Recaps

The Third Kazekage used Magnet Release to escape his cage and fought off the surrounding Konoha forces. Orochimaru’s plan to exploit the breakout was underway, while Uchiha Chen stopped Sakumo from interfering and the Kazekage searched for a way through the encirclement.

• The Third Kazekage secretly gathered Iron Sand from his cage and the earth beneath the convoy, while Orochimaru warned Uchiha Chen to keep his squad away from the coming fight.
• The Third Kazekage caused an explosion and attacked a nearby Anbu squad with Iron Sand, prompting Uchiha Chen to order his squad to retreat.
• Orochimaru ordered the Uchiha Clan and Root forces to capture the Third Kazekage, then left to gather Jonin while letting the fighting wear down his political rivals.
• Uchiha Chen stopped Sakumo from joining the battle before the Third Kazekage could be killed too quickly.
• The Third Kazekage held off the combined Anbu and Uchiha assault with his Iron Sand Shield and looked for an opening to escape.

Orochimaru intervened to protect the Konoha reinforcements from the Third Kazekage’s Iron Sand attack, allowing Uchiha Chen and Hatake Sakumo to subdue him. Chen then reunited with the surviving Uchiha, whose awe at his strength left Uchiha Kan uneasy.

• The Third Kazekage unleashed Iron Sand World Method, trapping the Root and Uchiha Ninja as the Konoha forces sheltered behind a combined Earth Wall.
• Orochimaru summoned snakes to shield the trapped ninja from the Iron Sand needles.
• After the attack faded, Uchiha Chen and Hatake Sakumo rushed the exhausted Kazekage, and Chen subdued him with Genjutsu.
• The surviving Uchiha praised Chen’s strength, while Uchiha Kan recalled bringing him to the clan years earlier and recognized how much he had grown.
• Chen greeted Uchiha Kan and left the clansmen to receive treatment as they admired his strength and politeness.

Uchiha Chen reflected with Orochimaru on death, war, and the briefness of life as they returned from sealing the Third Kazekage. Back with Jiraiya and Minato, Chen learned Jiraiya planned to travel with Tsunade, while Jiraiya said he would leave the village after settling the remaining matters.

• Uchiha Chen found Orochimaru resealing the unconscious Third Kazekage and reflected on survival, death, and the people he cherished.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Chen about graduating at six during the First Great Ninja War, Konoha’s turmoil after the Second Hokage’s death, and his belief that conflict came from desire while people died because mortal life was brief.
• Orochimaru finished redrawing the Third Kazekage’s seal and suggested that Uchiha Chen bring Minato Namikaze to study the unfinished sealing work.
• Jiraiya told Uchiha Chen that Tsunade had invited him to travel with her, and he planned to take enough money for their trip.
• Jiraiya said he would leave the village after dealing with the remaining loose ends, as he preferred life outside Konoha’s struggles.

Kushina arrived early at Uchiha Chen’s house for their planned outing and accidentally discovered him sleeping naked. After they argued over her breaking his furniture and sneaking in with a copied key, she found his hidden book and made him agree to leave with her.

• Kushina let herself into Chen’s house with a hidden key and screamed when she found him sleeping naked.
• Chen covered himself with a blanket, and Kushina opened the curtains while he awkwardly greeted her.
• Chen noticed that Kushina had broken all the living-room furniture while cleaning and asked why she had come early.
• Kushina reminded Chen that they had planned to go out at eight, and he realized he had forgotten.
• Chen questioned how Kushina had entered, and she threatened to read his hidden book with Mikoto.
• Kushina found the book in a hidden compartment, so Chen gave in and agreed to go out with her.

Uchiha Chen took Kushina through the Uchiha Clan's Commercial Street and learned why clan members had begun treating him like a hero. The chapter ended when Kushina recognized a cut cake seller who had once overcharged her and forced her to buy an enormous piece.

• Uchiha Chen brought Kushina to the Uchiha Clan's Commercial Street, where clan members crowded around to welcome him and offer him food.
• Kushina remarked that Chen was more popular than he had been at the Ninja Academy, and Chen attributed the reception to his growing battlefield reputation and the clan's dissatisfaction with Uchiha Yama.
• Chen showed Kushina around the xenophobic Commercial Street, where the Uchiha members' stares made her uncomfortable.
• Kushina pointed out a cut cake seller and told Chen that he had once cut her a huge piece after agreeing to sell her only a little.
• Kushina explained that the seller had demanded five hundred taels and threatened to call the Police Force if she refused to buy the cake.

