Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yuzuru told Kitsuchi he planned to unify the Shinobi World and bring lasting peace, then recruited Kokuō by showing it the comfortable life Gyuki and Kurama enjoyed. The chapter ended with Kokuō agreeing to serve him as Uchiha Yuzuru prepared to seal it inside his body.

• Minato Namikaze reported the defeat of more than ten thousand enemy troops and the capture of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and Kitsuchi, while admitting that he had been delayed during the reinforcement mission.
• Kitsuchi questioned why Uchiha Yuzuru wanted war, and Uchiha Yuzuru said Iwagakure had provoked him and would have to pay for its ambush.
• Uchiha Yuzuru explained that he intended to unify the Shinobi World and bring everlasting peace, then let Kitsuchi travel through the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning in hopes he would reconsider.
• Han declared that he would never betray Iwagakure, but Uchiha Yuzuru used his Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue him and confront Kokuō in the spiritual world.
• Uchiha Yuzuru showed Kokuō visions of Gyuki and Kurama enjoying their freedom and comforts, and Kokuō agreed to serve him.
• Uchiha Yuzuru laughed at Kokuō's change of heart and prepared to seal it inside his body.

Uchiha Yuzuru rode Kokuō to the Allied Forces surrounding Sunagakure and proposed using Pakura and Karura to expose and kill Rasa. As Rasa rallied Sunagakure’s weakening defenders, a voice from the sky promised that only the ringleaders would be punished and those who surrendered would be spared.

• Uchiha Yuzuru sealed Kokuō’s Chakra inside himself and stored Han’s corpse for possible later use.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Yuzuru that the Allied Forces had reached Sunagakure’s outskirts, and Uchiha Yuzuru rode Kokuō to the front.
• The Allied Forces cheered as Uchiha Yuzuru arrived, then he proposed that Pakura and Karura expose Rasa’s crimes and kill him.
• Rasa rallied Sunagakure’s demoralized ninja and swore to fight alongside them until the end.
• A voice from the sky announced that only the ringleaders would be punished and that those who surrendered would be spared.

Uchiha Yuzuru tried to make Sunagakure’s shinobi surrender, while Karura and Pakura exposed Rasa’s past abuses to turn the village against him. The chapter ended with Rasa realizing that the people he commanded were abandoning him.

• Uchiha Yuzuru offered to spare Sunagakure’s shinobi who surrendered, but Rasa’s loyalists rallied the troops to keep fighting.
• Karura accused Rasa of imprisoning and threatening her younger brother Yashamaru after she had been sent to Kumogakure as a bargaining chip.
• Pakura accused Rasa of arranging her betrayal and ordering the slaughter of her former subordinates to protect his position as Kazekage.
• Sunagakure’s shinobi questioned Rasa’s leadership, and Rasa denied Pakura’s accusations.
• More than a dozen Sunagakure Anbu confessed to killing Pakura’s former subordinates and then took their own lives.
• Rasa suspected Uchiha Yuzuru had used genjutsu on the Anbu and realized Sunagakure’s shinobi were about to abandon him.

Rasa faced Pakura and Chiyo in battle after Sunagakure turned against him, but Pakura's enhanced strength and Scorch Release overwhelmed his Magnet Release. Rasa struggled to understand how thoroughly Pakura countered him as she broke through his gold dust barrier.

• Rasa recognized that Uchiha Yuzuru had carefully plotted the events that brought him to this point while Sunagakure's people cursed him and Pakura demanded his death.
• Rasa descended to face Pakura, and Chiyo joined him rather than surrender to Konoha.
• Rasa attacked Pakura with gold dust, but she punched away his massive gold dust block and struck him with Scorch Release: Over-Vaporization Kill.
• Rasa used Magnet Release: Gold Dust World Law and Gold Dust Spears to trap and attack Pakura, but she melted through the barrier and escaped.

Pakura defeated Rasa, but he unleashed the One-Tail, and Shukaku began slaughtering Sunagakure’s ninjas. As Shukaku gathered a Tailed Beast Bomb to destroy the village, the desperate ninjas pleaded with Pakura to save them, and she called to Uchiha Yuzuru for help.

• Pakura overwhelmed Rasa with Scorch Release and smashed him into Sunagakure’s outer wall.
• As Pakura prepared to kill him, Rasa revealed his hatred for the village and unleashed Shukaku, the One-Tail sealed inside him.
• Shukaku attacked Sunagakure’s ninjas with Wind Release and sand techniques, killing many and driving the survivors into retreat.
• Shukaku began gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb, prompting the terrified ninjas to beg Pakura to save the village.
• Pakura looked to Uchiha Yuzuru and asked her husband for help.

