Recaps

Chen fought the Third Raikage, countering his strongest Lightning Release attacks before striking him with a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasengan Shuriken. The Third Raikage survived without injury and restored his Lightning Release Armor, leaving Chen to realize that the living Raikage was far tougher than his reanimated counterpart.

• The Third Raikage attacked Chen with Black Lightning, but Chen shattered one black lightning leopard with Snake Kata: Monstrous Strength and cleaved another apart with Sage Art: Lightning Cutter.
• The Third Raikage struck Chen with another Black Lightning attack, but Chen withstood it using his blue giant.
• The Third Raikage turned to leave after his close-range and ranged attacks failed, but Chen sent a Shadow Clone after him and used Flying Thunder God to attack from behind.
• Chen's Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasengan Shuriken swept the Third Raikage into a massive field of wind blades, but it left him without a wound.
• The Third Raikage restored his Lightning Release Armor, and Chen realized he had wrongly assumed the living Raikage would be as vulnerable as his reanimated counterpart.

Chen used a battlefield ambush to kill the Third Raikage, leaving Ōnoki facing Chen’s next attack.

• Chen created a Shadow Clone and pursued the Third Raikage, while the clone used the Flying Thunder God Technique to get ahead of them.
• Mabiru attacked Chen with a chakra-enhanced sword strike, but Chen dodged so it hit the Third Raikage, then pierced Mabiru with a Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Chen and the Third Raikage crashed into Ōnoki’s Stone Golem, shattering it as Ōnoki faced Orochimaru and Sakumo.
• Ōnoki fired Dust Release at Chen’s Shadow Clone, which used the Flying Thunder God: Mutual Instantaneous Rotation Technique to switch places with Chen’s original body.
• Chen’s original body hit the Third Raikage with Dust Release, erasing half his body and killing him.

Chen killed the Third Raikage with Dust Release, leaving Ōnoki terrified and unsure how to explain the death to Hidden Cloud Village. Chen then used Flying Thunder God to appear in the thick of the battlefield and cut down Iwagakure Elite Jonin.

• Ōnoki cursed Chen and panicked over the Third Raikage’s death, fearing Hidden Cloud Village would blame him for the Dust Release attack.
• Chen sealed the Third Raikage’s corpse in a Sealing Scroll and prepared to approach Ōnoki, who flew high into the air to avoid him.
• Chen used Flying Thunder God to appear among the fighting forces, and Konoha’s momentum surged as the Iwa-nin began to retreat.
• Three Iwagakure Elite Jonin attacked Chen together, but he dodged their weapons and killed them with a python, Kunai, and a katana.

Chen fought through Iwagakure's forces to reach Kushina, helping her defeat Han while Konoha's forces overwhelmed the enemy. Ōnoki accepted that Iwagakure had lost, and in Konoha Year 39 he announced the village's surrender.

• A Konoha Jonin reprimanded Takagi for nearly striking the commander, then praised his good fortune as Chen charged onward with a katana.
• Kushina bound Han with Adamantine Chains, but Han drew on the Five-Tails' Chakra and transformed to break free.
• Han attacked Kushina, but Chen blocked him with Susanoo as the Nine-Tails withdrew its Chakra from Kushina.
• Kushina's chains restrained Han while Chen's Susanoo severed his four tails with the Spiral Sword.
• Ōnoki watched Iwagakure's forces dwindle and realized that he had lost the war.
• In autumn of Konoha Year 39, Ōnoki announced Iwagakure's surrender after its defeat in the Land of Earth.

After the Third Raikage died in the Land of Earth, Hidden Cloud Village mourned and faced uncertainty as the Third Great Ninja War continued. A rejected his father’s advice to avoid retaliation, became the Fourth Raikage, and ordered Bee to remain in the village and train with the Tailed Beast Bomb.

• News spread that the Third Raikage had died, with Hidden Stone blaming Konoha Lightning and Konoha attributing his death to Dust Release.
• Dodai told A that the Raikage’s body was in Konoha’s hands and that Dust Release had destroyed half of it.
• A vowed to avenge his father against Ōnoki and Uchiha Chen, then burned the letter that had urged him to withdraw and avoid surrender or peace negotiations.
• Bee found A on the balcony and urged him to pull himself together as the new Fourth Raikage.
• A ordered Bee to train with the Tailed Beast Bomb and forbade him from leaving the village, then broke down over his father’s death.

