mikoto revealed that she had awakened Mangekyo Sharingan and Izanagi after seeing Yoru gravely injured, and she said she wanted greater power to protect him.
• Tsunade warned Mikoto not to overuse her eyes and asked Yoru to support her as she recovered from the mental strain of awakening the Mangekyo.