Uchiha Yama discussed how to handle Uchiha Chen’s growing influence and considered transferring him to the Police Force, while Chen brought Mikoto to Konoha Hospital and decided to seek Tsunade’s help. The chapter ended with Chen guessing that Tsunade was at the casino.

• Uchiha Yama ordered Uchiha Kan to stop watching Chen and planned to bring Chen and Mikoto back to the Police Force after the war.
• Uchiha Yama said he would try to use Chen, but threatened that Chen would end up like Kagami if he could not be controlled.
• Uchiha Kan reported that Fugaku was nearing Jonin strength and had awakened a two-tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Chen brought Mikoto to Konoha Hospital because he remained concerned about damage to her meridians.
• Uchiha Chen said he would visit Tsunade for treatment, and Nawaki revealed that Tsunade had not come home the previous night.
• Uchiha Chen guessed that Tsunade was at the casino.

Uchiha Chen visited Tsunade at her home to persuade her to treat Mikoto, but instead challenged her to a game of Golden Flower. Tsunade reacted with disdain, leaving their gambling match about to begin.

• Uchiha Chen spent several days tracking down Tsunade after repeatedly arriving too late to find her gambling.
• Uchiha Chen went to Tsunade’s home in the Senju Clan Compound and brought her breakfast.
• Tsunade eventually opened the door and teased Uchiha Chen about why he had come.
• Uchiha Chen avoided asking Tsunade to treat Mikoto directly and said he had come to play.
• Uchiha Chen proposed gambling and asked Tsunade whether she had heard of Golden Flower.

Uchiha Chen used a card game to draw Tsunade into gambling, then persuaded her to continue playing by promising to return. Tsunade agreed to treat Mikoto’s injuries, while Chen left planning to ask her later about treating Hyuga Tenko’s eyes.

• Uchiha Chen introduced Tsunade to Golden Flower, and she agreed to play after hearing its rules.
• Tsunade lost the first eight hands, then stopped Chen from leaving and demanded another hour of gambling.
• Uchiha Chen played longer and let Tsunade win several hands so she would keep enjoying the game.
• Tsunade offered to treat Mikoto’s injuries as payment for Chen’s continued play.
• Tsunade escorted Uchiha Chen out and invited him to return, while he planned to discuss Hyuga Tenko’s eyes next time.

Uchiha Chen accepted Hyuga Tenko’s invitation and visited the Hyuga Clan, where they discussed the coming Sunagakure defeat agreement. Tenko then warned Chen that the Uchiha Clan might escort the Sand shinobi out of the Land of Fire after the signing.

• Hyuga Akifusa invited Uchiha Chen to visit the Hyuga Clan on behalf of Hyuga Tenko, and Chen accepted.
• Uchiha Chen arrived at the Hyuga Clan Grounds, where Hiashi and Hizashi greeted him before Akifusa and his companion withdrew.
• Hyuga Tenko welcomed Uchiha Chen and discussed the upcoming signing of Sunagakure’s defeat agreement, noting that Chiyo and the Third Kazekage were in Konoha’s custody.
• Hyuga Tenko told Uchiha Chen that the Uchiha Clan reportedly planned to escort the Sand shinobi out of the Land of Fire after the agreement was signed.

Uchiha Chen learned that the Uchiha Clan planned to attack the team negotiating with Sunagakure, and Hyuga Tenko left him to decide how to respond. After dinner, Chen and Himeji walked through the Hyuga grounds, where they shared yogurt and talked about feeling lost and facing the future.

• Hyuga Tenko explained that the Uchiha Clan intended to strike at the Sunagakure negotiation team and suggested Chen prepare, while pursuing his own interests.
• Chen and Tenko finished dinner after discussing the battlefield, and Tenko asked Himeji to show Chen around the clan grounds.
• Hizashi glared at Chen as he left, warning him not to lay a hand on Himeji.
• Chen bought yogurt for himself and Himeji, who had never tried it because her father had forbidden her from buying food at roadside stalls.
• Chen told Himeji he sometimes felt lost too, but kept doing what he could, and she watched him gaze at the sky.