After Hidden Cloud declared war on Hidden Stone, Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s forces to withdraw from the Land of Earth and reassigned its commanders. The chapter ended with Hiruzen warning Homura Mitokado against Danzo’s interference and resolving to help the younger generation take over the village.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Konoha would bring six thousand shinobi home from the Land of Earth and send another two thousand to the battlefield, while Chen, Orochimaru, and Sakumo returned to the village and Tsunade and Shinnosuke went to the Land of Hot Water.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed that the Third Raikage’s Son had become the Fourth Mizukage and declared war on Hidden Stone, easing pressure on Konoha’s front lines.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed En to lead a delegation to the Land of Earth to negotiate a surrender agreement and the redemption of the Tailed Beasts.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Homura Mitokado about Danzo’s letter urging him to keep Chen, Orochimaru, and Sakumo from earning further battlefield achievements.
• Homura Mitokado left after Sarutobi Hiruzen warned him not to let Danzo go too far, and Hiruzen resolved to give the younger generation one last helping hand.

Chen and Orochimaru studied the Third Raikage’s corpse while discussing the approaching negotiations between Konoha and Hidden Stone Village. Chen learned that Homura Mitokado was leading the talks, and suspected the elder’s motives because of his hostility toward the Uchiha Clan.

• Chen and Orochimaru failed to break the Seals in the Third Raikage’s mind, so they examined his body for clues about Hidden Cloud Village’s Lightning Release Armor.
• Chen asked Orochimaru about the masked Root Shinobi, but Orochimaru said he had only guesses and planned to test them later.
• Orochimaru assigned Chen to apply Lightning Release to the corpse, then asked how the cleanup outside was progressing.
• Chen told Orochimaru that the group expected to leave for Konoha the day after tomorrow.
• Orochimaru told Chen that Homura Mitokado was leading Konoha’s negotiations with Hidden Stone Village over the Tailed Beasts.
• Chen reflected that Homura was another elder hostile to the Uchiha Clan and wondered why they hated the clan so much.

Chen learned that Danzo and Homura Mitokado were maneuvering against him and Orochimaru, and he planned to take over the Uchiha Clan and reform the Konoha Police Force. Meanwhile, Kakashi prepared to apply for early graduation as the Land of Earth army returned, prompting Obito to declare that he would apply too.

• Orochimaru asked Chen about village rumors, and Chen explained the elders' schemes and his plan to take over the Uchiha Clan and begin reforming it through the Konoha Police Force.
• Chen and Mikoto discussed Nonō going to the Land of Hot Water with Tsunade, Nawaki following her, and Samehada temporarily going with Nawaki.
• Nishimura gave his class a difficult Chakra problem, challenged Obito to a bet, and reprimanded Obito and Might Guy for disrupting the lesson.
• Might Guy told Obito that Kakashi planned to apply for early graduation because the Land of Earth army was returning and Chen was among the returning ninja.
• Obito announced that he would apply for early graduation too, and Nishimura hit him and Might Guy with chalk and called them his worst class of students.

Obito failed to graduate early and spent time with his friends, who discussed their likely graduation and future Jonin teachers. Meanwhile, Hidden Sand revealed it had joined Hidden Cloud against Hidden Stone, leaving Bunga and Chiyo facing the collapse of their alliance.

• Obito's request to graduate early was denied, and Kakashi, Obito, Rin, Might Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai went out to eat after school.
• Asuma told the group that they would likely become Genin by next summer and offered to help Kurenai choose a Jonin teacher, but said Chen's roster was full.
• Obito hoped to join Chen's team, while Rin cheered the group by noting that Konoha's army would soon return.
• The Third Kazekage told Bunga that two thousand Hidden Sand ninja had marched toward the Land of Birds and said Sunagakure would invade the Land of Earth.
• Dodai arrived and greeted Bunga by his former Anbu codename, revealing Hidden Cloud's cooperation with Hidden Sand against Hidden Stone.
• Chiyo worried about the cost of war, while Sasori watched from the corner with a cold smile.

Chen discussed the Uchiha Clan’s Police Force with the Third Hokage and explained why he intended to give its management back to the village. He left the Third Hokage considering whether the clan could integrate into Konoha under Chen’s leadership.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised the young shinobi for their victories and apologized for sending them to the front lines, then left the meeting and confined Kushina for a month.
• Chen joined Sarutobi Hiruzen on the Hokage Building rooftop and listened as he asked why the Uchiha Clan had refused to reclaim the Police Force.
• Chen admitted that he had forbidden the clan from taking back the Police Force because he opposed special privileges for a single clan.
• Chen argued that the Police Force’s work encouraged arrogance, weakened the Uchiha Clan, and hindered its integration into Konoha, so he wanted Root to keep managing it.
• Chen asked whether Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted the Uchiha Clan to disappear into Konoha’s history, and Sarutobi Hiruzen fell silent.

