Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yuzuru and Kakuzu arrived at Takigakure, where Kakuzu’s return provoked the village’s ninja. When they learned Yuzuru was with him, Takigakure’s leader warned them not to provoke the man who had nearly defeated ten thousand ninja alone.

• Kakuzu led Uchiha Yuzuru through the waterfall to Takigakure and reflected on how much the village had declined.
• Two Takigakure ninja confronted them, and Kakuzu announced that he had returned.
• More than a hundred ninja gathered under their leader, Shinji, who demanded to know why Kakuzu had come and asked him to surrender Earth Grudge Fear.
• Kakuzu revealed that he was now a Kumogakure ninja and introduced Uchiha Yuzuru as his lord.
• Shinji identified Uchiha Yuzuru and warned the crowd that he had nearly wiped out ten thousand Ninja Alliance ninja alone, silencing the villagers.

Uchiha Yuzuru told Takigakure that the village and the Land of the Waterfall would be incorporated into the Land of Lightning, with Kakuzu placed in charge. After Yuzuru killed Demon Tiger with one punch, Takigakure submitted, and Yuzuru explained that Kakuzu had been forced to defect.

• Uchiha Yuzuru announced that Takigakure and the Land of the Waterfall would be governed as part of the Land of Lightning, with Kakuzu temporarily handling their affairs.
• Demon Tiger drank Hero's Water and challenged Yuzuru, hoping to resist the takeover.
• Uchiha Yuzuru killed the empowered Demon Tiger with a single punch.
• Shinji and the Takigakure ninja knelt and agreed to obey Yuzuru's arrangements.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told the Takigakure ninja that Kakuzu had defected under hidden circumstances and had had no choice.

Uchiha Yuzuru revealed that Takigakure’s records concealed the reason Kakuzu defected: the village’s former leaders punished him for surviving a failed assassination mission against Hashirama Senju. Kakuzu returned to Takigakure with the Earth Grudge Fear training scroll, and Yuzuru learned that the village’s Sacred Tree produced Hero’s Water.

• Uchiha Yuzuru told Shinji and the Takigakure ninjas that the village’s records were true but omitted Kakuzu’s mission to assassinate Hashirama Senju.
• Uchiha Yuzuru explained that Kakuzu survived the failed mission but was imprisoned and sentenced to execution by Takigakure’s former leaders.
• Shinji apologized to Kakuzu on behalf of Takigakure, and Kakuzu accepted the apology and offered the village his Earth Grudge Fear training scroll.
• Shinji toured Takigakure with Uchiha Yuzuru and Kakuzu, then showed them the Sacred Tree behind the village.
• Kakuzu explained that the Sacred Tree produced Hero’s Water, and Uchiha Yuzuru asked whether any remained.

Uchiha Yuzuru investigated Takigakure’s Hero’s Water, then returned to Kumogakure as the village prepared to consolidate its expanding territory. The Third Raikage asked him to help Yugito become a perfect Jinchuriki.

• Uchiha Yuzuru drank drops of the Hero’s Water and sensed that it could temporarily turn a ninja’s Chakra into Sage Chakra, then stored the remainder in the Kamui Dimension.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Kakuzu to stay in Takigakure and coordinate with Shinji before he vanished back to Kumogakure.
• Kakuzu told Shinji to learn about the outside world and said he would leave to resume bounty hunting once the Land of the Waterfall stabilized.
• The Third Raikage told Uchiha Yuzuru that the Land of Bears had offered to submit, while Dodai and Mabushi Shin asked to slow the expansion because they lacked manpower.
• The Third Raikage asked Uchiha Yuzuru to help Yugito become a perfect Jinchuriki, and Uchiha Yuzuru agreed.

Uchiha Yuzuru visited the training ground to give Yugito the specialized instruction arranged by the Third Raikage. After Yugito admitted she was willing to learn from him, Yuzuru agreed to teach her how to use the Two-Tails’ power.

• Yugito punched a training post in frustration because she felt the Third Raikage’s special instruction treated her differently.
• Samui and Mabui tried to comfort Yugito, but she insisted she wanted to grow stronger alongside her companions.
• Uchiha Yuzuru arrived and greeted the girls, praising Mabui and explaining that the Third Raikage had asked him to train Yugito.
• Yuzuru offered to speak with the Third Raikage and leave Yugito to her usual training, but Yugito knelt and said she would accept training from him.
• Yuzuru helped Yugito up and agreed to teach her how to use the Tailed Beast’s power within her.

