Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yoichi recovered in the hospital after using the Radioactive Beam, while visitors brought news of new plans involving his abilities and the Amber Purifying Pot. Mikoto visited on Fugaku’s behalf to deliver the Third Hokage’s request, leaving Yoichi to hear the village’s proposal.

• Elder Kenji visited Uchiha Yoichi, who checked on the sleeping Godzilla and reflected on the damage caused by their Radioactive Beam.
• Orochimaru returned the Amber Purifying Pot to Elder Kenji and hinted at a breakthrough in his Senjutsu research.
• Yūhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi tried to ambush Uchiha Yoichi, but he subdued them with his Sharingan and wrote “Train properly” on their faces.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Uchiha Fugaku to negotiate with Uchiha Yoichi for the Amber Purifying Pot, offering something in exchange, while Fugaku agreed to ask Elder Kenji for advice.
• Fugaku asked Mikoto to visit Yoichi and pass on the Third Hokage’s request, and Mikoto went to the hospital with documents and fruit.
• Mikoto met the recovering Yoichi after Yūhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi left, and he asked why she had come.

Uchiha Yoichi refused to exchange the Amber Purifying Pot and teased Mikoto during her visit to his hospital room. Meanwhile, the injured Third Raikage returned to Kumogakure demanding war, while Konoha prepared for possible fighting; Yoichi was discharged after six days with his standing in the village greatly improved.

• Mikoto brought Yoichi gifts and reported that Fugaku and the Third Hokage wanted to exchange the Amber Purifying Pot, but Yoichi refused.
• Mikoto offered to help Yoichi in the bathroom, became flustered, and left after repeatedly apologizing; she later returned to retrieve items she had left behind.
• The Third Raikage arrived in Kumogakure missing an arm and told Dodai that he wanted to invade the Land of Fire and kill the Konoha Ninja.
• Dodai summoned Kumogakure's leaders to discuss the Raikage's orders while Konoha stationed Ninja along its northern border and Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze repelled Sand Ninja attacks near Kikyo Castle.
• Uchiha Yoichi left the hospital after six days, having recovered quickly and gained considerable fame and status in Konoha.

Rasa ordered Sunagakure to unleash Shukaku against Kikyo Castle, and the One-Tail broke through its defenses as Jiraiya and Minato rushed to respond. While the battle raged, Sunagakure infiltrated the Medical Division, where Uzumaki Mina called on Gates to protect the wounded.

• Rasa decided to deploy Bunpuku and Shukaku against Kikyo Castle after discussing the plan with Elder Chiyo.
• At Kikyo Castle, Jiraiya learned that Uzumaki Mina was making an antidote for Sunagakure’s new poison and then discussed the enemy’s movements with Nara Shikaku.
• Shukaku attacked Kikyo Castle with Wind Style: Drilling Air Bullet, and Jiraiya and Minato summoned Gamabunta and Gamaken to fight it.
• Yamanaka Inoichi warned Jiraiya and Minato that Rasa and Chiyo were attacking the camp’s rear, so they left the toads to hold Shukaku and went to intercept them.
• Uzumaki Mina kept treating wounded at the Medical Division until Sunagakure ninja infiltrated the area, and she asked Gates to drive them back.

Gates helped Uzumaki Mina repel the Sand’s attack on Kikyo Castle and stopped Shukaku’s Tailed Beast Bomb with his Beast King Roar Bomb. The Sand withdrew with Bunpuku, while Jiraiya’s forces counted heavy casualties and planned to ask Mina to help counter the One-Tail in future battles.

• Gates used his Gravity Technique and stone spikes to help the Konoha ninjas wipe out the Sand squads attacking Kikyo Castle, while Uzumaki Mina defended him with her Adamantine Chains.
• Gates sensed Shukaku’s attack and fired a Beast King Roar Bomb that collided with the One-Tail’s Tailed Beast Bomb, causing a huge explosion that drove Shukaku back and forced Gamabunta and Gamaken to return to Mount Myōboku injured.
• Sand squads retrieved Bunpuku and retreated after firing a signal flare, prompting Rasa and Chiyo to withdraw from their battles with Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze.
• Jiraiya learned that Gates had stopped Shukaku’s Tailed Beast Bomb and that Gamabunta and Gamaken would need a month to recover.
• Jiraiya decided to ask Uzumaki Mina to help if the Sand deployed its Jinchuriki again, while Nara Shikaku arranged repairs, patrols, and a casualty count that showed nearly one-fifth of Konoha’s forces had been lost or injured.