Uchiha Yuzuru subdued Shukaku and secured Sunagakure's submission under Pakura's rule. After Pakura began organizing the village, Yuzuru confronted Chiyo and reunited her with Sasori.

• Pakura called Uchiha Yuzuru her husband, and he stopped Shukaku by forcing the Tailed Beast Bomb back into his mouth and trapping him in a genjutsu.
• Pakura declared that Shukaku had been subdued and that she would rule Sunagakure, whose people accepted her as Kazekage.
• Pakura ordered the villagers to remain inside and entered Sunagakure with Tsunade, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and the others to organize the village.
• Uchiha Yuzuru released Kokuō and sent her to persuade Shukaku to follow him, then removed Chiyo's seal and rejected her assumption that he needed a puppet ruler.
• Sasori arrived, and Chiyo greeted him awkwardly by saying he had gotten thinner, prompting Uchiha Yuzuru to laugh.

Sasori revealed to Chiyo that he had become a Human Puppet and killed the Third Kazekage to pursue his eternal art. After reuniting Chiyo with her son and daughter-in-law through Impure World Reincarnation, the family briefly reconciled before Chiyo died.

• Sasori told Chiyo he had defected from Sunagakure to research Human Puppets and had transformed himself into one.
• Sasori admitted he had killed the Third Kazekage and made him a Human Puppet.
• Chiyo offered to restore Sasori to human form, but he refused and said he was happy living with his parents as puppets.
• Sasori summoned his parents with Impure World Reincarnation, and they comforted Chiyo and urged her to let go of her grief.
• Chiyo embraced her son and daughter-in-law, then died after stabbing herself with a kunai.
• Sasori bowed to Uchiha Yuzuru and left with Chiyo and his parents.

Uchiha Yuzuru recruited Shukaku and resurrected Rasa to mine placer gold for his plans to develop the Land of Wind. He stayed in Sunagakure to secure his control, where Pakura welcomed him in her Kazekage office and delayed his questions about the village’s situation.

• Shukaku pledged to serve Uchiha Yuzuru, who sealed its Chakra into himself.
• Uchiha Yuzuru used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Rasa and ordered him to mine gold in the desert.
• Uchiha Yuzuru remained in Sunagakure while the village was not yet fully under his control.
• Pakura, wearing the Kazekage hat, told Uchiha Yuzuru she loved her new role and thanked him for helping her fulfill her dream.
• Pakura led Uchiha Yuzuru to the Kazekage's chair and began seducing him, putting off his questions about Sunagakure.

Pakura told Uchiha Yuzuru about resistance to her efforts to take control of Sunagakure, and he promised support for reforming the village. After learning that Rasa had left behind Temari and Kankuro, Yuzuru visited them as the children faced hostility from the villagers.

• Pakura explained that stubborn families were resisting her attempts to take control of Sunagakure, and Uchiha Yuzuru urged her to use force against those who would not cooperate.
• Uchiha Yuzuru promised to support the Land of Wind's development, while Pakura agreed to let Ebizo and the other elders help with reforms for the time being.
• Pakura told Uchiha Yuzuru that Rasa had two children, Temari and Kankuro, and he decided to visit them.
• Temari and Kankuro endured abuse from villagers and struggled with dwindling food and water after Rasa's death.
• Uchiha Yuzuru arrived at the siblings' home after the Anbu dispersed the crowd, and Temari and Kankuro feared he had come to kill them.
• Temari pulled Kankuro down to kneel and greeted Uchiha Yuzuru when he asked why they had not bowed.

Uchiha Yuzuru agreed to take Temari and Kankuro from Sunagakure to Konoha, while the Land of Wind’s transfer of power and infrastructure rollout continued. In Konoha, the siblings heard locals praising Yuzuru, and Ayame recognized him as he entered Ichiraku Ramen.

• Uchiha Yuzuru questioned Temari and Kankuro about their feelings toward Rasa and assured them they would not be punished for his crimes.
• Temari asked Uchiha Yuzuru to take her and Kankuro to Konoha, and he agreed.
• Temari and Kankuro packed their belongings and prepared to start a new life away from Sunagakure.
• A month later, the Land of Wind completed its transfer of power, and Uchiha Yuzuru brought Temari and Kankuro back to Konoha.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, customers discussed Uchiha Yuzuru’s growing influence and joked about him taking another wife.
• Ayame defended Uchiha Yuzuru and then recognized him as he entered the ramen shop.

