Chapter Summaries

Yūske arrived to rescue Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha En, and the other Konoha ninja from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. He killed Kushimaru Kuriarare, Jinpa Mūri, and Jinin Akebino, while the remaining four escaped and Yūske ordered the Konoha ninja to pursue them.

• Shisui Uchiha’s shuriken distracted Kushimaru Kuriarare, allowing Uchiha En to tear free of Nuibari and try to protect Shisui before Kushimaru wounded him.
• Yūske descended with the rescued Chunin, released Shisui and Uchiha En, and ordered Might Duy and Jūno Uchiha to take the survivors back.
• Yūske pierced Kushimaru Kuriarare’s heart with a black thread, then trapped the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist in the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Jinpa Mūri attacked blindly with Exploding Blade Shibuki, but Yūske crushed him with String Giant and shredded Jinin Akebino with Raging Waves White String.
• The other four members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist escaped, and Yūske ordered the Konoha ninja to chase them.

At Konoha Hospital, Shisui Uchiha asked Yūske to train him after learning that three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had died and the rest had fled. Yūske set a test for him: after recovering, Shisui had to hunt down and capture one of them on the Land of Water front.

• Yūske visited his parents, then went to the ward where Uchiha En and Shisui Uchiha were recovering.
• Shisui asked Yūske what had happened to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and Yūske told him that three had died while the rest fled.
• Shisui knelt and begged Yūske to accept him as a disciple so he could become stronger and eventually become Hokage.
• Yūske learned that Shisui had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan and discussed the Mangekyō Sharingan with him.
• Yūske told Shisui to join the Land of Water front after recovering and capture one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to pass his test.

Tobi approached Uchiha Fugaku about joining his plan to divide Konoha, but Fugaku refused. The Nine-Tails then rampaged inside the Uchiha Clan Compound, and Yūske teleported it away from the village after Tama swallowed its Tailed Beast Ball.

• Tobi emerged from the ground in the Uchiha Clan Compound and asked Uchiha Fugaku whether he had accepted his proposal.
• Uchiha Fugaku rejected Tobi's offer and protected Itachi Uchiha as Tobi disappeared underground.
• The Nine-Tails went berserk in the Uchiha Clan Compound, and it smashed Uchiha Fugaku into a chasm despite his Susanoo.
• Yūske arrived, grew into a giant, and defended the village while Senju Taichi rescued Uchiha Fugaku.
• The Nine-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Ball, which Tama swallowed before Yūske used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport them both away.

Konoha’s ninja searched for danger and rescued villagers after Yūske and the Nine-Tails vanished from the Uchiha Clan Compound. In a nearby forest, Yūske destroyed the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball and pinned it down, then saw it prepare another attack and struck at it with the String Giant.

• Senju Taichi organized patrols and rescue efforts while Might Duy and others rushed to help Yūske.
• Uchiha Fugaku insisted the Uchiha were not responsible for the Nine-Tails’ appearance and offered to be detained until he could explain what he knew.
• Yūske fought the Nine-Tails in a forest, with the Three-Tails urging him on and supplying chakra.
• Yūske pierced the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball with Sixteen Sacred Bullet Strikes: God Slaying and pinned the beast to the ground with Giant Wave White Strings.
• The Nine-Tails began forming another Tailed Beast Ball, and Yūske smashed down with the String Giant despite seeing that its eyes had taken on the shape of Three Tomoe.

Yūske subdued the rampaging Nine-Tails, restored it to Kushina, and ordered an investigation into how it had appeared in the Uchiha Clan Compound. Uchiha Fugaku revealed that a masked man named Tobi had contacted him and that the Nine-Tails attacked shortly after Fugaku rejected Tobi’s proposal.

• Yūske defeated the Nine-Tails and ordered the Uchiha Clan Compound sealed, the injured treated, and Uchiha Fugaku brought to his office.
• Yūske reinforced the Eight Trigrams Seal, returned the Nine-Tails to the unconscious Kushina, and carried her away.
• Yūske questioned Uchiha Fugaku about the Nine-Tails’ appearance, then dismissed the others so Fugaku could speak privately.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Yūske that Tobi had approached him a year earlier, claiming to represent Uchiha Madara and promising that the Uchiha Clan could help unify the shinobi world.
• Fugaku said Tobi returned that night, and the Nine-Tails went berserk in the Uchiha territory after Fugaku rejected his proposal.