Uchiha Chen attended a jonin meeting where Sarutobi Hiruzen outlined security for Sunagakure’s defeat agreement negotiations and the transfer of the Third Kazekage and Chiyo. After the meeting, Hiruzen asked Chen, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Sakumo to stay behind.

• Uchiha Chen met Hatake Sakumo on the way to the Hokage Office Building and heard that Sakumo had a blind date the next day.
• Uchiha Chen and Sakumo arrived as Konoha’s jonin gathered for a meeting with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Sunagakure’s envoys would arrive that afternoon ahead of negotiations for a defeat agreement the next day.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned the jonin to secure the negotiation venue and oversee the transfer of the Third Kazekage and Chiyo.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed the other jonin and told Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Sakumo, and Chen to remain.

Uchiha Chen and Orochimaru settled on Mikoto’s injury as an excuse for Chen to stay away from the planned attack on Sunagakure’s negotiation delegation. Meanwhile, Ebizo discovered Sasori was missing and rushed to Sunagakure Cemetery, fearing the worst.

• Orochimaru questioned Uchiha Chen about using Mikoto’s injury as a reason to avoid missions, and Chen confirmed it was their cover for the Uchiha Clan’s planned attack.
• Jiraiya invited Orochimaru, Sakumo, and Chen to eat, but the group argued over old debts charged to Jiraiya’s account.
• Ebizo walked to the Ninja Academy and learned that Sasori had not attended class that morning.
• Ebizo searched Sasori’s home and usual haunts, found no trace of him, and hurried toward Sunagakure Cemetery.

Four-year-old Sasori learned that his parents were dead and broke down at their grave, while Ebizo tried to comfort him. In Konoha, the Sunagakure delegation arrived to negotiate the release of the Third Kazekage and Chiyo, and Sarutobi Hiruzen opened by asking how much they would pay.

• Sasori remembered his teacher telling him his parents were dead, smashed his assembly Puppet, and sobbed at their gravestone.
• Ebizo told Sasori that Chiyo had been captured by Konoha and would return in a few days, and Sasori asked him to hide that he knew his parents were dead.
• Uchiha Chen, Jiraiya, Sakumo, and Orochimaru joined Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Konoha elders at the meeting venue outside the village.
• Konoha shinobi brought Sunagakure's five envoys into the venue through a side entrance.
• Elder Masha asked where the Third Kazekage and Chiyo were, and Sarutobi Hiruzen asked how much Sunagakure would pay to ransom them.

Konoha and Sunagakure spent the first day of peace negotiations trading insults, with Konoha demanding heavy reparations and Sunagakure refusing to accept the terms. The talks ended without progress, and Uchiha Chen and his companions left dinner expecting the same arguments to resume the next morning.

• The Third Hokage, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Homura Mitokado mocked the Sunagakure delegation, which answered with sharp retorts.
• The Third Hokage insisted that Konoha’s demands were justified, while Shamon called them robbery and refused to agree.
• The first day of negotiations ended without a deal because Konoha would not yield and Sunagakure would not accept the proposed price.
• Uchiha Chen and his companions discussed how the Sunagakure delegates would seek advice from the imprisoned Third Kazekage before deciding whether to accept the terms.
• Orochimaru explained that the ransom matched the price the Second Hokage had once proposed for selling the Tailed Beasts.

After Konoha and Sunagakure signed a peace agreement, Masha retrieved the Third Kazekage and Chiyo and prepared to return home. Uchiha Chen realized the harsh terms would likely fuel another war, then joked with Hatake Sakumo as Konoha’s escort departed.

• Masha signed Konoha’s agreement after the Third Kazekage urged him to accept the terms.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged for Orochimaru to retrieve the Third Kazekage and Chiyo from Konoha Prison.
• Orochimaru reported that the two captives had been handed over, and Masha left with Konoha’s escort force.
• Uchiha Chen concluded that Konoha’s excessive demands would leave Sunagakure unable to repay its debt and might provoke another war.
• Hatake Sakumo remarked that the escort force consisted entirely of Chen’s clan, then joked with Chen about his disastrous blind date.