Jiraiya failed to persuade Uzumaki Mina to let Gates assist the front, while Konoha's leaders planned for the growing threat from multiple villages. In a dream, Uchiha Yoichi tested his new Dream Master ability and eventually succeeded in using Impure World Reincarnation to summon Mabui, though the result was weak.

• Jiraiya asked Uzumaki Mina to have Gates join the battlefield, but she explained that only Uchiha Yoichi could command it.
• Jiraiya accepted Nara Shikaku's recommendation and requested reinforcements after learning Konoha had only three hundred Ninja at Kikyo Castle against at least two thousand Sand Ninja.
• Danzo reported Stone Ninja deployments to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who consulted Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura before assigning Hatake Sakumo to lead three Ninja Corps against Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Yoichi used sleeping pills to enter a dream and discovered he could create objects and experience realistic training there.
• Uchiha Yoichi repeatedly practiced Impure World Reincarnation in the dream and finally summoned Mabui, then tested her abilities and found her Chakra was limited.

Uchiha Yoichi tested Dream Master, discovering that it enabled accelerated cultivation and could draw Uchiha Mikoto into a vivid dream, then used his time to prepare Flying Thunder God Kunai. He visited Orochimaru’s laboratory, where Orochimaru demonstrated a controllable Sage Curse Mark and gave Yoichi its cultivation method and a list of supplies for further research.

• Uchiha Yoichi found that Dream Master greatly accelerated Chakra recovery and let him cultivate with Shadow Clones, then entered Uchiha Mikoto’s dream and made her believe his fabricated claims before she woke.
• Uchiha Yoichi realized Dream Master’s benefits and limits, then made Flying Thunder God Kunai to establish teleportation points across the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Yoichi planned to use Dream Master with Uzumaki Mina to improve the Impure World Reincarnation control Curse Mark.
• Orochimaru invited Uchiha Yoichi to his laboratory and demonstrated a Sage Curse Mark that he could control on a Shimura Clan experimental subject.
• Uchiha Yoichi observed the subject’s transformation and increased Chakra, received the Sage Curse Mark cultivation method, and agreed to provide Orochimaru with requested supplies and experimental subjects.

Uchiha Yoichi learned how to make Orochimaru’s Sage Curse Mark and agreed to join Hatake Sakumo’s campaign against Kumogakure, planning to bring Uchiha clansmen empowered by the mark. In the Dream Space, he entered Uzumaki Mina’s dream and set her to improving the Edo Tensei control seal while he studied the Sage Curse Mark.

• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Yoichi the Sage Curse Mark method and twenty Snake Heart Pills before leaving.
• Hatake Sakumo told Uchiha Yoichi that Kumogakure was preparing for war and asked him to join the campaign departing in three days; Yoichi agreed to go and promised an answer about clan members by the next day.
• Uchiha Yoichi told Elder Kenji, Uchiha Masato, and Uchiha Yokokawa that he wanted to bring fifty clansmen, and they settled on a squad of twelve Chunin and thirty-six Genin to receive Sage Curse Marks.
• Uchiha Yoichi entered the Dream Space, discovered he was in Uzumaki Mina’s dream, and ordered her to improve the Edo Tensei control seal while he studied the Sage Curse Mark.

Uchiha Yoichi perfected the Sage Curse Mark, gave it to Uchiha clan members, and was appointed captain of a Ninja Corps for the Eastern Front. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara continued monitoring Uchiha Obito and dismissed White Zetsu’s concerns about another young Uchiha.

• Uchiha Yoichi finished mastering the Sage's Talisman in Dream Space and secretly punished Uzumaki Mina for failing to improve the control talisman.
• Uchiha Yoichi gave the Sage Curse Mark to twenty Uchiha clan members, who survived after taking Snake Heart Pills and gained greatly enhanced abilities, though their transformation could safely last only five minutes.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to appoint Uchiha Yoichi as a Ninja Corps captain, and Hiruzen approved despite his misgivings about the Uchiha’s growing influence.
• White Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Uchiha Obito had left the village and mentioned another promising young Uchiha, but Madara ordered him to keep watching Obito and gather intelligence.

