Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha on leave, where his family welcomed him and his clan discussed the Flame Style chakra fusion he had developed. He rested at home after learning that the Hokage had been spying on the returning Uchiha and that his mother had already mastered the technique.

• Uchiha Nagakage told Uchiha Tokimitsu that three clan jonin had begun mastering Flame Style chakra fusion, and Tokimitsu ordered the leave personnel to return to Konoha.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu arrived in Konoha with nearly a hundred ninja, where Uchiha Emiko, Uchiha Nakagen, and Elder Setsuna greeted him.
• Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Nakagen identified the Hokage as the source of a strange watching sensation, and the family said the clan grounds' barrier would prevent further spying.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned home and learned from Uchiha Nakagen that the clan had not explored fusing Yin Style and Fire Style because its vast inherited techniques hindered innovation.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu discovered that Uchiha Emiko had learned Flame Style chakra fusion, then went upstairs and fell asleep.

Uchiha Tokimitsu demonstrated Yin Fire to the Radical Faction's elders, who named him Elder Setsuna’s heir and gave him command of the faction’s Tiger Faction ninja. The elders agreed to ban the Uchiha’s kin-killing path to the Mangekyō Sharingan and to share Yin Fire with the clan’s jonin for further development.

• Uchiha Nakagen and Emiko brought Uchiha Tokimitsu to Elder Setsuna’s guarded mansion, where the Radical Faction’s elders had gathered to discuss Yin Fire.
• Uchiha Emiko, Uchiha Nagakage, and Uchiha Makoto demonstrated that they had successfully fused Yin Style and Fire Style Chakra.
• Elder Setsuna appointed Uchiha Tokimitsu as his heir and Head of the Board of Retainers, making him commander of the Tiger Faction ninja.
• Elder Setsuna proposed prohibiting the path of Izanagi, and the assembled elders agreed to kill any clan member who pursued it.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu demonstrated Yin Fire through protective flames, a flaming sword strike, and a spiraling sphere that blasted a pit into the floor.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu declined the proposed Mastery License, and Elder Setsuna decided to open Yin Fire to the clan’s jonin for shared study.

Uchiha Tokimitsu met the Dark Guard and accepted appointment as its Head of the Board of Retainers, a role that barred him from competing to become clan head. He took command of the clan’s secret force and received its iron Yin-Yang War Fan.

• After the Radical Faction Meeting, Elder Setsuna took Uchiha Tokimitsu to the Dark Guard base with Uchiha Nagakage and Uchiha Makoto.
• Uchiha Makoto asked Tokimitsu about Yin Fire, showed her Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and discussed how she had learned to synthesize the chakra.
• Elder Setsuna explained that accepting the Head of the Board of Retainers would mean Tokimitsu could no longer compete for clan head, and Tokimitsu agreed to take the post.
• Elder Setsuna formally granted Tokimitsu authority over the Dark Guard, whose members knelt and greeted him as their new commander.
• Tokimitsu accepted the iron Yin-Yang War Fan and vowed to follow Elder Setsuna’s orders.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Makoto were attacked by Iwagakure assassins while walking through Konoha, and Tokimitsu killed nearly all of them. The confrontation between the Uchiha Military Police and Anbu was halted by Hatake Sakumo, who identified the attackers as Iwagakure’s Assassination Unit.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s mother sent him out for a walk with Uchiha Makoto, and they discussed the Uchiha clan and its understaffed Military Police Force.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu sensed an ambush and raised an Earth Style wall to block kunai fitted with Explosive Tags.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu entered the attackers’ shop and killed four assailants, leaving one badly injured captive.
• Konoha Military Police members and Anbu arrived and drew weapons against each other until Hatake Sakumo intervened.
• Hatake Sakumo examined the attackers, identified them as Iwagakure’s Assassination Unit, and asked Uchiha Tokimitsu if he had killed them.

Hatake Sakumo reported on the Rock Village Spy Attack Incident and was assigned to pursue accountability for the security failures. After interviewing Uchiha Tokimitsu at the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters, Sakumo arranged to travel with him to the Northwest Border Defense Force in three days.

