Recaps

Uchiha Yuzuru steered Kumogakure through the war, recruited former Konoha shinobi, and confronted Minato Namikaze while protecting people caught in the conflict. He inherited Uchiha Madara’s legacy, rejected the Moon Eye Plan, and brought Michio and Kyoko toward Kumogakure as Minato began to understand Yuzuru’s technique.

• Uchiha Yuzuru advised Kumogakure to profit from the war through ninja tool sales, while Sunagakure declared war on Konoha and Konoha struggled to meet Kumogakure’s demands.
• Uchiha Fugaku’s squad ambushed Sarutobi Haruki’s escort, killed the guards, and burned their supplies as the Uchiha Clan began its hunt.
• Uchiha Yuzuru defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Shisui Uchiha, then brought Might Duy and Might Guy to Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan after Minato Namikaze nearly killed him, and Uchiha Yuzuru promised to seek a cure for its blindness.
• Uchiha Yuzuru met Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan in the Land of Rain, fought Minato Namikaze, and defeated him after Minato drew on the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• Shimura Danzō’s attempt to seize Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan ended with Yahiko’s death, and Nagato and Konan left to seek Uchiha Yuzuru’s help.
• Uchiha Madara named Uchiha Yuzuru his successor and died, while Uchiha Yuzuru trapped Black Zetsu in the Kamui Dimension and rejected the Moon Eye Plan.
• Uchiha Yuzuru rescued Michio and Kyoko from Kusagakure and took them toward Kumogakure, while Minato Namikaze woke in a hospital with a new insight into Yuzuru’s technique.

Uchiha Yuzuru expanded Kumogakure’s reach, recruited Nagato, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Pakura, and drew former Konoha and Sunagakure figures into his plans. As he prepared to move against the Land of Fire, he set out for the Land of Silence after suspecting Kakuzu had attacked an Uchiha.

• Minato Namikaze accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to train him as Hokage, while Uchiha Yuzuru brought Michio and Kyoko to Kumogakure and reunited them with Kushina Uzumaki.
• Uchiha Yuzuru recruited Nagato and Konan into Kumogakure, explained the origins and powers of Nagato’s Rinnegan, and urged Nagato to kill Hanzo and take control of the Land of Rain.
• Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain defeated Hanzo, and Uchiha Yuzuru led Kumogakure’s expansion by taking the Land of Iron and the Land of Hot Water.
• Uchiha Yuzuru persuaded Tsunade to move to Kumogakure as a medical consultant, while Karura resisted Pakura’s attempt to gather information and Yuzuru later offered Pakura a chance to oppose Rasa.
• Tsunade’s defection weakened Hiruzen Sarutobi’s position, and Danzō took over as acting Hokage after Orochimaru fled to Kumogakure and accepted Yuzuru’s offer of a laboratory.
• Pakura discovered that Rasa had killed her followers and framed her, then pledged loyalty to Uchiha Yuzuru in exchange for help taking revenge and becoming Kazekage.
• Uchiha Yuzuru gained the Ketsuryūgan, suspected Kakuzu had attacked an Uchiha clansman in the Land of Iron, and decided to investigate the Land of Silence as Tsunade asked to join him.

Uchiha Yuzuru expanded Kumogakure’s reach, recruited Kakuzu, trained Yugito, and built ties with Tsunade and his growing family. The stretch ended with Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō choosing to join Yuzuru after he saved them and helped them escape Root’s control.

• Uchiha Yuzuru and Tsunade reached the Black Market, where Yuzuru destroyed the bounty hunters, confronted Jigen, and learned Kakuzu had attacked the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Yuzuru defeated Kakuzu and recruited him, then brought him into the campaign that brought Takigakure and the Land of the Waterfall under the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Yuzuru returned home as Mikoto, Kushina, and Karura gave birth to Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uchiha, and Gaara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yuzuru trained Yugito to control Matatabi’s power, then helped Tsunade with her gambling and welcomed Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Shisui Uchiha at home.
• Uchiha Yuzuru evolved his Scorching Release and gained the family trait Handsome Men and Beautiful Women, which increased Obito Uchiha’s appeal.
• Uchiha Yuzuru took Tsunade to the Kamui Dimension over her debt, and Tsunade later moved into his home with Shizune after receiving the Senju bloodline.
• Uchiha Yuzuru found Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō fighting, saved Nonō, and helped them realize that Root had stolen Kabuto’s identity and used them against each other.
• Uchiha Yuzuru offered Kabuto and Nonō a place with him, and they agreed to join him rather than remain under Shimura Danzō’s control.

Uchiha Yuzuru destroyed Konoha after demanding reparations, then strengthened Kumogakure and advanced Orochimaru’s experiments. He tested Shisui Uchiha’s resolve with an illusion, gained control over Orochimaru, and awakened the Senju Sage Body as his Mangekyō Sharingan began evolving toward the Rinnegan.

• Uchiha Yuzuru entrusted Yakushi Nonō with Kumogakure’s orphanage, brought Kabuto Yakushi to Orochimaru, and returned to Konoha to confront Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Yuzuru developed the Great Spiraling Ring with Matatabi’s advice, then entered Konoha and killed ninja who threatened a merchant from the Land of Lightning.
• Uchiha Yuzuru fought Konoha’s forces, faced Minato Namikaze, and destroyed the village with the Great Spiraling Ring after demanding one hundred billion ryo in reparations.
• Konoha’s survivors blamed Minato Namikaze for the destruction, while Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi planned reconstruction, tribute payments, and a future army.
• Uchiha Yuzuru returned to Kumogakure, where the Land of Fire paid the reparations, and later halted mass arrests after Orochimaru said his laboratory had enough test subjects.
• Orochimaru completed White Zetsu Cell transplants and explained his Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique, while Uchiha Yuzuru advised him to clone a compatible vessel.
• Uchiha Yuzuru and Uchiha Fugaku tested Fugaku’s ocular technique on Shisui Uchiha, who experienced an illusion of the Uchiha Clan’s destruction before Yuzuru brought him back.
• Uchiha Yuzuru had Shisui Uchiha use Kotoamatsukami to make Orochimaru obedient, then awakened the Senju Sage Body as his Mangekyō Sharingan began evolving toward the Rinnegan.