Uchiha Chen declined Fugaku’s invitation to join an escort mission, claiming he needed to stay for Mikoto’s surgery. He used Genjutsu to prevent Fugaku from revealing that the mission might involve fighting, leaving Fugaku unaware of what Chen had concealed.

• Uchiha Chen returned home after parting ways with Sakumo and watched Little Black water its sprouted watermelon seeds.
• Fugaku visited Uchiha Chen and asked him to join the clan’s escort mission to accompany Sunagakure out of the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Chen said he wanted to go but could not leave because Mikoto was hospitalized and scheduled for surgery with Tsunade the next day.
• Fugaku began to disclose that the mission might involve fighting, but Uchiha Chen used Genjutsu to make him forget what he was about to say.

After refusing Fugaku’s request to join a dangerous mission, Uchiha Chen checked the rewards for Konoha’s victory in the Second Great Ninja War and spent nearly all his Ninja Points upgrading his abilities. He left with stronger combat skills and looked forward to facing Orochimaru and Sakumo again.

• Uchiha Chen reflected that he had refused Fugaku to avoid risking his clansmen in a trap while preserving their relationship with a pretext about Mikoto’s injuries.
• Uchiha Chen opened his system and saw that winning the war had awarded him 1.2 million Ninja Points.
• Uchiha Chen spent nearly all his points raising Taijutsu, Wind Release, Fire Release, Ninjutsu, Water Release, Earth Release, and Yang Release.
• Uchiha Chen tried to upgrade Sealing Jutsu but ran out of points, then considered testing his improved strength against Orochimaru and Sakumo.

Uchiha Chen spent the morning running, visiting Mikoto and Kushina at Konoha Hospital, and then meeting Tsunade. The chapter left him playing Golden Flower with Tsunade, who confidently expected to win.

• Uchiha Chen woke early, went running, and declined Uncle Dai's offer to give him a green jumpsuit.
• Uchiha Chen bought breakfast and visited Mikoto and Kushina, who were playing Shogi at the hospital.
• Uchiha Chen went to Tsunade's house and opened the windows to air out the dirty, smelly living room.
• Tsunade teased Uchiha Chen for arriving two days after the surgery was ready, then started a game of Golden Flower with him.
• Tsunade declared that she would not lose, while Uchiha Chen answered with a knowing look.

Uchiha Chen asked Tsunade to treat Mikoto and examine Hyuga Tenko, but learned that Tenko’s eye damage was caused by a Forbidden Jutsu and surgery could leave him blind. Tsunade demanded medical fees and proposed a plan to profit from treating Uchiha Yama, leaving Chen suspecting he was being fleeced.

• Tsunade lost every bet to Uchiha Chen, then agreed to treat Mikoto after demanding three hundred thousand ryo in fees.
• Uchiha Chen asked Tsunade to examine Hyuga Tenko, and she explained that his destroyed Byakugan nerves made surgery risky and potentially blinding.
• Tsunade told Uchiha Chen to explain the risks to Hyuga Himeji and let the Hyuga decide whether to proceed.
• Tsunade recalled a Uchiha Forbidden Jutsu that could erase damage, prompting Uchiha Chen to suspect she meant Izanagi and consider searching Uchiha Yama’s home for hidden techniques.
• Tsunade proposed that she and Uchiha Chen split the fees from treating Uchiha Yama, and Chen concluded that he was still the one being cheated.

Uchiha Fugaku led the Uchiha escort as it handed the Third Kazekage and Chiyo over to Masha at the Land of Fire border, then launched a planned attack on the Sand shinobi. Masha sent four subordinates to carry the unconscious hostages to safety and stayed behind, while Fugaku ordered the Uchiha to kill him before returning to the village.

• Uchiha Fugaku ordered his men to hand the Third Kazekage and Chiyo over to Masha at the border.
• Masha and his group began to leave, but he sensed chakra underground and raised Earth Walls as Explosive Tags covered the area.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered an attack, and the Uchiha's combined Great Dragon Fire was redirected by the Sand shinobi's steel wires and Flame Bullet Technique.
• Masha decided the ambush was the Uchiha Clan's doing, then ordered four subordinates to take the hostages to their troops while he held off the attackers.
• Uchiha Fugaku rejected an objection about pursuing beyond the border, ordered the whole team to kill Masha, and said they would return to the village afterward.