• Hatake Sakumo praised Uchiha Tokimitsu’s strength but noted his deep divide from the village, and the Third Hokage approved Sakumo’s proposal to hold the Anbu and the Konoha Military Police Force’s investigative division responsible for their failures.
• The Third Hokage told Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu that Sakumo would handle the incident, while Koharu warned that the village should protect Sakumo from its darker sides.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived at the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters and questioned Uchiha Tokimitsu about the attackers and the incident.
• Hatake Sakumo asked when Uchiha Tokimitsu would return to the Northwest Border Defense Force, and they agreed to travel together in three days.
• Hatake Sakumo teased Uchiha Tokimitsu about Uchiha Makoto, who blushed but kept hold of his clothes.

Uchiha Tokimitsu traveled from Konoha with Hatake Sakumo and explained the Uchiha Clan’s distrust of the village, its demand for fairness, and its support for strength. Sakumo thanked Tokimitsu for his candor but did not say whether he would accept the Uchiha’s public support for a Hokage bid.

• Elder Setsuna praised Hatake Sakumo but warned that supporting his Hokage bid could get him killed.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu departed Konoha with sixty Uchiha ninja and joined Hatake Sakumo’s party on the road.
• Tokimitsu explained how the Uchiha Clan’s history, the Sharingan, and its treatment by the village had strained their relationship.
• Tokimitsu said the Uchiha sought fairness and respect, and pointed out that the Hokage election system was no longer followed in practice.
• Tokimitsu asked whether Sakumo was prepared to accept the Uchiha Clan’s public support, and Sakumo continued traveling without answering.
• Sakumo thanked Tokimitsu for speaking frankly, and Tokimitsu said they could seek common ground while reserving differences.

Hatake Sakumo visited Uchiha Tokimitsu’s camp and asked him to support a mission investigating a secret meeting between Iwagakure and Kumogakure in the Land of Waterfalls. Tokimitsu agreed to deploy an elite force and planned to lead it himself as Sakumo prepared to infiltrate and locate the meeting.

• Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu traveled through the Land of Grass, where Tokimitsu explained how the garrison had used rewards and purges to dismantle bandit groups and weaken Kusagakure.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived at the Northwest Border Defense Force camp, where the ninjas welcomed him and Uchiha Kamon hosted a banquet.
• Hatake Sakumo showed Tokimitsu the Hokage’s mission document and explained that he had to investigate secret talks between Iwagakure and Kumogakure in the Land of Waterfalls.
• Tokimitsu agreed to provide thirty jonin and sixty chunin to support Sakumo, with a telepathic ninja and Sakumo’s ninja dog Bashya helping them communicate.
• Sakumo planned to depart that night and use a Shadow Clone to mislead observers, while Tokimitsu scheduled his force to move toward the Land of Waterfalls border the following night.
• Tokimitsu said he would lead the force personally and declared confidence that they could defeat the meeting party unless Ōnoki or the Raikage appeared.

Uchiha Tokimitsu joined Hatake Sakumo to attack a secret meeting between Iwagakure and Kumogakure at Lake Shikotsu. The battle turned into a chaotic melee, and Tokimitsu recognized one of the surrounded enemies as the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu reinforced his force and infiltrated the Land of Waterfalls after Hatake Sakumo found the meeting place and identified the Tsuchikage's Assistant and Raikage's Secretary among the targets.
• Hatake Sakumo rendezvoused with Uchiha Tokimitsu and reported that the enemy numbered thirty-two, including about twelve Jonin and members of Iwagakure's Explosive Unit.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu divided his troops into flanking and probing units, then led a frontal assault with Hatake Sakumo as the other units attacked the enemy camp by Lake Shikotsu.
• Hatake Sakumo cut through the enemy ranks while Tokimitsu's combined Ninjutsu disrupted their formation, allowing the larger Uchiha force to surround and divide them.
• A Kumogakure ninja used blue flames to weaken the encirclement, and Uchiha Tokimitsu recognized him as the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki and warned the Uchiha troops.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and the Uchiha forces fought the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, trapping her with genjutsu and a flame barrier while Tokimitsu’s Yin Fire refined her Tailed Beast Chakra. Matatabi persuaded Tokimitsu to kill the Jinchuriki in exchange for uncontested Tailed Beast Power, and the chapter ended with Tokimitsu secretly killing her as the others attempted to seal her.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the Uchiha forces to kill the enemy Jinchuriki and joined the fight, striking her with his Sword Flame Slash.
• Tokimitsu, Hatake Sakumo, and the Uchiha Jonin attacked the Jinchuriki, then trapped her inside the Uchiha Flame Formation as Tokimitsu’s Yin Fire burned away her Tailed Beast Chakra.
• The Jinchuriki lost control and formed a Chakra tail that bound Tokimitsu, while the Jonin tried to seal her and Matatabi spoke to Tokimitsu inside his mind.
• Matatabi offered Tokimitsu uncontested Tailed Beast Power if he killed the Jinchuriki, and he agreed after the others restrained her.
• Tokimitsu refined the Chakra tail and secretly struck the Jinchuriki’s head and heart, killing her as Hatake Sakumo watched with a complicated expression.

