Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yuzuru entered the Valley of Hell to free the imprisoned Chinoike Clan and faced their hostile reaction with a powerful genjutsu. He explained that the Land of Lightning’s daimyo was responsible for their exile and declared that the age of ninja had arrived.

• Uchiha Yuzuru traveled through the Land of Lightning, testing his Lightning Release techniques and practicing the Rasengan.
• Uchiha Yuzuru presented the Third Raikage’s order to the Cloud Ninja guarding the Valley of Hell and entered alone.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told the Chinoike Clan that he had come to take them back to Kumogakure, but some clan members recognized his Uchiha crest and attacked him.
• Uchiha Yuzuru used a genjutsu to make the hostile Chinoike Clan members believe they had wounded him and then self-destructed, frightening the survivors into silence.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told the Chinoike Clan that the Land of Lightning’s daimyo had ordered their exile and declared that they no longer had to follow the daimyo’s wishes.

Uchiha Yuzuru rescued the Chinoike Clan from the Valley of Hell and brought them to Kumogakure, where they began settling in. He then objected to Kakashi Hatake graduating early and challenged him to take a bell to prove himself ready.

• Uchiha Yuzuru led Oyakuro Isami and the Chinoike Clan out of the Valley of Hell after explaining the major changes in the Shinobi World.
• The Chinoike Clan arrived in Kumogakure and settled into the clan grounds prepared for them.
• Uchiha Yuzuru found Obito Uchiha sparring with Kakashi Hatake and heard Kakashi say he wanted to graduate early.
• Uchiha Yuzuru rejected Kakashi Hatake's request, arguing that he was too young to become a shinobi.
• Uchiha Yuzuru hung a bell from his waist and told Kakashi Hatake he would approve the graduation if Kakashi could take it.

Uchiha Yuzuru trained and sparred with Kakashi Hatake, Hatake Sakumo, and Kumogakure’s strongest fighters while his clan’s bloodlines evolved. When the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning sent an envoy to Kumogakure, Yuzuru reassured Mikoto Uchiha that the visit was part of his plan.

• Uchiha Yuzuru defeated Kakashi Hatake in a sparring match, then told Hatake Sakumo that Kakashi needed more training at the Ninja Academy.
• Hatake Sakumo showed Yuzuru his Purple Electricity, and the two began sparring to sharpen their skills.
• Over the following month, Yuzuru fought Hatake Sakumo, A, Killer B, the Third Raikage, and others as the Yatsuki and Blood Pond bloodlines evolved among his clan members.
• Mikoto Uchiha told Yuzuru that the Third Raikage had summoned him because the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning had sent an envoy.
• Yuzuru embraced Mikoto and reassured her that the Daimyo’s envoy was part of his plan.

Uchiha Yuzuru killed the daimyo’s messenger after the man threatened the Uchiha Clan, then rallied A, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hatake Sakumo to join his campaign against the daimyo. As Yuzuru set out for Kyoto, the daimyo and his ministers discussed punishing Kumogakure, unaware that the shinobi were coming.

• Uchiha Yuzuru strangled the daimyo’s messenger after he demanded that Yuzuru recapture the Chinoike Clan, then snapped his neck despite the Third Raikage’s hesitation.
• Uchiha Yuzuru warned the Third Raikage that the nobles treated shinobi as tools, and the Third Raikage reaffirmed his support for the struggle against them.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told A, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hatake Sakumo about the plan to overthrow the daimyo, and all three agreed to follow him.
• Uchiha Yuzuru led A, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hatake Sakumo toward Kyoto.
• In Kyoto, the daimyo and his ministers discussed forcing Kumogakure to recapture or kill the Chinoike Clan, cut its funding, and make the Raikage apologize.
• The daimyo’s ministers laughed off his concern that the Raikage might resist and insisted that shinobi would not dare defy him.

Uchiha Yuzuru and his allies killed the Land of Lightning Daimyo and began arranging a transition that would put ninja above the daimyo. Yuzuru prepared for the backlash from other nations as the conflict threatened to expand across the Shinobi World.

• Uchiha Yuzuru, A, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hatake Sakumo burst into the Land of Lightning Daimyo’s room, where Yuzuru declared that he had come looking for trouble.
• Uchiha Fugaku, A, and Hatake Sakumo fought the Guardian Ninja while Uchiha Yuzuru killed the Land of Lightning Daimyo.
• Uchiha Yuzuru ordered the ministers to choose a daughter of the daimyo who would publicly yield authority to the Kage, and threatened to replace any ministers who refused to submit.
• Several ministers surrendered, and Uchiha Fugaku placed restrictions on them while Uchiha Yuzuru ordered them to claim the daimyo had drowned and the new daimyo had received a divine message to yield authority to ninja.
• Uchiha Yuzuru went to train, anticipating that the other nations’ daimyos would resist the new order and that a hard battle would follow.