Uchiha Yuzuru treated Temari and Kankuro to a meal at Ichiraku Ramen and told them about their new lives in Konoha, including Kankuro’s chance to study under Sasori. As news of Yuzuru’s conquest of the Land of Wind unsettled the Shinobi World, attention turned to what he would do next.

• Uchiha Yuzuru visited Ichiraku Ramen, reassured Ayame about the gossip she had heard, and ordered a meal for himself, Temari, and Kankuro.
• Temari and Kankuro enjoyed the food before Uchiha Yuzuru told them their home and Ninja Academy enrollment had been arranged.
• Uchiha Yuzuru offered Kankuro the chance to study Puppet Technique under Sasori, and Kankuro thanked him excitedly.
• News of Uchiha Yuzuru’s conquest of the Land of Wind spread, prompting smaller nations to seek support from Iwagakure and Kirigakure.
• Iwagakure avoided involvement and Kirigakure stayed detached, leaving the Shinobi World watching Konoha and wondering what Uchiha Yuzuru would do next.

After the Land of Wind’s conquest, Uchiha Yuzuru kept the peace while planning future expansion. In Konoha, Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara met a songstress named Hana and suspected she was a ninja who had considered attacking them, so they planned to capture her.

• Itachi warned Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara about the battlefield and declined their request to spar because he had promised to play with Tsuki.
• Uchiha Yuzuru offered to train the three boys, but they fled to avoid another lesson.
• Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara found a stage being prepared for a concert and met Hana, a songstress from the Land of Spoon, who gave them tickets.
• Naruto sensed chakra in Hana and told Sasuke and Gaara that she was a ninja who had considered attacking them.
• Sasuke, Naruto, and Gaara agreed to make a plan to capture Hana and prove themselves to their father and brother.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara attacked Hana Ling after she performed at her Konoha concert, revealing that they had detected her secret technique. The three defeated her but spared her to learn her identity and purpose.

• Hana Ling realized Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara were Uchiha Yuzuru's sons and abandoned her plan to probe Konoha ninjas for information.
• After Hana Ling's concert, Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara entered backstage and attacked her while Naruto asked for her autograph.
• Hana Ling used Wind Style to fight back, but Naruto and Sasuke's Sharingan and Gaara's sand overwhelmed her.
• Sasuke charged Hana Ling with Chidori, but Gaara's sand blocked the strike before it could hit her.
• Gaara said they should learn Hana Ling's identity and purpose before killing her, and Naruto agreed.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara captured Hana Ling, a spy from Suoqian Village, and brought her to Konoha for questioning by Uchiha Yuzuru. When she secretly used her ocular technique on him, Yuzuru countered it with his Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to turn her ability against her.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Gaara presented the unconscious Hana Ling to the crowd, then Shisui Uchiha directed them to take her to the Konoha Military Police Force.
• Hana Ling awoke in a dungeon and recognized Uchiha Yuzuru as he questioned her about her identity and mission.
• Hana Ling admitted she had come from Suoqian Village to gather intelligence, claiming the three boys had caught her before she could act.
• Hana Ling secretly used her eyes to perform her memory-probing technique on Yuzuru, but found only a void and two crimson Mangekyō Sharingan eyes.
• Uchiha Yuzuru revealed that he had recorded her eye-hand-seal sequence and asked whether she was ready to face her own ocular technique.

Uchiha Yuzuru copied Hana Rei’s ocular technique and searched her memories, learning that she was a spy from Suoqian Village in the Land of Spoon. Shisui Uchiha pressed her to help Konoha take control of her country, and Hana Rei agreed in hopes of sparing its people.

• Hana Rei tried to use her ocular technique on Uchiha Yuzuru, but he copied it, overpowered her, and examined her memories.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Shisui Uchiha that Hana Rei was from Suoqian Village and had come to investigate Konoha’s next target.
• Shisui Uchiha proposed bringing the Land of Spoon under Konoha’s control, and Hana Rei begged Uchiha Yuzuru to spare its people.
• Shisui Uchiha demanded that Hana Rei help take control of the Land of Spoon and kill its leaders; she agreed if Uchiha Yuzuru would show mercy.
• Uchiha Yuzuru confined Shisui Uchiha for five days and promoted him to captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, then told Hana Rei to come with him and clean herself up.

Uchiha Yuzuru took Hana Rei around Konoha and told her his plan to unify the Shinobi World and make every region prosperous, winning her admiration and support. They encountered Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake, and Yuzuru introduced Hana Rei as a ninja from the Land of Spoon.