Uchiha Yoichi explored several people’s dreams before following Uzumaki Kushina’s consciousness into her Sealing Space, where he discovered the Nine-Tails was exploiting Kushina’s training to overwhelm her with hatred. The Nine-Tails nearly drove Kushina toward losing control, but Yoichi appeared in front of her.

• Uchiha Yoichi forced Uzumaki Mina to resume her sealing research after finding her in a dream he had shaped.
• Uchiha Yoichi entered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s dream, disrupted his fantasy of other villages submitting to Konoha, and beat him as Danzo; Hiruzen and Danzo later woke in pain from their own nightmares.
• Uchiha Yoichi visited Hatake Sakumo’s and Yūhi Kurenai’s dreams, then left after briefly interrupting Kurenai’s dream.
• Uchiha Yoichi followed Uzumaki Kushina’s consciousness into her Sealing Space and approached Kushina and the Nine-Tails while concealing his presence.
• The Nine-Tails released intense negative emotions through Kushina’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, causing her to suffer and develop Tailed Beast Transformation traits.
• As the Nine-Tails prepared to exploit Kushina’s distress and escape, Uchiha Yoichi appeared in front of her.

Uchiha Yoichi helped Uzumaki Kushina absorb and control the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, then persuaded her to keep his involvement secret. After leaving her dream, he checked Uzumaki Mina’s progress and fed the chakra he had gathered to Godzilla, who began recovering.

• Uchiha Yoichi entered Kushina’s Sealing Space and absorbed the leaking Nine-Tails Chakra, easing the pressure on her.
• At Yoichi’s urging, Kushina used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to draw in the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and gradually learned to control some of it.
• Yoichi warned Kushina not to reveal his involvement and promised to help her master the Nine-Tails’ power; she agreed to stay silent before waking in her bed.
• Kushina showed the Anbu and Sealing Division that she could control a three-tailed cloak, then hid Yoichi’s role when she explained her progress.
• Yoichi praised Uzumaki Mina for improving the Edo Tensei control charms, then left her dream and gave Godzilla the Nine-Tails Chakra, helping her recover.

Uchiha Yoichi prepared to leave for the Eastern Front and met with Uzumaki Kushina and Mikoto at his home. After reviewing Mikoto’s clan business reports, he claimed the injury from her dream could affect his future and asked her to help, while Kushina grew impatient downstairs.

• Uchiha Yoichi told his three students they would leave for the battlefield the next day and saw their families preparing for the departure.
• Uzumaki Kushina and Mikoto arrived together at Uchiha Yoichi’s home, each hoping to discuss a matter with him.
• Uchiha Yoichi took Mikoto upstairs first to review clan finances, business plans, and the clan members’ needs.
• Uchiha Yoichi praised Mikoto’s work and proposed buying land near the compound to build a market and entertainment venues.
• Mikoto worried that she had injured Uchiha Yoichi in her dream, and he suggested that she help him; meanwhile, Kushina finished pudding and went upstairs after waiting.

Uchiha Yoichi and Kushina agreed that he would help her safely absorb the Nine-Tails’ Chakra in exchange for four-fifths of what she took. That night, they successfully extracted a large amount before the Nine-Tails broke free, leaving Kushina eager to repeat the process.

• Mikoto left Uchiha Yoichi’s house after their private encounter, while Kushina discussed the risks and payment for Yoichi’s help controlling the Nine-Tails’ power.
• Kushina accepted Yoichi’s demand for four portions of every five portions of Nine-Tails Chakra she absorbed.
• Anbu questioned Kushina after she left the Uchiha compound, and she angrily defended visiting Yoichi before the captain ordered a report to the Hokage.
• Mikoto returned home, hurried to bathe after Itachi noticed a mark on her clothes, and privately recalled what had happened with Yoichi.
• That night, Yoichi entered Kushina’s Sealing Space and used his Sharingan to restrain the Nine-Tails while Kushina absorbed its Chakra.
• The Nine-Tails broke free after ten minutes, but Kushina used the stolen Chakra to reinforce its seal, and Yoichi reminded her that four-fifths of the take belonged to him.