After defeating the Stone and Cloud forces, Uchiha Tokimitsu led the survivors toward the Land of Earth while discussing clan loyalty, village politics, and his emerging bloodline power with Hatake Sakumo. A pitcher plant-shaped lifeform watched them disappear into the forest.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu explained to Hatake Sakumo that he killed the Jinchuriki because capturing him would have placed him in the village's control, then ordered the battlefield cleared and the army's casualties reported.
• Hatake Sakumo planned a withdrawal route through the Land of Earth's border, and Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered Hyuga Toshiki to scout for Iwagakure patrols as the force departed.
• During the retreat, Uchiha Tokimitsu argued that clan interests and village interests could diverge, while Hatake Sakumo reflected on the tensions within Konoha.
• Hatake Sakumo asked what Uchiha Tokimitsu would do as Hokage, and Tokimitsu said he had only focused on the Konoha Military Police Force and had never considered the role.
• Hatake Sakumo offered Tokimitsu a chance to seek a reward from the Scroll of Seals and praised his emerging Kekkei Genkai, which Tokimitsu described as an unfinished Chakra fusion.
• A black pitcher plant-shaped lifeform emerged from the ground and watched Uchiha Tokimitsu's army withdraw.

After returning to the Land of Grass, Uchiha Tokimitsu concealed the battle’s outcome and examined the abilities he had gained from absorbing the Two-Tails’ Chakra. He continued pursuing a path of evolution through Yin Fire and Yin Release Chakra, seeking to surpass the Uchiha Clan’s usual limits.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the returning ninja to keep silent about killing the Tsuchikage's Assistant, the Raikage's Secretary, and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hatake Sakumo and his subordinates left for Konoha despite Uchiha Tokimitsu’s attempts to make them stay, and Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Kamon praised Sakumo’s conduct.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu tested his new Chakra traits, discovering that his Fire Style clung to targets, burned their Chakra, and could be guided to explode after an opponent dodged.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu reflected on how Yin Fire might help ordinary Uchiha transcend their limits and concluded that the Clan would need to develop its applications together.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu infused Yin Release Chakra into his eyes, enduring pain as he slowly refined and strengthened his ocular power.

After returning from training, Uchiha Tokimitsu received orders from the Hokage to keep his recent victory secret and return to Konoha for a special report on military affairs. He suspected the meeting would target the Uchiha Clan’s growing influence in the Land of Grass and arrived in the village ready to face it.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to camp and learned that the Hokage had sent a special decree while he was away.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu reviewed reports about Takigakure’s incursions, fighting in the Land of Rain, and Iwagakure’s suspicious movements.
• The Messenger Anbu told Uchiha Tokimitsu to keep the victory in the Land of Waterfalls secret and ordered him to return to Konoha for a special report.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Kamon discussed the report and anticipated that village leaders would challenge the Uchiha Clan’s influence and profits in the Land of Grass.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned to Konoha, exchanged cautious news with Hatake Sakumo, and entered the Hokage’s Office Building for his report.

Uchiha Tokimitsu reported to the Third Hokage about his victories and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, then clashed with the advisors over his conduct in the Land of Grass. He learned that the village and Uchiha leadership had already agreed to reduce his border command authority and appoint him deputy commander of a new Mobile Unit, leaving him angry but accepting the clan’s preserved interests.