Chen persuaded the Third Hokage to transfer the Police Force’s duties and outlined a plan to integrate the Uchiha Clan with the rest of Konoha. The Third Hokage agreed, leaving Chen to begin breaking down the clan’s isolation through shared missions and training.

• Chen reflected on how distrust, political setbacks, and the deaths of Kagami and Shisui had driven the Uchiha Clan toward rebellion.
• Chen asked the Third Hokage to recall his past with Chen’s father, and the Third Hokage described the Second Hokage’s sacrifice and the battles that followed.
• The Third Hokage agreed to Chen’s request to take over the Police Force’s duties and asked what he planned to do.
• Chen proposed tearing down the wall around the Uchiha Clan Grounds and sending Uchiha ninjas on village missions and to instruct new graduates.
• Chen said Uchiha ninjas would train children from other clans while Uchiha children would be assigned instructors from across the village, and the Third Hokage approved.

Chen pushed to reform the Uchiha Clan by preserving mixed ninja teams and turning the Clan Grounds into a commercial district, while warning the Third Hokage that Sharingan had gone missing. He left the elders planning the project and eyeing the future value of Uchiha property.

• Chen explained to the Third Hokage how mixed teams had built ties between Uchiha and other clans, and proposed a cultural commercial district for the Clan Grounds.
• Chen told the Third Hokage that four pairs of Sharingan had been stolen from Uchiha bodies and implied that the thief was an insider, though only one pair was actually missing.
• Chen returned to the Clan Grounds, where he was welcomed by residents before meeting Great Elder Uchiha Yun and six supportive elders.
• Chen secured the elders’ agreement to bring outside merchants into the Clan Grounds and outlined plans for four plazas, upscale shops, and an Ichiraku Ramen branch.
• Chen argued that nearby Senju Forest Park and the village’s growth would make Uchiha houses valuable, then decided to buy a few houses himself.

Chen planned economic reforms for the Uchiha Clan, including a Commercial Street timed for the future Chunin Exams, and collected the clan’s records and complete secret scroll. On his way home, he met Obito, who asked whether he could join Chen’s team, but Chen remained reluctant to pair him with Kakashi or Rin.

• Chen planned to build a Commercial Street and sell ninja-themed goods to attract visitors during the future Chunin Exams.
• Chen left the Great Elder’s home with the clan’s property deeds, membership roster, financial records, mineral details, and complete Uchiha Secret Scroll.
• Chen reviewed the clan’s expenses and considered cutting Police Force costs while providing benefits and resettlement payments to affected ninja.
• Chen found Obito waiting near his home and learned that Kyoko had invited him and Mikoto to dinner.
• Obito asked about joining Chen’s team after learning Kakashi would graduate early, but Chen considered keeping Obito, Kakashi, and Rin on separate teams.

Chen explained to Obito that Uchiha reforms would help the clan integrate into Konoha, and encouraged him to make friends beyond the clan if he wanted to become Hokage. Later, Chen and Mikoto visited Obito's family, then discussed Chen's future clan leadership and decided to plant a persimmon tree at home.

• Chen told Obito that Uchiha ninja would be assigned to non-Uchiha Jonin and explained that the reform aimed to improve the clan's ties with Konoha.
• Chen promised to vote for Obito if he ever ran for Hokage and urged him to make friends across the village; Obito excitedly accepted the advice.
• Chen and Mikoto helped clean three houses, then visited Obito's home, where Chen taught Obito a Fire Release Ninjutsu.
• Chen and Mikoto left Obito's house carrying persimmons from his courtyard tree and walked home together.
• Mikoto asked when Chen's clan succession ceremony would take place, and Chen said it was planned for December and might involve the Six Paths Fan.
• Chen and Mikoto shared persimmons on a bench and agreed to plant a persimmon tree in their courtyard.

Uchiha Hiko confronted Uchiha Hiro over his opposition to Chen and urged the elders to let the younger generation lead. Chen took up the clan lantern and was formally welcomed as the Uchiha Clan Leader at Naka Shrine.

