Recaps

Uchiha Tokimitsu secured the Southern Islands, expanded the Shogunate, and forged alliances as tensions with Kumogakure escalated into war. The Shogunate forces defeated Kumogakure’s army, though Gyūki escaped with Blue B.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hanzō of the Salamander fought the Third Mizukage, who later took control of Kirigakure and agreed to peace with the Shogunate in exchange for Tokimitsu’s terms.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu secured the Southern Islands as Shogunate territory, organized its defenses and administration, and invested in research and arms sales to Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha, accepted Uchiha Makoto as his arranged bride, and ended his laboratory partnership with Orochimaru as Orochimaru began working with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu subdued Two-Tails Matatabi, secured her as a summoning ally with a beaver allowance, and learned that Kumogakure was accusing Hanzō of stealing a Tailed Beast.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo arranged Konoha’s mediation, but the Third Raikage rejected Mitokado Homura’s terms, and Iwagakure joined the effort against Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu trained Shogunate and Mist forces for battle and deployed the Rocket Corps as Kumogakure’s army advanced into the Land of Fields.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Shogunate assault with Hatake Sakumo and Hanzō of the Salamander, while Hizashi Hyuga joined the fighting against Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s forces broke Kumogakure’s position, Hatake Sakumo wounded A, and Gyūki escaped underground with Blue B as the Shogunate claimed victory.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Shogunate to victory over Kumogakure, then brought its growing power into conflict with Konoha’s Hokage Faction. After defeating Sarutobi Hiruzen’s forces, Tokimitsu proposed new institutions for Konoha and received a scroll containing Hashirama Cells.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu killed the freed Eight-Tails Gyūki and helped secure a peace treaty that forced Kumogakure to relinquish claims, cede influence, and pay reparations.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu arranged for the occupied southern Land of Lightning to pass to Konoha under Sarutobi Shinnosuke, while Sarutobi Hiruzen approved Hatake Sakumo, Tsunade, and Orochimaru as Fourth Hokage candidates.
• As the candidate dispute escalated, Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered Shogunate forces to abandon village forehead protectors and return to Konoha, while clashes and political maneuvering divided the clans.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Hokage Faction to fight the Uchiha, but the Senju, Hyuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame forces stayed neutral or refused his summons.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and the Uchiha forces battled Sarutobi Hiruzen’s army, and Tokimitsu’s reinforcements helped him defeat Hiruzen, after which Utatane Koharu ordered the army to surrender and killed herself.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu rejected becoming Fourth Hokage, accepted the Daimyo’s military funding for the Shogunate, and told Mitokado Homura that Konoha’s leaders should consider new forms of governance.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu proposed replacing Konoha’s council and Jonin Squad meeting with a Senate and House of Representatives, then received a scroll from Orochimaru and found Hashirama Cells inside.

Uchiha Tokimitsu consolidated power in Konoha, strengthened himself with Sacred Particles, and used financial pressure and naval deception to weaken the Land of Water before launching a campaign against Kirigakure. After defeating Uchiha Madara and capturing the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, he began occupying the Northern Islands as Kirigakure fractured.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu stripped the former Hokage Faction of power, reorganized Konoha’s government and military, and presented reforms that gave clans and Jonin seats in the legislature while making advancement merit-based.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu cultivated Sacred Particles from White Zetsu cells, injected them into himself, and gained a stronger body and chakra as Black Zetsu planned to free Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu refused Jiraiya and the toads permission to investigate Konoha, while Jiraiya returned to the village and learned from Orochimaru about its new institutions and surveillance.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu rejected Tsunade’s call to invade Sunagakure, made a secret non-aggression agreement with Rasa, and prepared to exploit financial instability in the Land of Water.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s currency redemptions and merchants’ market takeover triggered a bank run, riots, and shortages in the Land of Water, forcing the Third Mizukage to withdraw forces from the war against Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu mobilized the Shogunate fleet and launched Operation Myeongnyang, where his forces ambushed the Mist Fleet and he fought Uchiha Madara, exposed the Stone Tablet’s deception, and seized Madara’s Flame Fan as Madara escaped with Izanagi.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hanzō of the Salamander sealed the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, then Tokimitsu rejected Karatachi Yagura’s plea to spare the Mist ninja and appointed Hozuki Ayahiko to lead the purge and campaign.
• Biwa Juzo killed an Elder Faction envoy and sailed east with Mist Jonin to rebuild Kirigakure, while Hozuki Ayahiko’s army seized the Northern Islands and advanced toward Mist Village Headquarters.

Uchiha Tokimitsu consolidated control over Kirigakure, crushed opposition in Konoha, and reshaped the village through political and educational reforms. As the joint Chunin Exams approached, Jiraiya’s conflict with Tokimitsu’s government drove him into hiding, where Konoha forces cornered him.

• Uchiha Madara created Black Zetsu, entrusted him and Tobi with continuing the Moon Eye Plan, and severed his connection to the Demonic Statue before closing his eyes.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu appointed Uzumaki Ashina to lead the conquest of Kirigakure, and Ashina’s forces defeated the village before Tokimitsu abolished the Mizukage position and accepted the clans’ allegiance.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu negotiated political recognition and funding from Konoe Atsushi, then declared Kirigakure a Jonin Republic and formulated his Ninja World Equilibrium Policy.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha and launched the Great Purge against suspected conspirators, while Mimura Hamaki’s attempted prison raid ended in defeat and his eventual seppuku.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ended the curfew and worked with Hatake Sakumo on education reforms and joint Chunin Exams, while Kumogakure and Iwagakure organized rival exams.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu pressured Kumogakure and blockaded Iwagakure as his forces expanded their influence, while Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave prepared for a coming upheaval.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s government repeatedly arrested Jiraiya, who was sentenced in absentia after fleeing Konoha and was branded a Loyalty Suspect Ninja.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu welcomed delegations ahead of the joint Chunin Exams, while Jiraiya returned to Konoha in disguise and was surrounded by Uchiha, Uzumaki, and Kurama ninja near Orochimaru’s residence.