Masha lured Uchiha Fugaku and his ninja away from the border while fighting them with his Big Fan, buying time for Sunagakure forces to surround them. When the Uchiha realized a sand shinobi unit had reached their rear, Fugaku feared for his life.

• Masha retreated while fighting off the Uchiha ninja, then summoned his Big Fan to block their attacks and strike back.
• Masha kept drawing the Uchiha toward the Land of Rivers, while Fugaku promised a chance to read the Uchiha Secret Scroll to whoever took him down.
• The Uchiha ninja charged after Masha, eager to earn the reward, unaware that sand shinobi were moving behind them.
• A sensor ninja warned Fugaku that a large force was approaching from the rear, and Fugaku saw that the incoming ninja wore Sunagakure attire.
• Fugaku realized the Uchiha were being encircled and feared he would die.

Uchiha Fugaku and eleven clansmen were trapped by Masha’s sand shinobi in the Land of Rivers, and Fugaku chose to draw the pursuers away so the others could escape. Cornered and wounded, Fugaku’s Sharingan evolved from Two-Tomoe to Three Tomoe.

• Fugaku’s group dwindled from twenty to twelve as the sand shinobi tightened their encirclement.
• Uchiha Hikari proposed concentrating their strength to break through, but Fugaku accepted responsibility for the mission and ordered the others to scatter without him.
• Fugaku told Uchiha Hikari to inform his father that his decision was his own, then charged deeper into the Land of Rivers while the other Uchiha split up.
• Masha ordered squads to pursue the fleeing Uchiha but directed the rest of his forces to capture Fugaku alive.
• Fugaku fought the surrounding sand shinobi, suffered deep wounds, and ran low on Chakra.
• Fugaku’s fear turned to rage, and his Sharingan evolved into Three Tomoe.

Fugaku awakened his Three Tomoe Sharingan but was overwhelmed by Masha’s sand shinobi and left for dead. He activated Izanagi to survive, then began recovering after a white spore attached itself to his broken leg.

• Fugaku’s Three Tomoe Sharingan improved his speed and reactions, but he could not escape the sand shinobi surrounding him.
• Masha ordered his subordinate to finish Fugaku, who was badly wounded, had his leg broken, and was left unable to fight.
• Fugaku remembered the Uchiha Secret Scroll and used his last Chakra to activate Izanagi before the sand shinobi killed him.
• Masha’s troops left Fugaku’s body behind and returned to the Land of Wind.
• Fugaku revived with his left eye turned gray, but his injuries remained severe, and he feared he would die before his clansmen found him.
• A white spore attached itself to Fugaku’s broken leg; after his Chakra and strength began to return, he struggled toward the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Madara awakened in his underground hideout and heard White Zetsu’s reports on the war and Uchiha Fugaku’s survival through Izanagi. He ordered continued surveillance of Fugaku and Nagato, then reaffirmed his plan to use a successor to bring about the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Madara learned that 186 days had passed and heard that Sunagakure had surrendered while the Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Stone Village were still fighting.
• White Zetsu reported that Uchiha Fugaku had died in battle, returned to life using Izanagi, and received Chakra from White Zetsu.
• Madara explained Izanagi’s effects and ordered White Zetsu to keep monitoring Fugaku as a possible successor.
• Madara asked about Nagato and the collected Sharingan, then told White Zetsu to continue its surveillance.
• Madara approached the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and vowed that his successor would capture the tailed beasts so he could enact the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Uchiha Chen waited for Tsunade to complete Mikoto’s surgery, then stayed with Mikoto as she recovered. Tsunade refused to take on an apprentice before leaving after the Chunin Exams, leaving Chen wondering who else had recommended Nonō.

• Konoha rapidly recovered, leaving the Third Hokage with more missions than the village could handle while Ōnoki resented the Hidden Cloud Village.
• Tsunade emerged from the operating room and told Uchiha Chen that Mikoto’s surgery had succeeded.
• Tsunade said she would leave the village after the Chunin Exams and noted that two other people had already recommended Nonō as an apprentice.
• Uchiha Chen wondered who the other person was, then returned to Mikoto’s hospital room while she remained unconscious.
• Mikoto woke that evening, and Uchiha Chen fed her the prescribed medicine and promised to stay with her overnight.