Recaps

Ronglin brought Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki to Konoha, then assigned them and Shisui and Uchiha Diqin to guard the understaffed Prison. After arranging for the dangerous prisoners to be reported dead and forcing the group into deathmatches, Ronglin watched them begin fighting Ran Jin.

• Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki traveled to Konoha with Yagura and the Three-Tails, and Ronglin took the Three-Tails and Kirigakure’s supplies before releasing the captured Kirigakure people.
• Shisui and Kisame fought in Ronglin’s courtyard, so Ronglin punished them, kept Samehada, and ordered them to train together while Mei Terumi and Uchiha Diqin joined their training.
• Shisui, Kisame, Mei Terumi, and Uchiha Diqin took low-level missions until the Third Hokage assigned Ronglin to oversee Prison security and sent the group there.
• Ronglin ordered the dangerous prisoners’ cells cleaned, then had the criminals reported dead after a supposed mass escape, and the Third Hokage agreed to conceal the news.
• Ronglin told the four young ninja they could win freedom by fighting the death-row prisoners, and they prepared for the matches while he kept watch.
• Kisame flooded the arena with Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, giving Ran Jin’s Fire Release a disadvantage as the four planned their attacks.
• Uchiha Diqin threw kunai, Shisui and Mei Terumi attacked Ran Jin, and Kisame blocked Ran Jin’s Fire Wheel Bomb with Water Shark Bomb Technique.
• Shisui cut a deep wound into Ran Jin’s waist, and Ronglin kicked him back into the battle zone before slamming him into the ground.

After training Shisui and the others, Ronglin led them on a mission against the Evil God Cult, then returned to Konoha when the Uchiha suffered heavy losses. He forced Fugaku to step down, took over the clan, and used a public donation to secure the Uchiha a greater role in the village.

• Ronglin ended the prisoners’ training after Ran Jin died, then adjusted the exercises so Shisui, Kisame Hoshigaki, Mei Terumi, and Uchiha Diqin could face opponents at full strength.
• After three months of brutal training, Ronglin returned Samehada to Kisame Hoshigaki and took the four on an S-rank mission to investigate cultists in the Land of Rivers.
• Ronglin traced the cultists to Yugakure, where one captive’s curse made him explode, and called off the mission before an Uchiha Clan message summoned the team back to Konoha.
• At the clan meeting, Ronglin challenged Fugaku’s leadership and argued that the Uchiha’s heavy losses resulted from Fugaku’s failure to negotiate, use his full strength, and build influence within the village.
• Ronglin won the Uchiha’s support, and Fugaku stepped down as clan head and Police Force head, leaving Ronglin the youngest clan head in Uchiha history.
• Ronglin persuaded the Uchiha to donate half their stored supplies to Konoha and submitted a request for ordinary village posts for several clan members.
• The Third Hokage accepted the supplies and agreed to consider the Uchiha’s requests, while villagers praised the donation and the major clans worried they would be expected to contribute too.

Ronglin’s investigation exposed Orochimaru and Danzo’s human experiments, triggering their defection and a crisis in Konoha. With Jiraiya gone, Ronglin took command of the campaign against Sunagakure and brought Itachi along as his student, while discussing his plans with Tsunade.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the Uchiha and Sarutobi donations that ended Konoha’s supply shortage, while Ronglin gained political standing and opened the Uchiha clan grounds to outsiders and female ninja.
• Ronglin led Shisui, Kisame Hoshigaki, Mei Terumi, and Uchiha Diqin to a hidden research facility, where they found imprisoned children and evidence of experiments using Hashirama Senju’s cells.
• Ronglin showed Hiruzen Sarutobi the evidence implicating Orochimaru and Danzo, and Hiruzen confronted them before Danzo attacked him and both men fled.
• Konoha exposed Orochimaru and Danzo’s experiments, detained people linked to them, and faced public anger as the scandal reached the Shimura and Sarutobi clans.
• After Jiraiya left the front to search for Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Ronglin to lead the campaign against Sunagakure, and Ronglin chose to go with a small group while the Uchiha stayed behind.
• Ronglin appointed Itachi as his student and left Konoha with Itachi, Shisui, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Mei Terumi, teaching Itachi as they traveled to the front.
• Tsunade told Ronglin that Sunagakure was retreating, then questioned his decision to trade the Three-Tails for Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Ronglin told Tsunade that he expected Mei Terumi and Kisame Hoshigaki to become powerful and said he wanted descendants combining Uchiha and Senju bloodlines, with the Uzumaki Clan potentially involved.

Ronglin guided Konoha through Sunagakure’s final offensive and persuaded Rasa to admit defeat while preserving his village’s remaining elite fighters. After Konoha celebrated its victory, Ronglin handled the aftermath and decided the village would take in the war orphans.

• Ronglin explained the Uchiha tablet and the Rinnegan to Tsunade, then ordered Konoha’s forces to rest while the Hyuga Clan continued scouting Sunagakure.
• When Ōnoki threatened to withdraw and Sunagakure was forced to fight, Ronglin ended the lull and prepared Konoha to crush its weakened opponent.
• As Konoha advanced toward Kikyo Mountain, Ronglin anticipated a trap and sent Kisame Hoshigaki and Shisui to intercept Rasa’s raid on Konoha’s rear.
• Ronglin confronted Rasa and his elite fighters, revealed that Konoha had not killed the Third Kazekage, and persuaded Rasa to declare Sunagakure defeated rather than risk losing its remaining leaders.
• Rasa confirmed Sunagakure’s defeat, and Konoha celebrated after the Third Hokage announced the victory throughout the village.
• After spending nearly half a month compiling war records, Ronglin decided Konoha would take in the war orphans.