After the Nine-Tails rampage, Yūske questioned Uchiha Fugaku and ordered the Uchiha Clan confined while the attack was investigated. He comforted the guilt-ridden Kushina at Konoha Hospital and told her that Uchiha Madara was a suspect.

• Yūske told Uchiha Fugaku that the Uchiha Clan could not leave until its role in the attack was verified, but said he would not take Fugaku into custody.
• Yūske suspected Uchiha Madara had destroyed Kushina’s Eight Trigrams Seal and controlled the Nine-Tails.
• After learning Kushina had awakened, Yūske summoned Nara Haruna to handle the battlefield dispatch and went to the hospital.
• Yūske reassured Kushina that the rampage was not her fault and said he had ordered Minato transferred back to protect her.
• Kushina asked who was behind the attack, and Yūske told her Uchiha Madara was a suspect.

After Minato Namikaze returned, Kushina struggled with Konoha’s fear of her and agreed to let Yūske speak with the Nine-Tails inside her seal. She entered the inner space and, after teasing the beast, removed the sealing talisman from its cage.

• Kushina faced continued fear and avoidance from Konoha’s civilians despite the Hokage Building’s explanations about the rampage.
• Yūske told Kushina he could help tame the Nine-Tails and asked to speak with it inside her seal.
• Kushina entered the Eight Trigrams Seal’s inner space and found the Nine-Tails brooding about Uchiha Madara.
• Kushina taunted the Nine-Tails, who tried and failed to frighten her, then asked how she had learned about Uchiha Madara.
• The Nine-Tails told Kushina to remove the talisman if she wanted it to behave, and she immediately tore it off the cage.

Kushina released the Nine-Tails from its seal, but Yūske and Isobu entered her inner space and confronted the beast. Yūske blocked the Nine-Tails’ attack and challenged it to fight outside, where the Nine-Tails appeared before the fleeing ninja and roared.

• The Nine-Tails discovered that Kushina had opened its cage and threatened to eat her.
• Yūske entered Kushina’s inner space with Isobu, startling the Nine-Tails and Kushina.
• Yūske asked whether Uchiha Madara had controlled the Nine-Tails, and the beast demanded to know how he knew Madara might still be alive.
• The Nine-Tails struck Yūske with its full strength, but he blocked the attack with a shield.
• Yūske told Kushina to give the Nine-Tails control of her body and challenged it to fight outside.
• The Nine-Tails appeared in the outside world as nearby ninja fled, then roared at the sky.

Yūske withstood the Nine-Tails’ enormous Tailed Beast Ball and revealed that he knew about Indra and Asura, prompting the beast to speak with Isobu. Afterward, Yūske reassured Minato that Kushina might cooperate with the Nine-Tails and become powerful enough to rival him.

• The Nine-Tails fired a massive Tailed Beast Ball at Yūske, who blocked it with his Shield of White Threads reinforced by Armament Haki.
• Yūske told the Nine-Tails that Indra and Asura’s chakra reincarnations were not the only path to great power, shocking it with his knowledge.
• Yūske sent Isobu to explain what it knew to the Nine-Tails, which lay down and entered an unknown space to speak with Isobu.
• Minato asked Yūske about Kushina, and Yūske said she might cooperate with the Nine-Tails and become strong enough that fewer than ten people could defeat her.

Yūske waited for the Nine-Tails to finish speaking with Isobu, then secured its agreement to cooperate with Kushina and learned that Uchiha Madara had controlled it. As Kushina remained unconscious, Yūske suspected Madara had used Impure World Reincarnation to infiltrate Konoha, leaving the village vulnerable to another attack.

• Yūske hosted a picnic with Minato Namikaze while the Nine-Tails and Isobu communicated, and Aburame Shiho and Mizuki Yuki arrived with Yūske's unnamed son.
• Isobu persuaded the Nine-Tails that cooperating with Kushina would be better than being controlled and treated as a tool.
• The Nine-Tails woke and agreed to cooperate with Kushina because of Uchiha Madara, then revealed that Madara had caused its rampage.
• The Nine-Tails said Madara had aged and that it lost consciousness when it encountered his Sharingan, so it could not identify his eyes.
• Yūske stopped Minato Namikaze from rushing to Kushina and suspected Madara had used Impure World Reincarnation to reach Konoha, raising fears of another attack.