Uchiha Yuzuru consolidated control over the Land of Lightning and dismissed concerns about killing nobles who resisted his reforms. The other nations’ leaders reacted to the upheaval by preparing an alliance against Kumogakure, though Ōnoki planned to commit Iwagakure only token forces.

• Uchiha Fugaku reported that the Third Raikage was organizing local security forces and that nobles accused them of murdering the daimyo.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Fugaku to leave the police forces to the Third Raikage and to kill those who stubbornly opposed the changes.
• Uchiha Yuzuru asked the new daimyo for a map of the Land of Lightning as reforms continued.
• The Third Kazekage accepted the Land of Wind daimyo’s support and ordered Sunagakure to send three thousand ninja against Kumogakure.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to send only a thousand ninja, warning Kitsuchi that the Uchiha Clan’s Mangekyō Sharingan made provoking them dangerous.
• Kitsuchi called Ōnoki old and cunning, and Ōnoki twisted his back while protesting the insult.

Karatachi Yagura and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to join a daimyo-backed alliance against Kumogakure, while Uchiha Yuzuru returned to find the Land of Lightning under Kumogakure’s control. As the ten-thousand-strong alliance approached, Uchiha Yuzuru and the Third Raikage prepared to fight it.

• Karatachi Yagura agreed to follow the daimyo’s orders and send two thousand ninja, including members of the Yuki, Hozuki, and Kaguya clans, to attack Kumogakure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō agreed to join the alliance, with Danzō demanding command and Hiruzen ordering Konoha to deploy at least three thousand ninja.
• Konoha, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure assembled a ten-thousand-strong Ninja Alliance and marched toward the Land of Lightning after a month of training.
• The Third Raikage welcomed Uchiha Yuzuru back and credited him with helping Kumogakure take control of the Land of Lightning.
• Mabushi Shin reported that the Ninja Alliance was nearing the border, and Uchiha Yuzuru declared that Kumogakure would fight it.

The Third Raikage led a five-person Kumogakure force against Shimura Danzō’s ten-thousand-strong Ninja Alliance. The battle began with the Eight-Tails devastating the alliance, while the four fighters carved through its ranks.

• Shimura Danzō ordered the Ninja Alliance to charge, and the Cloud Ninja split into four paths as the Third Raikage, A, Killer B, Hatake Sakumo, and Uchiha Fugaku stepped forward.
• The Third Raikage declared that the five of them would face the alliance, then charged first as Uchiha Fugaku, Hatake Sakumo, and A followed.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fired two Tailed Beast Bombs, breaking through the alliance’s earthen defenses and inflicting heavy casualties.
• The Third Raikage, Hatake Sakumo, A, and Uchiha Fugaku cut into the alliance, with the Third Raikage shrugging off combined attacks and A striking swiftly through enemy ranks.
• Uchiha Fugaku used his Sharingan, genjutsu, swordsmanship, and enhanced physical abilities to kill alliance shinobi, including Konoha Ninja.

The Ninja Alliance sent its elite fighters into battle against the five Kumogakure ninja, using coordinated techniques to pin down A and challenge Uchiha Fugaku and Hatake Sakumo. The three defenders were still fighting, but the alliance’s encirclement around them was tightening.

• Hatake Sakumo killed a Konoha Ninja who begged for his life, while the five Kumogakure defenders continued to hold back the alliance.
• Shimura Danzō and the allied commanders agreed to commit their elite fighters, though Kitsuchi offered only one thousand Iwagakure ninja.
• The allied elites used Hidden Mist Technique and Kikaichū to pin down A and increase his Chakra consumption.
• Uchiha Fugaku used Chidori Stream to freeze and kill a Hozuki Clan ninja, then fought two Hyuga Clan ninja.
• Hatake Sakumo avoided the Nara and Yamanaka clans’ techniques as Akimichi ninja and other fighters protected them, and he sensed the encirclement tightening around him.

Uchiha Yuzuru overwhelmed Orochimaru, forced him to release Manda, and spared him because he wanted his research talent. He then abandoned his original plan and summoned Susanoo before the Ninja Alliance.

• Orochimaru summoned Manda to hold back the Eight-Tails, but Uchiha Yuzuru severed Orochimaru’s left arm and ordered him to release Manda.
• Orochimaru released Manda and asked why Uchiha Yuzuru had spared him; Uchiha Yuzuru said he wanted Orochimaru’s talent to help reshape the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told the Third Raikage to let Orochimaru leave, and the Third Raikage agreed.
• Hatake Sakumo, A, Killer B, and Uchiha Fugaku returned to Uchiha Yuzuru, who said he had changed his plan.
• Uchiha Yuzuru leaped toward the battlefield and manifested a hundred-meter-tall Susanoo, declaring it the third power and the Uchiha Clan’s godly power.