Uchiha Yoichi stored the Nine-Tails Chakra he had taken from Kushina and manipulated several dreams before heading to the war front with Konoha’s forces. Hatake Sakumo’s army established a camp and planned its response to the Cloud Ninjas, while the Third Raikage ordered a search for the camp and prepared to use the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Uchiha Yoichi decided to save the Nine-Tails Chakra as a reserve and used his remaining Dream Space time to train Shadow Clones and manipulate the dreams of Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura.
• Uchiha Yoichi entered Uchiha Mikoto’s dream, where he became her husband and imagined a family with her and a son named Sasuke; Mikoto woke, wondered about the dream, and hoped Yoichi would return safely from the front.
• Hatake Sakumo led Konoha’s forces to the war front, where Uchiha Yoichi arrived with his students and clan members and helped establish the camp.
• Hatake Sakumo briefed the Jonin on the Cloud Ninja threat, and they discussed tactics before he ordered thirty squads to help guard the border; he assigned Uchiha Yoichi three new teammates and kept Yoichi’s students at camp.
• Isachi told the Third Raikage that Konoha’s camp was likely nearby and that Yugito had not yet communicated with Two-Tails; the Third Raikage ordered fifty squads to find the camp and said Yugito only needed a few minutes of Tailed Beast power.

Uchiha Yoichi assigned Kōta to train his students and offered Ninjutsu as rewards to the Ninja Corps. Meanwhile, Danzo secured Hanzō’s agreement to ally with Konoha against Sunagakure, though Hanzō insisted on a condition.

• Uchiha Yoichi sent Yūhi Kurenai and the other two students on missions with Uchiha Kōta so they could gain battlefield experience.
• Uchiha Yoichi reorganized the Ninja Corps into specialized squads and promised squad captains Ninjutsu in exchange for completing ten missions.
• Jiraiya and Nara Shikaku discussed Konoha’s order to counterattack the Sand Ninja, and Jiraiya decided to ask the village to seek help from Uchiha Yoichi’s Summoning Beast.
• Hanzō worried that a young organization in the Land of Rain threatened his authority, while Danzo arrived to propose an alliance against Sunagakure.
• Danzo offered Amegakure a share of the Land of Rivers and the benefits from defeating the Sand Ninja, and Hanzō agreed to the alliance the next day on the condition that Konoha accept one demand.

Danzo postponed helping Hanzō target the Akatsuki, while Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Uchiha Fugaku’s plan for a commercial district and discussed Konoha’s medical shortages. Mikoto prepared to leave the village as her recurring dream of life with Uchiha Yoichi blurred into reality, while Yoichi continued leading a successful mission against Cloud Ninja.

• Danzo told Aburame Ryoma to investigate the Akatsuki and delay helping Hanzō until after Konoha defeated Sunagakure.
• Utatane Koharu warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha Hospital was running out of room and supplies, and suggested asking Tsunade to teach Uchiha Mina Katsuyu’s split healing.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to approve land for a Uchiha commercial district, received permission, and told Mikoto to announce the plan at the next Clan Meeting.
• Mikoto told Fugaku she would leave the village the next day and hurried away after being startled from her recurring dream of living with Uchiha Yoichi and Sasuke.
• Uchiha Yoichi and his team killed a Cloud Ninja squad, collected supplies, and burned the bodies before moving on.
• Yoichi led his team toward a Cloud Ninja supply route, and Inuzuka Daikichi, Hyuga Kira, and Yami Inoshita agreed to follow him.

Uchiha Yoichi continued his missions and experiments while the major villages prepared new attacks. Minato Namikaze infiltrated the Sunagakure camp to assassinate the One-Tail Jinchuriki, but his Great Ball Rasengan struck a wooden puppet instead.

• Uchiha Yoichi used the Dream Master ability to oversee Uzumaki Mina’s Edo Tensei and Hashirama Cells research, help Uzumaki Kushina extract Nine-Tails Chakra, and visit Madam Mikoto’s dream.
• Yugito told Dodai she had earned the Two-Tails Matatabi’s recognition, and Dodai urged her to seek its help for Kumogakure.
• The Third Raikage identified Uchiha Yoichi as the likely killer of missing Cloud Ninja and sent A and Killer B to hunt him.
• Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze gained Nara Shikaku’s approval for an attempt to assassinate the One-Tail Jinchuriki, using Mount Myōboku’s Reverse Summoning Technique as their escape plan.
• Jiraiya and Minato infiltrated the Sunagakure camp after a Konoha attack drew its forces away, and Minato smashed the Bunpuku puppet with a Great Ball Rasengan.