After the Nine-Tails rampage, Yūske reinstated Uchiha Fugaku and appointed him, Senju Taichi, and Hyuga Hiashi as Hokage Assistants while preparing to return to the front lines. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara learned that the Nine-Tails had allied with its Jinchuriki and ordered White Zetsu to watch Yūske and urge Tobi to corrupt his chosen candidate.

• Yūske told Uchiha Fugaku to ask Tobi for a meeting with Uchiha Madara if he encountered him again.
• Yūske announced that he would return to the front lines and ordered the three clan leaders to select one hundred people each for the mission.
• Yūske arranged for the Third Hokage to send ninja back to the village and assigned Uchiha Fugaku, Senju Taichi, and Hyuga Hiashi to manage security as Hokage Assistants.
• Yūske announced that the Elder Council should be abolished and told the three to prepare to leave the next morning.
• White Zetsu reported that the Nine-Tails and its Jinchuriki had reached an understanding, and Uchiha Madara ordered him to monitor Yūske and hasten Tobi's corruption of a promising candidate.

Yūske brought Kushina, Minato, and Tsunade to Kumogakure’s main base to request a meeting with the Third Raikage after Kurama revealed that Uchiha Madara had controlled him. While they waited for the Raikage, Tsunade hinted at a decision about Yūske and her child’s surname, leaving Kushina confused.

• Yūske arrived at the Land of Lightning battlefield with Kushina and met Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi at the camp.
• Kurama told the commanders that Uchiha Madara had controlled him, and Yūske decided to visit Kumogakure’s main base with Kushina and Minato.
• Tsunade insisted on joining Yūske, and he agreed to bring her along.
• Yūske asked A and Killer Bee to arrange a meeting with the Third Raikage, while Minato set out food as they waited.
• Tsunade stopped Yūske from discussing the Land of Water in front of Kushina, who then asked whether the child would take the Watanabe or Mizuki Clan name.

Yūske met the Third Raikage in the Kumogakure camp and warned him that Uchiha Madara had caused the Nine-Tails' rampage. He urged the Raikage to end the war, but left the conversation with a battlefield confrontation on the table if he refused.

• The Third Raikage rejected a subordinate's proposal to attack Yūske, recognizing that Yūske could escape with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Yūske, Tsunade, Kushina, and Minato Namikaze ate grilled meat as the Third Raikage arrived with A and Killer Bee.
• Yūske invited the Third Raikage to walk and talk, and the Raikage accepted despite A and Killer Bee's warnings.
• Yūske told the Third Raikage that Uchiha Madara was alive and had caused the Nine-Tails' rampage.
• Yūske asked the Third Raikage to end the war and threatened to face him in battle if he refused.

Yūske confronted the Third Raikage and offered him a choice between negotiating peace and facing Konoha’s full-scale attack in three days. The Third Raikage let Yūske and his companions leave, while Kushina questioned whether peace could justify the Konoha dead.

• Yūske told the Third Raikage that Konoha would launch a full-scale offensive in three days unless Kumogakure chose to negotiate.
• The Third Raikage attacked Yūske, but Yūske met his strikes with Armament Haki and proved he could withstand the Raikage’s power.
• Kumogakure ninja surrounded Yūske, Tsunade, and their companions, but none dared stop them after the Third Raikage ordered his forces to make way.
• The Third Raikage allowed Yūske and his companions to leave, then ordered his forces back to camp for a meeting.
• On the way back to Konoha Camp, Kushina objected to negotiating after Konoha ninja had died, and Yūske explained that peace could prevent further deaths.

The Third Raikage’s officers debated Kumogakure’s chances against Konoha, and he ordered them to prepare for war and seek the enemy’s weaknesses. In Konoha’s camp, Yūske pushed for an assault in three days, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others objected when he suggested attacking Kumogakure alone.

• The Third Raikage admitted that Konoha had the advantage in top-tier combat power, and his officers argued over whether Kumogakure could still win.
• The Third Raikage rejected defeatism and ordered Kumogakure to prepare for war, monitor Konoha, and cautiously explore its internal conflicts.
• Yūske told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha had to seize the initiative with an assault in three days because its fronts against Kirigakure and Iwagakure were under pressure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to trust Yūske but insisted that the Staff Department develop a thorough plan.
• Yūske said he would rather go alone to Kumogakure’s camp and cause trouble, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others to firmly object.