Uchiha Yuzuru routed the four-village Ninja Alliance with a devastating Susanoo attack, then returned to Kumogakure and received authority equal to the Third Raikage. The chapter ended with the Cloud Ninja celebrating Yuzuru and the Third Raikage affirming that Kumogakure benefited from his power.

• The Ninja Alliance attacked Uchiha Yuzuru’s Susanoo with a combined torrent of ninjutsu, but it suffered no visible damage.
• Uchiha Yuzuru unleashed Kamui Shinkai, killing thousands of shinobi and sending the surviving Ninja Alliance forces fleeing.
• Uchiha Yuzuru returned to the Third Raikage and told Orochimaru to leave, warning him that he would eventually accept his fate.
• Orochimaru escaped with the Body Flicker Technique, captivated by Yuzuru’s power and deciding he no longer wanted to remain human.
• The Third Raikage praised Yuzuru, then granted him authority equal to his own in the Land of Lightning.
• The Cloud Ninja cheered Yuzuru and the Third Raikage as their leaders.

After the Ninja Alliance was nearly annihilated, its surviving leaders returned to their villages, where the defeat reshaped political plans and deepened tensions. Ōnoki, Karatachi Yagura, and the Third Kazekage each prepared to consolidate power or shift blame, while the story left Konoha’s role in creating Kumogakure’s strength under scrutiny.

• The defeated Ninja Alliance returned to its villages after Uchiha Yuzuru’s slash killed thousands and destroyed hopes of revenge.
• Ōnoki told Kitsuchi to stockpile food and prepare reparations, then proposed taking control of Iwagakure from the daimyō.
• Karatachi Yagura focused on tightening his hold over Kirigakure and ordered an Anbu to tell the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to bring him the daimyō’s corpse within a week.
• The Third Kazekage blamed the daimyō for Sunagakure’s losses, ordered Rasa to gather gold dust, and agreed with Chiyo and Ebizo that Konoha had caused the crisis.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confined Shimura Danzō after the Ninja Alliance’s defeat and learned Kumogakure demanded another ten billion Ryo in reparations. Konoha residents and clan heads were forced to shoulder the costs, while Kumogakure’s ninjas celebrated by writing thank-you letters to Konoha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed Shimura Danzō for the Ninja Alliance’s catastrophic losses, confined him to Root, and sent Orochimaru to treat his injuries.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received Kumogakure’s demand for ten billion Ryo in reparations and decided to raise money from Konoha households, ninja clans, and the Land of Fire’s nobility.
• Konoha residents learned from a street notice that the Ninja Alliance had lost and protested having to pay compensation again.
• Konoha’s clan heads objected to contributing over a hundred million Ryo each, but Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered them to comply.
• Kumogakure’s ninjas spent their time writing thank-you letters to Konoha.

In Kumogakure, Uchiha Yuzuru organized villagers and Hatake Sakumo to write sarcastic thank-you letters to Konoha while the village received war reparations. He decided Sunagakure must provide a Kekkei Genkai Ninja to make up for its smaller payment, then set out to deliver the letters to Konoha.

• Kumogakure villagers eagerly wrote thank-you letters to Konoha, and Uchiha Yuzuru persuaded Hatake Sakumo to write one praising the Third Hokage.
• Dodai reported that the villages had delivered reparations, including ten billion Ryo from Konoha, five billion each from Iwagakure and Kirigakure, and two billion plus gold dust and scrolls from Sunagakure.
• Uchiha Yuzuru proposed that the Uchiha Clan receive half the monetary reparations, share the ninjutsu scrolls with the village, and split Sunagakure's refined gold dust evenly.
• Uchiha Yuzuru rejected Sunagakure's smaller payment and demanded that it provide another Kekkei Genkai Ninja as compensation, which the Third Raikage accepted.
• Uchiha Yuzuru left to deliver the thank-you letters to Konoha.

Kumogakure sent mocking thank-you letters to Konoha, boasting that the Uchiha Clan and Hatake Sakumo had made its village wealthy and powerful while Konoha suffered. The letters left Konoha’s civilians regretting the Uchiha Clan’s departure and wondering whether they could persuade the clan to return.