• The Third Hokage offered Uchiha Tokimitsu access to two techniques from the Scroll of Seals without a mind restriction, and Tokimitsu accepted the credential.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu reported that he had killed the Two-Tails Jinchuriki to prevent a rampage, and defended his use of Grass Ninja and unauthorized dealings with the Land of Grass Daimyo.
• Utatane Koharu criticized Tokimitsu for ignoring village procedures, but Tokimitsu argued that his military achievements justified his actions until the Third Hokage ended their dispute.
• The Third Hokage proposed withdrawing one-third of the Uchiha from the Northwest Border Defense Force, adding eight hundred village ninja, and appointing a village deputy commander while Jonin Kamon remained commander.
• The Third Hokage told Tokimitsu that the Uchiha Clan Head and Elder Setsuna had already approved making him deputy commander of a new Mobile Unit, and Tokimitsu left feeling traded away despite the clan retaining its Land of Grass interests.
• Mitokado Homura told the Third Hokage to stop trying to win over Tokimitsu, calling him an incurable Radical Faction member, while the Hokage remained silent.

Uchiha Tokimitsu received the Spirit Transformation Technique and Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag Technique, then clashed with two Anbu who summoned him to the Hokage. After making them retreat, he went home to clean up before heading to the Hokage’s Office Building.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu discussed his transfer to the Mobile Unit with Uchiha Nakagen, Emiko, and Elder Setsuna, who regarded the new posting as acceptable for the clan and safer for Tokimitsu.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu selected the Spirit Transformation Technique and Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag Technique from the Hokage’s catalog and practiced both, quickly becoming adept at detonating explosive tags.
• Uchiha Fugaku brought two Anbu to the training ground with the Hokage’s summons, but Uchiha Tokimitsu objected to their demanding manner and cut their masks before knocking them away with a sword strike.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Fugaku discussed the clan’s standing in the village and agreed to have lunch together after Tokimitsu met the Hokage.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu returned home to bathe and change, then set off without haste for the Hokage’s Office Building.

Uchiha Tokimitsu met with the Third Hokage and learned he had been appointed deputy commander of a newly formed Mobile Unit led by Hatake Sakumo. He agreed to help organize it but insisted that recruiting Uchiha ninja required approval from the clan head and elders.

• Tokimitsu reported to the Hokage's office, where Sarutobi Hiruzen explained the plan to form an elite Mobile Unit for major battlefield missions.
• Tokimitsu questioned whether the unit's role would overlap with the Anbu and learned the village wanted twelve Uchiha Jonin among its combat personnel.
• Hiruzen revealed he knew Tokimitsu held the Uchiha Clan's internal title of Commander of the Samurai Division, making Tokimitsu suspect an informant was among the clan elders.
• Hatake Sakumo arrived, and Hiruzen confirmed Sakumo as commander and Tokimitsu as deputy commander of the Mobile Unit.
• Tokimitsu told Sakumo he would consult the Uchiha clan before selecting its ninja, then declined Sakumo's lunch invitation because he had plans with Fugaku.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and Uchiha Fugaku disagreed over assigning Uchiha Jonin to the Mobile Unit, but Tokimitsu secured Elder Setsuna’s approval to transfer twelve. After the unit assembled, Hatake Sakumo demonstrated his overwhelming swordsmanship and fought Tokimitsu to a draw, leaving the new force ready to train.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu told Uchiha Fugaku he wanted to consult Elder Setsuna before accepting twelve Uchiha Jonin for the Mobile Unit, while Fugaku argued that the assignment could bring the clan greater power.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu met Elder Setsuna the next day and received authority to transfer twelve militant Uchiha Jonin who agreed to join.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo selected nine more Jonin, including Sarutobi and Shimura clan members, as Konoha established the Mobile Unit’s base and support staff.
• Hatake Sakumo defeated four Jonin in succession with his swordsmanship, then accepted Uchiha Tokimitsu’s challenge.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu used Yin Fire Ninjutsu and ninja tools to slow Hatake Sakumo, and the two ended their sparring match in a draw.