Yūske led Konoha’s forces to Kumogakure’s camp and began the decisive battle, clashing with the Third Raikage as both armies joined the fight. The battle continued with heavy casualties as the medical ninja treated the wounded.

• Yūske marched Konoha’s forces toward Kumogakure’s camp after receiving no answer from the Third Raikage.
• The Third Raikage challenged Yūske, and the two exchanged powerful punches while their chakra and Armament Haki shook the battlefield.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s ninja to attack, while Hatake Sakumo confronted A and Killer Bee.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to treat Konoha’s wounded, and Jiraiya summoned Gamakichi to attack Kumogakure’s forces with a fire-and-oil technique.
• Konoha and Kumogakure’s ninja fought across the battlefield as casualties mounted and medical ninja treated the injured.

Yūske overwhelmed the Third Raikage, then ordered the battlefield cleared as the leaders released the Nine-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Two-Tails. The tailed beasts faced off while Isobu briefly spoke with the Eight-Tails, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Yūske used Armament Haki to withstand the Third Raikage’s One-Finger Nukite and emerged from the collapsed mountain with the advantage.
• Yūske activated Awakening Mode, and the Third Raikage returned to the main battlefield to call on the tailed beasts.
• Yūske ordered the ninja to withdraw and told Kushina to release the Nine-Tails.
• The Eight-Tails and Two-Tails appeared with the Nine-Tails, and the ninja fled toward their camps.
• Yūske released some of Isobu’s chakra, allowing Isobu to greet the Eight-Tails while the Nine-Tails questioned whether they would fight.

Yūske and Konoha’s fighters battled the Raikage, Kumogakure’s Tailed Beasts, and their ninja. After Yūske critically wounded the Third Raikage and devastated Kumogakure’s ranks with his black giant, the Third Raikage declared Kumogakure’s surrender.

• Yūske restrained Matatabi with his String Giant while the Nine-Tails fought and overpowered the Eight-Tails.
• Hatake Sakumo blocked Killer B, and Minato Namikaze struck A with a Rasengan as the Raikage forces engaged Konoha’s fighters.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted the Third Raikage while Yūske trapped the Two-Tails in reinforced threads.
• Yūske used God Slaying to break through the Third Raikage’s One-Finger Nukite and defense, piercing his chest.
• Yūske sent his black giant through the Kumogakure ranks, and the Third Raikage surrendered Kumogakure.

Yūske forced Kumogakure to surrender, captured the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki, and celebrated Konoha’s victory. While considering his next move, he realized he had lost track of Kakashi’s deployment and the Akatsuki Organization, leaving him worried about how events might unfold.

• The Third Raikage surrendered, and Yūske took him into custody while ordering Kumogakure to send representatives and negotiate compensation.
• Konoha’s forces stopped fighting as Yūske returned the Eight-Tails to camp and kept the injured Two-Tails imprisoned.
• Yūske released Matatabi from its seals, and Kurama subdued it until the sealing squad sealed its Jinchuriki.
• Yūske arranged battlefield cleanup and camp preparations, then joined Tsunade and the others for a meal.
• Minato told Yūske that Kakashi had transferred to the Land of Earth battlefield half a year earlier, prompting Yūske to worry about Uchiha Obito and the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
• Yūske remembered Minato, Yahiko, and Konan, and regretted that he had forgotten about the Akatsuki Organization.

Salamander Hanzo ambushed Konan and ordered her captured alive to weaken the Akatsuki Organization. After learning Konan had been taken, Yahiko and Nagato faced Hanzo’s demand to come retrieve her alone.

• Salamander Hanzo decided to stop the Akatsuki Organization’s growth by killing Yahiko and absorbing its members into Amegakure.
• Amegakure ninja ambushed Konan, and one Akatsuki member died protecting her.
• Salamander Hanzo surrounded Konan and ordered his ninja to capture her alive.
• Konan fought back with her paper technique but was exhausted and challenged Salamander Hanzo over his attack on peace.
• An Amegakure messenger told Yahiko and Nagato that Konan had been captured and demanded they come alone to a specified location.
• Yahiko resolved to go, while Nagato stared toward Amegakure with killing intent.