• Vortices appeared over Konoha and dropped envelopes marked “Thank-You Letter” onto the streets.
• Konoha’s civilians opened letters from Kumogakure that praised the Uchiha Clan and Hatake Sakumo while taunting Konoha over its losses, poverty, and reparations.
• The letters singled out Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu for suppressing the Uchiha Clan and driving Hatake Sakumo away.
• Konoha’s civilians spent the day and night reading the letters and grew furious and envious of Kumogakure’s prosperity.
• A civilian suggested apologizing to the Uchiha Clan and asking them to return, and the others began to regret losing them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders struggled to contain the backlash from the Kumogakure letters exposing Konoha’s treatment of the Uchiha and other scandals. As angry villagers marched toward the Hokage Building, they demanded answers about Hiruzen’s wartime conduct, the Uchiha’s departure, and Hatake Sakumo’s disgrace.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi reread Uchiha Yuzuru’s sarcastic letter and regretted driving the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha.
• Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura confronted Hiruzen over the rumors and letters spreading through the village.
• Hiruzen told Shimura Danzō to take the blame, but Danzō refused to give up his money for the villagers.
• Hiruzen persuaded Danzō, Koharu, and Homura to contribute money from their clans to appease the villagers.
• An Anbu warned that villagers were gathering outside, and the crowd demanded explanations about Hiruzen’s wartime conduct, the Uchiha’s departure, and Hatake Sakumo.

Uchiha Yuzuru watched Hiruzen Sarutobi placate angry Konoha villagers by blaming Hatake Sakumo and the Uchiha, publicly beheading Shimura Danzō, and promising compensation. Back in Kumogakure, Yuzuru learned that Sunagakure had sent a Kekkei Genkai ninja as he had requested.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi addressed the angry villagers, accused Hatake Sakumo of betraying Konoha, and denied that the village had taken the Uchiha Clan's assets.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi had Shimura Danzō publicly beheaded and promised compensation from the advisors' clans and the village, causing the crowd to disperse.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi afterward, while Hiruzen vowed revenge against Uchiha Yuzuru.
• Uchiha Yuzuru watched from Kage Rock, resolved to ruin Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other clans, then used Kamui to return to Kumogakure.
• The Third Raikage told Uchiha Yuzuru that Sunagakure had agreed to his request and sent a Kekkei Genkai ninja to Kumogakure.

Uchiha Yuzuru met Karura, the sand-controlling Kekkei Genkai Ninja Sunagakure had sent to Kumogakure, and assigned her to join Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha on missions. He left Karura with a blunt warning that he would destroy Sunagakure if anything happened to either woman.

• The Third Raikage told Uchiha Yuzuru that the ninja from Sunagakure was staying with Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yuzuru returned to his courtyard, where Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha welcomed him and told him the newcomer had not left her room.
• Uchiha Yuzuru entered the room and learned that the nervous girl was Karura, who demonstrated her ability to control sand.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Karura that Sunagakure had abandoned her and that she would now serve Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Yuzuru assigned Karura to carry out missions with Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha, then threatened to bury Sunagakure if either woman was harmed.
• Karura promised to protect Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha.

Uchiha Yuzuru told Karura that he planned to unify the Shinobi World, and she considered what that meant for Sunagakure and her brother Yashamaru. Later, Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake asked Yuzuru to teach them ninjutsu, and he chose Chidori and the Rasengan.

• Uchiha Yuzuru asked Karura whether she would fight Sunagakure and told her he intended to unify the Shinobi World to end wars.
• Karura resolved to live as a Kumogakure ninja and to protect Yashamaru as best she could.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha about Karura, and they accepted her as a teammate.
• Obito Uchiha asked Uchiha Yuzuru to teach him ninjutsu so he could defeat Kakashi Hatake, and Kakashi also asked for lessons.
• Kakashi Hatake offered Uchiha Yuzuru Jiraiya's newest book, which Yuzuru accepted while claiming he only read classics.
• Uchiha Yuzuru took Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake to the training ground and said he would teach them Chidori and the Rasengan.

Uchiha Yuzuru demonstrated the Rasengan and Chidori to Obito Uchiha and Kakashi, then taught them how to train in each technique. When Obito dismissed the Rasengan as inferior, Yuzuru revealed a Massive Rasengan nearly ten meters across, leaving Obito stunned.

• Yuzuru demonstrated the Rasengan, but Obito thought it looked unimpressive while Kakashi recognized its combat potential.
• Yuzuru pierced a thick wooden post with Chidori, and Obito eagerly asked to learn it.
• Yuzuru assigned Chidori to Obito because his Sharingan suited its demands, and recommended the Rasengan for Kakashi's swordsmanship.
• Yuzuru explained both techniques' training methods, and Obito and Kakashi thanked him before leaving to train on their own.
• Obito claimed Chidori was superior and asked Yuzuru to agree, so Yuzuru created a Massive Rasengan nearly ten meters wide and frightened Obito.