• Uchiha Hiko struck Uchiha Hiro after hearing him curse Chen and accused his son of exploiting the clan and bullying civilians.
• Uchiha Hiko defended Chen’s record and urged Uchiha Hiro and the other elders to stop resisting the younger generation.
• Uchiha Hiko, Uchiha Hiro, the Sixth Elder, and the Seventh Elder left the pavilion as hundreds of Uchiha Ninja assembled at Naka Shrine.
• Uchiha Yun handed Chen the traditional lantern, and Chen carried it up the shrine steps.
• Chen drew the Six Paths Fan, revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, and led the Uchiha Ninja in a cry of “Uchiha!”

In spring of Konoha Year 40, Chen reformed the Uchiha Clan, cultivated ties with other clans, and used a membership program and new businesses to revive the Clan Grounds. He ended the chapter having breakfast with Kakashi, who was left paying the bill as Chen called it a lesson in patience.

• Chen held meetings to promote discipline and the Mass Line among Uchiha Ninja, consolidated his authority, and built relationships with major clans.
• Chen introduced membership cards that offered discounts and training in exchange for bringing customers to the Uchiha Clan Grounds, drawing ninja from across Konoha.
• The Third Hokage welcomed the economic recovery, while Teuchi opened an Ichiraku branch and launched collectible-card instant noodles with Chen's support.
• Chen brought Kakashi to breakfast at the Clan Grounds and let his student pay, continuing a pattern that had nearly emptied Kakashi's wallet.

Kakashi tried to avoid paying Chen for breakfast, but Chen paid and arranged special training for him. After training in combat, Chakra control, and the Hatake Clan’s swordsmanship, Kakashi continued working toward inheriting Sakumo’s legacy.

• Kakashi revealed that he had spent his mission earnings trading with Obito for a Third Tsuchikage flash card, then tried to avoid paying for breakfast.
• Chen offered to pay for the meal and told Kakashi they would begin special training after their recent missions.
• Chen used Shadow Clones to train Kakashi in combat and Chakra control, while helping him develop Purple Lightning as a technique suited to his abilities.
• Kakashi practiced the Hatake Clan’s basic sword movements repeatedly, showing his determination to inherit the White Fang’s name.

Chen received a mission from the Third Hokage to investigate Roran after the Third Kazekage reported that its queen had died. Knowing that Roran possessed a Dragon Vein capable of traveling through time and space, Chen wondered whether Naruto would be involved in the coming incident.

• Chen read the Uchiha Secret Scroll while Kakashi practiced swordsmanship, then learned that the Third Hokage had summoned him for a mission.
• Chen told Kakashi to bathe and went to find Kushina, whom he found giving snacks to Ninja Academy students in exchange for Ninja Cards.
• Chen promised Kushina a full set of cards after the mission and brought her to the Hokage Office with Kakashi.
• The Third Hokage told Chen that the Third Kazekage had requested help investigating Roran, whose queen had died several months earlier.
• Chen read the report and recognized that Roran's Dragon Vein was real and could enable travel through time and space, prompting him to wonder if Naruto would be involved.

Chen, Kushina, and Kakashi traveled to Rōran to investigate Anrokuzan and the Dragon Vein, while Chen recounted a distorted version of the Divine Tree’s history. Near the ancient city, Kushina sensed an Uzumaki shinobi, and a red-haired girl approached them calling Chen and Kushina her parents.

• Chen told Kushina and Kakashi that Kaguya had eaten the Divine Tree’s fruit and that the Dragon Vein’s power remained in Rōran.
• Chen explained that Anrokuzan controlled Rōran’s new Queen and intended to use the Dragon Vein against the Five Great Nations.
• Chen, Kushina, and Kakashi bypassed Sunagakure’s defenses and reached the outskirts of Rōran at dawn.
• Kushina sensed an unusual mass of Chakra about five kilometers southeast and identified its source as an Uzumaki Clan member approaching them.
• A red-haired girl wearing a Konoha Headband arrived and addressed Chen and Kushina as her father and mother.

Chen and Kushina learned that Rin, their future daughter, had traveled back from the future through the Dragon Vein. The group rushed to an explosion in Roran, where they found Queen Sara fleeing after Naruto caught her fall.

• Rin explained that Mukade’s attack on Kushina’s Seal had caused the Dragon Vein to send her to Konoha Year 40.
• Rin told Chen and Kushina that her younger brother was Naruto and that Shisui and Yura were married.
• Rin revealed that she was engaged to Yusuke and would marry him two years later, while Yusuke was investigating Kaguya’s alternate space.
• Chen, Kushina, and Rin followed an explosion to Roran’s center and found Queen Sara and a blond-haired boy with a slap mark.
• The boy said he had only caught Sara after she fell, but Sara ran away in embarrassment and Chen identified the boy as Naruto.