• Uchiha Yuzuru praised Hana Rei's singing, then took her to explore Konoha.
• Hana Rei marveled at Konoha's prosperity, and Uchiha Yuzuru revealed his ambition to unify the Shinobi World and improve life everywhere.
• Uchiha Yuzuru explained that unification would let him distribute resources, and Hana Rei declared she would give everything to help his goal.
• Uchiha Yuzuru took Hana Rei's hand, and she held his in return as they walked through Konoha.
• Obito Uchiha asked Uchiha Yuzuru if he could become a novelist, showed him his one-sentence opening, and received his encouragement.
• Kakashi Hatake noticed Hana Rei, asked who she was, and Uchiha Yuzuru introduced her as a ninja from the Land of Spoon.

Uchiha Yuzuru led Han Ling, Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and a Sunagakure force into the Land of Spoon, intending to bring it under his control. They found the country already devastated and faced Giant Stone Soldiers that reassembled after being destroyed.

• Han Ling met Kakashi Hatake, while Uchiha Yuzuru explained that she had warned his village about the Land of Spoon’s intelligence gathering.
• Obito Uchiha asked to join an attack on the Land of Spoon, and Uchiha Yuzuru agreed to take him and Kakashi Hatake along.
• A week later, Uchiha Yuzuru used Kamui to bring Han Ling, Obito Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake to the border, where Baki reported that Sunagakure had sent one thousand ninjas.
• Uchiha Yuzuru ordered the force to attack the Land of Spoon, but they found villages in ruins and signs of a recent battle.
• More than two hundred Giant Stone Soldiers charged the Sunagakure force, and the ninjas cut them into rubble with Wind Style attacks.
• The rubble floated and reassembled into Giant Stone Soldiers, revealing that the creatures could recover after being destroyed.

Uchiha Yuzuru’s group reached Suoqian Village and rescued its exhausted defenders from the Giant Stone Soldiers. Hana Ling then learned that Shoichi had died and Chief Hideki had fled the battle.

• Sunagakure’s ninjas panicked when the Giant Stone Soldiers revived, but Baki rallied them by reminding them Uchiha Yuzuru was there.
• Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha destroyed more than two hundred Giant Stone Soldiers and sent their fragments through a Kamui rift.
• Obito Uchiha explained that the soldiers stopped moving inside the Kamui Dimension, and Uchiha Yuzuru led the group toward Suoqian Village.
• Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha wiped out more than five hundred Giant Stone Soldiers attacking Suoqian Village, saving the village’s remaining defenders.
• Hana Ling asked Toshio about Chief Hideki and Shoichi, and Toshio told her Shoichi had died while Hideki had run from the battle.

After Uchiha Yuzuru took control of the Land of Spoon, Shion and Ashihō revealed that they had fled the fallen Land of Demons. Shion explained that Mōryō had broken free of its seal and was directing the Giant Stone Soldiers, threatening the entire Shinobi World.

• Toshio told Hana Rei that Hideki had deserted, then reacted angrily when she said she had returned with Konoha ninjas to bring the Land of Spoon under Konoha’s protection.
• Uchiha Yuzuru broke Toshio’s wrist and killed him after declaring that he would govern the Land of Spoon.
• Hana Rei persuaded the Suoqian Village ninjas to surrender, and Yuzuru told them that Sunagakure’s Ninja Army would arrive to destroy the Giant Stone Soldiers.
• Ashihō identified himself and Shion as survivors from the Land of Demons and asked to report to Yuzuru.
• Shion said Mōryō had escaped the seal her mother placed on it, controlled the Giant Stone Soldiers, and could destroy the Shinobi World.

Uchiha Yuzuru agreed to help Shion stop Mōryō and took her to the Land of Swamps, where they fought their way through Mōryō’s guards. They reached the ruined shrine, and Shion followed Yuzuru inside to find Mōryō’s body.

• Obito Uchiha mocked Shion’s prophecy, but Uchiha Yuzuru agreed to help her stop Mōryō.
• Shion explained that Mōryō’s soul had escaped its seal and would seek its body in the Land of Swamps, so Uchiha Yuzuru took her there with Kamui.
• Uchiha Yuzuru and Shion found four masked guards waiting at the ruined shrine, and the guards attacked them.
• Uchiha Yuzuru killed Setsuna and Shizuku with Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, then killed Kusuna and Yoshinari with bone spikes and sand.
• Uchiha Yuzuru urged Shion to enter the shrine, and she followed him toward Mōryō’s body.