Uchiha Yuzuru loosened the seal on Yugito so she could access Matatabi's power, and Matatabi emerged before Yuzuru subdued her with his Mangekyō Sharingan. Yuzuru offered Matatabi greater freedom while she remained sealed inside Yugito, leaving her stunned by his proposal.

• Yugito worried that training in the village could let her lose control, but Yuzuru assured her he would intervene.
• Yuzuru revealed that he had made Yugito's seal and loosened its restrictions as she tried to control the Tailed Beast's Chakra.
• Yugito lost control, and Matatabi appeared in the training ground, frightening Samui and Mabui.
• Matatabi recognized Yuzuru as the one who released the seal, but she backed down when she saw his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yuzuru petted Matatabi and offered to let her perceive the outside world and take over Yugito's body whenever she wanted to come out.

Uchiha Yuzuru made an agreement with Matatabi, helping Yugito gain a chance to use the Two-Tails' power safely. Later, he met Tsunade at a dango shop and was shocked to learn she had quit gambling after losing her money.

• Uchiha Yuzuru asked Matatabi to cooperate when Yugito used her power and never seize control to destroy the village, and Matatabi accepted.
• Yugito woke after her rampage, worried about the village, and learned Uchiha Yuzuru had stopped the Two-Tails.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Yugito she could borrow Matatabi's power if she maintained her sanity, and explained she could communicate with Matatabi in her mental world.
• Uchiha Yuzuru left the training ground, then encountered Tsunade and Shizune at a dango shop in Kumogakure.
• Shizune explained that Tsunade had quit gambling after losing most of her money, and Uchiha Yuzuru urged her not to give up so easily.

Yuzuru encouraged Tsunade to keep gambling and lent her money before encountering Might Guy leading Steel Fist trainees through training. Back home, Obito asked Yuzuru for help after failing to pass the Jonin examination.

• Yuzuru persuaded Tsunade that her gambling losses were only temporarily held by the casino and offered to lend her money, while Shizune failed to talk her out of gambling.
• Yuzuru saw Might Guy and Might Duy leading dozens of ninja in synchronized Steel Fist training, and Guy explained that many others were learning the style.
• Yuzuru returned home, gave Itachi Uchiha the desserts for his family, and found Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Shisui Uchiha in the courtyard.
• Obito told Yuzuru that Kakashi had become a Jonin while he had repeatedly failed the Jonin examination, and asked Yuzuru to help him.

Obito Uchiha asked Uchiha Yuzuru to help him become a jonin, but Kushina Uzumaki revealed that Yuzuru was technically still a genin. In Konoha Year 52, Yuzuru evolved his Scorching Release Bloodline to 100 percent and gained another chance to draw a family trait.

• Obito Uchiha showed Uchiha Yuzuru a difficult jonin assessment and argued that the test did not reflect his abilities.
• Uchiha Yuzuru refused to pull strings for Obito and mocked his lack of talent.
• Kushina Uzumaki revealed that Yuzuru had never taken the chunin exams and was still officially a genin.
• Obito Uchiha celebrated learning that Yuzuru ranked below him, and Kushina invited Obito, Kakashi Hatake, and Shisui Uchiha to dinner.
• In Konoha Year 52, Yuzuru used a bloodline evolution attempt on his Scorching Release Bloodline, bringing its evolution progress to 100 percent and gaining a family trait draw chance.

Uchiha Yuzuru gained Scorch Release and a family trait that increased the Uchiha Clan’s attractiveness, then reassured Kushina Uzumaki that she could keep lending money to Tsunade. Several days later, he saw the trait’s effects in Obito Uchiha, who had become popular with girls.

• Uchiha Yuzuru tested his newly acquired Scorch Release and drew the family trait Handsome Men and Beautiful Women.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Kushina Uzumaki not to feel guilty about lending money to Tsunade, and Kushina kissed him.
• Several days later, Uchiha Yuzuru encountered Kakashi Hatake following Obito Uchiha through the streets of Kumogakure.
• Obito Uchiha told Uchiha Yuzuru that girls were giving him love letters and that Kakashi Hatake wanted to learn his secret.
• Uchiha Yuzuru realized the family trait had increased Obito Uchiha’s appeal and expected it to help the Uchiha Clan grow.

Uchiha Yuzuru celebrated the success of Kumogakure’s long-distance cellphone network and refused the Third Raikage’s offer to make him Raikage. He then confronted Tsunade about the large debt she had accumulated, stopping her as she tried to leave.