Chen learned from Naruto that his future self and Aunt Himeji had split the Ten-Tails into Pokémon, which ninjas adopted as companions. Naruto summoned his Pikachu, and Chen teased him about never winning the Indigo Plateau Conference before wondering whether Naruto would become like Ash.

• Chen reflected on how Madara's survival had affected the candidates to become Asura's Reincarnate, and concluded that Naruto had ultimately won the role over Nawaki.
• Naruto explained that he had used Kakashi's Thousand Years of Death prank on him, while Chen denied teaching Kakashi the move.
• Naruto told Chen that he and Rin carried Tailed Beast auras because Chen and Aunt Himeji had split the Ten-Tails into Pokémon in the future.
• Naruto summoned his Pikachu from a necklace with a dramatic Seal Release incantation.
• Chen asked Naruto about the Indigo Plateau Conference, teased him for never winning a championship, and told him he might become like Ash.

Chen explained that defeating Anrokuzan would repair the Space-Time distortion and let Naruto return to his era, while secretly tracking Sara so he could intercept Anrokuzan. Anrokuzan tried to take Sara to the Dragon Vein, but Chen appeared behind him and announced that he wanted to play a game.

• Naruto demonstrated Pikachu's abilities, and Chen considered how Pokémon could fight alongside their Hosts while sharing Chakra.
• Chen told Naruto that defeating Anrokuzan should restore the distorted Space-Time, and revealed that his Shadow Clone had followed Sara and marked her with a Flying Thunder God formula.
• Naruto wondered how his parents were doing on the battlefield in the Land of Hot Water and recalled that Izaya had gone to the moon to grow potatoes after seeing Kaguya.
• Sara questioned Anrokuzan about Roran's missing citizens, but he dismissed her concerns and blamed Sunagakure for her mother's death.
• Anrokuzan prepared to take Sara to the Dragon Vein, but Chen appeared behind him and said, "I want to play a game."

Chen defeated Anrokuzan, freed Roran’s enslaved citizens, and helped Sara take responsibility for her country. After Sara agreed to seal the unstable Dragon Vein, Naruto and Rin returned to the future, leaving Chen and the others to finish the mission.

• Chen caught Anrokuzan in Genjutsu, exposed his crimes, and brought Sara underground to free the enslaved citizens.
• Sara chose to seal the Dragon Vein to protect Roran’s people and committed to ruling the country herself.
• Chen gave Rin a scroll containing Mukade and the puppet mechs to take back to the future.
• Kushina and Rin exchanged gifts, while Naruto tried and failed to get a set of Ninja Cards from Chen.
• Chen and Kushina sealed the Dragon Vein, and Naruto and Rin disappeared into a pillar of light.
• Chen and the others returned to the surface after completing the Roran mission.

After returning from Roran, Chen reported that the Dragon Vein had been sealed, and the Third Hokage prepared to send him back to the battlefield. Meanwhile, Fugaku learned that the Third Great Ninja War was nearing its end and set out to watch events unfold.

• Chen sealed the memories of the time-traveling visitors, while Nine-Tails secretly retained what had happened and Kushina kept the pendant she had received.
• Chen, Kushina, and Kakashi spent several days sightseeing in Roran before returning to Konoha.
• Chen reported on the Roran mission to the Third Hokage, who approved of the Dragon Vein being sealed and decided to send Chen back to war.
• Fugaku met with a white creature at the Valley of the End and learned that someone was about to act.
• Fugaku said he would go watch a fine show as the Third Great Ninja War approached its end.

Sasori lured the Third Kazekage into the Land of Rain and revealed his plan to kill him. The Third Kazekage was poisoned and surrounded by Sasori’s many Puppets as the confrontation began.

• The Third Kazekage followed intelligence supposedly sent by Chiyo and entered the Land of Rain alone to stop Iwa-nin from sabotaging Sunagakure’s supply routes.
• A strange Puppet-like figure confronted the Third Kazekage, and he identified it as Sasori hiding inside Hiruko.
• Sasori revealed his resentment toward the Third Kazekage, who had sent Sasori’s parents to their deaths and feared Sasori might threaten Rasa’s succession.
• The Third Kazekage discovered that Sasori had poisoned him over six months, using the letter and rain as catalysts to suppress his Chakra.
• Sasori summoned dozens of Puppets, far exceeding the seven he had previously shown, and challenged the poisoned Third Kazekage to survive them.