Recaps

Hiko rallied Konoha after an ambush, awakened the Eternal Mangekyo, and exploited distrust between Iwagakure and Sunagakure. He then unleashed the Seven-Tails on Sunagakure’s camp and left both enemy villages dealing with the destruction.

• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Hayashi prepared their surrounded unit to retreat through traps, while Hiko raced to reinforce them.
• Hiko broke through the encirclement with Susanoo and Ninjutsu, routed the enemy, and forced Ōnoki to halt the pursuit.
• After returning to camp, Hiko discovered that his eyes had become the Eternal Mangekyo and told Konoha to rest while tensions between the enemy villages grew.
• Hiko staged provocations between Iwagakure and Sunagakure, then raided their outposts and killed nearly two hundred enemy subordinates.
• Hiko took Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo, and Uchiha Hayashi on a covert operation, using Orochimaru to capture a Sunagakure patrol.
• Hiko entered Sunagakure’s camp with Jiraiya, summoned the Seven-Tails, and controlled it as it rampaged through the camp under attack from the Third Kazekage.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta to add to the destruction, while Hiko escaped and the Seven-Tails eventually flew away to recover.
• Hiko rejoined his companions and led them away, explaining the destructive power of the Tailed Beasts and their relative strength.

Hiko weakened Sunagakure and Iwagakure in the Land of Rain, then infiltrated the Land of Earth and devastated an Iwagakure army. The Third Kazekage prepared Sunagakure to withdraw as Hiko returned to camp and faced the furious Third Elder.

• Hiko led Konoha into battle, targeting Sunagakure and driving its small force away from Iwagakure, while Ōnoki ordered his troops to avoid him.
• The Third Kazekage recalled Sunagakure’s battered force after fewer than fifty of its five hundred fighters returned, while Grandma Chiyo worried that Konoha’s antidotes had undermined the Puppet Unit.
• Hiko sent a Takigakure delegation away after denying involvement in the Seven-Tails’ appearance, then ordered a plan to cut Iwagakure’s supply route.
• Hiko and Uchiha Hayashi ambushed Iwagakure supply convoys in the Land of Earth, destroying their cargo and killing most of the transporters.
• Ōnoki sent thousands of Iwagakure ninja to surround Hiko, who fought back with Perfect Form Susanoo and Wood Style, killing more than a thousand and routing the survivors.
• The Third Kazekage concluded that Iwagakure would withdraw from the Land of Rain and prepared Sunagakure to follow, while he and Grandma Chiyo speculated that Hiko might lose command.
• Hiko returned to camp and encountered the furious Third Elder.

Hiko secured approval to receive the Nine-Tails after Mito Uzumaki’s death, became the Uchiha Clan head, and stayed in Konoha as the war spread. When Kirigakure destroyed the Uzumaki village, Hiko found no survivors and returned to report the clan’s likely fate to the Third Hokage.

• Hiko predicted Iwagakure and Sunagakure would withdraw, then returned to Konoha as both villages pulled back from the Land of Rain.
• Hiko asked the Third Hokage to give him the Nine-Tails, and the village leaders approved the request after Hiruzen Sarutobi argued in his favor.
• Mito Uzumaki objected to Hiko receiving the Nine-Tails, but Hiko said he would wait until she died before claiming it.
• Danzo became commander of Konoha’s campaign against Sunagakure, while Hiko remained in the village and accepted election as Uchiha Clan head.
• Kirigakure’s envoy failed to secure the Uzumaki Clan’s cooperation, and the Third Mizukage ordered an assault on the Land of Whirlpools.
• Hiko investigated the ruined Uzumaki village, found no survivors, and suspected Kirigakure had attacked it.
• Hiko returned to Konoha and told the Third Hokage that the Uzumaki Clan had been wiped out and Kirigakure was the likely culprit.

After the Uzumaki Clan’s destruction and Mito Uzumaki’s death, Hiko protected Kushina and Kyuku while taking control of the Nine-Tails. As Konoha’s war with Sunagakure dragged on and the Senju suffered heavy losses, Hiko strengthened the Uchiha Clan and reconsidered his ambitions for the Hokage position.

• Hiko told Kyuku Uzumaki and Kushina that their clan and parents had been killed, then went with the Third Hokage to Mito Uzumaki as her condition worsened.
• Mito asked the Third Hokage to care for the Senju Clan and tell Hiko to treat Tsunade well before she died.
• Hiko defended Kushina and Kyuku after Kushina’s classmates bullied her, and the dispute ended when their parents apologized.
• Hiko reserved the Police Force for Uchiha Fugaku and later used his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and Wood Dragon to wear down the Nine-Tails until it submitted.
• Hiko warned Jiraiya against bringing three war orphans from the Land of Rain to Konoha, and Jiraiya later returned to the Land of Rain to visit them.
• The Third Raikage led ten Elite Jonin into the Land of Lightning to capture the wandering Nine-Tails while Xiao Ai took command on the battlefield.
• Hiko told the Uchiha elders that the Senju had lost many people against Sunagakure’s Puppet Unit and ordered them to train Uchiha children from an early age.
• Hiko discussed Konoha’s difficult war with the Third Hokage, who defended his decision to send Danzo to the frontline, while Hiko no longer wanted to compete for the Hokage position.