• Hatake Sakumo confirmed that the communication device worked between the Land of Rain and Kumogakure, and the Third Raikage named it a cellphone at Uchiha Yuzuru’s suggestion.
• The Third Raikage offered Uchiha Yuzuru the position of Raikage as a reward, but Yuzuru asked for money or metal ore instead.
• Tsunade praised Uchiha Yuzuru’s work on the communication network and asked to borrow money from him.
• Uchiha Yuzuru estimated that Tsunade owed him sixty million ryo, while Tsunade insisted she would repay him after winning back her gambling losses.
• Tsunade tried to leave, but Uchiha Yuzuru grabbed her wrist and told her they needed to settle her debt.

Uchiha Yuzuru forced Tsunade to confront their relationship after she admitted she could not repay her debt, and the two fought fiercely before he subdued her. Tsunade agreed to move in with him after he reassured her about her supposed curse, on the condition that Shizune could come too.

• Tsunade said she had no money to repay Uchiha Yuzuru, so he took her to the Kamui Dimension and demanded repayment in another form.
• Tsunade attacked Uchiha Yuzuru, but he caught her blows and fought her for half an hour without being seriously challenged.
• Uchiha Yuzuru sealed Tsunade's Chakra with Chakra Lock and carried her away to bathe.
• Tsunade declared that she no longer owed Uchiha Yuzuru, but refused to move in with him because she feared Kushina would find out.
• Uchiha Yuzuru reassured Tsunade that he would break any curse, and she agreed to move in if Shizune could join her.

Uchiha Yuzuru obtained the Senju bloodline and anticipated its evolution as his clan grew. After Tsunade moved into his home and learned that the family owned Kumogakure’s casinos, Yuzuru avoided going home and came across two familiar medical ninja fighting by a river.

• Uchiha Yuzuru received the Senju bloodline and saw that its evolution progress was 1%.
• Tsunade and Shizune moved into Uchiha Yuzuru’s home, where Mikoto Uchiha, Kushina Uzumaki, Karura, Pakura, and Konan welcomed them as family.
• Tsunade learned that the family owned casinos in Kumogakure and realized that her gambling losses had largely gone back to them.
• Uchiha Yuzuru stayed away from home to avoid Tsunade’s anger and investigated the sound of fighting near a river.
• Uchiha Yuzuru recognized the two fighting medical ninja as Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō.

Uchiha Yuzuru stopped the ambush and saved Yakushi Nonō after Kabuto Yakushi was forced to fight her. Yakushi Nonō survived but no longer recognized Kabuto, leaving him devastated.

• Uchiha Yuzuru sensed three hidden shinobi and killed them with Scorching Release: Over-Vaporization Kill.
• Kabuto Yakushi wounded Yakushi Nonō in their fight, then recognized her and tried to save her.
• Uchiha Yuzuru treated Yakushi Nonō and told Kabuto Yakushi he would give them a chance rather than kill them.
• Yakushi Nonō asked why both men had saved her, and Kabuto Yakushi realized she truly did not recognize him.
• Kabuto Yakushi reminded Yakushi Nonō that she had named him, but she said she knew Kabuto as the child she missed most and did not know him.

Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō recognized each other after discovering Shimura Danzō had manipulated their identities and sent Nonō to kill Kabuto. Uchiha Yuzuru persuaded Nonō that living and threatening to expose Root’s secrets would better protect the orphanage, and she agreed to join Kabuto in seeking survival under Yuzuru.

• Yakushi Nonō examined the photographs and realized that the person in most of them was not Kabuto Yakushi, while Kabuto understood that his identity had been stolen.
• Kabuto and Nonō reunited, and both thanked Uchiha Yuzuru for saving them.
• Uchiha Yuzuru asked Kabuto to choose between death and becoming his subordinate, while Nonō asked to be killed rather than betray Konoha and endanger the orphanage children.
• Kabuto urged Nonō to escape Root with him, but she feared Shimura Danzō would harm the children if she defected.
• Uchiha Yuzuru argued that Danzō’s mission to make Nonō kill the real Kabuto showed he would not spare the orphanage out of loyalty, and suggested they threaten to expose his secrets.
• Nonō agreed to live and join Yuzuru with Kabuto, who promised they could still serve as intelligence agents.

Uchiha Yuzuru spared Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō, assigning them roles in Kumogakure and protecting them from Shimura Danzō’s agents. As they traveled toward Kumogakure, Nonō described how Danzō’s rule had left Konoha’s villagers starving, freezing, and vulnerable to Root.