After receiving an urgent request for aid from the Land of Whirlpools, Konoha assigned Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu to lead the Mobile Unit on a rescue mission against forces from Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure. The under-fifty-person force departed at dawn with limited support, leaving Konoha's allies in danger and the mission's outcome uncertain.

• After tensions worsened on the Rain and Rivers fronts, an urgent request for aid arrived from the Land of Whirlpools, where Uzushiogakure faced a joint assault by Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure.
• In the Hokage's office, Uchiha Tokimitsu questioned the lack of reliable enemy intelligence, and Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen set rescuing people as the mission's foremost objective.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu to lead the Mobile Unit, with the weakened Eastern Border Defense Force available as support and further reinforcements promised later.
• Hatake Sakumo organized the deployment, while Uchiha Tokimitsu secured forty thousand Explosive Tags for the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag Technique.
• At five the next morning, Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit and six Anbu members out of Konoha toward the Land of Whirlpools.

Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit toward Uzu-shiogakure to rescue the besieged Uzumaki Clan, crushing Kirigakure forces along the way. After learning that Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure had assembled elite troops against the village, the unit pressed onward toward its most dangerous battle.

• Uchiha Genichiro interrogated captured Kirigakure ninja and learned that Genji commanded 2,800 Kirigakure troops while the Uzumaki Clan was holding out at its headquarters after another defeat.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu ordered the Mobile Unit to advance, sent Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the Anbu to infiltrate Uzu-shiogakure, and led the Uchiha in a charge against an approaching Kirigakure force.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu, Hatake Sakumo, and the Mobile Unit routed the Kirigakure force with genjutsu, fire techniques, explosive tags, and close-quarters attacks, suffering only two deaths.
• The Mobile Unit rescued around thirty fleeing Uzumaki Clan members and continued toward Uzu-shiogakure, fighting several Kirigakure groups along the way.
• Uchiha Genichiro interrogated captured Kumogakure ninja, revealing that Toroi commanded an elite Kumogakure force and Iwagakure had sent its Explosive Unit to the invasion.
• As Uchiha Tokimitsu struggled to control his bloodlust, Hatake Sakumo took command and led the Mobile Unit onward toward the besieged headquarters.

Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit through the Mist forces and reached Uzushiogakure, where they learned the village’s defenders were nearly spent. The Uzumaki Clan Head agreed to abandon the Land of Whirlpools and evacuate with Konoha, just as a force of about fifteen hundred enemies surrounded them.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu entered a strange state of heightened ocular power, then offered to lead the Mobile Unit against an enemy force of about five hundred.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu’s Flying Tag Formation devastated the Mist Ninja Army, and Hatake Sakumo killed its commander before the survivors fled.
• The Mobile Unit reached Uzushiogakure and reunited Hatake Sakumo with the Uzumaki Clan Head.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu learned that the Konoha Anbu had already taken Uzumaki Kushina away and that only about a hundred Uzumaki remained.
• The Uzumaki Clan Head agreed to evacuate the survivors and abandon the Land of Whirlpools, but a force of about fifteen hundred enemies surrounded the village.

Uchiha Tokimitsu and the Mobile Unit joined the Uzumaki survivors in a desperate breakout against the Mist main camp while allied forces closed in from three sides. Tokimitsu’s brutal assault opened the enemy ranks, but his side suffered heavy casualties as they waited for Hatake Sakumo to strike at the enemy command.

• Uchiha Tokimitsu learned that the Three Nations Allied Forces had surrounded Uzushiogakure and received twenty thousand Explosive Tags and a scroll of Uzumaki secret techniques from the Uzumaki Clan Head.
• Hatake Sakumo proposed breaking through the Mist main camp to the east and volunteered to raid its formation and behead its command.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu led the Mobile Unit and Uzumaki survivors into battle, using Explosive Tags and ninjutsu to break through the Mist defenses.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu fought through the Mist ranks, and the Uzumaki Clan Head used Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind a Kaguya Ninja before Tokimitsu killed him.
• The allied forces neared encirclement, the Mobile Unit and Uzumaki survivors took heavy losses, and Genji ordered the Mist elites to focus their attack on Uchiha Tokimitsu.
• Uchiha Tokimitsu continued fighting while his forced Chakra use and Sharingan’s destructive emotions drove him into a bloodthirsty frenzy.