Jiraiya and Minato escaped a failed attempt to assassinate the One-Tails Jinchuriki, then learned that the Great Toad Sage had prophesied Mount Myōboku’s destruction by Ryūchi Cave. Meanwhile, Uchiha Yoichi intercepted a Cloud Ninja message about the young Two-Tails Jinchuriki and decided to wait for her, while sending his teammates back to report.

• Jiraiya and Minato returned to Mount Myōboku after discovering that the One-Tails Jinchuriki they had targeted was a decoy.
• The Great Toad Sage prophesied that Ryūchi Cave and its contractor would destroy Mount Myōboku, with Jiraiya dying alongside it, and said Minato was absent from the vision.
• Jiraiya promised to investigate and stop the prophecy, then returned with Minato to Kikyo Castle and reported the failed mission to Nara Shikaku.
• Uchiha Yoichi’s squad captured a Cloud Ninja messenger and used an Illusion Technique to learn that the Cloud Ninja were escorting Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Yoichi told his teammates to return and inform Sakumo while he stayed behind to look for a chance to ambush Yugito.

Uchiha Yoichi ambushed the Cloud Ninja escorting Yugito and captured the Two-Tails Jinchuriki after defeating her guards. A and Killer B arrived as he escaped with Yugito using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Hatake Sakumo learned that Uchiha Yoichi had continued deeper into enemy territory, then ordered the Konoha camp reorganized and the intelligence about the Two-Tails sent to Iwagakure.
• Dodai arranged for elite Cloud Ninja squads to escort Yugito toward the front line, hoping to draw out Konoha's Lightning Fang.
• Uchiha Yoichi ambushed the escort near Kumogakure, killed several Cloud Ninja, and used Shadow Clones to block their escape routes.
• Yugito awakened Matatabi's chakra, but Uchiha Yoichi knocked her unconscious and defeated the remaining guards.
• A and Killer B arrived and attacked Uchiha Yoichi, who escaped with Yugito by using a Smoke Bomb and the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Yoichi escaped the Cloud pursuit with Yugito and sought Tsunade’s help to suppress the Two-Tails. After returning to the Konoha camp with Yugito, he was praised by Hatake Sakumo for capturing the Cloud jinchūriki.

• Uchiha Yoichi teleported to a Flying Thunder God mark in the Land of Hot Water, while A and Killer B failed to find him and prepared to intercept him at the border.
• Uchiha Yoichi entered Yugito’s sealing space and threatened Matatabi into staying quiet, then sensed Tsunade nearby and headed into town to find her.
• Uchiha Yoichi found Tsunade gambling with Shizune, helped her win, and asked her to seal Yugito’s chakra.
• Tsunade applied the Five Elements Seal to Yugito, preventing her from using chakra, and Uchiha Yoichi left with Yugito for the Konoha camp.
• Uchiha Yoichi returned to the camp and told Hatake Sakumo that he had captured Yugito; Hatake Sakumo called him a hero for gaining the village an advantage.

Uchiha Yoichi rejected a proposal to trade Yugito for peace and prepared Konoha’s forces for Kumogakure’s counterattack. As Yoichi killed dozens of Kumogakure ninja, his reputation spread and the Third Raikage considered launching a decisive battle.

• At Hatake Sakumo’s meeting, Yoichi dismissed Sarutobi Ichiryu’s proposal to return Yugito in exchange for Kumogakure withdrawing, and Sakumo ordered larger patrols and clearing squads.
• Yoichi told Yugito that Kumogakure might kill her if it could not recover the Two-Tails, leaving her frightened and crying in the tent where he held her.
• After Yūhi Kurenai and her teammates reported on their missions, Yoichi warned them that the war would become far more dangerous.
• The Third Raikage sent nearly two hundred mission squads into clearing and counter-clearing operations to recover Yugito or kill her.
• Over ten days, Yoichi killed sixty Kumogakure ninja and left their bodies identifiable, spreading fear of Konoha’s Lightning Fang.
• News of Yoichi’s growing reputation, Yugito’s capture, and Kumogakure’s possible decisive battle reached Konoha.