• Uchiha Yuzuru assigned Kabuto Yakushi to assist Orochimaru with research and Yakushi Nonō to direct a Kumogakure orphanage.
• Uchiha Yuzuru carried the injured Nonō toward Kumogakure while Kabuto followed, and they discovered three dead Konoha ninja whom Yuzuru said had been spying on them.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō that he intended to return to Konoha and make Shimura Danzō pay.
• Yakushi Nonō explained that Shimura Danzō controlled Konoha from behind the scenes after Hiruzen Sarutobi withdrew from public life.
• Yakushi Nonō described how Danzō expanded Root, imposed curfews and rationing, and allowed villagers to die from hunger and cold; Root killed those who protested.

After Yakushi Nonō recovered, Uchiha Yuzuru took her and Kabuto Yakushi to see the Kumogakure orphanage where she would work. Nonō was overwhelmed by the village’s prosperity and the children’s comfortable lives.

• Tsunade finished treating Yakushi Nonō and left after telling her to thank Uchiha Yuzuru.
• Uchiha Yuzuru escorted Yakushi Nonō and Kabuto Yakushi through Kumogakure, where Nonō admired the orderly streets and happy residents.
• Uchiha Yuzuru introduced them to Kumogakure’s tram system, which carried them from the village center toward the outskirts.
• Uchiha Yuzuru showed them the orphanage, a renovated former noble’s estate, and Nonō heard the children laughing inside.
• Uchiha Yuzuru handed the orphanage over to Yakushi Nonō, and she wept at the abundant meal and the children’s safe, comfortable lives.

Uchiha Yuzuru arranged for Yakushi Nonō to run the orphanage and placed Kabuto Yakushi with Orochimaru as a laboratory assistant. After learning that infrastructure spending had left the treasury short on funds, he set off for the Land of Fire to seek sponsorship from Konoha.

• Yakushi Nonō thanked Uchiha Yuzuru and pledged to give everything she had to help him, moved by his promise that orphans would receive equal treatment once the Shinobi World was unified.
• Uchiha Yuzuru brought Kabuto Yakushi to Orochimaru, who accepted him as a laboratory assistant.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yuzuru that the laboratory had gone without funding for two months.
• Dodai explained that infrastructure projects across occupied countries had strained the treasury, and Uchiha Yuzuru said he would seek sponsorship from the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yuzuru used Kamui to leave for Konoha, planning to shake down his former home with a newly developed forbidden technique.

Uchiha Yuzuru tested Yugito’s control over Matatabi at Cloud Thunder Gorge, then gave her advice on resisting genjutsu. After Samui asked for swordsmanship training, Yuzuru asked Matatabi about the Tailed Beast Bomb, and Matatabi agreed to answer his questions.

• At home, Uchiha Yuzuru left Itachi Uchiha to watch Naruto Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, and Gaara Uchiha while he met Yugito, Samui, and Mabui.
• Yugito asked Uchiha Yuzuru to guide her use of Matatabi’s power, and he took the group to Cloud Thunder Gorge to test her strength.
• Yugito transformed into Matatabi’s full Tailed Beast form and fought Uchiha Yuzuru’s Susanoo before firing a Tailed Beast Bomb, which Susanoo cut in half.
• After Yugito reached her limit, Uchiha Yuzuru praised her control and revealed that she had taken five seconds to break free of his genjutsu, advising her to train with Matatabi.
• Samui asked Uchiha Yuzuru for hands-on swordsmanship guidance, while Mabui declined training.
• Uchiha Yuzuru asked to speak with Matatabi about the Tailed Beast Bomb, and Matatabi agreed to tell him what she knew.

Uchiha Yuzuru studied how to improve his Rasenshuriken after learning how Matatabi formed a Tailed Beast Bomb. Guided by Matatabi's suggestion, he experimented with Yin and Yang nature transformations until he successfully created the Great Spiraling Ring.

• Uchiha Yuzuru demonstrated the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, whose explosion churned a lake and stunned Samui, Yugito, Mabui, and Matatabi.
• Matatabi explained that Tailed Beasts formed Tailed Beast Bombs by compressing and mixing Yin and Yang Chakra in a two-to-eight ratio.
• Uchiha Yuzuru showed Matatabi his vision of Menma unleashing the Great Spiraling Ring through a genjutsu.
• Matatabi suggested adding Yin and Yang nature transformations to the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, and Uchiha Yuzuru realized he could combine them with his own Chakra.
• Uchiha Yuzuru trained through thousands of attempts, destroying a mountain peak, before finally forming a black Chakra ball and naming it the Great Spiraling Ring.